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'Rurban' describes the bleeding of unsustainable urban consumerism into formerly healthy rural resources. 'Urbal', its polar opposite, describes the only logical cure: The injection of countryside, or more specifically; green productivity, deep into the heart of our cities.

References for "The Urbal Fix" - REFLECTIVE PAPER On the making of The Urbal Fix here

BOOKS, PAPERS, FILMS AND WEBSITES as referenced on screen in The Urbal Fix

Alagiah, George (2010) Future of Food BBC 2 Documentary, http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00m9xk9

Angelantoni, André (2009) Preparing for a Post Peak Life - Web video: http://www.postpeakliving.com/preparing-post-peak-life

Beevers, Robert (1988) The Garden City Utopia, A Critical Biography of Ebenezer Howard - London, MacMillan Press

Boyle, Godfrey et al, (2004) Renewable Energy UK. Oxford University Press / The Open University.

Brown, Jeffrey and Foucher, Samuel (2010) Website http://graphoilogy.blogspot.com/2008/01/quantitative-assessment-of-future-net.html

Challen, Colin, (2009) Too Little Too Late. Hove, Picnic Publishing

Chefurka, Paul (2009) Population, the Elephant in the Room. http://www.paulchefurka.ca/Population.html

Climate Audit (2010) Steve Macintyre et al, http://climateaudit.org/

CURE (2009) Centre for Urban Regional Ecology website: http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/research/cure/research/

DEFRA (2009) Sustainable development indicators in your pocket Web PDF: http://www.defra.gov.uk/sustainable/government/progress/data-resources/sdiyp.htm

Dixon, T. (2007) 'A Fourth Dimension in Sustainable Urban Regeneration? Governance Structures, Sustainability and CSR in the Public and Private Sectors', ESRC/NERC Transdisciplinary Seminar Series, Number 5: Sustainable Communities and Environmental Inequ

Donkin et al (1999) Mapping access to food at a local level, British Food Journal - 101(7):554-564

Farr, Douglas (2008) Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature. USA, John Wiley and Sons

FoE (2008) Making the Case for a National Carbon Tax, http://www.foe.org/making-case-national-carbon-tax

Forest of Leeds (2010) website http://www.leeds.gov.uk/fol/forest.html

Forum for the Future (2009) http://www.forumforthefuture.org/

Friends of the Earth (2009) Leeds Climate Change Strategy: a Friends of the Earth response: Web pdf:http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/leeds_climate_strategy.pdf

Gallent, Anderson and Bianconi (2006) Planning on the Edge. UK, Routlegde

Giddens, Lord Anthony (2009) The Politics of Climate Change, UK, Polity Press

Graham, Stephen and Marvin, Simon (2001) Splintering Urbanism. London, Routledge.

Hall, Peter and Ward, Colin (1998) Sociable Cities - The Legacy of Ebenezer Howard. Chichester, John Wiley and Sons

Hart, Robert (1996) Forest Gardening – Cultivating an Edible Landscape. UK. Green Books

Haughton and Hunter (1994) Sustainable Cities. GB, Athenaeum Press

Home (2009) Video: http://www.youtube.com/user/homeproject

Howard, Ebenezer (1898) Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform / Garden Cities of Tomorrow. UK, Faber and Faber

IPCC (2001) Climate Change 2001 Third Asessment Report, http://www.ipcc.ch/

Kermit and Shuylor (2002) From Garden City to Green City: The Legacy of Ebenezer Howard, UK, Center Books

Koh and Beck (2006) Parks, People and City. München, Topos 55

Kunstler, James Howard (2009) Author of The Long Emergency. The Geography of No-where. Web Blog: Courting Convulsion http://kunstler.com/blog/2009/11/courting-convulsion.html#more

Kuo, Frances E and Sullivan, William C (2001) Environment and Behaviour, http://www.naturalearning.org/docs/Kuo=SullivanAgression.pdf, Sage Publications

Lang, Tim and Michael Heasman (2004). Food Wars: the battle for mouths, minds and markets. London: Earthscan

Lang, Tim et al (2009) Food Policy: Integrating health, environment and society, Oxford UK

Laughton, Chris (2006) Home Heating With Wood. Wales. CAT Publications

LCC: Leeds City Council Sustainable Development Unit, http://www.leeds.gov.uk

Leonard, Annie (2009) The Story of Stuff, http://www.storyofstuff.com/

LetsRecyle website (2009): http://www.letsrecycle.com/councils/league/2007ranked.html

