Position: Researcher
Research interests:
- Land transformations at the urban-rural interface
- Agricultural land abandonment
- Food security
- Planning and policy evaluation
- Green infrastructure
Research projects:
- FoodPLand – Integrating food provision in urban policies in the context of land use transformation and displacement, PN-III-P1-1.1-PD-2019-0588, UEFISCDI, 2020-2022 – Principal Investigator
- CoPlan – Developing novel collaborative planning approaches to increase cities sustainability, PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-1009, UEFISCDI, 2020-2022 – Postdoc Researcher
- SmallGreen – Contribution of small urban green infrastructure in achieving environmental justice, PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-1543, UEFISCDI, 2020-2022 – Postdoc Researcher
- CONURB – Conceptualizing urbanization as driver of agricultural land abandonment, PN-III-P1-1.1-PD-2016-1156, UEFISCDI, 2018-2020 – Principal Investigator
- Contribution of Spatial Planning Strategies to Romanian Urbanization Patterns: A Multi-Temporal Spatial Assessment, Fulbright Felowship Award, Michigan State University, 2018-2019 – Principal Investigator
Relevant publications:
- Kaim D., Ziółkowska E., Grădinaru S.R., Pazúr R. (2022) Assessing the suitability of urban-oriented land cover products for mapping rural settlements, International Journal of Geographical Information Science
- Grădinaru S.R., Fan P., Iojă C.I., Niță M.R., Suditu B., & Hersperger A. M. (2020). Impact of national policies on patterns of built-up development: an assessment over three decades. Land Use Policy, 94, 104510.
- Grădinaru S.R., & Hersperger A. M. (2019). Green infrastructure in strategic spatial plans: Evidence from European urban regions. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 40, 17-28.
- Hersperger A. M., Oliveira E., Pagliarin S., Palka G., Verburg P., Bolliger J., & Grădinaru S. (2018). Urban land-use change: The role of strategic spatial planning. Global Environmental Change, 51, 32-42.
- Grădinaru S.R., Kienast F., & Psomas A. (2017). Using multi-seasonal Landsat imagery for rapid identification of abandoned land in areas affected by urban sprawl. Ecological Indicators, doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.06.022
- Grădinaru S.R., Iojă C.I., Onose D.A., Gavrilidis A.A., Pătru-Stupariu I., Kienast F., Hersperger A.M. (2015) Land abandonment as a precursor of built-up development at the sprawling periphery of former socialist cities, Ecological Indicators 57, 305-313.
- Iojă C.I., Grădinaru S.R., Onose D.I., Vanau G.O., Tudor C.A. (2014) The potential of school green areas to improve urban green connectivity and multifunctionality, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 13(4), 704-713.
Full publications list:
Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Simona_Gradinaru
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.ro/citations?user=peDFzrwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Editorial board:
IALE-Europe (Sectetary General) https://iale-europe.eu/pattern-and-process-people-and-action
Landscape Online (member of Editorial board on strategies for land use and urban planning, green infrastructure) https://www.landscape-online.org/index.php/lo
Curriculum vitae: click here
Contact: simona.gradinaru[at]g.unibuc.ro
Twitter: @SRGradinaru https://twitter.com/SR_Gradinaru