Joao Monteiro, Civil Enginner, MSc., PhD

Invited Assistant Professor, University of Coimbra
Invited Tutor, Universidade Aberta
PhD. Student, University of Coimbra, supervised at INESCC

João Pedro Medina Monteiro earned his Master's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Coimbra in 2018. He completed with success his doctoral thesis in Territorial Planning at the same university (2024). He is invited Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra and ESTGOH. He teaches courses such as Engineering Systems, Planning of Public Facilities, Infrastructure Projects Evaluation and Management, and Decision Support Methods in Urban Systems. Furthermore, he serves as a Tutor Professor (Hydrology) at the Open University.
He has published articles in esteemed international journals (ISI-WoS/Scopus) such as: Cities, Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, Land, International Journal of Geo-Information, Sustainability, Energies, Municipal Engineering (Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers), Engineering Sustainability (Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers). He has also acted a Peer-reviewer for internatioin scientific journals (WoS/Scopus). He is a founding member and President of the General Assembly of the Reabilita Coimbra Association.

Selected publications in scientific international journals:

Monteiro, J., Sousa, N., Coutinho-Rodrigues, J., & Natividade-Jesus, E. (2024) Benchmarking real and ideal cities - a multicriteria analysis of city performance based on urban form. Cities 150(2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.105040

Monteiro J, Sousa N, Natividade-Jesus E, & Coutinho-Rodrigues J. (2024). Challenges ahead on sustainable citites: An urban form and transport system review, Energies, https://doi.org/10.3390/en17020409

Monteiro J, Carrilho AC, Sousa N, Oliveira LKd, Natividade-Jesus E, & Coutinho-Rodrigues J. (2023). Do we Live where it is pleasant? Correlates of perceived pleasantness with socioeconomic variables, Land, 12(4):878. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12040878

Monteiro, J., Sousa, N., Pais, F., Coutinho-Rodrigues, J., Natividade- Jesus, E. (2023). Planning cities for pandemics: A review of urban and transport planning lessons from COVID-19, Municipal Engineer – Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Enginners, 0(0) https://doi.org/10.1680/jmuen.22.00030

Monteiro, J., Para, M., Sousa, N., Natividade-Jesus, E., Ostorero, C. & Coutinho-Rodrigues, J. (2023). Filling in the spaces: Compactifying cities towards accessibility and active transport, International Journal of Geo-Information, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi12030120

Monteiro, J., Sousa, N., Natividade-Jesus, E. & Coutinho-Rodrigues, J. (2023). The potential impact of cycling on urban transport energy and modal share: A GIS-based methodology, International Journal of Geo- Information, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi12020048

Sousa, N., Monteiro, J., Natividade-Jesus, E. & Coutinho-Rodrigues, J. (2023). The impact of geometric and land use elements on the perceived pleasantness of urban layouts, Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083221129879

Pais, F., Monteiro, J., Sousa, N., Coutinho-Rodrigues, J. & Natividade-Jesus, E. (2022) A multicriteria methodology for maintenance planning of cycling infrastructure. Engineering Sustainability - ICE, 175(5), 248–264. https://doi.org/10.1680/jensu.21.00088

Monteiro, J., Sousa, N., Natividade Jesus, E. & Coutinho-Rodrigues, J. (2022). Benchmarking city layouts: A methodological approach and an accessibility comparison between a real city and the Garden City, Sustainability; 14(9):5029. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14095029

Conference articles:

Coutinho-Rodrigues, J., Monteiro, J., Sousa, N. & Natividade-Jesus, E. (2023). Urban Form and Sustainable Transportation, 10th Annual International Conference on Transportation, 24-27 June 2024, Athens, Greece.

Coutinho-Rodrigues, J., Monteiro, J., Sousa, N. & Natividade-Jesus, E. (2023). The impact of city form and active modes of transport on urban mobility energy consumption, CEES 2023, 2nd International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment & Sustainability, 27-30 June, Funchal, Portugal.

Monteiro, J., Sousa, N., Natividade Jesus, E. & Coutinho-Rodrigues, J. (2018). Multi-criteria methodology for assessing the suitability of urban road infrastructure for cycling / Metodologia multicritério para avaliação da adequabilidade da infraestrutura viária urbana à bicicleta, PLURIS 2018: Proceedings of the 8th Luso-Brazilian International Congress for Urban, Regional, Integrated and Sustainable Planning / Atas do 8o Congresso Internacional Luso-Brasileiro para o Planeamento Urbano, Regional, Integrado e Sustentável. ISSN: 2525-7390, 1-12.

Other academic achievements:

Editor for Digital Twins special issue (2024):
Municipal Engineering (Institution of Civil Enginners). Emerald Publishing Group. https://emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-papers/digital-twins-shaping-future-municipal-engineering-planning-and-management

Encyclopedia entry:
Monteiro, J.; Sousa, N.; Coutinho-Rodrigues, J.; Natividade-Jesus, E. Spatial Planning and Energy Efficiency in Urban Form. . Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/54214

Article editor choice award:
Monteiro, J., Sousa, N., Natividade Jesus, E. & Coutinho-Rodrigues, J. (2022). Benchmarking city layouts: A methodological approach and an accessibility comparison between a real city and the Garden City, Sustainability; 14(9):5029. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14095029

Magazine article (2024):
Is Coimbra a 15-Min City? https://coimbracoolectiva.pt/historias/coimbra-ja-e-uma-cidade-dos-15-minutos/

Reviewer of +5 Q1/Q2 (WoS) Scientific Journals

3% Best student Award - University of Coimbra (2018)

Projects:

As PhD student at DEC/FCTUC (Form & Function: Benchmarking Real and Ideal Cities, 2019-present) he has been an active researcher in several recent INESCC projects:

CITYDEMICS - Planning Cities for Pandemics
Investment: 20000 €
Budget: 20000 €
Duration: 6 months (started September 2020)
Funding entity: Banco Santander / UC

Cityndex I - an aggregated active accessibility indicator for hilly cities
Budget: 51582 € (Budget PhD Grant FCT)
Duration: 36+12 months (started 2021)
Funding entity: INESC Coimbra / FCT UI/BD/150868/2021
FCT grants: 1 PhD, 3 +1 years

Project: CITYNDEXII - Soft Accessibility City Index
Budget: 8700 €
Duration: 15 months (6-2018 / 9-2019)
Funding entity: INESC Coimbra / FCT via no âmbito do Budget 2019 (UIDB/00308/2019)
FCT grant: 1 BI bachelor