Scientific articles

Jato-Espino, D., Tomatis, F., Forestieri, G., Pena, M., 2025. Street-level surface and air temperatures in the Urban Center of Málaga, Spain. Urban Climate, 61, 102490.

Jato-Espino, D., Capra-Ribeiro, F., Moscardó, V., Gallardo, L.O., 2025. Citizen perceptions on the use, management and availability of green spaces in a Mediterranean region. City and Environment Interactions, 27, 100210.

González-Ávila, I., Kobiyama, M., Jato-Espino, D., Roldán-Valcarce, A., 2025. Attributes influencing the flood risk perception in rural communities. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 126, 105617.

González-Ávila, I., Jato-Espino, D., Kobiyama, M., Carvalho, M.M., 2025. Enhancing Disaster Risk Management through Understanding Risk Perception: The Role of Identity in Rural Communities. Natural Hazards Review, 26(3), 04025035.

Jato-Espino, D., Jensen, M.B., 2025. R-ECO: An R script to measure the supply of urban ecosystem services in Europe. Sustainable Cities and Society, 125, 106358.  

Jato-Espino, D., Manchado, C., Roldán-Valcarce, A., 2025.  A compact multi-hazard assessment model to identify urban areas prone to heat islands, floods and particulate matter. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 119, 105277.

Jato-Espino, D., Lierow, S., Rodríguez-Sánchez, M.-Á., 2025.  Using classification algorithms to model nighttime Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI), with an emphasis on the role of urban trees. Building and Environment, 270, 112572.

Forestieri, G., Tomatis, F., Jato-Espino, D., Acosta, M.P., 2025. Thermal data from Málaga’s historical centre: Surface and air temperature measurements captured via mobile station and thermal imaging. Data in Brief, 58, 111274.

Munizaga, J., Rojas, O., Lagos, B., … de la Barrera, F., Jato-Espino, D., 2024. Spatiotemporal vegetation dynamics in a highly urbanized Chilean coastal wetland: Insights on long-term natural and anthropogenic influences. Ecological Indicators, 169, 112919.

Capra-Ribeiro, F., 2024.  Prevailing Issues and Actions in Urban Best Practices Across Latin America and the Caribbean. Urban Planning, 9, 8130.

Jato-Espino, D., Lierow, S., 2023.  Spatiotemporal analysis of landscape dynamics and their use as input for the design of a habitat suitability index: A case study of Oryctolagus cuniculus in a Mediterranean region. Ecological Informatics, 82, 102731.

Roldán-Valcarce, A., Jato-Espino, D., Manchado, C., Bach, P.M., Kuller, M., 2023.  Vulnerability to urban flooding assessed based on spatial demographic, socio-economic and infrastructure inequalities. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 95, 103894.

Jato-Espino, D., Mayor-Vitoria, F., Moscardó, V., Capra-Ribeiro, F., Bartolomé del Pino, L.E., 2023. Toward One Health: a spatial indicator system to model the facilitation of the spread of zoonotic diseases. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1215574.

Jato-Espino, D., Capra-Ribeiro, F., Moscardó, V., Bartolomé del Pino, L.E., Mayor-Vitoria, F., Gallardo, L.O., Carracedo, P., Dietrich, K., 2023. A systematic review on the ecosystem services provided by green infrastructure. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 86, 127998.  

González-Ávila, I., Jato-Espino, D., Paixão, M.A., Carvalho, M.M., Kobiyama, M., 2023. Sociogeomorphological Analysis in a Headwater Basin in Southern Brazil with Emphasis on Land Use and Land Cover Change. Land 12(2), 306.  

Jato-Espino, D., Mayor-Vitoria, F., 2023. A statistical and machine learning methodology to model rural depopulation risk and explore its attenuation through agricultural land use management. Applied Geography 152, 102870.

Jato-Espino, D., Manchado, C., Roldán-Valcarce, A., Moscardó, V., 2022. ArcUHI: A GIS add-in for automated modelling of the Urban Heat Island effect through machine learning. Urban Climate 44, 101203.

Yiwo, E., Jato-Espino, D., Carracedo, P., de Brito, M.M., 2022. Multi-stakeholder perception on flood management in Ghana: Analysis of drivers and potential solutions, with a focus on surface permeability. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 76, 102990.

Jato-Espino, D., Toro-Huertas, E.I., Güereca, L.P., 2022. Lifecycle sustainability assessment for the comparison of traditional and sustainable drainage systems. Science of the Total Environment 817, 152959.

Jato-Espino, D., Moscardó, V., Vallina Rodríguez, A., Lázaro, E., 2022. Spatial statistical analysis of the relationship between self-reported mental health during the COVID-19 lockdown and closeness to green infrastructure. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 68, 127457.

Manchado, C., Roldán-Valcarce, A., Jato-Espino, D., Andrés-Doménech, I., 2021. ArcDrain: A GIS add-in for automated determination of surface runoff in urban catchments. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(16), 8802.

