All Outputs (144)

Public places urban spaces: the dimensions of urban design: By Matthew Carmona, New York, NY, Routledge, 3rd edition, 2021, 690 pp., GBP £39.99 (paperback), ISBN 9781138067783 (2022)
Journal Article

Exploring what constitutes ‘urban design’ has been at the heart of all three editions of Public Places Urban Spaces (2003, 2011, and 2021), each of which was published at the beginning of a new decade. The act of mapping knowledge inevitably engages... Read More about Public places urban spaces: the dimensions of urban design: By Matthew Carmona, New York, NY, Routledge, 3rd edition, 2021, 690 pp., GBP £39.99 (paperback), ISBN 9781138067783.

From the guttermost to the uttermost and back (2022)
Journal Article

This article comprises an auto-ethnography of my life’s journey: I entered town planning fifty years ago and am now over seventy. It is a personal testimony of how my social class, gender, religion, education, personal characteristics, family and inn... Read More about From the guttermost to the uttermost and back.

Application of CO2 monitoring methods for post- occupancy evaluation of ventilation effectiveness to mitigate airborne disease transmission at events (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Covid-19 pandemic led to the widespread closure of events. Between April and July 2021, the AIRBODS consortium carried out an Environmental Study as part of the UK government Events Research Programme to assess environmental risk factors for Covi... Read More about Application of CO2 monitoring methods for post- occupancy evaluation of ventilation effectiveness to mitigate airborne disease transmission at events.

Facilitating ambient intelligence of acoustic atmospheres (2022)
Exhibition / Performance

“There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot. ” – John Cage, ‘Silence’ The project intends to understand how sounds alter people’... Read More about Facilitating ambient intelligence of acoustic atmospheres.

Systematic review of the health and equity impacts of remediation and redevelopment of contaminated sites (2022)
Journal Article

(1) Background: Globally there is a vast legacy of contaminated sites from past industrial, commercial and military activity, waste disposal, and mineral extraction. This review examined the extent to which the remediation of contaminated sites reduc... Read More about Systematic review of the health and equity impacts of remediation and redevelopment of contaminated sites.

Virtual reality utility and usefulness in the furniture fixture and equipment sector: A validation of interactive and distributed immersion (2022)
Journal Article

Purpose: The Furniture, Fixture and Equipment (FFE) sector is well placed to leverage virtual reality (VR) technology for competitive and operational advantages; however, the diffusion of VR applications in this sector has followed a steep curve. Thi... Read More about Virtual reality utility and usefulness in the furniture fixture and equipment sector: A validation of interactive and distributed immersion.

Health, economic and social development challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic: Strategies for multiple and interconnected issues (2022)
Journal Article

The COVID-19-pandemic-related economic and social crises are leading to huge challenges for all spheres of human life across the globe. Various challenges highlighted by this pandemic include, but are not limited to, the need for global health cooper... Read More about Health, economic and social development challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic: Strategies for multiple and interconnected issues.

The Olive Grove: Reuse the Lake Chapel (2022)
Digital Artefact

Competition Entry for 'Re-use Italy'

The importance of social infrastructure in supporting physical infrastructure and enabling the development of sustainable cities (2022)
Book Chapter

Policy initiatives to tackle the effects of rapid urbanisation, to promote sustainable and healthy cities and to encourage economic development are often characterised by a belief in technological solutions. There is typically emphasis upon physical... Read More about The importance of social infrastructure in supporting physical infrastructure and enabling the development of sustainable cities.

What does direct election deliver? (2022)
Digital Artefact

This short article for the Bristol Ideas website is a contribution to the public debate about whether or not to retain the directly elected mayor model of governance in our city. It explains how the direct election process has three main benefits.

Modelling future trends of annual embodied energy of urban residential building stock in China (2022)
Journal Article

China is the largest driver of growth in the global building sector. The longstanding construction boom across China has generated a massive flow of materials with significant associated embodied energy consumption and carbon emissions. Despite the s... Read More about Modelling future trends of annual embodied energy of urban residential building stock in China.

Perceptions Of Colour Form And Amenity In Green Spaces (2022)
Journal Article

Designing healthy resilient places for people doesn't need to be too challenging or complicated. We might be best to remember that a landscape-led approach works best, where the landscape comes first, and provides the framework within the built envir... Read More about Perceptions Of Colour Form And Amenity In Green Spaces.

Understanding the challenges of immersive technology use in the architecture and construction industry: A systematic review (2022)
Journal Article

Despite the increasing scholarly attention being given to immersive technology applications in the architecture and construction industry, very few studies have explored the key challenges associated with their usage, with no aggregation of findings... Read More about Understanding the challenges of immersive technology use in the architecture and construction industry: A systematic review.

Assessing movement quality on straight leg raise using neural networks and data science (2022)
Journal Article

Wearable sensors used to measure position/orientation and acceleration during exercise for knee and hip osteoarthritis have the potential to enhance physiotherapy rehabilitation through the personalisation of exercise. This data can be used to monito... Read More about Assessing movement quality on straight leg raise using neural networks and data science.

Embedded intelligent empathy: A systematic review towards a conceptual framework (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper is part of a feasibility project aiming to expand computational design processes to include design empathy. The project is in response to recent valid criticism of computational design overlooking the empathy of the designer. Computational... Read More about Embedded intelligent empathy: A systematic review towards a conceptual framework.

Architects’ ‘enforced togetherness’: New design affordances of the home (2022)
Journal Article

Lockdown impositions have impacted people’s lives, their health and wellbeing, changing the ways in which dwellings are used and occupied. Spaces within the home have had to be rapidly renegotiated, redesigned and resynchronised in ways not yet fully... Read More about Architects’ ‘enforced togetherness’: New design affordances of the home.

A risk allocation framework for public private partnerships (PPP) water infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka (2022)
Thesis

In Sri Lanka continuous infrastructure development is necessary for the country’s future but this creates a serious financial burden for the government. To deliver infrastructure within constrained public finances, it is necessary for the government... Read More about A risk allocation framework for public private partnerships (PPP) water infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka.

qNoise: A generator of non-Gaussian colored noise (2022)
Journal Article

We introduce a software generator for a class of colored (self-correlated) and non-Gaussian noise, whose statistics and spectrum depend on two param- eters, q and τ. Inspired by Tsallis’ nonextensive formulation of statistical physics, the so-called... Read More about qNoise: A generator of non-Gaussian colored noise.

Emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) and its potential for energy production (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The adverse impact of the energy production from fossil fuels is now well recognised globally. Likewise, reduction in emissions is the key to tackle climate change issues and achieve environmental sustainability. Therefore, the move towards renewable... Read More about Emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) and its potential for energy production.

Impact of coastal disasters on women in urban slums: A new index (2022)
Journal Article

Coastal hazards, particularly cyclones, floods, erosion and storm surges, are emerging as a cause for major concern in the coastal regions of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. Serious coastal disaster events have become more common in recent decades... Read More about Impact of coastal disasters on women in urban slums: A new index.