Recent publications

 
 

Where available, papers and other publications can be downloaded by clicking on the document thumbnail.

 
 

Intelligent Space Partnership Ltd brochure

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2006 CABE: The Cost of Bad Design

The Cost of Bad Design

Dr Jake Desyllas of Intelligent Space wrote the chapter "The Cost of Bad Street Design" in CABE's 2006 book "The Cost of Bad Design"
More information about this publication.
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2005 Melbourne 2030

Home Office Crime Reduction Toolkit: Safer Schools and Hospitals

ISP worked with the Home Office Scientific Development Branch to develop a Toolkit aimed at Crime Reduction in Schools, Hospitals and other public buildings. More information about this publication.
Visit the Toolkit website

 
  Melbourne 2030

Melbourne 2030: Planning for Walking in Melbourne's Growth Areas

McPherson, S. and Desyllas, J. (2005)

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  London's Environment

London's Environment

Duxbury, E and Bannister, D. (2005) Chapter 14, Civilising Transport

 
     
2004 Planning for Pedestrians

Planning for Pedestrians

Duxbury, E. (2004) Planning for Pedestrians. Green Spaces magazine, June 2004

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2003 The Impact of the Build Environment on Care Within A&E Departments

The Impact of the Build Environment on Care Within A&E Departments

NHS Estates commissioned Intelligent Space Partnership to research the influence of building design on the care of patients in A&E departments, and produce this report containing design guidance. More information about this project.

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  Modelling Natural Surveillance

Modelling Natural Surveillance

Desyllas, J., Connoly, P., Hebbert, F. (2003) Modelling Natural Surveillance Environment and Planning B 30(5), 643 - 655

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  Click to download CASA working paper

Pedestrian Demand Modelling of Large Cities: An Applied Example from London.

Desyllas, J., Duxbury, E., Ward, J., Smith A,. (2003)Pedestrian Demand Modelling of Large Cities: An Applied Example from London. Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis Working Paper 62, University College London.
 
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Safety in Numbers? Modelling Crowds and Designing Control for the Notting Hill Carnival

Batty, M., Desyllas, J., Duxbury E.(2003)Safety in Numbers? Modelling Crowds and Designing Control for the Notting Hill Carnival Urban Studies, Vol. 40, No. 8, 1573–1590

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2002 Click to download RICS newsletter

Sustainability Aims and Transport Means

Desyllas, J.(2002).Sustainability Aims and Transport Means.RICS Planning and Development News Bulletin October 2002, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
 
  Click to download CASA Working Paper 56

The Discrete Dynamics of Small-Scale Spatial Events

Batty, M., J. Desyllas and E. Duxbury.(2002).The Discrete Dynamics of Small-Scale Spatial Events: Agent-Based Models of Mobility in Carnivals and Street Parades Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis Working Paper 56, University College London.
 
  Click to download Carnival Public Safety Report: Executive Summary

Carnival Public Safety Report: Executive Summary

The key findings of the 2001 Notting Hill Carnival Public Safety project (334 kb PDF).

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  Click to download Carnival Public Safety Report: Design Guidance

Carnival Public Safety Report: Design Guidance

Design guidance on alternative Carnival route design (1Mb PDF).

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2001 Click to download Visibility paper

Axial Maps And Visibility Graph Analysis

Desyllas, J. and E. Duxbury (2001) Axial Maps And Visibility Graph Analysis: A Comparison Of Their Methodology And Use In Models Of Urban Pedestrian Movement. Proceedings of the Space Syntax Third International Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia Tech.
 
     
2000 Jake Desyllas' thesis

The relationship between urban street configuration and office rent patterns in Berlin

Desyllas, J. (2000) The relationship between urban street configuration and office rent patterns in Berlin University College London

Dr Jake Desyllas' PhD thesis is available for download: read the abstract, or download any chapter.

 
  Click to download Planning for Movement

Planning For Movement

Desyllas, J. and Duxbury, E (2000). Planning For Movement: measuring and modelling pedestrian flows in cities. Cutting Edge, London, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
 
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Self-Generated Neighbourhoods

Hillier, B., M. Greene, J. Desyllas (2000) Self-Generated Neighbourhoods: the role of urban form in the consolidation of informal settlements. Urban Design International 5(2): 61-96.

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1999

Why Pay To Be There? Office Rent and the Location Variable

Desyllas, J (1999) Why Pay To Be There? Office Rent and the Location Variable Proceedings of the Second International Space Syntax Symposium, Brasilia, Brazil
 
 

The Space of Innovation

Penn, A, J. Desyllas et.al.(1999) The Space of Innovation: Interaction and Communication in the Work Environment Environment and Planning B 26 (2).

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1998

When Downtown Moves

Desyllas, J. (1998). When Downtown Moves. Cutting Edge, Leicester, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
 
 

The Spatial Configuration of a Rapidly Growing City

Desyllas, J., M. Greene, B. Hillier. (1998). The Spatial Configuration of a Rapidly Growing City; Implications on the Quality of Urban Life. Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management. P. Sikdar. New Delhi, Narosa. 1.
 
 

Isolating and Representing the Spatial Variable in Berlin Office Rents

Desyllas, J(1998). Isolating and Representing the Spatial Variable in Berlin Office Rents. Reading, College of Estate Management Reports
 
     
1997

Berlin in Transition

Desyllas, J. (1997). Berlin in Transition. First International Space Syntax Symposium, University College London, UCL