Thomas Calvert's Outputs (12)

A framework for assessing the quality of green infrastructure in the built environment in the UK (2019)
Journal Article

The advocacy argument for green infrastructure has largely been won. Policy and statutory guidance for green infrastructure planning and development exists at international, national and regional/local levels and the functions and benefits of green i... Read More about A framework for assessing the quality of green infrastructure in the built environment in the UK.

Do built environment assessment systems include high quality green infrastructure? (2019)
Book Chapter

Green infrastructure is understood to be a critical feature of sustainable cities, providing numerous benefits to people and wildlife. However, there are challenges associated with its planning, design and delivery related to skills and knowledge in... Read More about Do built environment assessment systems include high quality green infrastructure?.

Setting the Standard for Green Infrastructure: The Need for, and Features of, a Benchmark in England (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Green infrastructure is an essential component of health and sustainable places. The quality of green infrastructure often represents a missed opportu... Read More about Setting the Standard for Green Infrastructure: The Need for, and Features of, a Benchmark in England.

The translation and use of green infrastructure evidence (2017)
Journal Article

The success of green infrastructure (GI) depends on the sharing of good practice and research between disciplines and sectors. This paper presents findings from a study to examine how GI research is shared with non-academic audiences. GI has been an... Read More about The translation and use of green infrastructure evidence.

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.

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.

Global green infrastructure: How is green infrastructure research translated into practice outside the UK? (2017)
Report

The Centre for Sustainable Planning and Environments at the University of the West of England, Bristol have been commissioned by the Natural Environment Research Council
(NERC) to conduct a review of how the evidence base for Green Infrastructure (G... Read More about Global green infrastructure: How is green infrastructure research translated into practice outside the UK?.

Development of a benchmark for green infrastructure (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents the development of a benchmark for green infrastructure (GI). Green infrastructure brings together many land uses (e.g. parks, gardens, cemeteries, allotments, nature reserves, surface water), urban design (e.g. street trees, land... Read More about Development of a benchmark for green infrastructure.

Development of a benchmark for green infrastructure (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents the development of a benchmark for green infrastructure (GI). Green infrastructure is recognised globally as an essential component of liveable and sustainable places. It is valued for its multi-functionality and the connectedness... Read More about Development of a benchmark for green infrastructure.

National benchmark for green infrastructure: A feasibility study (2016)
Report

This research examines whether a market exists for a national benchmark for green infrastructure (GI) in England. It is funded through a Natural Environment Research Council Innovation Fund (Grant Reference: NE/N016971/1). This builds on a Knowledge... Read More about National benchmark for green infrastructure: A feasibility study.

Green infrastructure: Research into practice (2016)
Report

The Centre for Sustainable Planning and Environments at the University of the West of England, Bristol have been commissioned by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to conduct a review of how the evidence base for Green Infrastructure (GI... Read More about Green infrastructure: Research into practice.

Bristol urban integrated diagnostics project case study report: The role of neighbourhood in the health and happiness of older people
Report

This case study examined factors affecting the health and happiness of older residents in Staple Hill, Bristol, UK. The research, which was qualitative in nature, was primarily achieved through a workshop, and 13 walking interviews, with older resid... Read More about Bristol urban integrated diagnostics project case study report: The role of neighbourhood in the health and happiness of older people.