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2024

Venerandi, Alessandro and Mellen, Hal and Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio (2024) Walkability indices - the state of the art and future directions : a systematic review. Sustainability, 16 (16). 6730. ISSN 2071-1050

Venerandi, Alessandro and Feliciotti, Alessandra and Mokhtarzadeh, Safoora and Taefnia, Maryam and Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio (2024) Urban form and socioeconomic deprivation in Isfahan : an Urban MorphoMetric approach. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2399-8091

Patil, Madhavi Prashant and Romice, Ombretta (2024) An empirically validated framework for investigating the perception of density. ArchNet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research. ISSN 1938-7806

2023

McVicar, Mhairi and Platt, Christopher and Romice, Ombretta and Runting, Helen and Walker, Stephen (2023) Insights from Portugal's research evaluation exercise. ARQ - Architectural Research Quarterly, 27 (2). pp. 176-180. ISSN 1359-1355

Venerandi, Alessandro and Viese, Vija and Kalyan, Kavya and Bhardwaj, Nitin and Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio; Djokić, Vladan and Djordjević, Aleksandra and Milojević, Milica and Milovanović, Aleksandra and Pešić, Mladen, eds. (2023) Women’s safety and urban form : a perspective from Kochi (India). In: XXX Conference Of The International Seminar On Urban Form (ISUF2023) - Praxis Of Urban Morphology. University of Belgrade - Faculty of Architecture, Belgrade, pp. 54-65. ISBN 9788679243416

Wang, Jiong and Fleischmann, Martin and Venerandi, Alessandro and Romice, Ombretta and Kuffer, Monika and Porta, Sergio (2023) EO + morphometrics : understanding cities through urban morphology at large scale. Landscape and Urban Planning, 233. 104691. ISSN 0169-2046

2022

Romice, Ombretta and Rudlin, David and AlWaer, Husam and Greaves, Mark and Thwaites, Kevin and Porta, Sergio (2022) Setting urban design as a specialised, evidence-led, coordinated education and profession. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning. ISSN 1755-0793

Porta, Sergio and Venerandi, Alessandro and Feliciotti, Alessandra and Raman, Shibu and Romice, Ombretta and Wang, Jiong and Kuffer, Monika (2022) Urban morphometrics + earth observation : an integrated approach to rich/extra-large scale taxonomies of urban form. Projections, Journal of the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 16. pp. 132-163.

Fleischmann, Martin and Feliciotti, Alessandra and Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio (2022) Methodological foundation of a numerical taxonomy of urban form. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 49 (4). pp. 1283-1299. ISSN 2399-8091

Romice, O. and Venerandi, A. and Kalyan, K. and Bhardwaj, N. and Viese, V. and Porta, S. (2022) Encoding Good Urban Form : the Use of Urban MorphoMetrics in the Elaboration of Local Design Codes for Asian Cities. University of Strathclyde Publishing; UNICITI, Glasgow.

Romice, O (2022) [Book Review] : The Block. A guide for urban designers, architects and town planners. [Review]

2021

Venerandi, Alessandro and Romice, Ombretta and Chepelianskaia, Olga and Kalyan, Kavya and Bhardwaj, Nitin and Viese, Vija and Ugás, Sebastián and Raman, Shibu and Porta, Sergio (2021) Urban morphometrics and the intangible uniqueness of tangible heritage. An evidence-based generative design experiment in historical Kochi (IN). Heritage, 4 (4). pp. 4399-4420. ISSN 2571-9408

Fleischmann, Martin and Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio (2021) Measuring urban form : overcoming terminological inconsistencies for a quantitative and comprehensive morphologic analysis of cities. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 48 (8). pp. 2133-2150. ISSN 2399-8091

Fleischmann, Martin and Feliciotti, Alessandra and Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio (2021) Methodological foundation of a numerical taxonomy of urban form. Other. arXiv, Ithaca, NY.

2020

Dal Cin, Francesca and Fleischmann, Martin and Romice, Ombretta and Costa, João Pedro (2020) Climate adaptation plans in the context of coastal settlements : the case of Portugal. Sustainability, 12 (20). 8559. ISSN 2071-1050

Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio and Feliciotti, Alessandra (2020) Masterplanning for Change : Designing the Resilient City. RIBA Publishing, London. ISBN 9781859469262

Fleischmann, Martin and Feliciotti, Alessandra and Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio (2020) Morphological tessellation as a way of partitioning space : improving consistency in urban morphology at the plot scale. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 80. 101441. ISSN 0198-9715

2019

Romice, Ombretta (2019) And now, for something completely different : good design goes beyond itself. Urban Design : the Quarterly Journal of the Urban Design Group, 2019 (153). ISSN 1750-712X

