Mel Burton
BSc, MA, MEd, SFHEA, CMLI
School of Architecture and Landscape
Senior University Teacher
+44 114 222 0618
Full contact details
School of Architecture and Landscape
Arts Tower
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
- Profile
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I started teaching in the Department in 1998 whilst I worked in practice as a Chartered Landscape Architect, in the private, public and the third sectors, and then as a Research Fellow and Project Manager for a series of EU and UK multidisciplinary research projects at the University. I now work full time as a Senior University Teacher.
How we design and manage landscape are central to tackling global issues and Landscape Architects need the skills to develop solutions and persuade decision makers these are the right ones.
I bring my practice experience and research interests into my teaching with both undergraduate and postgraduate students. These focus on ecological design and management, specifically ‘place-keeping’ and how we design and manage landscapes to deliver long term benefits for people and nature. These ideas are central to tackling some of the global issues we currently face and Landscape Architects need the skills to develop solutions to persuade decision makers at all levels these are the right solutions.
- Qualifications
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Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute
Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy
- Publications
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Edited books
- Place-keeping: Open space management in practice. Routledge.
Journal articles
- Contracting out parks and roads maintenance in England. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 29(5), 441-456. View this article in WRRO
- Evaluating the effectiveness of a cross-sector partnership for green space management: The case of Southey Owlerton, Sheffield, UK. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 15, 155-164. View this article in WRRO
- Introducing a method for mapping recreational experience. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Urban Design and Planning, 166(5), 296-308. View this article in WRRO
- View this article in WRRO Place-keeping – responsive, long- term open space management. Town and Country Planning, 81(10), 431-436.
- Defining place-keeping: The long-term management of public spaces. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 11(1), 11-20. View this article in WRRO
Chapters
- Long-Term Partnership Contracting in Practice: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, Marketization in Local Government (pp. 225-240). Springer International Publishing
- In-House, Contracted Out…or Something Else? Parks and Road Management in England, Marketization in Local Government (pp. 101-116). Springer International Publishing
- From space to place: The importance of place-keeping, Place-Keeping: Open Space Management in Practice (pp. 1-12).
- Coordinating place-keeping: Towards more sustainable places, Place-Keeping: Open Space Management in Practice (pp. 173-185).
- Collective Responsibility for place-keeping: are partnerships the solution for open space management?, Place-keeping Open Space Management in Practice
- Coordinating place-keeping: Towards more sustainable places, Place-Keeping: Open Space Management in Practice (pp. 173-186).
- Connecting making and keeping: Design and management in place-keeping, Place-Keeping: Open Space Management in Practice (pp. 125-150).
- Connecting making and keeping: Design and management in place-keeping, Place-Keeping: Open Space Management in Practice (pp. 125-150).
- Teaching activities
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Undergraduate module lead
LSC230 Landscape Ecology 1: Ecological Processes, Design and Management
LSC240 Urban Ecological Design and Planting (Dual Architecture and Landscape)
Postgraduate module lead
LSC6112 Urban Ecological Design and Management
LSC6007 and LSC6017 Landscape Professional Practice
Studio tutor
LSC6111 Landscape Architecture: Nature, Design, People.
LSC6026 Special Project Research and Development Study
LSC6005 Special Project (design/ management strand)
LSC6003, LSC6140, Landscape Research Dissertation
Administrative Responsibilities
Examinations Officer
Undergraduate Year 2 Lead
Personal Tutor