Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigating strategies: A case-based comparative analysis
Journal Article
O’Malley, C., Piroozfar, P., Farr, E. R. P., & Pomponi, F. (2015)
Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigating strategies: A case-based comparative analysis. Sustainable Cities and Society, 19, 222-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2015.05.009
Urbanisation may have been shown to have no effect on climate change, but some researchers suggest that cities are fully capable of responding to it. Urban Heat Islands (UHIs)...
An examination of the role of sound in defining the city in the context of Edinburgh
Journal Article
Vettese-Forster, S., Gowans, S., Case, J., & Maciej, K. (2014)
An examination of the role of sound in defining the city in the context of Edinburgh. European Academic Research, 1, 3218-3247
The surfeit of generic and place-specific sounds that exist in the urban environment contribute to what has been referred to as the soundscape. Within the built environment so...
The embedded intelligence of smart cities: urban life, citizenship and community
Journal Article
Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2017)
The embedded intelligence of smart cities: urban life, citizenship and community. International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age, 4(4), 62-74. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJPADA.2017100105
This paper reviews Mitchell’s thesis on the transition from the city of bits to e-topia. The review finds it wanting and suggests the problems encountered with the thesis rest...
Citizens' expectations of information cities: implications for urban planning and design
Journal Article
Curwell, S., Deakin, M., Cooper, I., Paskaleva-Shapira, K., Ravetz, J., & Babicki, D. (2005)
Citizens' expectations of information cities: implications for urban planning and design. Building Research and Information, 33(1), 55-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/0961321042000329422
The European Union has made the development of a vibrant knowledge-based economy a key policy objective, and increasingly national and local governments worldwide are seeking ...
Performing the Scratch Orchestra's Nature Study Notes: creating and exploring a third sphere through improvised communal action.
Conference Proceeding
Hails, J. (2014)
Performing the Scratch Orchestra's Nature Study Notes: creating and exploring a third sphere through improvised communal action
In June 2014, a disparate group of trained and untrained performers gathered together at the Chisenhale Dance Space to perform items from the Scratch Orchestra’s 1969 Nature S...
Delivering job search services for unemployed people in rural areas: the role of ICT.
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W., & Lindsay, C. (2003)
Delivering job search services for unemployed people in rural areas: the role of ICT
The geographical remoteness of many rural communities from major centres of economic activity clearly affects the availability of public services, which tend to be concentrate...
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)...
Smart Cities: Metrics for a Future Internet-based Governance of Urban and Regional innovation Systems
Journal Article
Deakin, M. (2018)
Smart Cities: Metrics for a Future Internet-based Governance of Urban and Regional innovation Systems. Scienze Regionali-The Italian Journal of Regional Science, 17(1), 39-56. https://doi.org/10.14650/88816
This paper summarizes the outcomes of a literature review on smart cities and goes on to provide an overview of the critical insights it offers. Bypassing mainstream academic ...
Demonstrating How Urban Morphology Matters: Reaching Beyond the Geometry of Building Design, Construction Systems and Occupational Behaviours and Towards Broader Context-Specific Transformations.
Journal Article
Deakin, M., Reid, A., & Campbell, F. H. (2013)
Demonstrating How Urban Morphology Matters: Reaching Beyond the Geometry of Building Design, Construction Systems and Occupational Behaviours and Towards Broader Context-Specific Transformations. Environmental management and sustainable development, 2, 101. https://doi.org/10.5296/emsd.v2i2.4307
Recent studies of urban morphology, suggest the design, layout and texture of district centres, neighbourhoods and buildings have as much a bearing on levels of energy consump...
Smart cities: Under-gridding the sustainability of city-districts as energy efficient-low carbon zones
Journal Article
Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2018)
Smart cities: Under-gridding the sustainability of city-districts as energy efficient-low carbon zones. Journal of Cleaner Production, 173, 39-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.054
This paper reviews the literature on smart cities. Offering a critical synthesis of the material, it advances a Triple Helix inspired account of smart cities as future interne...