Abubakar, Aisha and Romice, Ombretta and Salama, Ashraf M. (2019) Slums and prosperity : a complex, dynamic pathway of intervention. International Journal of Architectural Research: Archnet-IJAR, 13 (2). pp. 314-330. ISSN 2631-6862

Dibble, Jacob and Prelorendjos, Alexios and Romice, Ombretta and Zanella, Mattia and Strano, Emanuele and Pagel, Mark and Porta, Sergio (2019) On the origin of spaces : morphometric foundations of urban form evolution. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 46 (4). pp. 707-730. ISSN 0265-8135

2018

Feliciotti, Alessandra and Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio (2018) From system ecology to urban morphology : towards a theory of urban form resilience. In: International Forum on Urbanism, 2018-12-10 - 2018-12-12, UIC School of Architecture.

Romice, Ombretta and Feliciotti, Alessandra and Porta, Sergio (2018) Urban form resilience urban design practice : masterplanning for change. In: International Forum on Urbanism, 2018-12-10 - 2018-12-12, UIC School of Architecture.

Porta, Sergio and Romice, Ombretta and Feliciotti, Alessandra and Rudlin, David (2018) Big box, short life: little box, long life : the democracy of resilience: plot-based urbanism, evolution and informal participation. Create Streets, London.

2017

Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio and Feliciotti, Alessandra (2017) The road to masterplanning for change and the design of resilient places. Architectural Research in Finland, 1 (1). pp. 11-26.

Venerandi, Alessandro and Zanella, M and Romice, O and Dibble, J and Porta, S (2017) Form and urban change : an urban morphometric study of five gentrified neighbourhoods in London. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 44 (6). pp. 1056-1076. ISSN 0265-8135

Iovene, Maddalena and Fernandéz de Córdova, Graciela and Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio; Colomer, Vicente, ed. (2017) Towards informal planning : mapping the evolution of spontaneous settlements in time. In: 24th ISUF International Conference - City and Territory in the Globalization Age. Universitat Politècnica de València, ESP, pp. 545-557. ISBN 9788490485743

Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio and Feliciotti, Alessandra and Barbour, Gordon Cleland; AlWaer, Husam and Illsley, Barbara, eds. (2017) Masterplanning for change : design as a way to create the conditions for time sensitive place-making. In: Placemaking. ICE Publisher, London, pp. 195-207. ISBN 9780727760715

Abubakar, Aisha and Romice, Ombretta and Salama, Ashraf M. (2017) Defining slums using multidimensional and relational properties : a dynamic framework for intervention. ArchNet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, 11 (2). pp. 34-54. ISSN 1938-7806

Feliciotti, Alessandra and Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio (2017) Urban regeneration, masterplans and resilience : the case of the Gorbals in Glasgow. Urban Morphology, 21 (1). pp. 61-79. ISSN 1027-4278

2016

Barbour, Gordon Cleland and Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio (2016) Sustainable plot-based urban regeneration and traditional masterplanning practice in Glasgow. Open House International, 41 (4). pp. 15-22. ISSN 0168-2601

Feliciotti, Alessandra and Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio (2016) Design for change : five proxies for resilience in the urban form. Open House International, 41 (4). pp. 23-30. ISSN 0168-2601

Moore-Alexander, Maggie and Zecchi, Enzo and Russell, Peter and Vidoli, Maria and Caperna, Antonio and Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio (2016) The timeless way of educating architects : a new master in "Building Beauty" in Naples, Italy. In: 2016 International PUARL Conference, 2016-10-28 - 2016-10-30, University of San Francisco Campus, California.

Romice, Ombretta and Thwaites, Kevin and Porta, Sergio and Greaves, Mark and Barbour, Gordon and Pasino, Paola; Fleury-Bahi, Ghozlane and Pol, Enric and Navarro, Oscar, eds. (2016) Urban design and quality of life. In: The Handbook of Environmental Psychology and Quality of Life Research. International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life . Springer Publishing, Cham, pp. 241-273. ISBN 9783319314167

2015

Remali, Adel M. and Porta, Sergio and Romice, Ombretta and Abudib, Huyam; Vaughan, Laura, ed. (2015) Street quality, street life, street centrality. In: Suburban Urbanities. UCL Press, London, pp. 104-129. ISBN 9781910634158

Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio (2015) Plot based urbanism : a roadmap to masterplanning for change. Academy of Urbanism Journal.

