Tavares, Silvia G., Sellars, David, Dupre, Karine, and Mews, Gregor H. (2024) Implementation of the New Urban Agenda on a local level: an effective community engagement methodology for human-centred urban design. Journal of Urbanism, 17 (1). pp. 24-46.

Fu, Jiawei, Dupre, Karine, Tavares, Silvia, King, David, and Banhalmi-Zakar, Zsuzsa (2022) Optimized greenery configuration to mitigate urban heat: A decade systematic review. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 11 (3). pp. 466-491.

Fassina, Caroline, Jarvis, Diane, Tavares, Silvia, and Coggan, Anthea (2022) Valuation of ecosystem services through offsets: Why are coastal ecosystems more valuable in Australia than in Brazil? Ecosystem Services, 56. 101449.

Tavares, Silvia G., Sellars, David, Mews, Greg, Dupré, Karine, Cândido, Christhina, and Towle, Simon (2020) Public health and well-being in public open spaces through climate responsive urban planning and design. Journal of Public Space, 5 (2). pp. 1-6.

Chaiechi, Taha, Wong, Caroline, and Tavares, Silvia (2020) Urban design and economic growth: an analytical tale of two tropical cities. Etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 19 (2). pp. 172-200.

Dupré, Karine, Coulon, Jane, and Tavares, Silvia (2019) Healthy, happy and tropical – world's fastest-growing cities demand our attention. The Conversation, 28 March 2019.

Tavares, Silvia, and Chaiechi, Taha (2019) City temperatures and city economics, a hidden relationship between sun and wind and profits. The Conversation.

Tavares, Silvia, and Dupre, Karine (2019) Planning and designing multi-services green infrastructure. Myliveablecity, Apr-Jun 2019. pp. 46-49.

Cotter, Graeme, Chaiechi, Taha, and Tavares, Silvia (2019) State of abandon: the role of governance in the recurrent and cyclical nature of class conflict in the lives of mining communities in Australia. In: Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference. 95. pp. 1190-1202. From: 33rd Annual Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management Conference: wicked solutions to wicked problems, 3-6 December 2019, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Chaiechi, Taha, and Tavares, Silvia (2019) Urban growth, heat islands, humidity, climate change: the costs multiply in tropical cities. The Conversation.

Tavares, Silvia G., Swaffield, Simon R., and Stewart, Emma J. (2019) A case-based methodology for investigating urban comfort through interpretive research and microclimate analysis in post-earthquake Christchurch, New Zealand. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 46 (4). pp. 731-750.

Tavares, Silvia, and Dupré, Karine (2018) Cities can grow without wrecking reefs and oceans. Here's how. The Conversation, 11 December 2018.

Tavares, Silvia, and Sellars, David (2018) Making a global agenda work locally for healthy, sustainable living in tropical Australia. The Conversation, 6 June 2018.

Wolfe, Charles, Tavares, Silvia, and Sellars, David (2018) Empowering lessons for livable places. Public Square, 13 July 2018.

Tavares, Silvia (2018) Public microclimates: thermal outdoor expectations in post-earthquake Christchurch (New Zealand). In: Roesler, Sascha, and Kobi, Madlen, (eds.) The Urban Microclimate as Artifact: towards an architectural theory of thermal diversity. Birkhäuser, Basel, Switzerland, pp. 82-100.

Wolfe, Charles R., Tavares, Silvia, and Sellars, David (2018) Thinkers in the Tropical Shade: empowering lessons for livable places. Minds and Hearts, 1 (5). pp. 50-53.

Wolfe, Charles R., Tavares, Silvia, and Sellars, David (2018) Thinkers in the tropical shade: empowering lessons for livable places. Planetizen, 28 June 2018.

Tavares, Silvia, and Sellars, David (2018) UTC 3.0 Report: James Cook University - Urban Liveability in Tropical Australia Through Urban Diaries and Community Engagement. Report. James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

Tavares, Silvia (2017) Book review of "Sustainability and Resilience in the Built Environment" by Emilio Jose Garcia and Brenda Vale. New York, NY, USA, Routledge, 2017. ISBN: 978–1–138–64402–1. Landscape Review, 17 (2). pp. 88-90.

