Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment / OISD Lunchtime Seminar Series

Introduction

Each semester, the Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment, in conjunction with OISD, organises a series of expert speaker research seminars covering topics within the faculty and OISD, and with occasional special guest speakers from outside the University. This is a long-standing series of research sessions open to students, staff and other guests.

Programme and presentations for Semester 2 (2012)

Week/Date/Venue	Topic	Presenter
Week 1 Wed 1^st Feb G501 (1pm-2pm)	Sustainability appraisal for heritage attractions	Wei Ren Department of Planning
Week 2 Wed 8^th Feb G501 (1pm-2pm)	Sustainable tourism-led rural regeneration as a tool for conserving cultural and architectural traditions: the case of Cyprus in its regional context	Aliye Mentesh School of Architecture
Week 3 Wed 15^th Feb G501 (1pm-2pm)	Travel behaviour and the infrastructures of everyday life - The case of families with children in outer London	Iris Gust Department of Planning
Week 4 Wed 22^nd Feb G501 (1pm-2pm)	Sustainable Construction in the delivery of urban low income housing in Cameroon	Jacob F Asah Department of Real Estate and Construction
Week 5 Wed 29^th Feb G501 (1pm-2pm)	From Transition Town to Transition Economy	Guinevere (Winnie) Hung Department of Planning
Week 6 TBC G501 (1pm-2pm)	Urban grassroots initiatives and sustainable systems of provision	Jyotsna Ram Department of Planning
Week 7 Wed 14^th March G501 (1pm-2pm)	Managing complexity: The case of Paris, Banks of the Seine world heritage site	Deniz Ikiz School of Architecture
Week 8 Wed 21^st March G501 (1pm-2pm)	The delivery of more sustainable urban form in Abu Dhabi: an evaluation framework	Rafik Ibrahim Urban Design
Week 9 Wed 28^th March G501 (1pm-2pm)	The architecture of occupation. The rhetoric of buildings and the perception by the occupied population. The West Bank case study	Elisa Ferrato School of Architecture
Week 10 Wed 4^th April G501 (1pm-2pm)	Understanding the Flight of Comparison Retailing from the UK’s High Streets	Paul Torrance Department of Planning
Week 13 Wed 25^th April G501 (1pm-2pm)	Delivering Sustainable Futures for Existing Cities Through Spatial Planning: A Utopic Perspective	Matt Thomson Department of Real Estate and Construction
Wed 16^th May G501 (1pm-2pm)	Knowledge transfer in project teams delivering office buildings to sustainable building certificate standards; lessons learnt from a difficult fieldwork	Veronika Schroepfer Department of Real Estate and Construction

The School of Built Environment

Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment
OISD Lunchtime Seminar Series

Introduction

Programme and presentations for Semester 2 (2012)

Further Links

The School of Built Environment

Faculty of Technology, Design and EnvironmentOISD Lunchtime Seminar Series

Introduction

Programme and presentations for Semester 2 (2012)

Further Links

Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment
OISD Lunchtime Seminar Series