Publications

The following list of publications is grouped by subject matter in the right-hand pane of this web page.

Many of the publications listed on this page are available as links by clicking the titles below when they appear highlighted in red.

Community Gardening and Horticulture

 Bankside Open Spaces Trust (2002)
'In My Backyard'

Federation of City Farms & Community Gardens (2003)
'Community Gardening Starter Pack'

Royal Horticultural Society (2005)
'Learn to Garden'

Royal Horticultural Society (2005)
'Hanging Baskets'
RHS Practicals

Design for new build and refurbishment

 Guinness Trust (1999)
'Landscape Design Guide'

National Housing Federation (1998)
'Standards and quality in development: a good practice guide'

Green/Open Space Issues

 CABE space (2004)
'Green Spaces Strategies'

CABE Space (2004)
'Guide to Preparing open space strategies, best practice of the London Plan'

CABE Space
'Guide to Producing park and green space mangement plans'

CABE Space (2004)
'Is the Grass Greener? Learning from international innovations in urban green space management'

CABE Space (2004)
'Parks need People need Parks: The skills shortage in parks, a summary of research'

CABE Space (2005)
'Start with the Park'

CABE Space (2004)
'The Value of Public Space'

CABE space (2006)
'Urban Parks. Do you know what you're getting for your money?'

DCLG (2002)
'Living Places Cleaner, Safer, Greener'

DCLG (2002)
'Planning Policy Guidance 17 Planning for open space and recreation'

Groundwork (2006)
'Sustaining Green Space Investment: issues challenges and recommendations'

London Assembly (2001)
'Scrutiny of Green Spaces in London'
Greater London Authority

Neighbourhoods Green (2005)
'Areas of Opportunity: a review of local green space policy in a social housing context'

Notting Hill Housing Group/Peabody Trust (2004)
'Decent Homes Decent Spaces'

Tavistock Improvement Group / Notting Hill Housing(2002)
'Green and (un)pleasant: How communities can transfore public open space'

Urban Taskforce report (2002)
'Green Spaces, Better Places'

Health

 Department for Health (2003)
'Food and Health Action Plan: Food and Health Problem Analysis for comment'

Green Alliance (2003)
'A Green Bill of Health: A new agenda for health and environment policy'

Housing

 DCLG (2003)
'Decent Homes Target Implementation Plan'

DCLG (2000)
'Planning Policy Guidance 3'

Play

 Worpole,K (2003)
'No Particular Place to Go? Children, young people and public space'
Groundwork UK

Children's Play Council (2002-2005)
'Neighbourhood Play Toolkit'

GLA (2005)
'Guide to preparing play strategies'

DCMS (2006)
'Time for Play. Encouraging greater play opportunities for children and young people'

Sustainable Communities

 Chartered Institute of Housing and Royal Town Planning Institute (2003)
'Planning for Housing - The Potential for Sustainable Communities'

DCLG (2004)
'Consultation Paper on Planning Policy Statement 1: Creating Sustainable Communities'

DCLG (2003)
'Sustainable Communities 2003'

Derek Long (2000)
'Key issues for Sustainable Commnunities'

Power, A (2004)
'Sustainable Communities and Sustainable Development, a review of the sustainable communities plan'
A Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion

Sustainable Development

 Beyond Green (2004)
'One, two, three, four, five, six steps to sustainable development'
(in association with the Housing Corporation)

Housing Corporation (2003)
'Sustainable Development Strategy'

Sport

 Sport England (2004)
'The Framework for Sport in England: Making England an active and successful sporting nation: A Vision for 2020'

Sport England (2001)
'Good Practice Guide - Providing for sport and recreation through new housing development'
Oxford Brookes University

Trees

 GLA (2005)
'Connecting Londoners with Trees & Woodlands'

National Urban Forestry Unit (2004)
'Trees matter!'

Wildlife/Biodiversity

 Black Environmental Network (2002)
Community Values - Maximising Community Contribution to Biodiversity through Urban Green Spaces

CABE Space (2006)
'Making contracts work for wildlife: how to encourage biodiversity in urban parks

English Nature (2001)
'Wildlife friendly gardening - a general guide'

GLA (2002)
'Mayors Biodiversity Strategy'

Town and Country Planning Association (2004)
'Biodiversity by Design; A guide for sustainable communities'

Natural England/Neighbourhoods Green (2007)
'A Natural Estate - making space for nature on housing estates'

Other

 DCLG (2001)
'BIDs Guidance: A working draft'

DEFRA, (2005)
'Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act - Outline of measures'

Fisher, R, (2002)
'Social Cohesion in the United Kingdom: A Case Report'
Greater London Authority (2004)
'The London Plan'

Gill, M, Spriggs, A (2005)
'Assessing the impact of CCTV (The impact of CCTV: fourteen case studies)'
Home Office

International Intelligence on Culture

Nixon, J. Hunter , C. Shayer, S. (1999)
'The Use of Legal Remedies by Social Landlords to Deal with Neighbourhood Nuisance' Centre for Regional Economic " Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University

Women's Environmental Network (2000)
'Taste of a Better Future: A Participatory Evaluation'