Jato-Espino, D., Pathak, S., 2021. Geographic Location System for Identifying Urban Road Sections Sensitive to Runoff Accumulation. Hydrology 8(2), 72.

Technology transfer

Manchado del Val, C., Gómez Jáuregui, V., Roldán Valcarce, A., Jato Espino, D., 2022. ArcDrain. Applicants: Universidad de Cantabria and Universidad Internacional de Valencia (VIU). Application number: M-6159-22 (13/09/2022). Property registry number: 16/2022/7779.

Dissemination articles

Jato-Espino, D., 2024. Las inundaciones en Valencia: un desastre evitable. The Conversation 242504.

Jato-Espino, D., 2024. Cómo surfear las olas de calor en las ciudades. EFE Verde.

Jato-Espino, D., 2023. El potencial de la tecnología para salvar el agua. Diario Responsable.

Jato-Espino, D., González-Ávila, I., 2023. Sequías e inundaciones: con el agua al cuello. The Conversation 201140.  

Jato-Espino, D., 2023. Infraestructura verde: mirar al pasado para construir el futuro. Diario Responsable.

Jato-Espino, D., 2022. ¿Cómo ayuda la tecnología al medio ambiente? Diario Responsable.

Jato-Espino, D., González-Ávila, I., 2022. Inundaciones, de fenómenos meteorológicos a desastres naturales. The Conversation 191148.

Bartolomé del Pino, L.E., 2022. ¿Qué enfermedades parasitarias pueden transmitirnos los animales? The Conversation 183775.

Jato-Espino, D., Gallardo, L.O., 2022. ¿Crean rechazo quienes se preocupan por el medio ambiente? The Conversation 183419.

Jato-Espino, D., Gallardo, L.O., 2021. ¿Nos hace más felices vivir cerca de un parque? The Conversation 172169.

Book chapters

Jato-Espino, D., Dietrich, K., González-Ávila, I., Pathak, S., 2024. A geographic information system-based procedure to assess the coupled implementation of photovoltaic panels and green roofs for improved energy efficiency, en: Jeguirim, M. (Ed.), Sustainable Development of Renewable Energy Latest Advances in Production, Storage, and Integration. Elsevier, pp. 453-474.  

Jato-Espino, D., de Brito, M.M., Eslamian, S., 2022. Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Flood Risk Assessment, in: Eslamian, S., Eslamian, F. (Eds.), Flood Handbook: Analysis and Modeling. CRC Press, pp. 591-608.

Eslamian, S., Parvizi, S., Jato-Espino, D., Barua, P., 2022. Impact of Infiltration on Flood Volume and Peak, in: Eslamian, S., Eslamian, F. (Eds.), Flood Handbook: Impacts and Management. CRC Press, pp. 113-124.

Conference contributions

Jato-Espino, D., Requena, F., Moscardó, V., Capra-Ribeiro, F., Castillo, M., Bancroft, Y., 2025. Improving Building Energy Efficiency: A Bioclimatic Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Index for Residential Areas. 7th Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI-2025). Organizers: Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration and Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria. Location: Reggio Calabria (Italy) / Online.

Jato-Espino, D., 2025. Modelización de la Isla de Calor Urbana Superficial (ICUS) nocturna en función de las características del arbolado urbano. XX Congreso Nacional de Arboricultura. Organizer: Asociación Española de Arboricultura (AEA). Location: Santander (Spain).

Yiwo, E., Jato-Espino, D., 2025. Técnicas de socio-íngeniería para la gestión de aguas pluviales en Ghana. Jornada redSUDS 2025: El drenaje urbano sostenible y su contribución a la resiliencia climática. Organizers: GITECO Universidad de Cantabria, IIAMA Universitat Politècnica de València, Green Blue Management (Grupo TYPSA) y GEAMA Universidade da Coruña. Location: Santander (Spain).

Ravelomanantsoa, A., Ramamonjisoa, B., Rakotoarisoa, S., Jato-Espino, D., Thorn, J.P.R., 2025. The impact of green infrastructure on air pollution and respiratory health in Antananarivo, Madagascar. 2nd African Forum on Urban Forests (AFUF). Organizers: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the City of Johannesburg, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the Centre on African Public Spaces. Location: Johannesburg (South Africa).

Roldán-Valcarce, A., Jato-Espino, D., Manchado, C., González-Ávila, I., 2024. Optimizing urban permeability: a GIS-based site selection approach for permeable pavements: a case study of Santander, Spain. 16th International Conference on Urban Drainage (ICUD 2024). Organizers: TU Delft and International Water Conferences (IWC). Location: Delft (Netherlands).

Jato-Espino, D., Rodríguez, M.A., Lierow, S., Jensen, M.B., 2023. Spatiotemporal analysis of landscape fragmentation based on the degree of naturalness of land cover. 5th Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI-2023). Organizer: Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration and University of Calabria (UNICAL). Location: Rende, Cosenza (Italy) / Online.

