Journal• ISSN: 0263-7960
Built Environment
Alexandrine Press
About: Built Environment is an academic journal published by Alexandrine Press. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Urban planning & Built environment. It has an ISSN identifier of 0263-7960. Over the lifetime, 727 publications have been published receiving 14932 citations. The journal is also known as: Built environment (Oxford).
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the important role that the green infrastructure of a city can play in adapting for climate change and present output from energy exchange and hydrological models showing surface temperature and surface runoff in relation to green infrastructure under current and future climate scenarios.
Abstract: The urban environment has distinctive biophysical features in relation to surrounding rural areas. These include an altered energy exchange creating an urban heat island, and changes to hydrology such as increased surface runoff of rainwater. Such changes are, in part, a result of the altered surface cover of the urban area. For example less vegetated surfaces lead to a decrease in evaporative cooling, whilst an increase in surface sealing results in increased surface runoff. Climate change will amplify these distinctive features. This paper explores the important role that the green infrastructure, i.e. the greenspace network, of a city can play in adapting for climate change. It uses the conurbation of Greater Manchester as a case study site. The paper presents output from energy exchange and hydrological models showing surface temperature and surface runoff in relation to the green infrastructure under current and future climate scenarios. The implications for an adaptation strategy to climate change in the urban environment are discussed.
1,856 citations
458 citations
TL;DR: A summary of recent research by the Landscape Department at Sheffield University into the role and value of urban parks, play areas and green spaces, the attitudes of people to these spaces, and the ways in which local authorities maintain them reveals that urban green space has the ability to contribute positively to some of the key agendas in urban areas including social inclusion, health, sustainability, and urban renewal as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: A summary of recent research by the Landscape Department at Sheffield University into the role and value of urban parks, play areas and green spaces, the attitudes of people to these spaces, and the ways in which local authorities maintain them reveals that urban green space has the ability to contribute positively to some of the key agendas in urban areas including social inclusion, health, sustainability, and urban renewal.
429 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the patterns of assault and motor vehicle theft in relation to the distribution of land uses across more than 60,000 separate parcels of land in a large British Columbia city.
Abstract: The built environment impacts on the patterns of crime in many different ways. The distribution and clustering of different land uses is thought, on theoretical grounds, to play an important role in where and when crimes occur. This study analysed the patterns of assault and motor vehicle theft in relation to the distribution of land uses across more than 60,000 separate parcels of land in a large British Columbia city. Specific land-use types that concentrate routine human activities in time and space are found to act as major crime generators and attractors. Attention to the distribution of these land-use types across the urban mosaic can substantially reduce the volume of crime associated with design decisions.
298 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the potential for shared space principles to prompt a new approach to the design, management and maintenance of streets and public spaces in cities, towns and villages.
Abstract: Under the label of ‘shared space’, a radically different approach to street design, traffic flow and road safety is rapidly emerging. Combining a greater understanding of behavioural psychology with a changing perception of risk and safety, shared space offers a set of principles that suggest new radically different possibilities for successfully combining movement with the other civic function of streets and urban spaces. Shared space has evolved most rapidly in the Denmark, Germany, Sweden and the northern part of Holland. However there is a growing range of examples in France, Spain, the UK and other European countries. The paper considers the potential for shared space principles to prompt a new approach to the design, management and maintenance of streets and public spaces in cities, towns and villages. Drawing on well-established examples from a variety of countries, the author examines the outcomes of schemes that deliberately integrate traffic into the social and cultural protocols that govern the rest of public life. The findings raise important implications for governments and local authorities, for professionals, for communities and for citizens.
279 citations
Performance Metrics
| Year | Papers |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 |
| 2024 | 35 |
| 2023 | 32 |
| 2022 | 38 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2020 | 19 |