Main entry:

Henshaw, Victoria, author.

Title & Author:

Urban smellscapes : understanding and designing city smell environments / Victoria Henshaw.

Publication:

New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.

Description:

xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-243) and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- pt. I Smell, society and cities -- 2. Perspectives on smell and the city I -- 2.1. Historical cities -- 2.2. Legislation and policy relating to odour -- 2.3. Odour classification, language and measurement -- 2.4. Odour and urban design practice and theory -- 2.5. Conclusion -- 3. Perspectives on smell and the city II -- 3.1. Qualities of the sense of smell -- 3.2. Olfactory performance -- 3.3. Smell and memory -- 3.4. Smell perception -- 3.5. Place perception and odour -- 3.6. Odour sensitivity -- 3.7. Conclusion -- 4. Smellwalking and representing urban smellscapes -- 4.1. Smellwalk case study: Doncaster, England -- 4.2. The mapping and representation of urban smellscapes -- 4.3. Conclusion -- pt. II Smell sources in the city -- 5. Air quality, pollution and smell -- 5.1. Doncaster's historical pollution -- 5.2. Traffic odours-a trade-off for city life -- 5.3. Air pollution and the sense of smell.
Contents note continued: 5.4. Pedestrianisation, air pollution and judgements of place -- 5.5. Air pollution and the design and control of urban smellscapes -- 5.6. Conclusion -- 6. Food and smell -- 6.1. Markets -- 6.2. International food and cultural districts -- 6.3. Odour extraction and ventilation -- 6.4. Convenience food, fast food restaurants and odour values -- 6.5. Food and smell-discussion -- 6.6. Conclusion -- 7. Urban policy and smell -- 7.1. The twenty-four-hour city and odour -- 7.2. Smoking and odour -- 7.3. Waste production in twenty-four-hour cities -- 7.4. Case study comparison-Doncaster's Priory Walk and Silver Street -- 7.5. Discussion -- 7.6. Conclusion -- pt. III Smellscape control, design and placemaking -- 8. Processes of odour control in the city -- 8.1. Separation -- 8.2. Deodorisation -- 8.3. Masking -- 8.4. Scenting -- 8.5. Scenting the skies? -- 8.6. Conclusion -- 9. Designing with smell: Restorative environments and design tools -- 9.1. Air and wind flow.
Contents note continued: 9.2. Restorative odours -- 9.3. Smell design tools -- 9.4.A new approach to odour in urban design -- 9.5. Conclusion -- 10. Odour, placemaking and urban smellscape design -- 10.1. The contribution of odour to placemaking -- 10.2. Urban smellscape design: A practice of value or question? -- 10.3. The strategic context for designing urban smellscapes -- 10.4. Urban smellscape design process and tools -- 10.5. Conclusion -- 11. Conclusion.

Summary:

We see the city, we hear the city, but, above all, we smell the city. Scent has unique qualities: it is ubiquitous, persistent and it has an unparalleled connection to memory, but it is usually overlooked in discussions of sensory design. What scents shape the city? How does scent contribute to placemaking? How do we design smell environments in the city? Urban Smellscapes makes a notable contribution to the growing body of literature on the senses and design by providing some answers to these questions and informing the wider research agenda regarding how people sensually experience urban environments. The book is the first of its kind in examining the role of smell specifically in contemporary experiences and perceptions of English towns and cities, highlighting the perception of urban smellscapes as they relate to place perception, and describing the contribution of odour towards overall sense of place. With case studies from factories, breweries, urban parks and experimental smell environments. Urban Smellscapes identifies processes by which urban smell environments are managed and controlled, and gives designers and city managers a number of tools to actively use smell in their work. Book jacket.

ISBN:

9780415662031 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0415662036 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780415662062 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0415662060 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
(ebk)
9780203072776
(MyiLibrary)
9781299767423

Subject:

Odor control.
City planning.
City and town life.
Smell Psychological aspects.
Odeurs Lutte contre.
Vie urbaine.
Odorat Aspect psychologique.
Stadt
Stadtplanung
Geruch
Geruchsemission
Medical Humanities.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 284579
Call No.: BIB 223640
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available