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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.

Towards complete property–level flood protection of domestic buildings in the UK (2018)
Book Chapter
Beddoes, D. W., Booth, C. A., & Lamond, J. E. (2018). Towards complete property–level flood protection of domestic buildings in the UK. In S. Hernandez, S. Mambretti, & D. Proverbs (Eds.), Urban Water Systems & Floods II (27-38). ashurst: WIT Press

Property flood resilience (PFR) is an important aspect within an integrated approach to flood risk reduction. In the UK this has resulted in a plethora of products and recommended measures to minimise the ingress of water to the millions of propertie... Read More about Towards complete property–level flood protection of domestic buildings in the UK.

Biodiversity of flora and fauna (2017)
Book Chapter
Bretzel, F., Vannucchi, F., Benvenuti, S., & Rumble, H. (2017). Biodiversity of flora and fauna. In F. Orsini, M. Dubbeling, H. de Zeeuw, & G. Gianquinto (Eds.), Rooftop Urban Agriculture (235-252). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57720-3_14

Rooftop farming can contribute to urban biodiversity in terms of providing habitats and creating an urban green network. In addition, the cultivation of plants on roofs can provide places where wild animals and plants can survive and reproduce. Chose... Read More about Biodiversity of flora and fauna.

Elements of rooftop agriculture design (2017)
Book Chapter
Caputo, S., Iglesias, P., & Rumble, H. (2017). Elements of rooftop agriculture design. In F. Orsini, M. Dubbeling, H. de Zeeuw, & G. Gianquinto (Eds.), Rooftop Urban Agriculture (39-59). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57720-3_4

This chapter focuses on the elements that must be considered when designing rooftop gardens and integrating them within buildings. Different types of rooftop gardens and how they can be integrated within existing and new buildings in order to enhance... Read More about Elements of rooftop agriculture design.

Large-scale atmospheric phenomena under the lens of ordinal time-series analysis and information theory measures (2017)
Book Chapter
Deza, J. I., Tirabassi, G., Barreiro, M., & Masoller, C. (2018). Large-scale atmospheric phenomena under the lens of ordinal time-series analysis and information theory measures. In A. Tsonis (Ed.), Advances in Nonlinear Geosciences (87-99). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58895-7_4

This review presents a synthesis of our work done in the framework of the European project Learning about Interacting Networks in Climate (LINC, climatelinc.eu). We have applied tools of information theory and ordinal time series analysis to investig... Read More about Large-scale atmospheric phenomena under the lens of ordinal time-series analysis and information theory measures.

The language of the unheard: Social media and riot subculture/s (2017)
Book Chapter
Rice, L. (2017). The language of the unheard: Social media and riot subculture/s. In .. The Subcultures Network (Ed.), Youth Culture and Social Change: Making a Difference by Making a Noise (47-77). London: Palgrave Macmillan

This chapter examines the relationships between social media, subculture identity and riots. In 2011 riots in Bristol (UK) attracted global media coverage. These riots were one of the first in the UK where social media played a significant role. Soci... Read More about The language of the unheard: Social media and riot subculture/s.

Housing development in China: A governance perspective (2017)
Book Chapter
Zhou, Z. (2017). Housing development in China: A governance perspective. In J. Wan, & S. Tong (Eds.), China's Economy in Transformation under the New Normal (97-112). Singapore: World Scientific

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Empowering local people through the planning process: The emerging practice of ‘Place Planning’ and its contribution to community well-being in Wales (2017)
Book Chapter
Jones, M., & Spence, A. (2017). Empowering local people through the planning process: The emerging practice of ‘Place Planning’ and its contribution to community well-being in Wales. In L. Brotas, S. Roaf, & F. Nicol (Eds.), Design to Thrive (4493-4500). Edinburgh, UK: Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings

The past twenty years has seen UK Government aspiring to put greater power in the hands of local people. In England, the 2011 Localism Act and 2012 National Planning Policy Framework have created new opportunities for local people to influence develo... Read More about Empowering local people through the planning process: The emerging practice of ‘Place Planning’ and its contribution to community well-being in Wales.

A model of how features of construction projects influence accident occurrence (2017)
Book Chapter
Manu, P. (2017). A model of how features of construction projects influence accident occurrence. In F. Emuze, & J. Smallwood (Eds.), Valuing People in Construction (41-58). Abingdon: Routledge

This book chapter in "Valuing People in Construction" (edited by Emuze, F. and Smallwood, J.) presents a study which sought empirical verification of a model of how construction project features (CPFs) influence accident occurrence. A qualitative str... Read More about A model of how features of construction projects influence accident occurrence.

Profiling health and safety risk associated with construction projects at the pre-construction stage (2017)
Book Chapter
Manu, P. (2017). Profiling health and safety risk associated with construction projects at the pre-construction stage. In F. Emuze, & J. Smallwood (Eds.), Valuing People in Construction. Abingdon: Routledge

This book chapter in "Valuing People in Construction" (edited by Emuze, F. and Smallwood, J.) presents an assessment of the degree of H&S risk associated with construction project features (CPFs) and the subsequent development of a simple tool (nickn... Read More about Profiling health and safety risk associated with construction projects at the pre-construction stage.

Data collection for a better understanding of what causes flood damage – Experiences with telephone surveys (2017)
Book Chapter
Kreibich, H., Thieken, A., Muller, M., & Lamond, J. (2017). Data collection for a better understanding of what causes flood damage – Experiences with telephone surveys. In D. Molinari, S. Menoni, & F. Ballio (Eds.), Practical Flood Damage Data Collection, Storage and Analysis: New Insights from Research and Practice. Wiley/American Geophysical Union

Starting after the severe flood event of August 2002, computer‐aided telephone interviews (CATI) have repeatedly been used in Germany to remotely collect large standardized data sets on flood losses and possible influencing factors by questioning aff... Read More about Data collection for a better understanding of what causes flood damage – Experiences with telephone surveys.