Iona Pemberton-Billing
Teaching Associate
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Urban Design, Decision-Making, ICT
Iona is Teaching Associate on the MA in Design Management and close to completion of her PhD in the area of sustainable urban design decision-making. Iona has worked as a researcher on a number of research projects which have investigated the use and applications of advanced ICT in the area of urban planning and city development. Iona is a co-author of the book Designing Sustainable Cities (2009) and joint co-author of the International Journal paper in Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design CSCWD A VR Centred Workspace for Supporting Collaborative Urban Planning. Her research interests include urban design, planning and applications of advanced ICT to the area of urban design and planning practice.
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What is Design Management?
An Investigation into contemporary design management and the role of the design manager in contemporary business environments.
Can Decision-Trees Contribute to Sustainable Urban Design Decisions
An investigation into whether decision-tree modelling can be used to contribute to urban design decision-making using 3 regeneration projects in the West End of Morecambe as case studies.
Co-Author Designing Sustainable Cities (2009) Eds; Rachel Cooper, Graeme Evans, Christopher Boyko Chichester, Wiley Blackwell
Pemberton-Billing, N (2009) How Do Regional Towns and Cities Make Successful Sustainable Urban Design Decisions? Poster for International Design Research Conference at Lancaster University, Lancaster
Yao, J; Fernando, T; Billing, I; Tawfik, H and Amitage, R. (2005) Towards a Collaborative Urban Planning Environment International CSCWD No.9, Vol. 3865, pp. 554-562 international conference
And in book Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD) (2006) Volume 3865
Pemberton-Billing, I. (2005) An Investigation into the use of advanced information and communication technologies Urban Spatial Planning Workshop - Black Country Consortium in Association with English Nature and the University of Salford
Pemberton-Billing, I. (2005) The Regeneration Process in New East Manchester Intelcities EU Project WP5 report University of Salford
James, P; Pemberton-Billing, I and Fernando, T (2005) Enhancing the Decision-Making Process in Urban Spatial Planning Using Advanced ICT New Horizons - ODPM PROGRAMME Workshop, Manchester