Position: Teaching assistant, Postdoctoral researcher
Research interests:
- Sustainable development
- Environmental impact assessment
- Green infrastructures
- Spatial analysis and remote sensing
Research projects:
- Developing a toolbox for assessing the resilience and sustainability of urban housing models in the context of environmental challenges (ReSURCe), Project number: PN-IV-P2-2.1-TE-2023-0828, 2025-2026, Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS-UEFISCDI
- Enhancing social equity in urban planning through citizen science (CitizenPlanning), Project number: PN-IV-P1-PCE-2023-1851, 2025-2027, Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS-UEFISCDI
- Evaluating the role of nature-based innovations for healthy cities, Project number: PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-0316, 2020-2022, Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS-UEFISCDI
- Contribution of small urban green infrastructure in achieving environmental justice, Project number: PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-1543, 2020-2022, Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS-UEFISCDI
- Nature-based solutions for increasing cities resilience and sustainability, Project number PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2016-0635, 2017-2019, Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS-UEFISCDI
- Experimental Methods for Ecosystems Services Assessment of Urban Lakes under Climate Changes, PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2016-1300, 2017-2018, Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS-UEFISCDI
Relevant publications:
- Slave A.R., Popa A.M., Onose D.A., Esmail B.A., Albert C., Hossu C.A., Iojă I.C., Gradinaru S.R. (2025) Evaluating trends in the consideration of urban green spaces in strategic spatial planning: Insights from Romania, Landscape and Urban Planning, 263, 105425.
- Gavrilidis A.A., Zakerhaghighi K., Popa A.M., Akbarian S.Z., Onose D.A., Grădinaru S.R., Slave A.R. (2024) Perceptions of cultural ecosystem services provision by small public urban green spaces: perspectives from different cultural backgrounds. Urban Ecosystems, 27: 699–716.
- Iojă I.C., Niță M.R., Popa A.M. (2023) The influence of indoor plants of human healthy in cities, The publishing house of the Romanian Academy.
- Popa C.L., Dontu S.I., Carstea E.M., Ioja I.C., Florescu L.I., Dumitrache A.C., Vanau G., Popa A.M., Moldoveanu M. (2023) Land use impact on the levels of fluorescent dissolved organic matter, phytoplankton and zooplankton in urban lakes. Limnologica 99: 126062.
- Grădinaru S.R., Onose D.A., Oliveira E., Slave A.R., Popa A.M., Gavrilidis A.A. (2023) Equity in urban greening: Evidence from strategic planning in Romania, Landscape and Urban Planning 230: 104614.
- Popa A.M., Ioja I.C., Onose D.A., Nita M.R. (2022) Evaluating the Integration of Nature-Based Solutions Concept in Strategic Urban Planning in Romania, Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning: 81-94.
- Gavrilidis A.A., Popa A.M., Onose D. A. Gradinaru S.R. (2022) Planning small for winning big: Small urban green space distribution patterns in an expanding city. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening: 127787.
- Popa A.M., Onose D.A., Șandric I.C., Dosiadis, E.A., Petropoulos, G.P., Gavrilidis A.A. Faka A. (2022), Using GEOBIA and vegetation indices to assess small urban green areas in two climatic regions, Remote Sensing 14 (19): 4888.
- Popa A.M., Iojă I.C., Niță M.R., Onose D.A. (2022), Urban Sustainability Assessment of Romanian Cities, Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences 17(2): 373–385.
Contact: anamaria.popa[at]geo.unibuc.ro