Description
Specific Strands of interest to AMPS and the University of Salford, Manchester include, but are not limited to:Architectural Design – examinations of contemporary design at the level of the building and interior; a fundamental aspect of urban livability; Access to housing – a fundamental aspect of urban livability; Urban Planning & Landscape Architecture – exploring best practice design and planning of the level of public space, neighbourhoods and cities; Participatory Planning – a process involving residents in decision-making; Economic drivers in development – examining the tensions between economic development, livability and gentrification; Climate change impacts – questioning sustainability and resilience in environmental and social terms; Culture & Heritage – places as sites of creative activity and historic importance; Healthy Places – critiques of planning post-Covid, care in the community, accessibility and more.
Reflecting the broader LIVABLE CITIES initiative, the general areas of interest at this event are Architecture, Landscape & Urban Design; Communities & Cultures; Sustainability & Resilience; Technology, Management and Planning; Public Services & the City.
RESEARCH: Multi-stakeholder interviews about inclusivity in the Low Traffic Neighbourhood
ABSTRACT: Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) has been widely implemented in the UK since Covid, as a route towards liveable urban environments and healthy transport system. After rapid expansion, LTN’s spatial intervention has raised concerns about urban justice, transport accessibility, and spatial inequality. With public controversies become increasingly polarized and councils become more cautious on LTNs, it is urgent to integrate the concept of inclusivity into the LTN design framework. This paper critically examines how different experts and stakeholders understand and interpret ‘inclusivity’ in the LTN implement process and their lived experience in LTNs. The in-depth semi-structured interviews invite residents, council officers, project managers, landscape architects, opponents, organization directors, urban science scholars and transport professionals. Through the discussion of LTN projects in London, Oxford, Bristol, Manchester and Exeter, as well as some global references, this research explores diversified narratives about the relationship between spatial interventions and residents’ behaviours. The analysis based on thematic coding of interview transcripts, focusing on the conflicting and consensus about disabled mobility, pedestrian network, public space usage, environment design, public health, projects’ failure and community participation. The conclusion of this paper sets the groundwork to describe and explain how the spatial interventions of LTN impact. The next step research will combine on-site observation to validate previous findings and establish a theoretical model. This work provides a worth referencing research structure for more neighbourhood regeneration, inclusive urban design and public realms analysis. The outcome will make a positive contribution to our understanding of urban space and practicing the inclusivity.
| Period | 17 Jun 2026 → 19 Jun 2026 |
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| Event type | Conference |
| Degree of Recognition | International |