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)...
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...
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)...
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...
From The City Of Bits to E-Topia: Space, Citizenship and Community as Global Strategy.
Journal Article
Deakin, M. (2014)
From The City Of Bits to E-Topia: Space, Citizenship and Community as Global Strategy. International Journal of E-Adoption, 6, https://doi.org/10.4018/ijea.2014010102
Mitchell's book on the City of Bits, sets out a vision of urban life literally done to bits. His next book e-topia, provides the counter-point to this vision of urban life and...
How to Overcome the Dichotomous Nature of Smart City Research: Proposed Methodology and Results of a Pilot Study
Journal Article
Mora, L., Deakin, M., Reid, A., & Angelidou, M. (2019)
How to Overcome the Dichotomous Nature of Smart City Research: Proposed Methodology and Results of a Pilot Study. Journal of Urban Technology, 26(2), 89-128. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2018.1525265
Overcoming the dichotomous nature of smart city research is fundamental to providing cities with a clear understanding of how smart city development should be approached. This...
Village pubs as a social propellant in rural areas: an econometric study
Journal Article
Cabras, I., & Reggiani, C. (2010)
Village pubs as a social propellant in rural areas: an econometric study. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 53, 947-962. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2010.495488
There is no place like England to witness the role of pubs as a social networking hotspot. Social networks lie at the foundations of most of the social and economic interactio...
Exploring the Big Picture of Smart City Research
Journal Article
Komninos, N., & Mora, L. (2018)
Exploring the Big Picture of Smart City Research. Scienze Regionali-The Italian Journal of Regional Science, 1, 15-38
This paper analyses the big picture of the smart city research field by means of a bibliometric analysis of the literature on smart cities produced between 1992 and 2012. The ...
Urban Regeneration and Sustainable Communities: The Role of Networks, Innovation, and Creativity in Building Successful Partnerships
Journal Article
Deakin, M., & Allwinkle, S. (2007)
Urban Regeneration and Sustainable Communities: The Role of Networks, Innovation, and Creativity in Building Successful Partnerships. Journal of Urban Technology, 14(1), 77-91. doi:10.1080/10630730701260118
The following examination goes against the current
trend in policy on urban regeneration partnerships by
relaxing the assumption that they represent virtuous
circles of mutual...