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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Modelling the development of sustainable communities in Edinburgh's South East wedge.

Journal Article
Deakin, M. (2001)
Modelling the development of sustainable communities in Edinburgh's South East wedge. Planning Practice and Research. 17, 331-336. doi:10.1080/026974502200005670. ISSN 0269-7459
The on—going review of structure plans in the United Kingdom (UK) has highlighted the attractiveness of new settlements as an alternative to town cramming, peripheral expansio...

BEQUEST: the framework and directory of assessment methods.

Journal Article
Deakin, M., Curwell, S. & Lombardi, P. (2000)
BEQUEST: the framework and directory of assessment methods. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 6, 373-383. doi:10.1007/BF02978869. ISSN 0948-3349
This paper has outlined the areas of the Environment and Climate Programme (Economic and Social Aspects of Human Settlement) the BEQUEST project addresses. It has also examine...

Valuation, appraisal, discounting, obsolescence and depreciation: towards a life cycle analysis and impact assessment of their effects on the environment of cities.

Journal Article
Deakin, M. (1998)
Valuation, appraisal, discounting, obsolescence and depreciation: towards a life cycle analysis and impact assessment of their effects on the environment of cities. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 4, 87-94. doi:10.1007/BF02979408. ISSN 0948-3349
Previous editions of this journal have drawn attention to the critical role valuation plays in life cycle analysis and environmental impact assessment (see for example Volkwei...

Local authority property management: a management exercise.

Journal Article
Deakin, M. (1997)
Local authority property management: a management exercise. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction. 3. ISSN 1366-4387

The development of computer based information systems for local authority property management: the underlying issues.

Journal Article
Deakin, M. (1997)
The development of computer based information systems for local authority property management: the underlying issues. Property Management. 16, 61-82. doi:10.1108/02637479810214114. ISSN 0263-7472
The paper examines how a property management division has sought to adopt the recommendations of the Audit Commission and Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy...

The financial aspects of property management: the case of Kiev City

Journal Article
Deakin, M. (1997)
The financial aspects of property management: the case of Kiev City. Journal of Property Finance, 8(1), 52-82. https://doi.org/10.1108/09588689710160516
Outlines the attempts made over the past few years to develop the financial services required by Kiev City Council to function as a privatization authority. Looks at the priva...

The property management division of Kiev City

Journal Article
Deakin, M. (1996)
The property management division of Kiev City. Property Management, 14(4), 15-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/02637479610150739
Outlines the attempts made over the past few years to develop the financial services required by Kiev City council’s property management division to function as a privatizatio...

The development of a cadastral system: Kiev City since the tax as rent debate.

Journal Article
Deakin, M. (1995)
The development of a cadastral system: Kiev City since the tax as rent debate. Journal of property tax assessment & administration. 2, 99-129. ISSN 1357-1419

Discounting, obsolescence, depreciation and their effects on the environment of cities.

Journal Article
Deakin, M. (1995)
Discounting, obsolescence, depreciation and their effects on the environment of cities. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction. 1, 39-57. ISSN 1366-4387

A research roadmap for sustainable information cities.

Conference Proceeding
Curwell, S., Deakin, M., Hamilton, A., Paskaleva-Shapira, K., Soubra, S. & Turner, J. (2003)
A research roadmap for sustainable information cities. In Cunningham, P. & Cunningham, M. (Eds.). eAdoption and the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications, Case StudiesISBN 1-58603-470-7

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