Lindley at al (2006) Adaptation Strategies for Climate Change in the Uban Environment: Assessing Climate Change Relate Risk in UK Urban Areas. Journal of Risk Research Vol 9, No 5 543-568, July 2006

Luke (2009) Inverting the Peak (Blog) http://www.suburbanempire.com/content/inverting-peak

Madden, Kathleen (2005) How to Turn a Place Around. USA, Project for Public Spaces

Mann, Samuel (2009) Computing for Sustainability http://computingforsustainability.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/visualising-sustainability/

Mitchell, R and Popham, F (2008) Effect of exposure to natural environment on health inequalities: an observational population study The Lancet Issue 9650

Mollinson, Bill (1991) Introduction to Permaculture. Australia. Tagari Publications.

Nairn, D (2009) Sustainable Cities Collective website: Ebenezer Howard's Garden City concept: http://sustainablecitiescollective.com/Home/19321

Natural England (2009) Standards for accessible natural greenspace. Web download: http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/enjoying/places/greenspace/greenspacestandards.aspx

Natural England/BBC (2008) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7417516.stm

NEF (2010) New Economics Foundation, http://www.neweconomics.org/press-releases/shorter-working-week-soon-inevitable-forecasts-think-tank130210

New Scientist (2005) Ocean Heat Store.. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7161

New Scientist (2009) How to Survice the Coming Century (Gaia Vince) Issue 2697, http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126971.700-how-to-survive-the-coming-century.html

NICE (2009) Spatial planning for health: final scope - National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence web PDF http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=download&o=45347

O'Neill, Daniel (2009) Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy, http://steadystate.org/

Pierce, Jared (2003) World Consumption Cartogram, http://pthbb.org/natural/footprint/img/cartogram.gif

Read, David (2009) Report: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/newsrele.nsf/AllByUNID/7E8175C795DEB48A802576780042FEE0

Robertson, James (2001) Transforming Economic Life, A Millennial Challenge. Totnes, Green Books /Schumacher Society

RSA (2009) Royal Society for the Arts, 'Food in a World Without Oil' http://www.thersa.org/events/vision/vision-videos/panel-discussion---food-in-a-world-without-oil

Scott-Cato, Molly (2008) Green economics : an introduction to theory, policy, and practice. London, Earthscan.

Shaw, Colley and Connell (2008) Climate Change Adaptation by Design (A guide for sustainable communitites) - Leaflet UK TCPA

Soil Food Web: http://soils.usda.gov/sqi/concepts/soil_biology/soil_food_web.html

The Guardian (2010) 12 01 10 "Hanson: Cap and Trade Open Letter" http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/12/james-hansen-carbon-emissions

The Guardian (2010) 29 03 10 "Lovelock: Humans are Too Stupid.." http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/mar/29/james-lovelock-climate-change

The Independent (2009) Front page 18/11/09, www.independent.co.uk

The Leeds Initiatve (2009) Leeds Climate Change Strategy. Web pdf: http://www.leedsinitiative.org/assets/0/388/390/398/404/067F1466-BBC6-4CB8-989C-15B970F847E8.pdf

Thomas, K, Littlewood, S and Carver, S (2006) "The Countryside In and Around Towns: The Green Infrastructure of Yorkshire and the Humber" The Centre for Urban Development

& Environmental Management (CUDEM) Leeds Metropolitan University and Leeds Metropolitan University.

Thompson M, (2009) Lecture at The Centre For Alternative Technology, Wales.

TIDE Global Learning (2010) Energy, Water and Climate Change, http://www.tidec.org/

Tollefson, Jeff (2010) Nature Magazine http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091222/full/462966a.html

UK Habitat (2009) Planning Sustainable Cities: Policy Directions - Global Report on Human Settlements. London, Earthscan

UKCIP02 (2009) Climate Change Scenarios: Web download - http://www.ukcip.org.uk

Ulrich RS. (1984) View through a window may influence recovery from surgery. Science 1984

UN (2007) World Urbanization Prospects. New York, United Nations

UNFCCC (2009) Copenhagen Accord http://unfccc.int/index.html, http://unfccc.int/index.html

Unsworth, Rachel and Stillwell, John (2004) Twenty-first Century Leeds - Leeds, Leeds Univeristy Press

University of Warwick and Sandwell Health Action Zone (2001) Measuring Access to Healthy Food in Sandwell. Sandwell Health Action Zone.

Vale, Robert and Brenda (1991) Green Architecture. London, Thames and Hudson.

Vale, Robert and Brenda (2009) Time To Eat The Dog? The Real Guide to Sustainable Living. London, Thames and Hudson.

