Matthew G Kirby
Biographic Data
| ID | 6319050 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew G Kirby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew G |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirby |
| SIGNATURE | KIRBY M G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northumbria University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7234-9373 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Whose future? Citizens shaping green–blue infrastructure scenarios in European cities – a review and proposed framework
Cities are epicentres of climate change, threatening the liveability, resilience and equity of urban communities, requiring rapid and, in some cases, radical grey to green (and blue) transitions. Green-blue infrastructure responds to these challenges by delivering multifunctional and strategically planned benefits from nature within cities. Yet, planning largely remains technocratic, limiting citizen agency. While participatory scenario planning …
A greener Green Belt? Co-developing exploratory scenarios for contentious peri-urban landscapes
Stakeholders were split on the scale of development in future Green Belts. • Multifunctional scenario perceived as most benefits, likely and preferred. • Scenarios show possible tensions and trade-offs between ecosystem services. • AI tools were effective for creating scenario landscape visualisations. • More strategic, holistic and integrated governance is needed for multifunctionality. Peri-urban landscapes experience conflicting land-use deman…
Improving strategic planning for nature: Panacea or pandora’s box for the built and natural environment
This paper assesses how strategic planning for nature can be improved for England’s built and natural environment using mainstreaming and landscape-scale concepts. Whilst both concepts feature in academic literature, there has been limited attention on their role as catalytic agents for strategic planning. Addressing this gap, evidence is used from two stakeholder workshops involving 62 senior policy experts managing a range of operational and hy…
Beyond growth management: A review of the wider functions and effects of urban growth management policies
Urban growth management policies (UGMPs), which include green belts and urban growth boundaries seek to prevent urban sprawl in neighbouring peri-urban and rural landscapes. However, the wider social, environmental, and economic impacts these policies have on the landscapes they govern is unclear and contested. This paper undertakes a structured review of academic literature in Scopus investigating these wider UGMPs functions, impacts and effects…
Translating policy to place: Exploring cultural ecosystem services in areas of Green Belt through participatory mapping
Green Belts are longstanding planning designations, which primarily seek to prevent urban sprawl. Importantly, they form the open spaces close to where most people live, but we lack clarity over how Green Belts are used and valued by publics, and the cultural ecosystem services they provide. To address this policy and research gap, a public participatory mapping survey was conducted on the North-East England Green Belt, with 779 respondents plott…
Multifunctional Green Belts: A planning policy assessment of Green Belts wider functions in England
In England, Green Belt policy primarily aims to prevent urban sprawl and maintain openness. This contrasts globally with a new generation of multi-goal Green Belts which contribute to climate action and ecosystem services provision. Recently, there have been calls from researchers and practitioners for England to follow suit and widen the scope of Green Belts to provide multifunctional benefits around towns and cities. Although some secondary obj…
Multifunctional Green Belts: A planning policy assessment of Green Belts wider functions in England
In England, Green Belt policy primarily aims to prevent urban sprawl and maintain openness. This contrasts globally with a new generation of multi-goal Green Belts which contribute to climate action and ecosystem services provision. Recently, there have been calls from researchers and practitioners for England to follow suit and widen the scope of Green Belts to provide multifunctional benefits around towns and cities. Although some secondary obj…
Beyond growth management: A review of the wider functions and effects of urban growth management policies
Urban growth management policies (UGMPs), which include green belts and urban growth boundaries seek to prevent urban sprawl in neighbouring peri-urban and rural landscapes. However, the wider social, environmental, and economic impacts these policies have on the landscapes they govern is unclear and contested. This paper undertakes a structured review of academic literature in Scopus investigating these wider UGMPs functions, impacts and effects…
Translating policy to place: Exploring cultural ecosystem services in areas of Green Belt through participatory mapping
Green Belts are longstanding planning designations, which primarily seek to prevent urban sprawl. Importantly, they form the open spaces close to where most people live, but we lack clarity over how Green Belts are used and valued by publics, and the cultural ecosystem services they provide. To address this policy and research gap, a public participatory mapping survey was conducted on the North-East England Green Belt, with 779 respondents plott…
Multifunctional Green Belts: A planning policy assessment of Green Belts wider functions in England
In England, Green Belt policy primarily aims to prevent urban sprawl and maintain openness. This contrasts globally with a new generation of multi-goal Green Belts which contribute to climate action and ecosystem services provision. Recently, there have been calls from researchers and practitioners for England to follow suit and widen the scope of Green Belts to provide multifunctional benefits around towns and cities. Although some secondary obj…
Improving strategic planning for nature: Panacea or pandora’s box for the built and natural environment
This paper assesses how strategic planning for nature can be improved for England’s built and natural environment using mainstreaming and landscape-scale concepts. Whilst both concepts feature in academic literature, there has been limited attention on their role as catalytic agents for strategic planning. Addressing this gap, evidence is used from two stakeholder workshops involving 62 senior policy experts managing a range of operational and hy…
A greener Green Belt? Co-developing exploratory scenarios for contentious peri-urban landscapes
Stakeholders were split on the scale of development in future Green Belts. • Multifunctional scenario perceived as most benefits, likely and preferred. • Scenarios show possible tensions and trade-offs between ecosystem services. • AI tools were effective for creating scenario landscape visualisations. • More strategic, holistic and integrated governance is needed for multifunctionality. Peri-urban landscapes experience conflicting land-use deman…
Whose future? Citizens shaping green–blue infrastructure scenarios in European cities – a review and proposed framework
Cities are epicentres of climate change, threatening the liveability, resilience and equity of urban communities, requiring rapid and, in some cases, radical grey to green (and blue) transitions. Green-blue infrastructure responds to these challenges by delivering multifunctional and strategically planned benefits from nature within cities. Yet, planning largely remains technocratic, limiting citizen agency. While participatory scenario planning …
Environmental resource management (5 works) · Land Use and Ecosystem Services (5 works) · Environmental planning (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Ecosystem services (3 works) · Green belt (3 works)