This page is a resource for students studying Landscape Architecture and Urban Design at Leeds Beckett University.
Make sure to like and follow the Urbal TV Facebook page, where you’ll find many interesting (if, at times, far-fetched) ideas about sustainable futures. Watch ALL of The Urbal Fix and Enough is Enough. Also, read the main blog, Climate and Money. At least as far as ‘Damage Taxes’ 🙂
KEY LINKS AND DOCS
UBoC / LEAF: Benefits_of_Urban_Green_Space
UBoC / LEAF iTree project: https://leaf.leeds.ac.uk/i-tree-leeds-putting-a-value-on-the-citys-trees/
Leeds Edible Campus (including former MA student work)
String o’ Beads (abandoned Leeds Edible Campus project)
Kirkstall Island Farm (including former MA student work)
Kirkstall Eco Education Park (including former student work)
Presentation to Leeds City Council on Climate and Food by Feed Leeds (TB) Sept 2020.
Gary Grant – Ecosystem Services Come to Town: https://vimeo.com/51776615
Sustain – Food and the English Planning System webinar.
Forest gardening to achieve multiple policy outcomes: Presentation- Forest Gardening to achieve multiple policy outcomes
Forest Garden Supplementary Planning Document:
SPD draft 2020-04-11 – final
Sustain – Designing Sustainable Food Places
SFP_Planning_Webinar_GillianMorgan
Sustain – Food Growing in Parks
and this for Leeds reference maps (more near the bottom of this page too)
More maps: http://turnstone.tv/NEW_UTV/reference-maps.html
KEY BOOKS
ARUP: Tom Armour Cities Alive
CPULs: André Viljoen and Katrin Bohn
ALSO:
Cat Scott_green_space and iTree_leeds beckett271016
LEAF Research centre. http://leaf.leeds.ac.uk/
(See this too: how-to-convince-re-green-space)
Leeds_i-Tree_Survey_2016 (Dr Cat Scott)
UOL Landscape Strategy (Jenny Barlow) uol-landscape-strategy-27-10-16
- Sojman, H. Hirons, A. and Sjoman, J.D. (2017) ‘Criteria in the selection of urban trees for temperate urban environments’, in Ferrini, F. et al (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry. Oxford: Routledge, pp. 339-362
- Jim, C.Y. (2017) ‘Constraints to urban trees and their remedies in the built environment’, in Ferrini, F. et al (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry. Oxford: Routledge, pp. 273-290
- Dobbs C., Martinez-Harms M.J., Kendal D, (2017) ‘Ecosystem Services’, in Ferrini, F. et al (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry. Oxford: Routledge, pp. 51
- See also the Trees and Design Action Group website http://www.tdag.org.uk/ for useful reports and a tree selection database.
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Everything below this line relates to previous Cities Alive Leeds sites, but you might find some of it useful.
MEANWOOD ‘CPUL’ (from rural to city centre):
Headingly Golf Club (would golf courses make great community farms)?
The Vale Stables (garden nursery etc – hidden gem)
Bedford Fields Community Forest Garden
Woodhouse Moor (String o Beads)
Friends of Woodhouse Moor (SHCA)
University of Leeds Campus (i-Tree report)
Rooted / LUU Sustainable Garden
Becket Pocket Beds (currently in a sad state).
