The increasing threat of climate change has created a pressing need for cities to lower their
carbon footprints. Urban laboratories are emerging in numerous cities around the world as a …

The purpose of this article is to expose the concept of collaborative planning to the reality of
planning, thereby assessing its efficacy for informing and explaining what plannersreally'do …

The case for considering the co-evolution of social and technological systems in sustainable
development is well made in the literature on Science and Technology Studies and Science …

Creating a more sustainable society is increasingly an urban challenge (Pincetl 2010).
Upwards of 50 per cent of the world's population currently dwell in cities, and this figure is …

Does planning in contested cities inadvertedly make the divisions worse? The 60s and 70s
saw a strong role of planning, social engineering, etc but there has since been a move …

The UK housing stock will play an important role in achieving the 2050 national carbon
reduction targets. Upgrading the energy performance of the existing housing stock is a …

This article critically examines the approach of technical experts, including engineers,
natural scientists, architects, planners, and other practitioners, who are attempting to create …

Urban mobility in Western countries has evolved substantially over the past fifty years, from
an early interest in catering for growing car ownership and use through major road …

Since the 1980s, a considerable amount of research has dealt with the spatial impacts of
services and devices related to Information and Communication Technology (ICT). In …

This research focuses upon the socio-environmental dimensions and urban identity of urban
environments by evaluating human behaviours and space-to-human relations. In addition …