He is an environmental biologist from Universidad de Chile, holds a master’s degree in Environmental Management and Territorial Planning from the University of Barcelona and received his PhD in Geography from Universitat de Barcelona.
RESEARCH AREAS
He specializes in the environmental evaluation and management of urban and peri-urban landscapes using spatial analysis tools, remote sensing, and the management of ecosystem services provided by natural landscape structures such as plazas and parks. Recently, he has focused on the consequences of land use and land cover changes, and the role of vegetation in improving people’s well-being.
He is the Principal Investigator of FONDECYT Regular 1231859 “Social and Ecological Valuation of Local Ecosystem Services (VESSEL 2.0): Towards a Systemic Understanding of Nature in the City to Contribute to Urban Planning”(2023–2026).
LATEST 10 PUBLICATIONS
Armenteras, D., & De la Barrera, F. (2023). Landscape management is urgently needed to address the rise of megafires in South America. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00964-6
Ciciretti, R., Barraza, F., De la Barrera, F., Urquieta, L., & Cortés, S. (2021). Relationship between Wildfire Smoke and Children’s Respiratory Health in the Metropolitan Cities of Central-Chile. Atmosphere, 13(1), 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13010058
Mancilla-Ruiz, D., De la Barrera, F., González, S. A., & Huaico, A. (2021). The Effects of a Megafire on Ecosystem Services and the Pace of Landscape Recovery. Land, 10(12), 1388. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10121388
Reyes-Riveros, R., Altamirano, A., De la Barrera, F., Rozas-Vásquez, D., Vieli, L., & Meli, P. (2021). Linking public urban green spaces and human well-being: A systematic review. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 61, 127105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127105
Steiniger, S., Wagemann, E., De la Barrera, F., Molinos‐Senante, M., Villegas, R., De la Fuente, H., Vives, A., Arce, G., Herrera, J. C., Carrasco, J. A., Pastén, P., Muñoz, J., & Barton, J. R. (2020). Localising urban sustainability indicators: The CEDEUS indicator set, and lessons from an expert-driven process. Cities, 101, 102683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102683
Sarricolea, P., Serrano‐Notivoli, R., Fuentealba, M., Hernández-Mora, M., De la Barrera, F., Smith, P., & Meseguer-Ruiz, Ó. (2020). Recent wildfires in Central Chile: Detecting links between burned areas and population exposure in the wildland urban interface. Science Of The Total Environment, 706, 135894.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135894
Paecke, S. R., & De la Barrera, F. (2019). Monitoreo de los avances en desarrollo urbano: análisis de los catastros de áreas verdes urbanas en el Área Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile. revistainvi.uchile.cl. https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/63102
Sanzana, P., Gironás, J., Braud, I., Muñoz, J. F., Vicuña, S., Reyes‐Paecke, S., De la Barrera, F., Branger, F., Rodríguez, F., Vargas, X., Hitschfeld, N., & Hormazábal, S. (2019). Impact of Urban Growth and High Residential Irrigation on Streamflow and Groundwater Levels in a Peri‐Urban Semiarid Catchment. Journal Of The American Water Resources Association, 55(3), 720-739. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12743
Novoa, V., Ahumada-Rudolph, R., Rojas, O., Sáez, K., De la Barrera, F., & Arumí, J. L. (2019). Understanding agricultural water footprint variability to improve water management in Chile. Science Of The Total Environment, 670, 188-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.127
Dobbs, C., Escobedo, F. J., Clerici, N., De la Barrera, F., Eleutério, A. A., MacGregor-Fors, I., Reyes‐Paecke, S., Vásquez, A., Camaño, J. D. Z., & Hernández, H. J. (2018). Urban ecosystem Services in Latin America: mismatch between global concepts and regional realities? Urban Ecosystems, 22(1), 173-187. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-018-0805-3
