Campus
- Mississauga (UTM)
Fields of Study
- Environment & Climate
- Urban
Areas of Interest
Natural resources; environmental management; nature in cities; urban forests; social-ecological systems; climate change adaptation; urban greening; green infrastructure; nature based solutions; spatio-temporal modeling; vegetation surveys; wildlife surveys; field experiments; social surveys; Canada; Latin-America; Australia
Biography
My work relates to the social and ecological aspects of urban nature and how people and urban nature influence each other. I help cities become more resilient to climate change through the management of urban nature. I do research on the social and ecological benefits/effects/impacts of urban nature, urban forest ecology and management, ecological restoration in cities, climate change adaptation and urban forests, community views of urban forests and green infrastructure, urban development and urban trees, urban forest governance, and engineered technologies to grow better urban trees. Originally from Cali, Colombia, I work in Canada, Australia, and Latin America.
Publications
Ordóñez, C., Threlfall, C., Kendal, D., Baumann, J., Sonkkila, C., Hochuli, D., van der Ree, R., Fuller, R., Davern, M., Herzog, K., English, A., Livesley, S. (2023) Quantifying the importance of urban trees to people and nature through tree removal experiment. People and Nature 5 (4), 1316-1335. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10509
Ordóñez, C., Wolf, K., Kowalski, J.M., Kendal, D., Byrne, J.A., Conway, T.M. (2022). Diversity in public perception of urban forests and trees: A critical review. Landscape & Urban Planning 226, 104466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104466
Ordóñez Barona, C., Bush, J., Hurley, J., Amati, M., Juhola, S., Frank, S., Ritchie, M., Clark, C., English, A., Hertzog, K., Caffin, M., Watt, S., Livesley, S.J. (2021) International approaches to protecting and retaining trees on private urban land. Journal of Environmental Management 285, 112081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112081
Ordóñez Barona, C., Devisscher, T., Dobbs, C., Orozco-Aguilar, L., Baptista, M.D., Navarro-Pérez, N.M., da Silva-Filho, D.F., Escobedo, F. (2020) Trends in urban forestry research in Latin America & The Caribbean: a systematic review. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 47, 126544. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126544
Ordóñez, C. Duinker, P. (2015). Climate change vulnerability assessment of the urban forest in three Canadian cities. Climatic Change 131 (4), 531-543, http://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-015-1394-2.