Tim Townshend
Biographic Data
| ID | 3520364 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tim Townshend |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tim |
| FAMILY NAME | Townshend |
| SIGNATURE | TOWNSHEND T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6080-2238 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Avoiding ‘bungalow legs’: Active ageing and the built environment
Urban populations across the globe are ageing and much debate has centred on what constitutes an ‘age-friendly’ city. Historic environments, for example, often present physical challenges, such as steps and uneven surfaces – while today these are designed out. Smooth level surfaces, automatic doors and elevators to change level, require little exertion. However, has the fact that in order to keep our bodies healthy into older age, a level of phys…
Hidden in plain sight: A scoping review of ‘dark kitchens’ and the potential implications for the English planning system
Over the past decade, the food environment has changed dramatically. One significant change has been the evolution of online delivery, which has increasingly become associated with so-called ‘dark kitchens’ – catering operations that only offer food for home delivery. These come in many different guises. This article reviews existing evidence and the potential impacts for local communities and planning. Like much of the gig economy, the jobs crea…
Measuring the association between the opening of a new multi-national restaurant with young people's eating behaviours
Out-of-home eating (takeaway, take-out and fast-foods) is associated with intakes of higher energy and fat, and lower intakes of micronutrients, and is associated with excess weight gain. In 2017, a unique opportunity arose to measure the association between the opening of a new multi-national fast-food restaurant (McDonald's) and consumption of fast-food on young people aged 11–16. This study uses a repeated cross-sectional design to explore gro…
Urban design and human flourishing
Welcome to this special issue of JUD focusing on human health, wellbeing, and flourishing. This issue coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Global Urban Research Unit (GURU) at Newcastle Unive
Urban planning as an enabler of urban health: Challenges and good practice in England following the 2012 planning and public health reforms
This article synthesises the challenges faced by the English (urban) spatial planning system to become an enabler of urban health and explores some keys features of the evidence base, policy tools and policy implementation issues that urban planners need to be aware of to become health enablers. It draws on good practice identified in an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) seminar series involving over 500 academic researchers and practit…
Obesogenic environments: Current evidence of the built and food environments
AIMS: Obesity is one of the most significant global health and social problems, with rates rising dramatically over the past few decades. While the basic drivers of obesity are obvious (more energy consumed than expended), the causes are multifactorial and complex. A decade ago, it was suggested that exploring the ways in which the built environment influenced physical activity and dietary behaviours might provide fertile ground for investigation…
Therapeutic Landscapes: An Evidence-based Approach to Designing Healing Gardens and Restorative Outdoor Spaces
"Therapeutic Landscapes: An Evidence-based Approach to Designing Healing Gardens and Restorative Outdoor Spaces." Landscape Research, 40(8), pp. 1018–1019
Youth, alcohol and place-based leisure behaviours: A study of two locations in England
Obesogenic urban form: Theory, policy and practice
Obesogenic environments: Exploring the built and food environments
Obesity is a significant health and social problem which has reached pandemic levels. The obesogenicity of an environment has been defined as ‘the sum of influences that the surroundings, opportunities, or conditions of life have on promoting obesity in individuals or populations’. 1 Prevention and treatment of obesity has focused on pharmacological, educational and behavioural interventions, with limited overall success. A novel and a longer-ter…
From Inner City to Inner Suburb? Addressing Housing Aspirations in Low Demand Areas in NewcastleGateshead, UK
The thrust of current UK government policy on housing design and location is to get more of the population to live in more urban, higher density, better quality developments on reused brownfield land. Such thinking has been influenced by wider European trends and in particular New Urbanism theories from the US. It has been argued, however, particularly from the perspective of mass house builders, that UK policies run counter to what the house buy…
The Conservation of English Cultural Built Heritage: A Force for Social Inclusion
Debates about the socially inclusionary potential of heritage have to date focused principally on heritage sites and museums. Relatively little attention has been paid to the wider Cultural Built Heritage (CBH) that surrounds us in our everyday lives. This paper starts with a brief theoretical exploration of the social role of heritage and the key policy background. Then, based on an understanding of policy and action in England, this paper sets …
A safer city centre for all? Senses of `community safety' in Newcastle upon Tyne
The Conservation of English Cultural Built Heritage: A Force for Social Inclusion
Debates about the socially inclusionary potential of heritage have to date focused principally on heritage sites and museums. Relatively little attention has been paid to the wider Cultural Built Heritage (CBH) that surrounds us in our everyday lives. This paper starts with a brief theoretical exploration of the social role of heritage and the key policy background. Then, based on an understanding of policy and action in England, this paper sets …
A safer city centre for all? Senses of `community safety' in Newcastle upon Tyne
Youth, alcohol and place-based leisure behaviours: A study of two locations in England
Urban planning as an enabler of urban health: Challenges and good practice in England following the 2012 planning and public health reforms
