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An Analysis of Patterns of Public Engagement in China's Community Micro-rehabilitation Projects: A Case Study of Guangzhou (2023)
Journal Article
Chen, W., Cheshmehzangi, A., Yu, J., Mangi, E., Heath, T., & Zhang, Q. (2023). An Analysis of Patterns of Public Engagement in China's Community Micro-rehabilitation Projects: A Case Study of Guangzhou. World Development Sustainability, 3, Article 100108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2023.100108

With the development of inventory planning and the contradiction between land supply and demand, urban renewal development has been gradually replacing reconstruction in China's community redevelopment projects. Such projects need multiple stakeholde... Read More about An Analysis of Patterns of Public Engagement in China's Community Micro-rehabilitation Projects: A Case Study of Guangzhou.

Directing reused industrial heritage to public taste: the case of 1933 Old Millfun, Shanghai (2023)
Journal Article
Zheng, X., Guo, S., & Heath, T. (2023). Directing reused industrial heritage to public taste: the case of 1933 Old Millfun, Shanghai. Sustainability, 15(18), Article 13728. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151813728

Industrial heritage carries the task of not only preserving and inheriting historical culture, but also solving the homogenization of the historical area. The culture cannot be passed on without public participation; people are not only creators but... Read More about Directing reused industrial heritage to public taste: the case of 1933 Old Millfun, Shanghai.

The Spatial Transformation of the Villages around Chang’an Cultural Heritage Site Based on Actor Network Theory (2023)
Journal Article
Ji, J., & Heath, T. (2023). The Spatial Transformation of the Villages around Chang’an Cultural Heritage Site Based on Actor Network Theory. Sustainability, 15(14), Article 10846. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151410846

The villages around a Cultural Heritage Site (CHS), despite being influenced by long-term restrictive conservation policies for protecting their heritage’s integrity, are often excluded from heritage recognition. They do, however, have opportunities... Read More about The Spatial Transformation of the Villages around Chang’an Cultural Heritage Site Based on Actor Network Theory.

Exploring Immersive Co-Design: Comparing Human Interaction in Real and Virtual Elevated Urban Spaces in London (2023)
Journal Article
Ehab, A., & Heath, T. (2023). Exploring Immersive Co-Design: Comparing Human Interaction in Real and Virtual Elevated Urban Spaces in London. Sustainability, 15(12), Article 9184. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15129184

Virtual reality (VR) technology has the potential to revolutionize public engagement in the design of urban projects, leading to more sustainable and inclusive environments. This research scrutinizes this potential through a study of elevated urban s... Read More about Exploring Immersive Co-Design: Comparing Human Interaction in Real and Virtual Elevated Urban Spaces in London.

Enhancing Public Engagement in Architectural Design: A Comparative Analysis of Advanced Virtual Reality Approaches in Building Information Modeling and Gamification Techniques (2023)
Journal Article
Ehab, A., Burnett, G., & Heath, T. (2023). Enhancing Public Engagement in Architectural Design: A Comparative Analysis of Advanced Virtual Reality Approaches in Building Information Modeling and Gamification Techniques. Buildings, 13(5), Article 1262. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13051262

Purpose: This paper investigates the potential of virtual reality (VR) technologies—specifically, building information modeling (BIM) (“Autodesk Revit”) and game engines (“Unreal Engine”)—to enhance public involvement in the design and execution of a... Read More about Enhancing Public Engagement in Architectural Design: A Comparative Analysis of Advanced Virtual Reality Approaches in Building Information Modeling and Gamification Techniques.

Limitations of institutional dimension in existing sustainability assessment tools: From the perspective of territory (2023)
Journal Article
Chen, W., Cheshmehzangi, A., Mangi, E., Heath, T., & Yu, J. (2023). Limitations of institutional dimension in existing sustainability assessment tools: From the perspective of territory. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, 5, Article 100217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsust.2023.100217

Cities face considerable fundamental sustainability challenges, and scholars have developed many sustainability assessment tools (SATs) to assess and address these problems. As an important pillar of the tools, the institutional dimension, though add... Read More about Limitations of institutional dimension in existing sustainability assessment tools: From the perspective of territory.