The Spatial Transformation of the Villages around Chang’an Cultural Heritage Site Based on Actor Network Theory (2023)
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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.

Practical challenges of urban regeneration in China (2023)
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Cheshmehzangi, A., Chen, W., Mangi, E., & Heath, T. (2023). Practical challenges of urban regeneration in China. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 5, Article 913500. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2023.913500

Exploring Immersive Co-Design: Comparing Human Interaction in Real and Virtual Elevated Urban Spaces in London (2023)
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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)
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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)
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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.

From Maslow to Architectural Spaces: The Assessment of Reusing Old Industrial Buildings (2022)
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Zheng, X., Heath, T., & Guo, S. (2022). From Maslow to Architectural Spaces: The Assessment of Reusing Old Industrial Buildings. Buildings, 12(11), Article 2033. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12112033

In many cases, the purpose of reusing old industrial buildings is to serve the public. Converting a building that had a particular function and is unfamiliar to the public to a civic building is a great challenge. Significantly, the public’s curiosit... Read More about From Maslow to Architectural Spaces: The Assessment of Reusing Old Industrial Buildings.

Research on the Design of Community Museums Based on the Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Method (2022)
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Guo, S., Zheng, X., & Heath, T. (2022). Research on the Design of Community Museums Based on the Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Method. Sustainability, 14(17), Article 10802. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710802

The new museum movement of the twentieth century has driven the development of the form and function of museums around the world. Museums began to be actively open to the public, and some new concepts of museums, such as eco-museums and community mus... Read More about Research on the Design of Community Museums Based on the Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Method.

An Analysis of Residents’ Social Profiles Influencing Their Participation in Community Micro-Regeneration Projects in China: A Case Study of Yongtai Community, Guangzhou (2022)
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Chen, W., Cheshmehzangi, A., Mangi, E., Heath, T., Ye, C., & Wang, L. (2022). An Analysis of Residents’ Social Profiles Influencing Their Participation in Community Micro-Regeneration Projects in China: A Case Study of Yongtai Community, Guangzhou. Land, 11(6), Article 790. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11060790

Urban regeneration has become one of the most effective ways to develop urban areas that have declined. Compared with other types of urban regeneration, community micro-regeneration is characterised by scattered stakeholders. Existing studies on publ... Read More about An Analysis of Residents’ Social Profiles Influencing Their Participation in Community Micro-Regeneration Projects in China: A Case Study of Yongtai Community, Guangzhou.

Implementations of China’s New-Type Urbanisation: A Comparative Analysis between Targets and Practices of Key Elements’ Policies (2022)
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Chen, W., Cheshmehzangi, A., Mangi, E., & Heath, T. (2022). Implementations of China’s New-Type Urbanisation: A Comparative Analysis between Targets and Practices of Key Elements’ Policies. Sustainability, 14(10), Article 6341. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14106341

China’s new-type urbanisation, as a national strategy, is one of the reasons why the leap in development has been made in the last decade. Existing studies mainly focus on the status and outcomes of china’s new-type urbanisation while stressing not e... Read More about Implementations of China’s New-Type Urbanisation: A Comparative Analysis between Targets and Practices of Key Elements’ Policies.

Perception of street vendors and their effect on urban settings in Portobello Road, London (2021)
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Torky, E., & Heath, T. (2021). Perception of street vendors and their effect on urban settings in Portobello Road, London. Archnet-IJAR, 15(3), 589-604. https://doi.org/10.1108/ARCH-12-2020-0294

Purpose: Street vendors create a vital urban street and a significant and important part of our urban areas are streets, they cater to our leisure, social and functional needs. There are many debates concerning street vendors; on one hand, there are... Read More about Perception of street vendors and their effect on urban settings in Portobello Road, London.