This article synthesises the challenges faced by the English (urban) spatial planning system to become an enabler of urban health and explores some keys features of the evidence base, policy tools and policy implementation issues that urban planners need to be aware of to become health enablers. It draws on good practice identified in an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) seminar series involving over 500 academic researchers and practit…
From Inner City to Inner Suburb? Addressing Housing Aspirations in Low Demand Areas in NewcastleGateshead, UK
The thrust of current UK government policy on housing design and location is to get more of the population to live in more urban, higher density, better quality developments on reused brownfield land. Such thinking has been influenced by wider European trends and in particular New Urbanism theories from the US. It has been argued, however, particularly from the perspective of mass house builders, that UK policies run counter to what the house buy…
A safer city centre for all? Senses of `community safety' in Newcastle upon Tyne
The Conservation of English Cultural Built Heritage: A Force for Social Inclusion
Debates about the socially inclusionary potential of heritage have to date focused principally on heritage sites and museums. Relatively little attention has been paid to the wider Cultural Built Heritage (CBH) that surrounds us in our everyday lives. This paper starts with a brief theoretical exploration of the social role of heritage and the key policy background. Then, based on an understanding of policy and action in England, this paper sets …
Obesogenic environments: Exploring the built and food environments
Obesity is a significant health and social problem which has reached pandemic levels. The obesogenicity of an environment has been defined as ‘the sum of influences that the surroundings, opportunities, or conditions of life have on promoting obesity in individuals or populations’. 1 Prevention and treatment of obesity has focused on pharmacological, educational and behavioural interventions, with limited overall success. A novel and a longer-ter…
From Inner City to Inner Suburb? Addressing Housing Aspirations in Low Demand Areas in NewcastleGateshead, UK
The thrust of current UK government policy on housing design and location is to get more of the population to live in more urban, higher density, better quality developments on reused brownfield land. Such thinking has been influenced by wider European trends and in particular New Urbanism theories from the US. It has been argued, however, particularly from the perspective of mass house builders, that UK policies run counter to what the house buy…
Obesogenic urban form: Theory, policy and practice
Youth, alcohol and place-based leisure behaviours: A study of two locations in England
Therapeutic Landscapes: An Evidence-based Approach to Designing Healing Gardens and Restorative Outdoor Spaces
"Therapeutic Landscapes: An Evidence-based Approach to Designing Healing Gardens and Restorative Outdoor Spaces." Landscape Research, 40(8), pp. 1018–1019
Obesogenic environments: Current evidence of the built and food environments
AIMS: Obesity is one of the most significant global health and social problems, with rates rising dramatically over the past few decades. While the basic drivers of obesity are obvious (more energy consumed than expended), the causes are multifactorial and complex. A decade ago, it was suggested that exploring the ways in which the built environment influenced physical activity and dietary behaviours might provide fertile ground for investigation…
Urban planning as an enabler of urban health: Challenges and good practice in England following the 2012 planning and public health reforms
This article synthesises the challenges faced by the English (urban) spatial planning system to become an enabler of urban health and explores some keys features of the evidence base, policy tools and policy implementation issues that urban planners need to be aware of to become health enablers. It draws on good practice identified in an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) seminar series involving over 500 academic researchers and practit…
Urban design and human flourishing
Welcome to this special issue of JUD focusing on human health, wellbeing, and flourishing. This issue coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Global Urban Research Unit (GURU) at Newcastle Unive
Measuring the association between the opening of a new multi-national restaurant with young people's eating behaviours
Out-of-home eating (takeaway, take-out and fast-foods) is associated with intakes of higher energy and fat, and lower intakes of micronutrients, and is associated with excess weight gain. In 2017, a unique opportunity arose to measure the association between the opening of a new multi-national fast-food restaurant (McDonald's) and consumption of fast-food on young people aged 11–16. This study uses a repeated cross-sectional design to explore gro…
Avoiding ‘bungalow legs’: Active ageing and the built environment
Urban populations across the globe are ageing and much debate has centred on what constitutes an ‘age-friendly’ city. Historic environments, for example, often present physical challenges, such as steps and uneven surfaces – while today these are designed out. Smooth level surfaces, automatic doors and elevators to change level, require little exertion. However, has the fact that in order to keep our bodies healthy into older age, a level of phys…
Hidden in plain sight: A scoping review of ‘dark kitchens’ and the potential implications for the English planning system
Over the past decade, the food environment has changed dramatically. One significant change has been the evolution of online delivery, which has increasingly become associated with so-called ‘dark kitchens’ – catering operations that only offer food for home delivery. These come in many different guises. This article reviews existing evidence and the potential impacts for local communities and planning. Like much of the gig economy, the jobs crea…
Sociology (9 works) · Political science (7 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (3 works)