Outputs (155)

Raising the standard: Developing a benchmark for green infrastructure (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Green infrastructure (GI) is globally recognised as an essential component of liveable and sustainable places. It is valued for its multifunctionality and the connectedness of the individual features to each other, the surrounding countryside and urb... Read More about Raising the standard: Developing a benchmark for green infrastructure.

The rise of the city region - exploring alternative models of sub-national governance (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In recent years a growing number of countries have embarked on reforms designed to strengthen the arrangements that they have in place for city region, or metropolitan, governance. This paper, which draws on a recent research project carried out for... Read More about The rise of the city region - exploring alternative models of sub-national governance.

Bridging theory and practice: Participatory planning in China (2017)
Journal Article

Abstract: The paper aims at a greater understanding of how citizen participation, a concept traditionally linked with democracy, could be articulated in the regional planning process in the Chinese one-party state regime with the top-down governance... Read More about Bridging theory and practice: Participatory planning in China.

Pentecostals and planners (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Before considering the value of community space, we need to ask ‘what is community?’ According to a range of sociological sources (Greed and Johnson, 2015: pp 271-3 and chapter 14), a community may be defined either as a group of people that have som... Read More about Pentecostals and planners.

Creating marine reserves around the Isle of Arran – the Scottish experience (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A paper regarding the use of the public trust doctrine to establish the Lamlash Bay no take zone and the use of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 for the creation of the South Arran marine protected area

Environment and health for European cities in the 21st century: Making a difference (2017)
Report

With more than 80% of the European population expected to live in urban areas by 2030, cities play a pivotal role in steering the transition towards a low-carbon society as well as in promoting and protecting health and wellbeing, and preventing and... Read More about Environment and health for European cities in the 21st century: Making a difference.

The role of personal values in behavioural-based safety: Evidence from UK & Thailand inquiries (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Whilst behavioural-based safety (BBS) is not new and even becoming increasingly common especially among large construction organisations, research on BBS is yet to explore the potential effect of innate triggers of behaviour such as personal values.... Read More about The role of personal values in behavioural-based safety: Evidence from UK & Thailand inquiries.

The Impact of Aged People and Dementia-Friendly Environments in Users’ Socio-Economic Inclusiveness. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Making energy behaviour research relevant to policy: A tale of two studies (2017)
Journal Article

Within a context of shrinking government resources and greater pressure on academics and other researchers to generate ‘impact’ from (publically funded) research there is a greater need than ever to ensure that published research is readily usable by... Read More about Making energy behaviour research relevant to policy: A tale of two studies.

“Not in their front yard” The opportunities and challenges of introducing perennial urban meadows: A local authority stakeholder perspective (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Authors The growing evidence base for the benefits for people and wildlife of nature-based solutions to managing urban green infrastructure lacks research investigating land manager perspectives on their implementation. To address this gap... Read More about “Not in their front yard” The opportunities and challenges of introducing perennial urban meadows: A local authority stakeholder perspective.