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Adriana Portella is an Architect and Urban Planner graduated at Federal University of Pelotas in Brazil (UFPel), has a Masters Degree in Urban and Regional Planning at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil (UFRGS), Ph.D. in Urban Design at Oxford Brookes University and Post-Doc in Planning at the Bartlett School of Planning, both in England.

She has been working in research since 1997, and has been carried out investigations in different subjects such as architecture, planning, urban design and environmental psychology. Her publications are mainly related with the following topics: user perception and cognition of the built environment, preservation of historic heritage, chromatic analysis, wayfinding, aesthetic evaluation, space syntax, social segregation, and urban density.

Some publications...

PORTELLA, A. A. . Visual Pollution: Advertising, Signage and Environmental Quality.. 1. ed. London: Ashgate, 2014. v. 1. 330p .

PORTELLA, A. A. . Built Environment. In: Alex Michalos. (Org.). Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. 1ed.Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 2014, v. 1, p. 454-461.

PORTELLA, A. A. ; XAVIER, S. C. . Complexity and Order in Commercial Streetscapes. In: IAPS. (Org.). Bridging the Boundaries: Human Experience in the Natural and Built Environment and Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice. 1ed.Goettingen Germany: Hogrefe Publishing, 2014, v. , p. 30-.

PORTELLA, A. A. . From real places to theme park cities: What is the matter with ours cities?. Bulletin of People-Environment Studies, v. 40, p. 13-16, 2013.

PORTELLA, A. A. . Oktha Centre Tower X Preservação: A Proposta de Construção de uma Torre de 396 metros de altura na Cidade Histórica de São Petersburgo na Rússia. Minha Cidade, v. 10, p. 260, 2009.

PORTELLA, A. A. . Arquitetura versus Interesses econômicos: A proposta de extensão da última plataforma da Torre Eiffel em Paris. Minha Cidade, v. 8, p. 248, 2009.

PORTELLA, A. A. . Times Square nao e exemplo de poluicao visual.. Arquitextos (São Paulo. Online), v. 094, p. 463, 2008.

PORTELLA, A. A. . Evaluating the Effects of Commercial Signs on the Appearance of Historic Streetscapes in Different Countries. Journal of Research in Architecture and Planning, v. 6, p. 10-20, 2007.

PORTELLA, A. A. ; CUNHA, P. V. ; DOMINGUEZ, Emílio Merino . Movilidad y Accesibilidad Peatonal en Centros Comerciales y Históricos. Ruta2000 El Transporte Del Milenio, Cidade do México, v. Mayo, n.Año 4, p. 33-36, 2002.

PORTELLA, A. A. . Perceptual Constancy Between Users from Different Countries in Commercial and Historic Streetscapes. In: IAPS 2008. (Org.). Post-Conference Book of IAPS 2008: Urban Diversities, Biosphere and Well-Being. Londres: Routledge, 2010, v. , p. -.

PORTELLA, A. A. ; CUNHA, Patrícia Oliveira Vieira da ; DOMINGUEZ, Emílio Merino . Avaliando os Atributos de Mobilidade e Acessibilidade do Pedestre em Centros Comerciais e Historicos. In: CNT. (Org.). Transporte em Transformação VI - Trabalhos vencedores do Prêmio CNT Produção Acadêmica 2001. Brasilia: Universidade de Brasília, 2002.

PORTELLA, A. A. ; QUINTANILHA, I. C. ; ROCHA, A. M. M. ; HOOD, E. S. ; XAVIER, S. C. . People´ Mood and Architecture Style: A Study of Human Behaviour and Place Preference. In: IAPS International Network Symposium 2013, 2013, Coruña. IAPS International Network Symposium 2013 Sustainable environments in a changing global context Identifying opportunities for innovative spaces and practices in contexts of crisis, 2013. v. 1.

PORTELLA, A. A. ; XAVIER, S. C. . Complexity and order in commercial streetscapes: how to maintain user´s satisfaction with visual quality in contemporary cities. In: 22nd IAPS Conference: Human Experience in the Natural and Built Environment: Implications for Research Policy and Practice, 2012, Glasgow. Glasgow IAPS22 Human Experience in the Natural and Built Environment: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice. Glasow: University of Strathclyde Glasgow, 2012. v. 1. p. 238-238.

VIANA, T. F. ; PORTELLA, A. A. . The influence of urban and natural environment on user s evaluation of visual quality in coast cities. In: IAPS22 Conference: Human Experience in the Natural and Built Environment: Implications for Research, Policy and Practice, 2012, Glasgow. Glasgow IAPS22 Human Experience in the Natural and Built Environment: Implications for Research, Policy and Practice. Glasgow: University of Strathclyde Glasgow, 2012. v. 1. p. 239-239.

TUNES, D. A. de ; PORTELLA, A. A. . Universal Design and Urban Design: visual and non visual attributes that influence pedestrian´s perception of accessibility in historic city centres. In: 22nd IAPS Conference: Human Experience in the Natural and Built Environment: Implications for Research Policy and Practice, 2012, Glasgow. Glasgow IAPS22 Human Experience in the Natural and Built Environment: Implications for Research Policy and Practice. Glasgow: University of Strathclyde Glasgow, 2012. v. 1. p. 218-218.

MEDVEDOVSKI, N. S. ; PORTELLA, A. A. ; GOMES, L. O. . The new generation of gate communities in brazil: new land for lower middle social class. In: IAPS22 Conference Human Experience in the Natural and Built Environment: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice., 2012, Glasgow. Glasgow IAPS22 Human Experience in the Natural and Built Environment: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice.. Glasgow: University of Strathclyde Glasgow, 2012. v. 1. p. 216-216.

FERREIRA, G. F. ; PORTELLA, A. A. . Order, similarity and variety: how to create attractive places through formal and symbolic attributes of building facades. In: 22nd IAPS Conference Human Experience in the Natural and Built Environment: Implications for Research Policy and Practice, 2012, Glasgow. Glasgow IAPS22 Human Experience in the Natural and Built Environment: Implications for Research Policy and Practice. Glasgow: University of Strathclyde Glasgow, 2012. v. 1. p. 144-144.

PORTELLA, A. A. . Global change in historic city centres: How to combine commercial activities and historic heritage in urban life. In: 21st IAPS conference.Vulnerability, Risk and Complexity: Impacts of Global Change on Human Habitats., 2010, Leipzig. 21st IAPS conference.Vulnerability, Risk and Complexity: Impacts of Global Change on Human Habitats., 2010.

PORTELLA, A. A. . Perceptual Constancy Between Users from Different Countries in Commercial and Historic Streetscapes. In: IAPS 2008: Urban diversities, biosphere and well-being, 2008, Roma. IAPS 2008: Urban diversities, biosphere and well-being, 2008.

REIS, A. T. da L. ; PORTELLA, A. A. ; BENNETT, J. T. G. ; LAY, M. C. D. . Accessibility and Security: Syntactic and perceptual analysis in two low-income housing estates. In: Space Syntax 4th International Symposium, 2003, Londres. Book of Papers of the Space Syntax 4th International Symposium. Londres: Pims UK Limited, 2003. v. 2. p. 44-44.12.

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