WOODHOUSE MOOR
BACKGROUND READING
Lungs of Leeds (slides)
ahrc-urban-public-parks (slides)
bedford-fields-phase-2-2bedford-fields-phase-2-2b
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COMMUNITY FARMING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMkod4ztqDE&feature=em-subs_digest
https://www.youtube.com/user/LeuphanaDigital/videos?flow=grid&view=1
Reccommended: watch André Viljoen’s speech at the Feed Leeds launch: https://vimeo.com/51154625
Agroecology Land initiative: http://agroecology.co.uk/red-pig-farm-open-day-june-20th-2015-12pm-6pm/
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URBAN FARMING
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RELEVANT PDFs
mendes-lcc-foodsustainability-report-aug-2013
final-how-to-create-a-wildflower-meadow-docx
edible-flowerbed-competition-2016
greenspace-saving-open-space-document
230228252-a-garden-city-of-today-v2-0
climate-change-strategy-2012-aw
green-streets-in-the-leeds-city-regionfinaldraft
how-to-convince-re-green-space
liclimatechangepositionstatement
plant-specporous
un-habitat-planning-ideas
leaf_benefits_of_urban_green_space_2015
how-to-defend-a-threatened-green-space
dog-fouling-strategy-for-allerton-grange-fields-march-2016
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INCREDIBLE EDIBLE
Todmorden: http://www.incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk/
Network: http://incredibleediblenetwork.org.uk/
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FOREST GARDENS
Worth a visit if you can get there: Old Sleningford Hall: http://www.oldsleningford.co.uk/ForestGarden.html
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SOIL AND COMPOST
Sustainable Sludge – very brief overview of the (abandoned) Yorkshire Water process
Community_Composting_for_Local_Food_Summary – Project based in Sheffield.
The local expert is based in York: If you contact him mention my name (he may even come over to Leeeds if we ask nicely) John Cossham: https://www.facebook.com/groups/YorkRotters/
NATURE RESERVES ETC
Rodley (just up river from Leeds): http://www.rodleynaturereserve.org/
River Stewardship: http://www.the-rsc.co.uk/
Groundwork: http://www.groundwork.org.uk/sites/leeds
Fish ladder at Rodley (by Arup):
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DEEP GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS
LBC Overview – LBC (Johnathan Lindh)
Jonathan Lindh’s practice: http://www.leda.coop/
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LOW CARBON TECHNOLOGY
Zero Carbon Yorkshire Facebook page
Linton Falls Hydro in Grassington:
http://www.waterprojectsonline.com/case_studies/2011/Hydropower_Linton_Fall_2011s.pdf
Settle Hydro: http://www.settlehydro.org.uk/
Find local power generation sites in the “4 Other” folder of the Urbal Map: http://www.turnstone.tv/map4(trimmed).html
AD case study http://www.lidkopingbiogas.se/eng/
Biocycle: http://www.biocycle.org.uk/
Possible suppliers for University of Leeds AD plant:
1) http://www.quberenewables.co.uk/bioqube
2) http://www.methanogen.co.uk/
Other small scale kit: http://evergreendeal.co.uk/index.php
Ridge blade wind turbine (for roofs) http://www.ridgeblade.com/about.htm
Small vertical wind turbines: http://www.quietrevolution.com/
Large vertical turbines: http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/jun/01/can-bladeless-wind-turbines-mute-opposition?CMP
Land Art Generator Initiative: http://landartgenerator.org/
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CAGD
Cities Alive – Designing Green Infrastructure 2014/15
Green Places 02 2013/14 on cagd
Green Places 02 2014/15 on cagd
(Student work can also be found on the Leeds Edible Campus and Keep websites)
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Urbal TV
The Urbal Map This appears in different formats on a number of websites – the main master version is no longer functional.
The Urbal Fix – Documentaries, introducing Steady State Economics (20mins) and the concept of Urbalism (70 mins). Please watch both.
Urbal Clips – more clips from Urbal TV, plus others we like from around the web. Recommended
UI on Facebook – various topical links and stories. Visit regularly (assuming you have a Facebook account, not crucial if you don’t). Tom’s own facebook page also contains a lot of articles of relevance (just ignore any musical, family or Alderney stuff).
Urbal Fix References – books and other references of relevance – this is a long list, so be selective. See also the references in the module Briefs
See CPULS extra page for pictures and plans
also
Check out the local links on Leeds Green Groups, the Leeds Green Calendar, the mapping links below the Urbal Map, Climate Geek (Facebook) (latest on Climate Science), Skeptical Science (reliable science from proper climate scientists), CASSE Yorkshire (Facebook) (local events relating to steady-state economicas), and Café Everythinque (local events of interest).
See Leeds for Change for local politically active groups
Feeds Leeds and related community sites
Leeds Edible Campus Includes Green Places student work from 2013/14
Feed Leeds – Feed Leeds Facebook Feed Leeds is currently looking at a food strategy for Leeds…
Leeds Food Matters – Former Leeds Food Strategy
Cutivating Food Sustainability (Download pdf) Paper on the Leeds foodshed (like watershed) by Angelina Mendes
Leeds Edible Schools Sustainability Network
Back to Front urban gardening manual – highly recommended.
