Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the fields of…
- Urban sprawl and emerging patterns of suburbanisation, peri-urbanisation, (post)suburban growth and/or decline
- Suburban infrastructure and transformations of fringe/belt areas and/or urban-rural transects
- Emerging planning and design models of suburban regeneration and retrofit
- Interstitial spaces, vacant lands, white spaces, leftover spaces, boundary areas
Public outreach & key achievements
- Urban Studies Best Article Prize: Phelps, N. A., & Silva, C. (2018). Mind the gaps! A research agenda for urban interstices. Urban Studies, 55(6), 1203-1222: https://journals.sagepub.com/page/usj/collections/awards
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- Faculty of Engineering and Physical Science
- School of Natural and Built Environment
- Planning
- Personal website