Encouraging sustainable lifestyles through urban design
(2013)
Digital Artefact
Outputs (67)
Suburban Neighbourhood Adaptation for a Changing Climate (SNACC) final report (2012)
Report
The report presents findings from the Suburban Neighbourhood Adaptation to a Changing Climate (SNACC) project. The project tested the effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability of a range of adaptations to the physical environment (i.e. to homes, g... Read More about Suburban Neighbourhood Adaptation for a Changing Climate (SNACC) final report.
The quantitative and qualitative impacts of brownfield policies in England (2012)
Book Chapter
The conditions for, and challenges of, adapting England's suburbs for climate change (2012)
Journal Article
This paper outlines the conditions for, and challenges of, adapting suburbs in England for climate change. The paper introduces the 'suburb' as a spatial setting vulnerable to climate change related threats that have been largely absent from previous... Read More about The conditions for, and challenges of, adapting England's suburbs for climate change.
The influence of individuals' environmental attitudes and urban design features on their travel patterns in sustainable neighborhoods in the UK (2012)
Journal Article
This paper explores the influence of individuals' environmental attitudes and urban design features on travel behavior, including mode choice. It uses data from residents of 13 new neighborhood UK developments designed to support sustainable travel.... Read More about The influence of individuals' environmental attitudes and urban design features on their travel patterns in sustainable neighborhoods in the UK.
Creating built environments that promote walking and health: Assessing the current state of knowledge (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The principle that the built environment should be supportive of walking is generally accepted and a wide range of interventions have been carried out in recent years with the aim of increasing walking. This paper presents the findings from a study c... Read More about Creating built environments that promote walking and health: Assessing the current state of knowledge.
Neighbourhood design and quality influences the likelihood of residents to use public open space (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Good quality public open space (POS) is an essential component of neighbourhood design and planning. The impact of the quality, design and maintenance of POS on their use has been documented. However, the role that the characteristics of the surround... Read More about Neighbourhood design and quality influences the likelihood of residents to use public open space.
Neighbourhood design and sustainable lifestyles (2010)
Book Chapter