Viljoen, André and Bohn, Katrin (2008) CPULS Continuous Production Urban Landscapes. UK, Architectural Press / Elsevier

Worldwatch Institute (2006) World By Carbon Emissions, http://www.worldwatch.org

ORGANISATIONS AND PROJECTS

Amazonails Strawbale Innovation: http://www.amazonails.org.uk/

Atheneum Hotel, Picadilly: http://www.urban-logic.com/the-athenaeum-hotel-–-patrick-blanc’s-latest-green-wall/

Back to Front / Garden to Eat Project (Harehills and Chapletown): http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/as/index_events_back_to_front_170310.htm

Biointensive System: http://www.growbiointensive.org/projects.html

BTCV: British Trust for Conservation Volunteers: http://www2.btcv.org.uk/

CAT: Centre for Alternative Technology, http://www.cat.org.uk

Food Up Front Project (London): www.projectdirt.com

GetCycling (York): http://www.getcycling.org.uk/index.php

Green Infrastructure: http://microsite.yhub.org.uk/cb.aspx?dom=gi

Green Roof Centre (Sheffiled) http://www.thegreenroofcentre.co.uk/

Greening The Desert (2007) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sohI6vnWZmk

Groundwork (Morley): http://www.groundwork.org.uk/

Gussing (Austria): http://www.clarke-energy.co.uk/case-studies/Case%20Study%20Gussing.pdf

High Speed Rail: http://www.highspeedrailuk.com/

Hugelkultur: http://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur/

Incredible Edible Todmorden (West Yorks): http://www.incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk/

LA SUDS (Film): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGzbDmgQHTo&feature=player_embedded

Landscape Institue: (Porritt speech) http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/porritt_challenges_profession_to_adopt_leadership_role/

Leeds NGT (New Generation Transport System): http://www.ngtmetro.com/

Meanwood Valley Urban Farm: http://www.mvuf.org.uk/

MEPC (Wellington Place): http://www.mepc.com/Home.aspx

Old Sleningford Farm Forest Garden (Ripon) http://www.oldsleningford.co.uk/ForestGarden.html

Permaculture: http://www.permaculture.org.uk/

REAP (Roundhay Environmental Acion Project) - Farmers market: http://www.reap-leeds.org.uk/

Riverford Organic Veg: http://www.riverford.co.uk

Settle Hydro (North Yorkshire): http://www.greensettle.org.uk/hydro/

Slipstream Energy Ltd: http://www.slipstreamenergy.com/

SURE (Sustainable and Renewable Energy) Otley (West Yorks): www.sure-energy.org.uk

TCPA: Town and Country Planning Association: http://www.tcpa.org.uk/

Transition Network: http://www.transitionnetwork.org/

UtravelActive: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/utravelactive/

Wellington Place Urban Gardens: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Allotments-plan-for-Leeds-land.5075979.jp

Wildland Research Institute: http://www.wildlandresearch.org/

LEEDS MAP SOURCES

Multifunctional green space, bird wetlands, town and local centres, NGT routes:

Leeds City Council Core Strategy - Leeds Local Development Framework LDF http://www.leeds.gov.uk/files/Internet2007/2009/43/09-167%20core%20strategy%20maps%20lr.pdf

Flood Zone 3 (fluvial), population density, self reported poor health, long term illness, woodland:

Forestry Commission, Value of Trees Project - http://www.valueoftrees.org/

Built-up area, major road network, allotments, designated sports grounds (playing pitches), SSSIs, Local Nature Reserves, SEGIs, Local Nature Areas, rivers and lakes, airport:

Leeds City Council Unitary Development Plan - http://www.leeds.gov.uk/udpmaps/district.html

Cycle route(s), streams:

Leeds Cycleways - http://www.leeds.gov.uk/page.aspx?pageidentifier=140BFCF2947A2A1D80256E15003E8A37

Flood risk area, flood defence barriers:

Environment Agency Leeds (River Aire) Flood Alleviation Scheme - http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/106693.aspx

Washlands, catchment:

University of Leeds, Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme - http://images.leeds.ac.uk/flooding/index.htm

Accessible green space:

Natural England, Standards for Accessible Green Space - http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/enjoying/places/greenspace/greenspacestandards.aspx

Arable/pasture, historic parks, urban parks:

The Leeds Landscape Assessment - http://www.leeds.gov.uk/page.aspx?pageidentifier=a26ee2bc-3bd5-4e65-8b4e-fcd9a98a5b88

Electric vehicle charge points: