Mike Jenks

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Professor Emeritus at Oxford Brookes University and the Founder Director of the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development. Also an architect and former Head of the Oxford School of Architecture. An authority on the sustainably city, urban form and the compact city, and has published widely. Carried out research and consultancy nationally and internationally, and called on to lecture in many parts of the world.

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World cities and urban form: fragmented, polycentric, sustainable?

by Mike Jenks and Oto Hudec

World Cities and Urban Form

Analyse numérique pour ingénieurs (3° Éd.) Depuis plusieurs années, l'analyse numérique conn... more Analyse numérique pour ingénieurs (3° Éd.) Depuis plusieurs années, l'analyse numérique connaît un essor considérable et la plupart des facultés de sciences et de génie offrent au moins un cours d'introduction à cette discipline. La maîtrise de cet outil extrêmement performant est ...

Conclusion: Future Forms for City Living?

Polycentrism and ‘Defragmentation’

by Mike Jenks and Daniel Kozak

Urban and Environmental Planning: Can Sustainable Cities be Secure Cities?

The language and meaning of density

The acceptability of urban intensification

Complementarities and Contradictions

by Mike Jenks, Colin Jones, and Glen Bramley

Future City, 2008

ABSTRACT The final chapter addresses the key question which brings together the research presente... more ABSTRACT The final chapter addresses the key question which brings together the research presented in the book: to what extent and in what ways does urban form affect sustainability? It begins by recounting the elements of urban form and the oft repeated mantras so prevalent in policy. It summarises the relationships between urban form elements and the dimensions – social acceptability, energy use, travel and mobility, ecology and biodiversity and economic viability – set out in earlier chapters. The lessons drawn from some key overarching sustainability issues – the potential impact of building sustainable developments on lifestyles, the use of open space and adapting the city are then examined. The next sections identify the essential links between sustainability and elements of urban form and the important messages for sustainability policies identified in the earlier chapters. The chapter concludes with some ideas about rethinking sustainability.

Defining the neighbourhood: <i>Challenges for empirical research</i>

Town Planning Review, 2007

ABSTRACT The neighbourhood is often referred to, and used, as a viable, relevant and important se... more ABSTRACT The neighbourhood is often referred to, and used, as a viable, relevant and important setting for empirical research. However, it is an ambiguous term and there is no consensus on its definition. Nor is there agreement on how to identify it spatially. Following a review of existing interpretations of neighbourhood, this paper draws on research which tests two objective methods of neighbourhood delineation. Using mapping exercises, the resulting neighbourhood boundaries are compared with those used by a sample of residents to identify their neighbourhood in six residential areas. The paper then examines the suitability and validity of theory-based definitions of neighbourhood, with particular focus on how far they match neighbourhood boundaries as understood by residents.

Above and below the line: Globalization and urban form in Bangkok

The Annals of Regional Science, 2003

This paper uses the introduction of a mass rapid transit system into the existing urban form of t... more This paper uses the introduction of a mass rapid transit system into the existing urban form of the city of Bangkok as a metaphor to explore issues of globalization and urban form. The aspirations of Bangkok to become one of the world cities in the global economy were clear prior to the economic crisis of the 1990s. The Bangkok mass transit system -the Skytrain -was initiated in 1992 and opened in 1999 in response to major problems of traffic congestion and pollution, and the expansion of central business districts. The Skytrain is promoted as a symbol of modernity, comparable to the best in the world. It was built over existing streets some 3-4 stories above ground level. At this level there are direct pedestrian links from the stations into some of Bangkok's prestigious shopping malls and hotels, and links to commercial areas. On the streets beneath this massive structure, the vibrant chaos of Thailand exists, seemingly untouched by the world above. The streets are jammed with traffic, the footways with street traders and food stalls, and the night markets teem with people. Those, the majority, who find the Skytrain too expensive, ride in cheap buses, and on motorcycles, polluting the streets with fumes and noise. Two separate patterns of use, almost different ''worlds'' exist, one above and the other below the transit lines. The paper argues that both the local and global co-exist, and that globalization may not always be the winner.

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Conclusion: the appropriateness of compact city concepts to developing countries

Compact cities: sustainable urban forms for …, 2000

... 7; Shanghai 111; South Africa, costs and densities 295-308; densification 15-16, 188t; transp... more

A sustainable future through the compact city? Urban intensification in the United Kingdom

Environments by Design, 1996

Compact cities: Sustainable urban forms for developing countries

... The Netherlands Yao-Lin Chang Doctoral Student, Department of Urban Planning. National Chen K... more

Issues and Concepts

by Mike Jenks and Colin Jones

Future City, 2008

There has been a considerable amount of research that defines and characterises the form of the s... more There has been a considerable amount of research that defines and characterises the form of the sustainable city, and which urban forms may most affect sustainability. It is a complex issue. The physical dimensions of urban form may include its size, shape, land uses, configuration and distribution of open space – a composite of a multitude of characteristics, including a