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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.

Bamboo: An engineered alternative for buildings in the global South (2019)
Book Chapter
Zea Escamilla, E., Archilla, H., Addissie Nuramo, D., & Trujillo, D. (2019). Bamboo: An engineered alternative for buildings in the global South. In M. Correia Guedes, & G. Cantuaria (Eds.), Bioclimatic Architecture in Warm Climates (397-414). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12036-8_15

Bamboo is the only Graminea adapted to the life as forest. Bamboos can be found around the globe and are naturally occurring in Africa, America and Asia in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate areas around the equator. Bamboos are giant grasses t... Read More about Bamboo: An engineered alternative for buildings in the global South.

Do built environment assessment systems include high quality green infrastructure? (2019)
Book Chapter
Sinnett, D., Calvert, T., & Smith, N. (2019). Do built environment assessment systems include high quality green infrastructure?. In F. Lemes de Oliviera, & I. Mell (Eds.), Planning Cities with Nature: Theories, Strategies and Methods (169-186). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01866-5_12

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?.

Understanding and applying ecological principles in cities (2019)
Book Chapter
Rumble, H., Angeoletto, F., Connop, S., Goddard, M. A., & Nash, C. (2019). Understanding and applying ecological principles in cities. In F. L. de Oliveira, & I. Mell (Eds.), Planning Cities with Nature: Theories, Strategies and Methods (217-234). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01866-5_15

Renaturing cities requires a thorough understanding of how plants and animals interact with the urban environment and humans. But cities are a challenging environment for ecologists to work in, with high levels of heterogeneity and rapid rates of cha... Read More about Understanding and applying ecological principles in cities.

A counter-movement to 'place-less' power. Planners as progressive place-based leaders (2018)
Book Chapter
Hambleton, R. (2018). A counter-movement to 'place-less' power. Planners as progressive place-based leaders. In A. Eraydin, & K. Frey (Eds.), Politics and conflict in governance and planning. Theory and practice (204-223). Abingdon: Routledge

This chapter argues that it is helpful to distinguish between place-less and place-based power. Place-less decision-makers are unconcerned about the impact of their decisions on communities living in particular localities. The forces of economic gl... Read More about A counter-movement to 'place-less' power. Planners as progressive place-based leaders.

The folds of desire (2018)
Book Chapter
Drozynski, C. (in press). The folds of desire. In C. drozynski, & D. Beljaars (Eds.), Civic Spaces and Desire. Routledge

The Fold is a piece written by Gilles Deleuze (1991) in which he writes of a plane of consistency that is a metaphysical representation of space. Once folded the plane symbolises the creation of relationships between two points of space be it physica... Read More about The folds of desire.

Memories of a journey at night (2018)
Book Chapter
Mosley, J., & Warren, S. (2018). Memories of a journey at night. In B. Stringer (Ed.), Rurality Re-imagined: Villagers, Farmers, Wanderers and Wild Things (200-204). San Francisco: ORO Editions

‘Memories of a Journey at Night’ is set within the ‘wanderers’ section of ‘Rurality Re-imagined’, ‘a landmark publication in an emerging 'new rural studies'’1 that re-interprets the rural within contemporary globalised society. The book brings togeth... Read More about Memories of a journey at night.

Adaptation and demolition in a masterplan context (2018)
Book Chapter
Baker, H., & Moncaster, A. (2018). Adaptation and demolition in a masterplan context. In S. J. Wilkinson, & H. Remøy (Eds.), Building Urban Resilience through Change of Use (57-81). John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119231455.ch4

This chapter explores the range of decisions and the reasons behind them when considering demolition and adaptation on a masterplan site in which multiple buildings are affected. It builds upon existing studies on adaptive reuse and demolition at an... Read More about Adaptation and demolition in a masterplan context.