Abstract :
The team, which was gathered from five universities Lancaster, Salford, UCL, Sheffield and London Metropolitan included experts in architectural design, acoustics, pollution, thermal quality, sociology, crime, housing, planning and IT. The team set about developing a programme based on collecting data in eight key areas of sustainability. The VivaCity 2020 team sought data in eight key areas of sustainability: 1. the urban design decision-making process; 2. the impact of design on, and the relationship between, perceptions of actual environmental quality; 3. how people´s knowledge affects the development of the built environment; 4. the relationship between the design and accessibility of public toilets and how people use the city centre; 5. the relationship between housing needs and types of housing provided in city centres; 6. city-centre crime and fear of crime; 7. mixed-use and economic diversity in cities; 8. how ICT can help decision-makers choose more sustainable options.
Keywords :
public utilities; reviews; town and country planning; ICT; VivaCity 2020 team; acoustics; actual environmental quality perceptions; architectural design; built environment development; city-centre crime; crime fear; data collection; decision-makers; economic diversity; housing needs; housing types; knowledge; model; modern cities; planning; pollution; programme; public toilet accessibility; sociology; sustainability; sustainable options; thermal quality; urban design decision-making process;