Wesener, Andreas, McWilliam, Wendy, Tavares, Silvia, and Birkeland, Janis (2017) Integrated urban grey and green infrastructures. Landscape Review, 17 (2). pp. 1-4.

Tavares, Silvia (2017) Conforto urbano: a paisagem fisica e social como constituinte da experiência climatica / Urban comfort: the physical and social landscape as constituent of the climate experience. Cadernos do PROARQ, 28. pp. 47-62.

Tavares, Silvia G. (2017) Urban climate adaptation through design and planning: a New Zealand perspective. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Urban Design Conference. pp. 69-89. From: 10th International Urban Design Conference, 13-15 November 2017, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.

Tavares, Silvia, and Swaffield, Simon (2017) Urban comfort in a future compact city: analysis of open-space qualities in the rebuilt Christchurch Central City. Landscape Review, 17 (2). pp. 5-23.

Silva, Heitor da Costa, and Tavares, Silvia Garcia (2015) Meio ambiente: encontro entre arquitetura e sustentabilidade [Built environment: where architecture meets sustainability]. In: Benini, Sandra Medina, and Rosin, Jeane Aparecida Rombi de Godoy, (eds.) Estudos Urbanos: uma abordagem interdisciplinar da cidade contemporanea. Associação Amigos da Natureza da Alta Paulista (ANAP), Tupa, Sao Paulo, Brazil, pp. 123-133.

Cocozza, Glauco de Paula, and Tavares, Silvia Garcia (2014) Expression of city edges in different cultures and its influence on urban landscape design: a comparison between the urban-rural interface in Brazil and New Zealand medium sized cities. In: Proceedings of the 20th International Seminar on Urban Form (1) pp. 53-63. From: ISUF 2013: 20th International Seminar on Urban Form, 17-20 July 2013, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Tavares, S., Swaffield, S., and Stewart, E. (2013) Sustainability, microclimate and culture in post-earthquake Christchurch. In: Proceedings of the 50th World Congress of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (1) 42. pp. 347-354. From: IFLA50: 50th World Congress of the International Federation of Landscape Architects, 10-12 April 2013, Auckland, New Zealand.

Tavares, Silvia G, Takahashi, Érica E, and Castro, Rayron C (2010) A relação entre urbanidade e clima na configuração de uma paisagem cultural em Palmas [The relationship between urbanity and climate in configuring a cultural landscape in Palmas]. In: Gazzaneo, Luiz Manoel, (ed.) Da Baixa Pombalina a Brasilia. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 290-311.

Silva, Heitor da Costa, Kinsel, Luciane Stürmer, and Tavares Garcia, Silvia (2008) Climate analysis and strategies for bioclimatic design purposes. In: Proceedings of the 25th Passive and Low Energy Architecture 2008 Conference. 601. From: PLEA 2008: 25th Passive and Low Energy Architecture 2008 Conference, 22-24 October 2008, Dublin, Ireland.

Tavares, Silvia G, and Silva, Heitor da Costa (2008) Daylight simulation in buildings. In: Proceedings of the 25th Passive and Low Energy Architecture 2008 Conference. 486. From: Passive and Low Energy Architecture 2008 Conference, 22-24 October 2008, Dublin, Ireland.

Tavares, Sílvia Garcia, and Silva, Heitor da Costa (2008) Brazilian solar architecture: an analysis of MESP daylighting system. In: Goswami, D. Yogi, and Zhao, Yuwen, (eds.) Proceedings of ISES World Congress 2007: solar energy and human settlement. Berlin, Germany, I . Springer, pp. 476-480.

Tavares, Sílvia Garcia, Kinsel, Luciane Stürmer, and Silva, Heitor da Costa (2006) Parametric lighting studies. In: Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture (2) 213. From: PLEA 2006: 23rd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, 6 - 8 September 2006, Geneve, Switzerland.