New Generation Transport (Trolleybus scheme). > PLANS <
Key Links for CITIES ALIVE
What Has Nature Ever Done for Us? Tony Juniper
The Ecological Sequestration Trust – http://ecosequestrust.org/
http://challenge.biomimicry.org/
7000 Edible and Medicinal Plants – Plants for a Future
Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales
Carrot City Urban Agriculture design
Aquaponics UK – new ways to grow a lot of food in confined spaces
Thanet Earth – inspirational stuff
Interactive Infographics for Urban Agriculture
Other Topical Links
LILAC Low Impact Living Affordable Community Leeds’ pioneering co-operatively managed cohousing eco neighbourhood in Bramley 3813 and 188.
Grow Food Not Lawns photo gallery – masses of inspirational ideas and information
Urban food (Tod-style) in Germany
New Shoots Garden Group based at Braken Edge Primary School
ABLE Project Wakefield (honey, veg, fish, training, wildlife etc)
Chapel Allerton Allotments and Gardeners Association
Edible Cities (Leeds) – Permaculture training and much more
Headingley Community Orchard Various sites around Headingley
Headlingley Pig and Fowl Co-op Run by Headingley Dev Trust and Swillington Organic Farm
Hyde Park Neighbourhood Food-growing Scheme (A TINWOLF Project)
Kippax Community Supported Agriculture Kippax-based project offering much more than just food.
Leeds Bee Co-op (blog)
Leeds Beekeepers Association 2927 and 2928
Leeds City Council Allotments Various Allotments Layer
Leeds and District Gardeners Association (links to suppliers etc) Various Allotments Layer
Leeds Pemaculture Network ‘Permaculture’ is ‘permanent agriculture’ – using ecological principles to produce food and much more.
Leeds Urban Harvest picking unwanted fruit to make pickles, juice, cider etc.
Meanwood Valley Urban Farm Some food, mainly for educational purposes, also cattle etc.
Msito (m-see-too) Food foraging in Leeds
Northern Fruit Group – based in Otley. FL
PuLSE – Pudsey Land Share and much more
REAP (Roundhay Environmental Action Project) – North East Leeds group, including Oakwood Farmers Market
St Marys Gardening Group – exciting roof-top garden in Chapeltown. 2595
Urban Bloom FB Edible planting at Waitrose, Meanwood – for starters 3830
Leopold Street – (Roseville Co-housing) Co-housing and food growing in Chapeltown. 265
Inkwell Arts Garden at the old Shoulder of Mutton 3771
Grosvenor Mount (petition to save)
Books for CA02
Campbell, Lindsay and Wiesen, Anne (2009) Restorative Commons: Creative Health and Well-being through Urban Landscapes, USA, USDA Forest Services
Chivers Danny (2011?) The No Nonsence Guide: Climate Change – The Science, The Solutions, The Way Forward. UK, New Internationalist
Lord, Clive et al (2012) Citizens Income and Green Economics, UK, The Green Economics Institute (GEI)
Viljoen, André and Bohn, Katrin (2008) CPULS Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes. UK, Architectural Press / Elsevier
Viljoen, André and Wiskerke, Johannes, (2012) Sustainable Food Planning, Evolving Theory and Practice, Netherlands, Wageningen – (Includes Foreword by Tom Bliss and chapter by Emma Oldroyd)
Wheeler, Stephen and Timothy Bentley (2004) The Sustainable Urban Development Reader (Second Edition), USA, Routledge.
Wright, Julia (2009) Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in an Era of Oil Scarcity, Lessons from Cuba, UK Earthscan.
Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air (Book is downloadable in sections, for free) David JC Mackay.
The New Economics Foundation ‘National Gardening Leave‘, presents the case for a new, voluntary scheme to introduce a shorter working week, and for the rapid expansion of productive and pleasurable gardening in Britain’s towns and cities.
