Melissa Pineda-Pinto

Biographic Data

ID5774479
NAMEMelissa Pineda-Pinto
GIVEN NAMESMelissa
FAMILY NAMEPineda-Pinto
SIGNATUREPINEDA-PINTO M
AFFILIATIONSSwinburne University of Technology
ORCID0000-0001-9644-0569
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS14
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • Redefining co-design for social-ecological research and practice

    Open AccessMairéad O’Donnell, Marcus Collier et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2025References: 12

    Collaborative processes such as co-design are increasingly crucial in generating social-ecological research and practice. Fostering change within complex adaptive systems requires collaboratively working with real-world actors or stakeholders to resolve complicated issues. Co-design is a distinct and fundamental component of the co-paradigm, a collective term for co-design, co-production, and co-creation. However, scientific literature currently …

  • Urban novel ecosystems as affective landscapes

    Open AccessClair Cooper, Marcus Collier et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2024Cited by: 1References: 16

    The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-024-01539-w

  • Leverage points for improving urban biodiversity conservation in the Anthropocene

    Open AccessMelissa Pineda-Pinto, Christopher Kennedy et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2024References: 12

    Environmental governance faces persistent challenges worldwide, with traditional conservation and restoration policies often proving ineffective against ongoing environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. This is driven largely by complex regulatory procedures and an outdated understanding of ecosystem dynamics and change which often fail to effectively engage stakeholders or acknowledge the emergence and value of disturbed or novel ecosyste…

  • Exploring urban novel ecosystems

    Open AccessMelissa Pineda-Pinto, Marcus Collier et al.ARTICLEFutures2024Cited by: 2References: 63

    Novel ecosystems are those that have been altered by human activities and have afterwards experienced abandonment or human disuse, allowing for a new assemblage of species to establish. In urban areas, these ecosystems, are commonly found in post-industrial sites, vacant lots, and other unmanaged spaces. The informality of these ecosystems, assumptions of their low ecological value, and associations with negative attributes continue to prevent re…

  • Senses of injustices-in-place

    Open AccessMelissa Pineda-Pinto, Niki Frantzeskaki et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2023References: 14

    Ecological injustices are systemic acts and processes of misrepresentation, misrecognition, maldistribution of impacts, and destruction of fundamental capabilities, to both human and nonhuman living beings. Unpacking these context-specific injustices requires in-depth explorations of people and their experiences, perceptions, types of knowledge, actions, and relations to, for, and with nonhuman beings and their capacities. To explore these injust…

  • Planning Ecologically Just Cities

    Melissa Pineda-Pinto, Niki Frantzeskaki et al.ARTICLEUrban Policy and Research2022

    This paper presents a typology of ecological injustice hotspots for targeted design of nature-based solutions to guide planning and designing of just cities. The typology demonstrates how the needs and capabilities of nonhuman nature can be embedded within transitions to multi- and interspecies relational futures that regenerate and protect urban social-ecological systems. We synthesise the findings of previous quantitative and qualitative analys…

  • The potential of nature-based solutions to deliver ecologically just cities

    Open AccessMelissa Pineda-Pinto, Niki Frantzeskaki et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2022

  • Transformative low-carbon urban innovations

    Open AccessFatemeh Shahani, Melissa Pineda-Pinto et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2022Cited by: 4References: 102

  • Examining ecological justice within the social-ecological-technological system of New York City, USA

    Open AccessMelissa Pineda-Pinto, Pablo Herreros-Cantis et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2021

    Examining justice in cities requires using analytical approaches that can unpack their complex nature and reveal the many interacting dimensions that affect justice patterns and processes. Although justice in cities has been examined extensively, it has primarily focused on social and environmental dimensions. However, justice is multi-dimensional, influenced and affected by multiple actors, dynamics, and processes. In this paper we propose the u…

  • Mapping social-ecological injustice in Melbourne, Australia

    Open AccessMelissa Pineda-Pinto, Christian A Nygaard et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2021Cited by: 4References: 21

  • Environmental ethics in the perception of urban planners

    Open AccessMelissa Pineda-PintoARTICLEUrban Studies2020Cited by: 3References: 29

    Urban planning plays a crucial role in rethinking the relationships between cities and ecosystems. Environmental ethics can provide a framework for rethinking these relationships. However, the integration of urban planning and environmental ethics in the literature has not been extensive. Their integration is crucial because city planning is influenced by the ethical perspectives of decision-makers. This article uses a case study methodology to e…