Research projects in the Centre for Sustainable Planning and Environments (SPE)
Find out more about current and completed projects that fall under the four research themes within SPE:
- Sustainable Urban Environments
- Governance of Place
- Planning Theory, Policy and Practice
- Smart Cities Transforming Governance
Sustainable Urban Environments
2020-present
- Better access to urban greenspace
- Evidence review of the environmental, health and equity impacts of remediation and redevelopment of contaminated sites
- Literature review on the impacts of infrastructure on quality of life
- Physical activity in different natural environments: Motivations, perceptions and wellbeing benefits
2010-2019
- Affect and Place meaning in contested urban sites
- Assessing the potential for social learning in building sustainable communities
- Availability of brownfield land for housing development in England
- Behaviour change and agriculture in urban society and environments (BeCAUSE)
- Behaviours and Neighbourhood Design (BAND): An investigation of walking as a social practice
- Collective governance, innovation and creativity in the face of climate change (SELFCITY)
- Community-led housing and health: A comprehensive literature review
- Development of Building with Nature: Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
- Economic evaluation of 'Fitter for Walking'
- Green infrastructure in the urban environment
- Green Infrastructure Innovation Fund
- GRIP2: Getting Research Into Practice
- Foodscapes
- INSPIRE: In situ processes in resource extraction from waste repositories
- Making the case for investment in the walking environment
- State of the art review on adapting suburbs for climate change for RETROFIT 2050
- The walkability of Bristol: How this relates to physical activity, health and wellbeing
- Towards hydrocitizenship
Governance of Place
2020-present
2010-2019
- Attractiveness of European regions and cities for residents and visitors (ATTREG)
- Bristol civic leadership project
- Bristol civic leadership prospects project
- Community involvement in decision making: Disclosure and access to information
- Cultural activism in the community: Creative practice, activism and place-identities
- European Topic Centre - Spatial Information Analysis (ETC-SIA)
- Investigating a role for the arts in supporting relations of care in Rajasthan’s Traditional Water Infrastructures
- Public sector innovation and local leadership in the UK and the Netherlands
- ‘We build our own homes’: Practices of power and participation in a community land trust development
Planning Theory, Policy and Practice
2020-present
2010-2019
- Cemeteries and crematoria as public spaces of belonging in Europe
- Deathscapes and diversity: Making space for death and remembrance in multicultural England and Wales
- ESRC Seminar Series "Reunited planning and Health: tackling the implementation gaps in evidence, governance and knowledge"
- Planning enforcement England: At the crossroads
- Small and medium-sized towns in functional territorial context (TOWN)
- South Gloucestershire Council and healthy urban planning
- Use classes order and permitted development rights Wales: A review
- Young planner’s expectations and motivations
Smart Cities Transforming Governance
2020-present
2010-2019
- DECUMANUS - Geo-Spatial Adaptation of Urban Environmental Impacts (FP7 DG ENTR, European Commission, 2013-2016)
- European Topic Centre - Spatial Information Analysis (ETC-SIA) - (European Environment Agency, 2011-2014)
- SUNEX (Sustainable Urban FWE Nexus)
- urbanAPI - planning tools for integrated urban governance (FP7 DG INFSO, European Commission, 2011-2014)
- urban-NEXUS - Furthering Strategic Urban Research Coordination Action (FP7 DG Research, European Commission, 2011-2014)
Pre-2010
- BOSS4GMES - Building Operational Sustainable Services for GMES (FP6 DG Research, European Commission, 2006-2009)
- GSE Land Information Services (European Space Agency, 2006–2008)
- Global Monitoring for Urban Europe (GMES) - (European Space Agency, 2003–2005)
- HUMBOLDT - Frameworks for Data Harmonisation and Service Integration (FP6 DG Research, European Commission, 2006-2010)
- IntelCities Integrated Project (FP6 DG Research, European Commission, 2004-2006)
- MUE25 Managing Urban Europe 25 (DG Environment, European Commission, 2005-2008)