The Research Handbook on Urban Design. A lively launch with the editors and contributors.

If you are a researcher or prospective researcher in urban design or its component disciplines this recording offers a unique insight.
00:00:00 - Overall introduction from Krystallia Kamvasinou.
00:02:00 - Introduction from one of the book’s editors Marion Roberts.
00:09:54 - Cool public spaces for cities. Doris Damyanovic.
00:20:24 - Trees and urban open spaces: reshaping the sustainable city. Jan Woudstra. With an introduction by Suzy Nelson the book’s co-editor.
00:29:11 - Crisis and temporary public spaces: reflections from London. Krystallia Kamvasinou. With an introduction by Suzy Nelson.
00:37:40 - Informal urban design. Forms of informal settlement. Hesam Kamalipour. With an introduction by Suzy Nelson.
00:52:29 - Enquiry by mapping: understanding urban assemblages and morphological capacities. Elek Pafka and Kim Dovey. With an introduction by Suzy Nelson.
00:57:03 - A panel discussion with the in-room and online audience. Introduced by Suzy Nelson.
The Research Handbook on Urban Design brings together contributions from an international team of urban design academics and professionals, demonstrating the diversity and interdisciplinarity of the field. The book brings together established and emergent researchers, showcasing their ingenuity in studying the global practice of urban design. The launch explains the structure of the volume and features short presentations from five of the chapter authors, finishing with a Q and A.
Marion Roberts PhD is Emerita Professor of Urban Design at the University of Westminster
Suzy Nelson PhD, is a retired architect and Principal Lecturer in Planning. She continues to teach part time at the University of Westminster
Doris Damyanovic PhD, is Associate Professor of Sustainable Landscape Planning and Gender Planning, BOKU Vienna.
Jan Woudstra PhD, trained in landscape architecture and arboriculture in the Netherlands. He is Reader in Landscape History and Theory at the University of Sheffield.
Krystallia Kamvasinou PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Planning, Urban Design and Architecture at the University of Westminster, London
Hesam Kamalipour PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Urban Design, Co-Director of MA Urban Design and Co-Founding Director of the Public Space Observatory Research Centre at Cardiff University, UK.
Elek Pafka PhD, is Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Urban Design at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Kim Dovey PhD, is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Melbourne, Australia.