Lewis Gill

Konux

URSULA, Urban River corridors and Sustainable Living Agendas, is a complex, interdisciplinary research project with over 30 researchers drawn from the University of Sheffield, University of Bradford, University of Durham, and other partners. The research taking place is driven by the hypothesis that “there are significant social, economic and envir...

The valuation of urban water management practices and associated nature-based solutions (NBS) is highly contested, and is becoming increasingly important to cities seeking to increase their resilience to climate change whilst at the same time facing budgetary pressures. Different conceptions of 'values' exist, each being accompanied by a set of pot...

Increasingly realistic virtual three dimensional (3D) models have been created that demonstrate a variety of landscape designs. They have supported a more collaborative and participative approach in planning and design. However, these 3D landscape models are often developed for use in bespoke virtual reality labs that tie the models to expensive gr...

Within the planning process, there is a recent trend to engage with stakeholders. Traditionally, visualisation media such as plans, sections, and physical models have been used to aid communication of planning proposals, yet technological advances now allow for virtual interactive, three-dimensional visualisations of proposals to be created. It is...

It is possible to construct increasingly realistic computer based three dimensional (3D) models of landscape designs, which when used in interactive visualisations, have been shown to increase engagement and cognitive response. However, they remain underutilised in the landscape design process, due to the time taken to produce a model and the perce...

With urban design, it is becoming increasingly important to both visualise spatial changes and quantify the effect of these changes on the local microclimate: the former often for public consultation and the latter to develop landscapes that provide resilience to warmer weather thus reducing the urban heat island effect. It is possible to automatic...

Sustainable integrated catchment management is a complex task that often involves finding compromise between the views of multiple stakeholders that may not easily be brought to consensus. Interactive three dimensional (3D) visualisations of landscapes can facilitate discussion, but these can only partially inform decision makers as many important...