Research Handbook on Urban Design

Edited by Marion Roberts and Suzy Nelson, School of Architecture and Cities, University of Westminster, UK

Contents:

Research for urban design: on becoming an established field 1
Marion Roberts and Suzy Nelson

PART I APPROACHES TO URBAN DESIGN RESEARCH
1 The new urban design: implications from spatial political economy 12
Alexander Cuthbert and Gusti Ayu Made Suartika
2 Enquiry by mapping: understanding urban assemblages and morphological capacities 24
Elek Pafka and Kim Dovey
3 Effective alignment of urban design and landscape: barriers and successes for education and practice 40
Philip Black and Ian Mell
4 Shaping smart cities: balancing hardware, software and ‘heartware’ 56
Jason Pomeroy and Denise Lim

PART II SETTLEMENTS
5 Indigenous urbanism: determining the future from the past for smaller historic settlements in Jaipur, India 79
Shruti Hemani, Neha Goyal Tater and Mahima Sharma
6 Informal urban design: forms of informal settlement 107
Hesam Kamalipour
7 The politics of urban trees: reshaping the sustainable city 125
Jan Woudstra
8 Extending urban design into the hours of darkness: reflections on research 153
Marion Roberts
9 Shedding light on the dark city: from the light master plan to the trame noir 173
Emanuele Giordano

PART III NEIGHBOURHOODS
10 Designing a neighborhood 188
Emily Talen
11 Healthy neighbourhoods: research into the connections between urban design and health and well-being 206
Tim Townshend
12 Heritage-led revitalisation in China: identity and modernity in Shenzhen’s urban villages 225
Tim Heath, Fei Chen, Jing Xie and Pengyu Chen
13 Capitalising on highly connected public transport nodes: exploring the relationship between physical design attributes and experiential qualities 248
Carey Curtis and Anders Larsson
14 Built environment and walkability during the COVID-19 pandemic in southern Chile 266
Antonio Zumelzu, Mariana Estrada and Constanza Jara

PART IV PUBLIC SPACE
15 Overview of public space: reflections on contemporary research 284
Vikas Mehta
16 Memorials, public space, and urban design 303
Quentin Stevens
17 ‘Cool public spaces for the cities’: a climate-fit approach to the urban design of public streetscapes and squares – a vital contribution to climate-responsive cities 331
Doris Damyanovic, Anna Gabor, Karl Grimm and Florian Reinwald
18 Evolving public spaces in South Africa: moving beyond sustainability and resilience towards regenerative space 349
Karina Landman
19 Crisis and temporary public spaces: reflections from London, UK 367
Krystallia Kamvasinou
20 Time–people–place-based approaches for urban design frame setting 390
Barbara Goličnik Marušić and Damjan Marušić
Reflections on research for urban design 405
Marion Roberts and Suzy Nelson

Index 411