[{"content":" Profile # I grew up in Santa Cruz do Sul, a mid-sized city in the heart of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. I studied Architecture and Urbanism there, which inspired me to understand how cities work. Eventually, I ended up spending more time with spatial datasets than with drawing boards.\nI moved to Porto Alegre to pursue graduate studies, where I completed my MSc and PhD in Urban and Regional Planning. In 2023, I packed my bags and spent a few months at the University of Lisbon as a visiting doctoral researcher, where, along the way, I began programming with Python.\nCurrently, I work as a Data Analyst at WRI Brasil\u0026rsquo;s Cities Program, focusing on urban adaptation and climate resilience. My work involves spatial analysis, index-building, and translating data into evidence that can inform planning decisions.\nI live in a cozy apartment in Porto Alegre, a 5-minute walk from Lake Guaíba, where I enjoy long walks and the sunset, and a 2-hour drive from the Atlantic coast, where my family and I love spending weekends.\nEducation # PhD in Urban and Regional Planning 2021–2025 UFRGS — Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil\nPhD Internship in Geography 2023–2024 Universidade de Lisboa — Lisboa, Portugal\nMSc in Urban and Regional Planning 2019–2020 UFRGS — Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil\nBSc in Architecture and Urbanism 2013–2018 UNISC — Santa Cruz do Sul, RS, Brazil\nPublications # Over thirty peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in urban planning, regional development, climate change, and geospatial analysis.\nView all publications on ResearchGate →\nContact # For business inquiries, please contact me on LinkedIn or email me.\n","date":"May 10, 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/about/","section":"About","summary":"Profile # I grew up in Santa Cruz do Sul, a mid-sized city in the heart of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. I studied Architecture and Urbanism there, which inspired me to understand how cities work. Eventually, I ended up spending more time with spatial datasets than with drawing boards.\n","title":"About","type":"about"},{"content":"","date":"May 10, 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/","section":"Carolina Faccin","summary":"","title":"Carolina Faccin","type":"page"},{"content":"","date":"August 14, 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Categories","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"14 de August de 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/pt-br/categories/morfologia-urbana/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Morfologia Urbana","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"14 de August de 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/pt-br/categories/planejamento-urbano/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Planejamento Urbano","type":"categories"},{"content":" climate change\u0026thinsp;2 covid-19\u0026thinsp;1 housing\u0026thinsp;2 medium-sized cities\u0026thinsp;5 metropolises\u0026thinsp;2 regional planning\u0026thinsp;5 small cities\u0026thinsp;3 urban morphology\u0026thinsp;3 urban planning\u0026thinsp;5 ","date":"August 14, 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/projects/","section":"Projects","summary":" climate change 2 covid-19 1 housing 2 medium-sized cities 5 metropolises 2 regional planning 5 small cities 3 urban morphology 3 urban planning 5 ","title":"Projects","type":"projects"},{"content":"","date":"August 14, 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/urban-morphology/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Urban Morphology","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"August 14, 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/urban-planning/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Urban Planning","type":"categories"},{"content":"How is the rapid urbanization in the North Coast of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, strongly driven by tourism, transforming the landscape and pressuring sensitive ecosystems?\nMethodology: Processing of historical time series data on land use and cover from MapBiomas (1985-2023) - and data comparison.\nResults: There was an advancement of urbanization over areas of high environmental sensitivity. The result serves as a warning regarding the protection of coastal ecosystems.\nData Sources: MapBiomas, IBGE, OpenBuildings.\nTools: Python, QGIS.