Feliciotti, Alessandra and Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio; Macoun, Milan and Maier, Karel, eds. (2015) Masterplanning for change : lessons and directions. In: Book of Proceedings AESOP Prague Annual Congress 20 15. Czech Technical University in Prague, CZE, pp. 3051-3065. ISBN 978-80-01-05782-7

Mehaffy, Michael W. and Porta, Sergio and Romice, Ombretta (2015) The "neighborhood unit" on trial : a case study of the impacts of urban morphology. Journal of Urbanism, 8 (2). pp. 199-217. ISSN 1754-9183

Greaves, Mark and Romice, Ombretta; Jelenski and E, Wozniak-Szpakiewicz, eds. (2015) Exploring whether the UK Localism Act (2011) and effective community engagement can empower communities and deliver place sensitive development. In: Tradition and Heritage in the Contemporary Image of the City. Cracow University of Technology Press, Krakow. ISBN 978-83-7242-798-4

Romice, Ombretta; Lawrence, Roderick and Barbey, Gilles, eds. (2015) Multi-storey - changing patterns of regeneration : what can be applied from people-environment studies? In: Repenser l'Habitat - Rethinking Habitats. Editions Infolio, Paris, pp. 279-315. ISBN 9782884744621

2014

Venerandi, Alessandro and Zanella, Mattia and Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio (2014) The Form of Gentrification : Common Morphological Patterns in Five Gentrified Areas of London, UK. Preprint / Working Paper. arXiv.org.

Russell, Peter and Porta, Sergio and Romice, Ombretta and Vidoli, Maria Pia; (2014) Construction and therapy : an integrated approach to design build. In: Working Out: Thinking While Building. ACSA Press, pp. 98-108. ISBN 978-0-935502-94-7

Remali, Adel Mohammad and Porta, Sergio and Romice, Ombretta (2014) Correlating street quality, street life and street centrality in Tripoli, Libya. In: The Past, Present and Future of High Streets, 2014-04-28, UCL.

Murray, Gordon and Romice, Ombretta and Feliciotti, Alessandra (2014) Housing Values Study : Pilot Study - Physical Survey Report. Architecture and Design Scotland.

Edgerton, Edward and Romice, Ombretta and Thwaites, Kevin (2014) Bridging the Boundaries : Human Experience in the Natural and Built Environment and Implications for Research, Policy and Practice. Advances in People-Environment Studies . Hogrefe, Gottingen. ISBN 9780889374669

Porta, Sergio and Romice, Ombretta; Mäckler, Christoph and Sonne, Wolfgang, eds. (2014) Plot-based urbanism : towards time-consciousness in place-making. In: Dortmunder Vorträge zur Stadtbaukunst [Dortmunder Lectures on Civic Art]. Niggli, Sulgen, DE, pp. 82-111. ISBN 9783721208474

Romice, Ombretta and Chen, Fei; Tian, Y and Gu, K and Tao, W, eds. (2014) Preserving the cultural identity of chinese cities in urban design through a typomorphological approach. In: Urban Morphology, Architectural Typology and Cities in Transition. Science Press Beijing, Beijing, pp. 172-197. ISBN 9787030402189

2013

Porta, Sergio and Strano, Emanuele and Venerandi, Alessandro and Adam, Robert and Romice, Ombretta and Pasino, Paola and Bianchi, Gianpiero (2013) Multiple centrality assessment : understanding and designing mixed use streets in professional masterplanning. Urban Design (125). pp. 12-14. ISSN 1750-712X

2012

Romice, Ombretta and Edgerton, Edward and Thwaites, Kevin (2012) Human experience in the natural and built environment : implications for research policy and practice. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. ISBN 9780947649883

Romice, Ombretta and Mehaffy, Michael and Porta, Sergio and Thwaites, Kevin; Kabisch, S and Kunath, A and Schweitzer-Ries, P, eds. (2012) Responding to complex urban challenges with integrated research in education : case study of a Master in Urban Design programme. In: Vulnerability, Risks and Complexity. Advances in People-Environment Studies, 3 . Hogrefe Publishing, Ashald, Gottingen, pp. 299-310. ISBN 978-0-88937-435- 5

Romice, Ombretta; Lawrence, R. and Yildiz, H.T. and Kellett, P., eds. (2012) Foreword [Requalifying the built environment: challenges and responses]. In: Requalifying the Built Environment. Advances in People-Environment Studies . Hogrefe Publishing, Gottingen. ISBN 9780889374300

2011

Romice, Ombretta and Rogerson, Robert and Thwaites, Kevin and Greaves, Mark and Roscher, Rolf and Hassan, David; Bonaiuto, M. and Bonnes, M. and Nenci, A.M. and Carrus, G., eds. (2011) Time, market pressures, and urban regeneration : a feasible mix? In: Urban Diversities. Advances in People-Environment Studies . Hogrefe Publishing, Gottingen, pp. 41-50. ISBN 9780889373853

Porta, Sergio and Romice, Ombretta and Strano, Emanuele and Venerandi, Alessandro and Morello, Eugenio and Viana, Matheus and Da Fontoura Costa, Luciano (2011) Plot-based urbanism and urban morphometrics : measuring the evolution of blocks, street fronts and plots in cities. Preprint / Working Paper. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. (Unpublished)

