Research projects in the Centre for Sustainable Planning and Environments
Current and completed projects by the Centre for Sustainable Planning and Environments at UWE Bristol
Projects within the Centre for Sustainable Planning and Environments fall under three research themes.
Sustainable urban environments
- Community-led housing and health: A comprehensive literature review
- INSPIRE: In situ processes in resource extraction from waste repositories
- Availability of brownfield land for housing development in England
- Collective governance, innovation and creativity in the face of climate change (SELFCITY)
- Foodscapes
- Affect and Place Meaning in Contested Urban Sites
- Towards Hydrocitizenship
- Development of Building with Nature
- Behaviour change and agriculture in urban society and environments (BeCAUSE)
- Disabled architects: unlocking the potential for practice
- Making the case for investment in the walking environment
- Green infrastructure in the urban environment
- Economic evaluation of 'Fitter for Walking'
- Assessing the potential for social learning in building sustainable communities
- CityForm-India: achieving sustainable urban form for rapidly growing cities in India
- State of the art review on adapting suburbs for climate change for RETROFIT 2050 - Re-engineering the City 2020-2050: urban foresight and transition management
- HEAT@UWE: Bridging the gaps in health, environment and technology (HEAT) research
- Behaviours and Neighbourhood Design (BAND): An investigation of walking as a social practice
- The walkability of Bristol: how this relates to physical activity, health and wellbeing
Governance of place
- Bristol civic leadership project
- The Bristol Civic Leadership Prospects Project
- Public sector innovation and local leadership in the UK and the Netherlands
- Community cohesion: good practices in local and regional level legislation concerning equal opportunities
- Attractiveness of European regions and cities for residents and visitors
- Cultural activism in the community: creative practice, activism and place-identities
- International insights on civic leadership and public service innovation
- Improvement session on public engagement with overview and scrutiny
- European Topic Centre - Spatial Information Analysis (ETC-SIA)
- Community involvement in decision making: Disclosure and access to information
- Feasibility study of methodological approaches to impact evaluation of the 2007-2013 Structural Fund Programmes in Wales
Planning theory, policy and practice
- Improving the post-decision planning process to deliver better places in the West of England
- Young planner’s expectations and motivations
- Cemeteries and crematoria as public spaces of belonging in Europe
- Small and medium-sized towns in functional territorial context (TOWN)
- Use classes order and permitted development rights Wales: a review
- ESRC Seminar Series "Reunited planning and Health: tackling the implementation gaps in evidence, governance and knowledge"
- Planning enforcement England: at the crossroads
- South Gloucestershire Council and Healthy Urban Planning
- Urban planning tools and intelligence for integrated urban governance
- The Attractiveness of European Regions and Cities for Residents and Visitors (ATTREG)
Smart Cities Transforming Governance
- SUNEX (Sustainable Urban FWE Nexus)
- CURE (Copernicus for Urban Resilience in Europe)
- DECUMANUS - Geo-Spatial Adaptation of Urban Environmental Impacts (FP7 DG ENTR, European Commission, 2013 - 2016)
- urbanAPI - planning tools for integrated urban governance (FP7 DG INFSO, European Commission, 2011 - 2014)
- European Topic Centre - Spatial Information Analysis (ETC-SIA) - (European Environment Agency, 2011 - 2014)
- urban-NEXUS - Furthering Strategic Urban Research Coordination Action (FP7 DG Research, European Commission, 2011 - 2014)
- BOSS4GMES - Building Operational Sustainable Services for GMES (FP6 DG Research, European Commission, 2006 - 2009)
- HUMBOLDT - Frameworks for Data Harmonisation and Service Integration (FP6 DG Research, European Commission, 2006 - 2010)
- GSE Land Information Services (European Space Agency, 2006 – 2008)
- MUE25 Managing Urban Europe 25 (DG Environment, European Commission, 2005- 2008)
- IntelCities Integrated Project (FP6 DG Research, European Commission, 2004 - 2006)
- Global Monitoring for Urban Europe (GMES) - (European Space Agency, 2003 – 2005)