\nPaper (pt-br)\nGitHub\n","date":"August 14, 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/projects/coastal/","section":"Projects","summary":"How is the rapid urbanization in the North Coast of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, strongly driven by tourism, transforming the landscape and pressuring sensitive ecosystems?","title":"Urban Transformation Patterns in Coastal Cities","type":"projects"},{"content":"","date":"8 de July de 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/pt-br/categories/cidades-pequenas/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Cidades Pequenas","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"July 8, 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/climate-change/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Climate Change","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"8 de July de 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/pt-br/categories/mudan%C3%A7as-clim%C3%A1ticas/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Mudanças Climáticas","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"July 8, 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/small-cities/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Small Cities","type":"categories"},{"content":"How can we define guidelines for priority occupation of municipalities after the 2024 floods — in a safe, fast, and low-budget manner?\nCase Study: Seven municipalities in Taquari Valley Region, in Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil.\nMethodology: Application of a multicriteria analysis that involved modeling, normalization, and weighting of factors (slope, flood risk, landslides, and infrastructure) to identify a map with four levels of urban suitability, considering climate change.\nResults: Classification of safe areas suitable for urban expansion, serving as an immediate and emergency technical support tool.\nData Sources: FEPAM/RS, MapBiomas, DAER, OpenStreetMap, IPH/UFRGS.\nTools: QGIS, Python, and Multicriteria Analysis.\nPaper Published (soon!)\nReports Developed # Reports delivered to SEDUR (Secretariat of Urban and Metropolitan Development of Rio Grande do Sul), in portuguese.\nInteractive Maps with Data\n1. Risk Zoning\nArroio do Meio Colinas Cruzeiro do Sul Encantado Estrela Muçum Roca Sales Example: Maps of the municipality of Arroio do Meio\n2. Preliminary Guidelines for Priority Occupation\nArroio do Meio Colinas Cruzeiro do Sul Encantado Estrela Muçum Roca Sales Example: Maps of the municipality of Muçum\n3. Diagnosis and Technical Reading\nArroio do Meio Colinas Cruzeiro do Sul Encantado Estrela Muçum Roca Sales Example: Maps of the municipality of Roca Sales\n","date":"July 8, 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/projects/urban-suitability-index-post-disasters/","section":"Projects","summary":"How can we define guidelines for priority occupation of municipalities after the 2024 floods — in a safe, fast, and low-budget manner?","title":"Urban Suitability Index Post-Disasters","type":"projects"},{"content":"","date":"16 de June de 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/pt-br/categories/cidades-m%C3%A9dias/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Cidades Médias","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"16 de June de 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/pt-br/categories/habita%C3%A7%C3%A3o/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Habitação","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"June 16, 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/housing/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Housing","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"June 16, 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/medium-sized-cities/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Medium-Sized Cities","type":"categories"},{"content":"How can socio-spatial fragmentation be measured and analyzed over 50 years, connecting it to public policies and impacts on the landscape?\nDoctoral research independently conducted, using the medium-sized city of Santa Cruz do Sul as a case study - located in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.\nMethodology: I developed a quantitative and qualitative methodology that combined historical analysis with spatial data analysis. Utilizing Python and QGIS, I collected, organized, and analyzed data, creating four types of indicators (environmental, social, housing, infrastructural) to map the evolution of socio-spatial fragmentation from 1970 to 2022.\nConclusion: The analysis revealed the formation of physical and symbolic barriers that accentuate segregation, with a sharp distinction between the north and south of the city. While the north concentrates high-income gated communities, the south concentrates low-income popular housing developments.\nContributions: The study demonstrated how public policies and market dynamics can reproduce patterns of exclusion, providing a diagnosis that serves as a subsidy for formulating urban policies.\nData Sources: Interviews, Public Policies, IBGE, Municipal City Hall Database, IBGE, MapBiomas, OpenBuildings, OpenStreetMap, FEPAM/RS, DAER, among others.\nTools: Python, QGIS, PostgreSQL/PostGIS.