2010

Porta, Sergio and Romice, Ombretta (2010) Plot-based urbanism : towards time-consciousness in place-making. Preprint / Working Paper. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

Hart, L. and Hooi, J. and Romice, Ombretta and Porta, S. (2010) Under the microscope : 20 small towns in Scotland. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

Lucas, Raymond and Romice, Ombretta (2010) Assessing the multi-sensory qualities of urban space. Psyecology. Bilingual Journal of Environmental Psychology, 1 (2). pp. 263-276. ISSN 2171-1976

Romice, Ombretta and Porta, Sergio and Shah, Mahnaz (2010) The psychology of engagement : communities in action. Conservation Bulletin, 63. pp. 15-17.

Lucas, Raymond and Mair, G.M. and Romice, Ombretta; Inns, Tom, ed. (2010) Making sense of the city : representing the multi-modality of urban space. In: Designing for the 21st Century. Gower, Surrey, pp. 190-208. ISBN 978-1-4094-0240-4

2009

Chen, Fei and Romice, Ombretta (2009) Preserving the cultural identity of Chinese cities in urban design through a typomorphological approach. Urban Design International, 14 (1). pp. 36-54.

2008

Chen, Fei and Romice, Ombretta (2008) Operative tradition: the typological process of an urban settlement in Nanjing, China. In: Proceedings of the 2008 IASTE Conference, 1900-01-01.

Lucas, Raymond and Mair, Gordon and Romice, Ombretta; (2008) The scale of sense : spatial extent and multimodal urban design. In: Urban Diversities, Biosphere and Well-being. IAPS, Rome.

Romice, Ombretta and Lucas, Raymond (2008) Representing sensory experience in urban design. In: 2nd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices (virtual submission)., 1900-01-01.

Lucas, Raymond and Romice, Ombretta (2008) Representing sensory experience in urban design. Design Principles and Practices, 2 (4). pp. 83-94. ISSN 1833-1874

2007

Thwaites, Kevin and Porta, Sergio and Romice, Ombretta and Greaves, Mark (2007) Urban Sustainability through Environmental Design : Approaches to Time-People-Place Responsive Urban Spaces. Routledge, New York. ISBN 9780415384803

Edgerton, Edward and Romice, Ombretta and Spencer, Christopher (2007) Environmental Psychology and Architecture : Putting Research into Practice. Cambridge Scholars Press, Newcastle. ISBN 9781847182180

2005

Romice, Ombretta and Yaneske, P.P. (2005) Undergraduate dissertations in a department of architecture. Centre for Education in the Built Environment Transactions, 2 (2). pp. 4-15. ISSN 1745-0322

Romice, Ombretta and Uzzell, David (2005) Community design studio: a collaboration of architects and psychologists. Centre for Education in the Built Environment Transactions, 2 (1). pp. 73-88. ISSN 1745-0322

Romice, Ombretta (2005) Conhecimento, interdisciplinaridade e Psicologia Ambiental. Psicologia Conductual, 16 (1-2). pp. 167-178. ISSN 0103-6564

Romice, O.R.; (2005) Neighbourhood Regeneration - From Integrated Development to Local Capital. In: Designing Social Innovation. Planning, Building, Evaluating. Hogrefe, pp. 281-290. ISBN 9780889372917

2003

Romice, O.R. and Frey, H.W. (2003) Communities in Action. The Handbook. Scottish Arts Council, [Edinburgh]. ISBN 0954292650

Romice, O.R. and Uzzell, D.L.; (2003) L'analyse des experiences environnementales. In: Espace de vie. Aspects de la relation homme-environnement. Armand Colin, pp. 49-83. ISBN 2200261705

Romice, O.R. (2003) New partnerships for action. Building on the capital of environmental psychology and architecture. Medio Ambiente y Comportamiento Humano, 4 (1). pp. 15-32. ISSN 1576-6462

2002

Romice, Ombretta; Moser, Gabriel, ed. (2002) Sustainable design: a question of community (visual) awareness. In: People, Places and Sustainability. Hogrefe Publishing, Seattle, pp. 146-160. ISBN 0889372632

2000

Romice, Ombretta (2000) New developments and final reflections on the use of visual literacy and environmental evaluation for the participation of community groups in design. GeoJournal, 51 (4). pp. 311-319. ISSN 0343-2521

1999

Romice, Ombretta and Joiner, Rob (1999) Le Housing Associations a Glasgow : un modello di gestione di base. Edilizia Popolare : Rivista di Architettura e Urbanistica, 249 (1). pp. 4-17. ISSN 0422-5619