The problem of public toilets: Inadequate, divided and contested provision
(2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Outputs (42)
Closing public toilets makes Bristol an 'inconvenient city' (2013)
Journal Article
BARCELONA: Transformations of a dominant culture (2013)
Digital Artefact
This video presents the dual identity of the city of Barcelona as a model of sublime urban success and at the same time a struggling dissident city. It focuses on Les Rambles as the epitome of hyperrealism within the city, where the tourists are sold... Read More about BARCELONA: Transformations of a dominant culture.
Applying the CoReS requirements development method for building IT tools for urban management systems: The UrbanAPI project (2013)
Journal Article
Gathering and managing requirements from stakeholders is an essential task for the successful development of IT tools for any application domain. However, specifying stakeholders’ requirements for a collaborative research and development project in t... Read More about Applying the CoReS requirements development method for building IT tools for urban management systems: The UrbanAPI project.
Retrofitting England's suburbs to adapt to climate change (2013)
Journal Article
The majority of the English population lives in suburbs and this is where the impacts of climate change will significantly affect people's domestic lives: heat stress, respiratory problems, flooding, drought, deterioration of green spaces and damage... Read More about Retrofitting England's suburbs to adapt to climate change.
Cultural activism and the politics of place-making (2013)
Journal Article
In this paper, we explore the relationship between creative practice, activism and urban place-making by considering the role they play in the construction of meaning in urban spaces. Through an analysis of two activist groups based in Stokes Croft,... Read More about Cultural activism and the politics of place-making.
Evaluating a collaborative IT based research and development project (2013)
Journal Article
In common with all projects, evaluating an Information Technology (IT) based research and development project is necessary in order to discover whether or not the outcomes of the project are successful. However, evaluating large-scale collaborative p... Read More about Evaluating a collaborative IT based research and development project.
Study skills for town and country planning (2013)
Book
The walkability of Bristol: How this relates to physical activity, health and well-being (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Walking is accessible to the majority of the population; it is low cost, requires no specialist equipment or training and can be relatively easily incorporated into daily routines. A recent review of the evidence base for investment in the walking en... Read More about The walkability of Bristol: How this relates to physical activity, health and well-being.
Balancing growth and sustainability in employment land provision: Institutionalist perspectives on the homogeneity of planning policy and practice in England (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Place-based leadership: a new avenue for planning research? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Integrated suburban neighbourhood adaptation due to climate change: Local stakeholders' views on potential pathways for change (2013)
Journal Article
Purpose: This paper presents new research on the potential pathways for integrated adaptation that could make England's suburbs more resilient to future climate conditions. It focuses on the role of central government, local agencies and householders... Read More about Integrated suburban neighbourhood adaptation due to climate change: Local stakeholders' views on potential pathways for change.
This research explores the qualities of public open spaces that make them suitable or not for enabling play by older people. The potential benefits to older people in terms of quality of life are related to the nature of play by adults, identifying t... Read More about Playful public places for later life: How can neighbourhood public open space provide opportunities for improving older people’s quality of life by enabling play?.
Menstruation, menstruation, menstruation (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Evaluative application of UKCP09based downscaled future weather years to simulate overheating risk in typical English homes (2013)
Journal Article
To critically compare three future weather year (FWY) downscaling approaches, based on the 2009 UK Climate Projections, used for climate change impact and adaptation analysis in building simulation software. The validity of these FWYs is assessed thr... Read More about Evaluative application of UKCP09based downscaled future weather years to simulate overheating risk in typical English homes.
Industrial closure, regional development and local planning: Multiple narratives of change from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham (2013)
Journal Article
This article provides a critique of the policy response to the closure, in 2005, of the MG Rover factory in Longbridge, Birmingham. To date, the Longbridge 'narrative' has been dominated by the work of the Labour Government's MG Rover Task Force to s... Read More about Industrial closure, regional development and local planning: Multiple narratives of change from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham.
Editorial – Special issue on planning and sustainability (2013)
Journal Article
Guest Editors: Deepak Gopinath, Paola Gazzola, Tony Jackson
The walkability of Bristol: How this relates to physical activity, health and well-being (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Walking is accessible to the majority of the population; it is low cost, requires no specialist equipment or training and can be relatively easily incorporated into daily routines. A recent review of the evidence base for investment in the walking en... Read More about The walkability of Bristol: How this relates to physical activity, health and well-being.
Enterprise Zones and Zones Franches Urbaines: A critique of area-based fiscal incentives and regeneration in England and France (2013)
Journal Article
This paper provides a critical commentary on area-based fiscal incentives and regeneration in Europe, focusing on Enterprise Zones (EZs) in Britain and zones franches urbaines (ZFUs) in France. It, thus, counters the trans-Atlantic comparative bias o... Read More about Enterprise Zones and Zones Franches Urbaines: A critique of area-based fiscal incentives and regeneration in England and France.