Home Grown: The Case for Local Food in a Global Market Brian Halweil, Thomas Prugh – Worldwatch paper
The Case for Local Food Helena Norberg-Hodge – International Society for Ecology Food and Culture
Bill Mollinson (1991) Introduction to Permaculture. Australia. Tagari Publications.
The Ornamental Kitchen Garden (BBC Gardeners’ World) Geoff Hamilton – BBC Books
The Ornamental Vegetable Garden Diana Anthony Gil Hanly – Warwick Publishing
Ornamental Vegetable Gardening by Sally Gregson – The Crowood Press Ltd
Creative Vegetable Gardening Joy Larkcom – Mitchell Beazley
Design and Community References
Carol Shephard and Phil Treseder Spice it up! Practical tools for engaging children and young people in planning and consultations | ISBN 1 84187 062 5 £18.95
Madelaine Tearse, Sarah Wellard Andrew West All Together Now. Community participation for children and young people |998, isbn 1 89912 053 x
Louisa Gosling with Mike Edwards Toolkits: A practical guide to planning, monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment, ISBN 1 84187 064
Adams & Ingham Changing Places: Children’s participation in environmental planning
Wates, Nick The Community Planning Handbook
Wates, Nick The Community Planning Event Manual
Wicox D The Guide to Effective Participation
Stephen McGlinchey Save the Children Download for free DIY guide for improving your community 2005, Websites
Community Planning | http://www.communityplanning.net Excellent resource check it out!!!!
Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation http://www.nifonline.org.uk (information on ‘planning for real’)
New Economics Foundation | http://www.neweconomics.org
Nick Wates Associates | http://www.nickwates.co.uk
The Sensory Trust | http://www.sensorytrust.org.uk/
Environmental
Council for Environmental education http://www.cee.org.uk
Common Ground http://www.commonground.org.uk
The Conservation Volunteers http://www.tcv.org.uk/
Design for Health & Accessibility
Stoneham,J- Grounds for sharing – A guide to developing special school sites
Disabled Living Foundation – http://www.dlf.org.uk/
Thrive – Horticultural Therapy Charity http://www.thrive.org.uk
Xplanatory: organisations dealing with education, difficulty & disability http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/xplanatory
Cooper Marcus C, Barnes MA (Eds.) Healing Gardens: Therapeutic Benefits and Design Recommendations. New York: John Wiley and Sons; 1999
Kaplan, R & Kaplan, S (1998) With People in Mind, Island Press, WashingtonIsland Press : Washington
Patient Specific Healing Gardens http://www.worldhealthdesign.com/patient-specific-healing-gardens.aspx
The Therapeutic Landscapes Network | http://www.healinglandscapes.org/
Green Infrastructure / Masterplanning / Neighbourhoods
Alexander, C et al (1977) The Pattern Language, Oxford University Press, New York
Barton.H, Grant.M and Guise.R (2003) Shaping Neighbourhoods, Routledge, London
Building for Life Partnership (2012) The Sign of a Good Place to Live, BuildingForLife12
CABE (2005) Building for Life: Delivering Great Places to Live – 20 questions you need to answer. delivering-great-places-to-live.pdf
CABE (2004) Green Space Strategies, A Good Practice Guide, CABE, London CABE (2004) Creating Successful Masterplans, CABE, London
C Davies, R MacFarlane, C McGloin, M Roe (2006) Green Infrastructure Planning Guide Available from http://www.greeninfrastructure.eu/
Emery, Malcolm Promoting nature in cities and Towns – a practical guide (Ecological Parks Trusts)
English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation (2007) Urban Design Compendium Volume 1, Llewelyn-Davies, London
Gehl.J & Gemzoe.L (2006) New City Spaces, Danish Architecture Centre, Copenhagen
Hanley, L (2007) Estates – An Intimate History, Granta, London
Holloway, Madeline (2005) The role of nature in community designs for urban green space; LMU, Leeds
Project for Public Spaces, Inc. (2005) How to Turn a Place Around, PPS, New York
Sandstrom, U. (2008) Biodiversity and Green Infrastructure in Urban Landscapes
Smith C et al (2008) Residential landscape Sustainability: a checklist tool, Blackwell