\nOpen Database\nThesis File\nOther Publications:\nFaccin (2025) (pt/br): Paper submitted to the seminar XXI Enanpur. ","date":"June 16, 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/projects/sociospatial-fragmentation/","section":"Projects","summary":"How can socio-spatial fragmentation be measured and analyzed over 50 years, connecting it to public policies and impacts on the landscape?","title":"Sociospatial Fragmentation and Repercussions on the Landscape","type":"projects"},{"content":"Following the 2024 floods, how could we, as a scientific community, provide urgent technical diagnoses and recommendations to support the recovery of small municipalities in inland Rio Grande do Sul?\nI joined a voluntary task force of researchers to analyze existing planning instruments. I co-authored the technical report, responsible for the geospatial analysis that identified the urban areas most vulnerable to flooding.\nWe produced a technical report with scientific analyses and recommendations that was delivered directly to public managers (via COREDE Vale do Rio Pardo) to support emergency decision-making and adaptation to climate change.\nData Sources: IBGE, Open Buildings, OpenStreetMap, IPH/UFRGS.\nTools: QGIS and Documentary Analysis of Public Policies.\nPublished Paper\n","date":"September 23, 2024","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/projects/floods-in-small-cities/","section":"Projects","summary":"Following the 2024 floods, how could we, as a scientific community, provide urgent technical diagnoses and recommendations to support the recovery of small municipalities in inland Rio Grande do Sul?","title":"Impacts of the 2024 Floods on Small Cities in Rio Grande do Sul","type":"projects"},{"content":"How do the location and characteristics of gated communities reveal and reinforce patterns concerning the urban morphology of Porto Alegre?\nMethodology: Georeferencing and categorization of the municipality\u0026rsquo;s gated communities. Development of typology and analysis of spatial distribution.\nResults: A clear morphological segregation was identified: small-scale horizontal condominiums (townhouses/single-family homes) predominate in the South Zone, while luxury vertical towers (high-rise apartments) are concentrated in the Center-East Zone.\nData Sources: Google Earth, IBGE, Open Buildings, OpenStreetMap.\nTools: QGIS, Python.\nOpen Database\nGitHub\n**Publications: **\nFaccin, Almeida\u0026amp; Campos (2024) (pt/br): Spatial and statistical analysis of gated community typologies and their urban morphology in Porto Alegre. Lahorgue et al.(2022) (pt/br): Housing situation and perspectives in Porto Alegre. Additional Research # What are the particularities of real estate production in Porto Alegre–RS, considering the differences among the agents involved in this process?\nAlmeida, Faccin \u0026amp; Campos (2025) (en): Analysis of the typology of studios and compact apartments, conceived as financial assets aimed at income generation. Almeida, Morlin Filho \u0026amp; Faccin (2025) (pt/br): Analysis of real estate production in Porto Alegre and the agents involved. ","date":"July 11, 2024","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/projects/housing-porto-alegre/","section":"Projects","summary":"How do the location and characteristics of gated communities reveal and reinforce patterns concerning the urban morphology of Porto Alegre?","title":"Housing and Gated Communities in Porto Alegre","type":"projects"},{"content":"","date":"11 de July de 2024","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/pt-br/categories/metr%C3%B3poles/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Metrópoles","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"July 11, 2024","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/metropolises/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Metropolises","type":"categories"},{"content":"What is the role of small cities in the regional urban network, and what are their specific socio-spatial and morphological dynamics, which are often overlooked in urban studies?\nAs a member of the Mikripoli Network, I collaborated on multiple research projects, performing statistical and spatial data analysis - developing typologies and comparative case studies.\nThe work resulted in a robust body of publications that deepen the knowledge about small cities in Rio Grande do Sul, providing theoretical and practical subsidies for urban planning.\nData Sources: IBGE, Google Earth, City Hall Data, OpenStreetMap, Field Research.\nTools and Methods: QGIS, Statistical Analysis, Morphological Analysis.