Silvia Machado
Assistant Professor
- Group:Environmental Sciences Department
Silvia Machado
Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences
Extension Number: 546
Office Number: S-326
Extension Number: 546
Office Number: S-326
Brief Profile:
Silvia Machado is Assistant Professor at the Forman Christian College (A Chartered University)’s Department of Environmental Sciences. She has vast experience of over 15 years in the field of Environmental management and planning in Portugal and Pakistan. Her research interests. Her research interests include Urban and Land Use planning, Urban Ecology, Public Health and Environment, Applications of GIS and remote sensing and Environmental and Health Risk Assessment.
Education:
Silvia Machado is Assistant Professor at the Forman Christian College (A Chartered University)’s Department of Environmental Sciences. She has vast experience of over 15 years in the field of Environmental management and planning in Portugal and Pakistan. Her research interests. Her research interests include Urban and Land Use planning, Urban Ecology, Public Health and Environment, Applications of GIS and remote sensing and Environmental and Health Risk Assessment.
Education:
- PhD in Geography and Regional Planning (ongoing), Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Nova University of Lisbon.
- MPhil in Environmental Management and Planning, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo – College of Agriculture, 2013
- Graduated in 2006 of Environmental and Rural Resources Engineering by the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo – College of Agriculture, 2006Research and Publications:
Journals:
- Masood, S., D. Ahmed, S. Machado and S. Aslam. 2022. Impact of land uses on drinking water quality in selected areas of Lahore city. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, 38(5): 53-59.
- Machado, S., Mehnaz, S. Foresight from the impacts of COVID-19 on air pollution. Environmental Sustainability 3, 229–231 (2020).
- Machado, S., Juliao, R.P. (2017). Cartografia de Localização de Risco à Ocorrência de Movimentos de Massa em Vertentes: Caso de Estudo do Alto Minho, Portugal. Book of Abstracts, XI Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa – As dimensões e a responsabilidade social da Geografia, Porto, 2017
- Baqar, Mujtaba, Sarwar, Aqsa, Durr-e-Shahwar, Nazir, Rabia, Shahid, Saad, Shaikh, Irfan Ahmed, Arslan, Muhammad, Machado, Silvia, Ali, Azhar, 2015. Publication of Adsorption of Acid Yellow-73 and Direct Violet-51 Dyes from Textile Wastewater by using Iron Doped Corncob Charcoal. Pak. J. Anal. Environ. Chem. Vol. 16, No. 1 (2015), ISSN-1996-918X.
- Alonso, J., Castro, P., Ribeiro, J., Martins, I., Mamede, J., Machado, S., Brito, A., 2011. Spatial Information System of Water Resources (North of Portugal – SI.ADD): objectives and development. Journal of Water Resources, Volume 32, Nº 1, May 2011.
Research Papers Presented in Scientific Conferences:
- Machado, S., Alonso, J., Juliao, R.P. (2019). “Methods and Procedures Proposal for Local Spatial Data Infrastructures Monitoring” in the X Jornadas Ibéricas de Infra-estruturas de Dados Espaciais, on October 24, Cáceres, Spain.
- Machado, S. (2019). “The application of Spatial Data Infrastructure in the territorial development and planning”, Presentation in Third International Conference on Conference on “Challenges and Possibilities for Environmental Sustainability with a focus on Pakistan” in February, at Lahore School of Economics, Lahore, Pakistan.
- Machado, S., Alonso, J., Juliao, R.P. (2019). “Individual, institutional and territorial capacity building model evaluation and local SDI development support.” Poster presented in the INSPIRE 2019: Inspire users: Make it work together. Antwerp, Belgium.
- Machado, S., Juliao, R.P. (2017). Cartografia de Localização de Risco à Ocorrência de Movimentos de Massa em Vertentes: Caso de Estudo do Alto Minho, Portugal. Presentation on the XI Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa – As dimensões e a responsabilidade social da Geografia, Porto, 9 a 11 de Novembro de 2017.
- Saman Rizwan, Hamid Saeed, Sohaib Aslam , Nazia Perveen, Sílvia Machado, Sara Ali, 2016. “Maize residue decomposition study in Pakistani soil with a comparison of mulched versus incorporated residue management practices: A step towards sustainable agriculture”. 16th International Congress of Soil Science on “Healthy Soils for Food Security”, March 15-17, 2016, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
- Machado, Silvia, 2016. An integrated approach for efficient energy recovery production from livestock waste. 2nd International Conference on Biotechnology (ICB): Challenges and Opportunities in Pakistan (February 24-25, 2016).