Roldán-Valcarce, A., Jato-Espino, D., Manchado, C., Bach, P.M., Kuller, M., 2023. Urban flood vulnerability index based on differences in infrastructure, socioeconomic, and population factors. 11th International Conference on Urban water (NOVATECH 2023). Organizer: GRAIE. Location: Lyon (France).

Moscardó, V., Jato-Espino, D., Capra-Ribeiro, F., Cantor, C., Pérez, U., 2023. Design of a Digital Escape Room to Raise Awareness of the Importance of Green Spaces and Education Ecosystem Spaces. IX Congreso Internacional de Innovación Aplicada (IMAT 2023). Organizer: ESIC Business and Marketing School. Location: Online.

Moraes Carvalho, M., González-Ávila, I., Kobiyama, M., Jato-Espino, D., 2023. Entrevista como ferramienta na análise de eventos extremos: II – Percepção do entorno, base para a educação ambiental. III Encontro Nacional de Desastres (END). Organizer: Comissão Técnica de Desastres (CTD) de ABRHidro. Location: Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

González-Ávila, I., Moraes Carvalho, M., Kobiyama, M., Jato-Espino, D., 2023. Entrevista como ferramienta na análise de eventos extremos: I – A percepção do perigo en comunidades rurais. III Encontro Nacional de Desastres (END). Organizer: Comissão Técnica de Desastres (CTD) de ABRHidro. Location: Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Mayor-Vitoria, F., Jato-Espino, D., Moscardo García, V., Capra-Ribeiro, F., Roldan, J., Lopez Martinez, M., Bartolome del Pino, L.E., 2022. A system of indicators to account for the contributions of green infrastructure to the One Health approach. 7th World One Health Congress 2022. Organizer: SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute (SDGHI). Location: Singapore / Online.

Yiwo, E., de Brito, M.M., Jato-Espino, D., 2022. Investigating Stakeholders’ Flood Risk Perception In Ghana From A Socio-technical Perspective. The Nordic Hydrological Conference (NHC2022). Organizer: Nordic Association for Hydrology (NHF). Location: Tallinn, Estonia.

Sañudo-Fontaneda, L.Á., Jato-Espino, D., Roces-García, J., Rey-Mahía, C., 2022. Forensic engineering as a tool for permeable pavement hydrological maintenance planning: lessons learned and future prospects. 2022 Operation & Maintenance of Stormwater Control Measures Conference. Organizer: Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI). Location: Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.

Roldán-Valcarce, A., Manchado, C., Jato-Espino, D., Rodriguez-Hernandez, J., 2021. ArcDrain Simulation: How Nature based solutions can reduce flooding. 15th IWA/IAHR International Conference on Urban Drainage (ICUD). Organizer: IWA/IAHR Joint Committee on Urban Drainage (JCUD). Location: Melbourne, Australia / Online.

Theses supervised

Miguel Escriche, A., 2025. Definición e integración de la Infraestructura Verde en la Evaluación Ambiental Estratégica. Aplicación para el término municipal de Alboraya. Degree: Master. Supervisor: Jato-Espino, D. Entity: Universidad Internacional de Valencia – VIU.  

Munizaga Munizaga, J., 2024. Respuesta Hidrológica y Vegetacional de un humedal costero mediterráneo frente a factores naturales y presiones antropogénicas: el caso de la Marisma Rocuant-Andalién. Grado: Doctorado. Supervisors: Rojas, O., Jato-Espino, D. Entity: Universidad de Concepción.

García Hernández, O., 2024. Mitigación del efecto de Isla de Calor Urbano en la ciudad de Málaga: diseño y evaluación de estrategias sostenibles. Degree: Master. Supervisor: Forestieri, G. Entity: Universidad Internacional de Valencia – VIU.

González Ávila, I., 2024. Sociogeomorphological approach for disaster risk management in rural communities. Degree: PhD. Supervisors: Kobiyama, M., Jato-Espino, D. Entity: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Ochoa, I., 2024. Localización y priorización de zonas agrícolas para la reutilización de aguas servidas mediante QGIS y Análisis Multicriterio. Degree: Master. Supervisor: Jato-Espino, D. Entity: Universidad Internacional de Valencia – VIU.

Roldán Valcarce, A., 2024. Desarrollo de herramientas de modelización espacial de riesgos ambientales urbanos para facilitar su mitigación mediante soluciones basadas en la naturaleza. Degree: PhD. Supervisors: Manchado, C., Jato-Espino, D. Entity: Universidad de Cantabria.

Rondal Simbaña, J., 2023. Determinación de puntos bioéticos en el estudio de indicadores de One Health. Una Revisión Sistemática. Degree: Master. Supervisor: Bartolomé del Pino, L.E. Entity: Universidad Internacional de Valencia – VIU.

Jauge, R.A.G., 2022. Análisis del potencial de ahorro energético mediante paneles fotovoltaicos y cubiertas verdes. Degree: Master. Supervisors: Dietrich, K., Jato-Espino, D. Entity: Universidad Internacional de Valencia – VIU.