\nPublications:\nDetoni, Faccin, Silveira, Rorato\u0026amp; Machado (2025) (en): Extreme climatic events and their socio-spatial impacts on small cities in Rio Grande do Sul. Silveira, Faccin\u0026amp; Detoni (2023) (en): Analysis of the role of small cities in changes within the regional urban network. Silveira, Faccin, Detoni \u0026amp; Silva (2024) (pt/br): Comparative analysis of the urban morphology of three small cities in Rio Grande do Sul. Silveira _, Faccin, Detoni, Menezes \u0026amp; Haas _(2022) (pt/br): Construction of a typology of small cities in Rio Grande do Sul. Rorato, Detoni\u0026amp; Faccin (2022) (pt/br): Experience report on studies about small cities in the GIS in Urbanism course at the UFRGS School of Architecture. Detoni, Faccin\u0026amp; Rorato (2023) (pt/br): Report on the \u0026ldquo;Architectures of a Small City\u0026rdquo; collage workshop held at Sinapeq in 2022. ","date":"March 20, 2024","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/projects/small-cities-dynamics/","section":"Projects","summary":"What is the role of small cities in the regional urban network, and what are their specific socio-spatial and morphological dynamics, which are often overlooked in urban studies?","title":"Dynamics and Morphology of Small Cities","type":"projects"},{"content":"","date":"20 de March de 2024","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/pt-br/categories/planejamento-regional/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Planejamento Regional","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"March 20, 2024","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/regional-planning/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Regional Planning","type":"categories"},{"content":"What is the role of medium-sized cities in regional development, and how do they structure the urban networks that organize the flows of people, capital, and information in Rio Grande do Sul?\nMethodology : Centrality and territorial management analysis of medium-sized cities such as Santa Maria, Santa Cruz do Sul, and Lajeado (RS, Brazil). The influence of these hubs on the organization of regional networks was investigated utilizing secondary data, field research, and interviews.\nResults : The research deepened the understanding of regional dynamics, providing input for the planning of public policies focused on development and territorial integration.\nData Sources: Interviews, Field Research, Secondary Data (IBGE, RAIS, CAGED, MAPA, among others).\nTools: QGIS, Excel, Interviews.\nPublications:\n**Faccin et al. (2025) **(pt-br): Medium-Sized City of Santa Maria-RS\nSilveira, Faccin, Stavizki, Machado \u0026amp; Seibert (2025) (pt-br): Medium-Sized Cities of Santa Cruz do Sul and Lajeado\nE-book\n","date":"January 15, 2024","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/projects/territorial-management-role-of-medium-sized-cities/","section":"Projects","summary":"What is the role of medium-sized cities in regional development, and how do they structure the urban networks that organize the flows of people, capital, and information in Rio Grande do Sul?","title":"Territorial Management Role of Medium-Sized Cities","type":"projects"},{"content":"","date":"November 3, 2021","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/covid-19/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Covid-19","type":"categories"},{"content":"With the arrival of the pandemic, how could we analyze the dispersion of COVID-19 across a vast territory like Rio Grande do Sul, to inform the public?\nAnd how can we understand the specific dynamics in its most critical area, the Porto Alegre Metropolitan Region?\nAnalysis at the Rio Grande do Sul Scale:\nInitially, as part of the ObservaDR/COVID-19 project (which involved over 20 researchers), I analyzed the dispersion of COVID-19 across the 497 municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul, utilizing PostGIS and SQL databases to process and map large volumes of data.\nAnalysis in the Metropolitan Region:\nSubsequently, I applied the methodology to a study in the Porto Alegre Metropolitan Region (RMPA). In a smaller team, I was responsible for enhancing a specific database and conducting data analyses to detail the virus dispersion patterns in the state\u0026rsquo;s most densely populated area.\nData Sources: Health Secretariats (State and Municipal), Open Data (Brasil.io), IBGE, MAPA, FEPAM.\nTools: Geoprocessing (QGIS), Database (PostgreSQL/PostGIS), Data Analysis (SQL, Excel, Python), Data Visualization (Adobe Illustrator).\nPublications:\n**Faccin et al. (2021) **(pt-br): The first year of the pandemic in the Porto Alegre Metropolitan Region, RS **Silveira, Cazarotto, Faccin\u0026amp; Vogt (2020) **(en): Analysis of the spatial pattern of COVID-19 dispersion in the Vales Region and medium-sized cities. **Stavizki Junior, Faccin\u0026amp; Silva (2022) **(pt-br): Study on the effectiveness of the Controlled Distancing Model of RS in the municipality of Santa Cruz do Sul. **Giacometti\u0026amp; Faccin (2024) **(pt-br): Statistical and spatial analysis of the two years of the pandemic in the Vales Region-RS. ","date":"November 3, 2021","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/projects/dispersion-of-covid-19/","section":"Projects","summary":"With the arrival of the pandemic, how could we analyze the dispersion of COVID-19 across a vast territory like Rio Grande do Sul, to inform the public?","title":"Dispersion of Covid-19","type":"projects"},{"content":"How are the territorial division of labor and the regional urban network interrelated? Is it possible to evaluate this based on a region\u0026rsquo;s main productive chains?