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Healthy cities, diseasogenic cities and the global south (2021)
Book Chapter
Rice, L. (2021). Healthy cities, diseasogenic cities and the global south. In A. A. R. Ioris (Ed.), Environment and Development: Challenges, Policies and Practices (37-65). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55416-3_2

There are growing urban health issues globally, whereby social and environmental living conditions in cities and towns are contributing to poor health outcomes. The Global South is predicted to house almost all new cities and the majority of all urba... Read More about Healthy cities, diseasogenic cities and the global south.

What is urban nature and how do we perceive it? (2020)
Book Chapter
Hoyle, H. (2020). What is urban nature and how do we perceive it?. In Naturally Challenged: Contested Perceptions and Practices in Urban Green Spaces. Cities and Nature (9-36). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44480-8_2

This chapter discusses the complexities and apparent contradictions in defining ‘nature’ and ‘urban nature’ in the context of human-nature interactions. It explains why urban nature is so important to human health and well-being at this point in the... Read More about What is urban nature and how do we perceive it?.

A health map for architecture: The determinants of health and wellbeing in buildings (2019)
Book Chapter
Rice, L. (2019). A health map for architecture: The determinants of health and wellbeing in buildings. In M. Jones, L. Rice, & F. Meraz (Eds.), Designing for Health and Wellbeing: Home, City, Society (155-184). Delaware, United States: Vernon Press

The health crisis facing society, whereby most humans suffer illness, is related to the design of the built environment. The chapter identifies key issues for built environment design professionals to improve the health of architectural environments.... Read More about A health map for architecture: The determinants of health and wellbeing in buildings.

Delivering urban health through urban planning and design (2019)
Book Chapter
Carmichael, L. (2019). Delivering urban health through urban planning and design. In G. Deverteuil, I. Vojnovic, A. Pearson, G. Asiki, & A. Allen (Eds.), Handbook of Global Urban Health. London: Routledge

The world is increasingly becoming urban. Estimates show that 54.6% of the world’s population lived in cities in 2016 with a forecast of 60% by 2030 (UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs 2016). The 600 largest cities produce 70% of the world’... Read More about Delivering urban health through urban planning and design.

The language of the unheard: Social media and riot subculture/s (2017)
Book Chapter
Rice, L. (2017). The language of the unheard: Social media and riot subculture/s. In .. The Subcultures Network (Ed.), Youth Culture and Social Change: Making a Difference by Making a Noise (47-77). London: Palgrave Macmillan

This chapter examines the relationships between social media, subculture identity and riots. In 2011 riots in Bristol (UK) attracted global media coverage. These riots were one of the first in the UK where social media played a significant role. Soci... Read More about The language of the unheard: Social media and riot subculture/s.

Freiburg: Green capital of Europe (2015)
Book Chapter
Grant, M., & Barton, H. (2015). Freiburg: Green capital of Europe. In H. Barton, S. Thompson, S. Burgess, & M. Grant (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being: Shaping a Sustainable and Healthy Future (540-551). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge

The spatial configuration of Freiburg is examined with respect to how land use and transport policies have been developed that have achieved a good quality of life across the life-course, whilst also minimising global footprint. A systemic analys... Read More about Freiburg: Green capital of Europe.

Retrofitting suburbia for health: Scenarios for neighbourhood planning (2015)
Book Chapter
Barton, H., & Grant, M. (2015). Retrofitting suburbia for health: Scenarios for neighbourhood planning. In H. Barton, S. Thompson, S. Burgess, & M. Grant (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being: Shaping a Sustainable and Healthy Future (225-238). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge

Barton and Grant, discuss neighbourhood design in depth. The concept and importance of the ‘neighbourhood’ as a setting for health is presented. Spatial patterning of urban growth fits into a number of archetypes, dictated by either market forces or... Read More about Retrofitting suburbia for health: Scenarios for neighbourhood planning.

Informal architecture/s (2015)
Book Chapter
Rice, L. (2015). Informal architecture/s. In L. Rice, & D. Littlefield (Eds.), Transgression: Towards an Expanded Field of Architecture (87-101). London: Routledge

This chapter is a critical examination of the architecture/s of informal cities. Informal cities will house the majority of the world’s urban population by the middle of this century. The scale of this new development is unprecedented in its scale, e... Read More about Informal architecture/s.

Public health profession (2014)
Book Chapter
Scally, G. (2014). Public health profession. In T. Culyer (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Health Economics. UK: Elsevier

The public health challenge (2013)
Book Chapter
Scally, G. (2013). The public health challenge. In A. Burnham (Ed.), Together (33-40). London: Fabian Society

Strategic approaches to ESD and sustainability at the University of the West of England (2013)
Book Chapter
Grant, M. (2013). Strategic approaches to ESD and sustainability at the University of the West of England. In S. Stirling, L. Maxey, & H. Luna (Eds.), The Sustainable University - Process and Prospects (252-253). Abingdon: Routledge

This article appears as a case study in Chapter 12 of The Sustainable University - Process and Prospects: "Whole institutional change towards sustainable universities"

Health care targets (2013)
Book Chapter
Gobin, M., & Scally, G. (2013). Health care targets. In M. Hickman, Y. Ben-Shlomo, & S. Brookes (Eds.), Lecture Notes: Epidemiology, Evidence-based Medicine and Public Health (184-190). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell

New generation of energy design tools for low impact buildings (2012)
Book Chapter
Mirani, B., & Mahdjoubi, L. (2012). New generation of energy design tools for low impact buildings. In C. A. Brebbia (Ed.), Eco-Architecture IV (63-74). Kos, Greece: Wessex Institute

The thrust of research in the last decades has sought to develop and enhance energy simulation tools to achieve low impact buildings (LIB). Recent efforts involved the integration of energy simulation tools with CAD tools to ensure a better adoption... Read More about New generation of energy design tools for low impact buildings.

Time series information and pivotal events (2012)
Book Chapter
Chatterjee, K., & Dudley, G. (2012). Time series information and pivotal events. In D. Tarrant (Ed.), A New Look at Transport: With the Advantage of Hindsight. Ashgate

Complexity and travel behaviour: A multi-agent simulation for investigating the influence of social aspects on travellers' compliance with a demand management measure (2010)
Book Chapter
Sunitiyoso, Y., Avineri, E., & Chatterjee, K. (2010). Complexity and travel behaviour: A multi-agent simulation for investigating the influence of social aspects on travellers' compliance with a demand management measure. In E. Silva, & G. de Roo (Eds.), A Planners Encounter with Complexity (209-226). Aldershot: Ashgate

The planning and design of transport systems have an important part in leading travellers to more sustainable and efficient choices. Car-dependence is a prominent problem to be solved in order to reduce traffic congestion. It also affects the general... Read More about Complexity and travel behaviour: A multi-agent simulation for investigating the influence of social aspects on travellers' compliance with a demand management measure.

Recalibrating the United Kingdom's local air quality management regime to deliver desired goals (2010)
Book Chapter
Longhurst, J., Barnes, J., Chatterton, T., Hayes, E. T., Irwin, J. G., & Olowoporoku, A. O. (2010). Recalibrating the United Kingdom's local air quality management regime to deliver desired goals. In C. In Brebbia, & J. Longhurst (Eds.), Air Pollution XVIII (73-82). Southampton & Boston: WIT Press. https://doi.org/10.2495/AIR100071

The UK has operated a sophisticated Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) regime since 1997. This comprises two distinct phases: Review and Assessment and Action Planning. The Review and Assessment is the diagnostic phase and concludes with declaration... Read More about Recalibrating the United Kingdom's local air quality management regime to deliver desired goals.