Mark Deakin
Mark Deakin

Prof Mark Deakin

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  M.Deakin@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Mark is a leading academic who has provided a strong support to emerging scientific and technical developments on Smart Cities. He is author of 12 books and about 100 peer-reviewed publications on Sustainable Urban Development, Urban Technology Management and Smart Cities. These publications include Sustainable Urban Development (Volumes 1-3, Routledge 2005-2009) and Smart Cities: Governing, Modelling and Analysing the Transition (Routledge, 2013). In addition, Mark has directed several research projects dealing with Smart Cities and the Sustainable Development of Urban Environments for the European Commission, Economic and Social Research Council and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council in the UK. He recently completed research projects include: (1) CLUE: Climate Neutral Urban Districts in Europe (European Commission - INTERREG Programme); (2) Smart and Sustainable Cities (European Investment Bank - JESSICA Programme); (3) SmartCities (European Commission - INTERREG Programme); (4) EXPGOV (European Commission - IPTS Programme on Emerging City Governance Models); (5) SURegen: Sustainable Urban Regeneration (EPSRC Sustainable Urban Environment Programme); (6) Online S3: ONLINE Platform for Smart Specialisation Policy Advice (European Commission - Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme). Mark is also in the Editorial Board of 6 academic journals. This includes the Journal of Urban Technology (Taylor & Francis), the Journal of Sustainable Cities and Society (Elsevier) and the International Journal of Intelligent Buildings (Taylor & Francis).

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Research-led teaching: a review of two initiatives in valuing the link between teaching and research.

Journal Article
Deakin, M. (2005)
Research-led teaching: a review of two initiatives in valuing the link between teaching and research. Journal for Education in the Built Environment. 1, 73-93. ISSN 1747-4205
Research led teaching is a matter which has recently attracted a considerable amount of attention, particularly from those in higher education who are of the opinion that we n...

The IntelCities learning platform, knowledge management system and digital library for semantically interoperable e-governance services.

Journal Article
Deakin, M., Allwinkle, S., Campbell, F. H. & Wong, C. (2004)
The IntelCities learning platform, knowledge management system and digital library for semantically interoperable e-governance services. International Journal of Knowledge, Culture, and Change in Organizations: Annual Review. 6, 155-162. ISSN 1447-9524
Sets out the integrated community model of electronically enhanced governance services developed by IntelCities to represent its e-Learning platform, knowledge management syst...

The BEQUEST framework: the vision and methodology of a collaborative platform for sustainable urban development.

Presentation / Conference
Deakin, M., & Curwell, S. (2004, October)
The BEQUEST framework: the vision and methodology of a collaborative platform for sustainable urban development. Paper presented at EnviroInfo 2004: an international conference dedicated to sh@ring, Geneva
The concepts of sustainable development that have emerged in the ‘post Brundtland’ era are explored in terms of a vision and methodology of sustainable urban development (SUD)...

Towards community participation in rural and urban development.

Book Chapter
Deakin, M., Dixon-Gough, R., & Mansberger, R. (2004)
Towards community participation in rural and urban development. In M. Deakin, R. Dixon-Gough, & R. Mansberger (Eds.), Methodologies models and instruments for rural and urban development. Ashgate Publishing

Developing sustainable communities: Edinburgh's settlement model and design solution.

Journal Article
Deakin, M. (2003)
Developing sustainable communities: Edinburgh's settlement model and design solution. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management. 29, 38-47. doi:10.1142/S1464333203001498. ISSN 1464-3332
Sustainable communities are seen as offering the opportunity to manage growth in plan-led and environmentally-friendly patterns of settlement. This paper examines the settleme...

Developing sustainable communities in Edinburgh’s South East Wedge: The settlement model and design solution.

Journal Article
Deakin, M. (2003)
Developing sustainable communities in Edinburgh’s South East Wedge: The settlement model and design solution. Journal of Urban Design. 8, 137-148. doi:10.1080/13574800306481. ISSN 1357-4809
Sustainable communities are seen as offering the opportunity to manage growth in plan-led and environmentally friendly patterns of settlement. The settlement model put forward...

Editorial: Sustainable urban development and BEQUEST.

Journal Article
Curwell, S., & Deakin, M. (2002)
Editorial: Sustainable urban development and BEQUEST. Building Research and Information, 30, 79-82. https://doi.org/10.1080/096132102753436459

Sustainable urban development: the framework and directory of assessment methods.

Journal Article
Deakin, M., Curwell, S. & Lombardi, P. (2002)
Sustainable urban development: the framework and directory of assessment methods. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management. 4, 171-197. doi:10.1142/S1464333202000978. ISSN 1464-3332
Sustainable development is an issue that has attracted a considerable amount of academic interest since the publication of the Brundtland Report. With Agenda 21, it is an issu...

A vision and methodology for integrated sustainable urban development.

Journal Article
Bentivegna, V., Curwell, S., Deakin, M., Lombardi, P., Mitchell, G. & Nijkamp, P. (2002)
A vision and methodology for integrated sustainable urban development. Building Research and Information. 30, 83-94. doi:10.1080/096132102753436468. ISSN 0961-3218
The concepts and visions of sustainable development that have emerged in the post-Brundtland era are explored in terms laying the foundations for a common vision of sustainabl...

The assessment of sustainable urban development.

Journal Article
Deakin, M., Huovila, P., Rao, S., Sunikka, M. & Vreeker, R. (2002)
The assessment of sustainable urban development. Building Research and Information. 30, 95-108. doi:10.1080/096132102753436477. ISSN 0961-3218
This paper describes the outcomes of a survey of assessment methods for sustainable urban development (SUD) undertaken by an international network called BEQUEST. It addresses...

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