Home Grown: The Case for Local Food in a Global Market Brian Halweil, Thomas Prugh – Worldwatch paper
The Case for Local Food Helena Norberg-Hodge – International Society for Ecology Food and Culture
The Ornamental Kitchen Garden (BBC Gardeners’ World) Geoff Hamilton – BBC Books
The Ornamental Vegetable Garden Diana Anthony Gil Hanly – Warwick Publishing
Ornamental Vegetable Gardening by Sally Gregson – The Crowood Press Ltd
Creative Vegetable Gardening Joy Larkcom – Mitchell Beazley
Cleveley, A. (2006) The Allotment Book, London: Collins
DEFRA (2010) Food 2030, London, Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs
DEFRA (2009) Securing Food Supplies up to 2050: the challenges faced by the UK
Lang, Tim and Michael Heasman (2004). Food Wars: the battle for mouths, minds and markets. London: Earthscan
London, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Incredible edibles http://www.incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk/:
Holmgren, D. (2002) Permaculture – Principles and pathways beyond sustainability, Holmgren Design
Hope, N. & Ellis, V. (2009) Meeting Community Demand for Allotments , Sept 2009, New Local
Kellogg, S. & Pettigrew, S. (2008) Toolbox for Sustainable City Living, Cambridge: South End Press
Mollison, B. (1988) Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual, Tagari Books. Odum, E. (1983)
Basic Ecology, Philadelphia: Saunders Co
National Trust (2009) Space to Grow: why people need gardens Swindon: National Trust
Oldroyd. E et al (2012) The Back to Front Manual. Infra, Leeds
Pinkerton, T. & Hopkins, R. (2009) Local Food, Totnes, Green Books
Scrap Stuff: Creative Reuse Arts Project [Internet] Available from: http://www.scrapstuff.co.uk
Vale, Robert and Brenda (2009) Time To Eat The Dog? The Real Guide to Sustainable Living. London, Thames and Hudson.
Why Waste Business Waste Exchange [Internet] Available from http://www.whywaste.org.uk
Climate Change and Sustainability: Politics, Economics and Environment
Bliss, T (2010) The Urbal Fix [Internet] http://www.urbal.tv
Campbell, Lindsay and Wiesen, Anne (2009) Restorative Commons: Creative Health and Well-being through Urban Landscapes, USA, USDA Forest Services
Chivers Danny (2011?) The No Nonsense Guide: Climate Change – The Science, The Solutions, The Way Forward. UK, New Internationalist
Dietz, R and O’Neill D (2013) Enough is Enough Earthscan (Routledge) London / New York
Giddens, Lord Anthony (2009) The Politics of Climate Change, UK, Polity Press
Lord, Clive et al (2012) Citizens Income and Green Economics, UK, The Green Economics Institute (GEI)
Jackson, Tim (2009) Prosperity Without Growth, Earthscan (Routledge) London / New York/
Rifkin, J (2011) The Third Industrial Revolution. Palgrave Macmillan, New York
Viljoen, André and Bohn, Katrin (2008) CPULS Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes. UK, Architectural Press / Elsevier
Viljoen, André and Wiskerke, Johannes, (2012) Sustainable Food Planning, Evolving Theory and Practice, Netherlands, Wageningen – (Foreword by Tom Bliss and chapter by Emma Oldroyd)
Wheeler, Stephen and Timothy Bentley (2004) The Sustainable Urban Development Reader (Second Edition), USA, Routledge.
Wright, Julia (2009) Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in an Era of Oil Scarcity, Lessons from Cuba, UK Earthscan.
Mackay, Daid JC Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air (Book is downloadable in sections, for free).
The New Economics Foundation ‘National Gardening Leave’, presents the case for a new, voluntary scheme to introduce a shorter working week, and for the rapid expansion of productive and pleasurable gardening in Britain’s towns and cities.
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Green Places 02 Module (2012/13)
http://www.permies.com/t/12422/community/Amount-land-per-person (The FAO figure should be reliable). Google ‘land to feed one person’ but be cautious of what you find!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8zNfiNA-3A
DEFRA Green Food Project conclusions
Hockerton Housing Project (very interesting project)
Walter Segal Trust – Self-build pioneer
Amazonails – Strawbale Builders
CLIMATE AND MONEY 