Paul Osmond
Biographic Data
| ID | 6311564 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Osmond |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Osmond |
| SIGNATURE | OSMOND P |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8533-6624 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Performance of traditional Chinese courtyard buildings from a sustainability perspective and implications for contemporary green building design
Climate change, resource depletion, and biodiversity decline have prompted the construction industry to seek more sustainable solutions. While high-tech and often high-cost technologies and equipment support progress toward more sustainable built form, the sustainability performance of historical and vernacular buildings should also be reviewed. These buildings may offer advantages that are “hidden in plain sight.” This research focuses on the us…
Life-cycle-thinking in the assessment of urban green infrastructure
Urban green infrastructure (UGI) delivers multiple social, environmental and economic benefits. A life cycle thinking (LCT) approach is proposed as a viable methodological basis for the holistic valuation of UGI. The purpose of this scoping review is to provide a thorough overview of the emerging literature on LCT application for UGI evaluation. The scoping review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses pro…
The dynamic challenges of mainstreaming water sensitive cities in our built environment
Stormwater has been acknowledged as a major concern in cities because of mismanagement of this resource. It has also been underestimated as a resource in climate change actions and policies. Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) is considered as an effective adaptation measure to address these issues while providing many co-benefits. This paper reports the challenges of implementing WSUD in the Australian context. Semi-structured interviews were co…
A neighbourhood‐scale conceptual model towards regenerative circularity for the built environment
There is potential in applying the circular economy (CE) and regenerative design (RD) models for the redevelopment of urban areas as a response to the current linear and mechanistic practices that still contribute to exceeding planetary boundaries and reinforcing social inequalities. Despite these models' common roots, they are usually approached quite differently. A merged approach may be able to solve existing gaps and critiques. This paper rev…
City Planning and Green Infrastructure
Green infrastructure (GI) includes an array of products, technologies, and practices that use natural systems—or designed systems that mimic natural processes—to enhance environmental sustainability and human quality of life. GI is the ultimate source of the ecosystem services which the biotic environment provides to humanity. The maintenance and enhancement of GI to optimise the supply of ecosystem services thus requires conscious planning. The …
Bioconnections as Enablers of Regenerative Circularity for the Built Environment
Learning from nature may be the most important step towards improving cities in the context of environmental and climate issues. However, many of the current approaches to make cities greener or more sustainable are still linear and insufficient to deal with these growing challenges. In this scenario, the adoption of regenerative and circular lenses for the built environment may foster a more holistic development based on what is good rather than…
Quantifying the seasonal cooling capacity of ‘green infrastructure types’ (GITs)
Urban form and climate change planning
Evaluating the cooling effects of green infrastructure
Passive and active cooling for the outdoor built environment – Analysis and assessment of the cooling potential of mitigation technologies using performance data from 220 large scale projects
Application of “Streamlined” Material Input per Service Unit Concept to Small Residential Districts in China
Improving Sustainability Decision-making Information at Neighbourhood Level
The urban structural unit
At the most fundamental level, a city represents a set of structured relationships between space, form and flows. This paper focuses on the description of urban space and form to propose a classification framework to support subsequent explanation and interpretation of the flows of materials, energy and information which characterize the city. Description of urban form in terms of type, number and arrangement of parts and part-to-part relations, …
The urban structural unit
At the most fundamental level, a city represents a set of structured relationships between space, form and flows. This paper focuses on the description of urban space and form to propose a classification framework to support subsequent explanation and interpretation of the flows of materials, energy and information which characterize the city. Description of urban form in terms of type, number and arrangement of parts and part-to-part relations, …
The urban structural unit
At the most fundamental level, a city represents a set of structured relationships between space, form and flows. This paper focuses on the description of urban space and form to propose a classification framework to support subsequent explanation and interpretation of the flows of materials, energy and information which characterize the city. Description of urban form in terms of type, number and arrangement of parts and part-to-part relations, …
Application of “Streamlined” Material Input per Service Unit Concept to Small Residential Districts in China
Improving Sustainability Decision-making Information at Neighbourhood Level
Passive and active cooling for the outdoor built environment – Analysis and assessment of the cooling potential of mitigation technologies using performance data from 220 large scale projects
Evaluating the cooling effects of green infrastructure
Quantifying the seasonal cooling capacity of ‘green infrastructure types’ (GITs)
Urban form and climate change planning
City Planning and Green Infrastructure
Green infrastructure (GI) includes an array of products, technologies, and practices that use natural systems—or designed systems that mimic natural processes—to enhance environmental sustainability and human quality of life. GI is the ultimate source of the ecosystem services which the biotic environment provides to humanity. The maintenance and enhancement of GI to optimise the supply of ecosystem services thus requires conscious planning. The …
Bioconnections as Enablers of Regenerative Circularity for the Built Environment
Learning from nature may be the most important step towards improving cities in the context of environmental and climate issues. However, many of the current approaches to make cities greener or more sustainable are still linear and insufficient to deal with these growing challenges. In this scenario, the adoption of regenerative and circular lenses for the built environment may foster a more holistic development based on what is good rather than…
A neighbourhood‐scale conceptual model towards regenerative circularity for the built environment
There is potential in applying the circular economy (CE) and regenerative design (RD) models for the redevelopment of urban areas as a response to the current linear and mechanistic practices that still contribute to exceeding planetary boundaries and reinforcing social inequalities. Despite these models' common roots, they are usually approached quite differently. A merged approach may be able to solve existing gaps and critiques. This paper rev…
Life-cycle-thinking in the assessment of urban green infrastructure
Urban green infrastructure (UGI) delivers multiple social, environmental and economic benefits. A life cycle thinking (LCT) approach is proposed as a viable methodological basis for the holistic valuation of UGI. The purpose of this scoping review is to provide a thorough overview of the emerging literature on LCT application for UGI evaluation. The scoping review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses pro…
The dynamic challenges of mainstreaming water sensitive cities in our built environment
Stormwater has been acknowledged as a major concern in cities because of mismanagement of this resource. It has also been underestimated as a resource in climate change actions and policies. Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) is considered as an effective adaptation measure to address these issues while providing many co-benefits. This paper reports the challenges of implementing WSUD in the Australian context. Semi-structured interviews were co…
Performance of traditional Chinese courtyard buildings from a sustainability perspective and implications for contemporary green building design
Climate change, resource depletion, and biodiversity decline have prompted the construction industry to seek more sustainable solutions. While high-tech and often high-cost technologies and equipment support progress toward more sustainable built form, the sustainability performance of historical and vernacular buildings should also be reviewed. These buildings may offer advantages that are “hidden in plain sight.” This research focuses on the us…
Geography (9 works) · Engineering (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Environmental Science (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Environmental planning (5 works) · Environmental resource management (5 works) · Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (5 works) · Architectural engineering (4 works) · Civil engineering (4 works)