Stephen Livesley

WHY ARE PEOPLE STILL NOT WALKING? THE NEED FOR A MICRO-SCALED MULTI-CRITERIA SPATIO-TEMPORAL DESIGN APPROACH TO IMPROVE WALK-QUALITY

M White, X Huang, N Langenheim, T Yang, R Schofield, M Young, SJ Livesley, S Seneviratne, M Stevenson

Journal article  |  2022  |  ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences

Walking is essential for the health and well-being of communities as well as meeting environmental challenges of the 21st Century...

Daytime irrigation leads to significantly cooler private backyards in summer

Pui Kwan Cheung, CY Jim, Nigel Tapper, Kerry A Nice, Stephen J Livesley

Journal article  |  2022  |  URBAN CLIMATE

Backyards play important roles for individual households because they provide a private and safe green space for social and enviro..

Can we integrate ecological approaches to improve plant selection for green infrastructure?

C Farrell, SJ Livesley, SK Arndt, L Beaumont, H Burley, D Ellsworth, M Esperon-Rodriguez, TD Fletcher, R Gallagher, A Ossola, SA Power, R Marchin, JP Rayner, PD Rymer, L Staas, C Szota, NSG Williams, M Leishman

Journal article  |  2022  |  URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Modern cities are dominated by impervious surfaces that absorb, store and release heat in summer, create large volumes of runoff a..

Irrigating urban greenspace for cooling benefits: the mechanisms and management considerations

Pui Kwan Cheung, Kerry Nice, Stephen Livesley

Journal article  |  2022  |  Environmental Research: Climate

Evapotranspiration is an important cooling mechanism in urban green space (UGS). Irrigating vegetated surfaces with potable water,..

Editorial: Urban soil formation, properties, classification, management, and function

Bryant C Scharenbroch, Tara L Trammell, Anna Paltseva, Stephen J Livesley, Jill Edmondson

Journal article  |  2022  |  FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Public satisfaction with urban trees and their management in Australia: The roles of values, beliefs, knowledge, and trust

Dave Kendal, Camilo Ordonez, Melanie Davern, Richard A Fuller, Dieter F Hochuli, Rodney van der Ree, Stephen J Livesley, Caragh G Threlfall

Journal article  |  2022  |  URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

The success of urban forest management strategies is dependent on public support for and engagement with urban trees. Satisfaction..

Selecting tree species with high transpiration and drought avoidance to optimise runoff reduction in passive irrigation systems

Jasmine K Thom, Stephen J Livesley, Tim D Fletcher, Claire Farrell, Stefan K Arndt, Janina Konarska, Christopher Szota

Journal article  |  2022  |  SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Rainfall in cities can generate large volumes of stormwater runoff which degrades receiving waterways. Irrigating trees with runof..

What does it mean for a transitioning urban waterfront to “work” from a sustainability perspective?

C Evans, MS Harris, A Taufen, SJ Livesley, L Crommelin

Journal article  |  2022  |  Journal of Urbanism

Urban waterfronts around the world, once the location of industry and trade, have transitioned to new uses. This shift raises impo..

Supporting Growth and Transpiration of Newly Planted Street Trees With Passive Irrigation Systems

Jasmine K Thom, Tim D Fletcher, Stephen J Livesley, Vaughn Grey, Christopher Szota

Journal article  |  2022  |  WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Solutions that use stormwater runoff to rapidly establish tree canopy cover in cities have received significant attention. Passive..

Rooting Volume Impacts Growth, Coverage and Thermal Tolerance of Green Facade Climbing Plants

Pei-Wen Chung, Stephen J Livesley, John P Rayner, Claire Farrell

Journal article  |  2021  |  LAND

Green façades can provide cooling benefits through the shading of walls, evapotranspira-tion, and insulation. These benefits depen..