- Machado, Silvia, 2014. Assessment of bioenergy and climate change mitigation. 1st International Conference on Bioenergy 2014: Challenges and Opportunities in Pakistan, 20-21 November 2014, University of South Asia, Lahore, Pakistan.
- Alonso, J., Guerra, C., Mamede, J., Martins, I., Machado, S., Brito, A. 2011. Spatial Information System of Water Resources (North of Portugal – SI.ADD): SDI local contributes and institutional capacity building. INSPIRE Conference 2011, 27 Jun 2011 – 1 Jul 2011. Venue: Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Alonso, J., Castro, P, Machado, S., Martins, Ribeiro, J., L., Pacheco, I. (2010). Os objectivos e o desenvolvimento do projecto INFOGEO: Geoportais e sistemas de informação para a gestão municipal. ESIG 2010, 10 – 12 February 2010, Oeiras, Portugal.
- Alonso, J.; Castro, P.; Rey Graña, J.; Machado, S.; Fernandes, S., 2008. O diagnóstico e as propostas no desenvolvimento de SIG municipais na região da VALIMAR ComUrb. ESIG 2008, 14 to 16 May; Tagus Park, Oeiras, Portugal.
- Alonso, J., Castro, P., Rey Graña, J., Machado, S., Fernandes, S., 2007. Desafios para o desenvolvimento de IDE municipais em territórios de baixa densidade. Seminário Valorização dos Territórios de Baixa Densidade: Novas Abordagens e Experiências. Comunidade Urbana Valimar (Valimar ComUrb), AreaLima, 9 November 2007, Portugal.
Other articles (Technical reports and non-peer reviewed publications and thesis):
- Machado, Silvia, 2013. Modelos de desenvolvimento e avaliação de Sistemas de Informação Geográficos Municipais. Final thesis to fulfil the requirements for the Master on Land Use management and planning, College of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal, 96 pp.
- Alonso, J., Machado, S., Guerra, C., Santos, S., Paredes, C., 2010. Valorização e qualificação ambiental e territorial dos espaços classificados do Concelho de Matosinhos. Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal, 51 pp.
- Alonso, J., Santos, S., Paredes, C., Martins, H, Mamede, J., Machado, S., 2008. Parte I – Baixo Tâmega – O Meio Físico, a População e a Paisagem. Projecto “O Património Natural e Cultural como Factor de Desenvolvimento e Competitividade do Território no Baixo Tâmega. AMBT, Portugal, 44pp.
- Silva A., Duarte C., Lopes Z., D’Eça P., Alonso J., Rey J., Mamede J., Rodrigues A., Guerra C., Igreja C., Paredes C., Martins H., Cerqueira J., Santos J., Araújo J., Brito M., Fernandes S., Machado S., Santos S., Curado M., Honrado J., Carvalho T., Barbosa J., Séneca A., Lomba A., Soares C., Vieira C., Gonçalves D., Caldas F., Leal J., Vicente J., Grosso-Silva J., Alves P., Alves P., Silva R., Ferreira S. & Múrias T., 2007. Plano de Ordenamento da Bacia Leiteira Primária de Entre Douro e Minho, DRAEDM/IDARN/ESA-IPVC/UP-CIBIO, 151 pp.
- Alonso, J., Castro, P., Rey, J., Machado, S., Paiva, A., Silva, S., 2007. SIG Municipais – Diagnóstico e propostas de modelos para SIG municipais para os municípios de Arcos de Valdevez, Caminha, Esposende, Ponte da Barca, Ponte de Lima e Viana do Castelo, Valimar Digital, ESA-IPVC, Portugal, 121pp
- Alonso, J., Santos, S., Mamede, J., Martins, H., Guerra, C., Silva, S., Paiva, A., Esteves, B., Machado, S., 2007. Os riscos naturais e a gestão do património natural e arqueológico; NOE Project; Porto; Portugal, 145 pp.
- Machado, S., 2006. Análise do território de montanha em SIG: uso do solo e aptidão agro-florestal para o planalto da serra da Boalhosa. Final report to on Environmental Engineering and Rural Resources Degree, College of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal, 87 pp.
- Machado, S., Azevedo, C., 2005. Aptidão agro-florestal e planeamento do território para a bacia hidrográfica do Rio Estorãos. Final report on the Specialization course in Geographical Information Systems, Instituto para o Desenvolvimento Agrária da Região Norte, Portugal, 31 pp.
- Machado, S., 2003. Recuperação das margens do Rio Vizela. Final report to on Environmental Engineering and Rural Resources Bachelor’s degree, College of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal, 47 pp.
- Machado, S., 2001. Plano de desenvolvimento para a freguesia de Travassos. Report on intermediate bachelor’s degree probation on Environmental Engineering and Rural Resources Degree, College of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal, 21 pp.