\nI conducted my Master\u0026rsquo;s research, analyzing the relationship between spatial production circuits and the urban network of the Vales Region in Rio Grande do Sul.\nMethodology : Data analysis, geoprocessing techniques, design, documentary and bibliographic research were used, creating more than 30 maps that illustrate this interrelation.\nConclusions : The dissertation demonstrated that the territorial division of labor reflects and conditions the regional urban network, through a comparative analysis between two sub-regions: the Taquari Valley and the Rio Pardo Valley.\nThe Taquari Valley has a polycentric urban network, due to the distributed activities of the poultry production chain. The Rio Pardo Valley has a monocentric urban network, due to the location of tobacco agribusiness establishments, concentrated in only two cities. Contributions: The thesis deepened the methodological discussion on regional studies and generated insights for the development of public policies that consider the difference between regions.\nData Sources: RAIS, CAGED, IBGE, COMEX/STAT, Documental Research.\nTools: QGIS, Adobe Illustrator, Excel.\nThesis File\nPublications:\nFaccin\u0026amp; Silveira (2021) (pt/br): Interrelational analysis of the territorial division of labor, the tobacco and poultry chains, and the urban network of the Vales region in Rio Grande do Sul. Faccin\u0026amp; Silveira (2024) (en): Study on global spatial interactions from medium and small cities, through export and import flows. ","date":"May 22, 2021","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/projects/territorial-division-of-labor-and-urban-network/","section":"Projects","summary":"How are the territorial division of labor and the regional urban network interrelated? Is it possible to evaluate this based on a region’s main productive chains?","title":"Territorial Division of Labor \u0026 Urban Network","type":"projects"},{"content":"How does the concept of polycentrism apply to different regions of Rio Grande do Sul, and what is its real impact on regional development?\nI participated in this long-term project from my scientific initiation through my doctorate.\nMy contributions evolved over time, involving bibliographical research, data collection, organization, and analysis (statistical and spatial), co-authoring articles and chapters, and organizing e-books.\nThe project generated a vast academic production, including books and articles, that provided a theoretical and methodological basis for future research and the formulation of public policies.\nIt was my primary formative research experience, where I developed my fundamental skills in analysis, geoprocessing, and scientific writing.\nData Sources: IBGE, Field Research, City Hall Data.\nTools: Data Analysis, Excel, QGIS, Adobe Illustrator.\nBooks Published:\nSilveira\u0026amp; Faccin (2021): E-book Organization. Campos, Maraschin\u0026amp; Silveira (2021): Author of chapters 9, 10, 11, and 12. Published Papers:\nSilveira et al. (2017) / Silveira, Brandt \u0026amp; Faccin (2018): Exploratory studies from the Rio Pardo Valley. Silveira et al. (2019) / Silveira et al. (2019): Analysis of the Vales-RS region and the medium-sized cities of Santa Cruz do Sul and Lajeado. Silveira et al.(2020) / Silveira, Faccin \u0026amp; Krug (2021): Studies on the central region of RS and the medium-sized city of Santa Maria. Silveira et al. (2022): Spatial relations of the central-west region of RS, based on medium-sized cities. Silveira, Faccin, Silveira\u0026amp; Seibert (2022): Possible functional urban areas and intermediate cities in Functional Region 7, in Rio Grande do Sul. Silveira, Faccin, Silveira\u0026amp; Seibert (2023): Synthesis analysis of the four regions studied, identifying functional urban areas and the centrality of medium-sized cities. ","date":"January 28, 2021","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/projects/polycentrism-and-regional-development/","section":"Projects","summary":"How does the concept of polycentrism apply to different regions of Rio Grande do Sul, and what is its real impact on regional development?","title":"Polycentrism \u0026 Regional Development","type":"projects"},{"content":"You can reach me at faccincarolina@gmail.com.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/contact/","section":"Contact","summary":"You can reach me at faccincarolina@gmail.com.\n","title":"Contact","type":"contact"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tags/","section":"Tags","summary":"","title":"Tags","type":"tags"}]