Urban Smellscapes

Victoria Henshaw is a Lecturer in Urban Design and Planning at the University of Sheffield. She writes the blog Smell and the City. Her work centres on sensory perception and the design and management of cities, and has featured widely across the media including the Independent and BBC Radio 4 (UK), American Public Radio, Radio New Zealand and ABC Radio Australia (Perth). Prior to entering academia Victoria worked in town centre management and urban development.

• List of Figures and Charts Acknowledgements Glossary Chatper One: Introduction PART I: SMELL, SOCIETY AND CITIES Chapter Two: Perspectives on Smell and the City: Part I Chapter Three: Perspectives on Smell and the City: Part II Chapter Four: Smellwalking and Representing Urban Smellscapes PART 2: SMELL SOURCES IN THE CITY Chapter Five: Air Quality, Pollution and Smell Chapter Six: Food and Smell Chapter Seven: Urban Policy and Smell PART 3: SMELLSCAPE CONTROL, DESIGN AND PLACEMAKING Chapter Eight: Processes of Odour Management and Control in the City Chapter Nine: Designing with Smell – Restorative Environments and Design Tools Chapter Ten: Odour, Placemaking and Urban Smellscape Design Conclusion References

"Victoria Henshaw wants to bring our sense of smell back to the fore -- and is building a collaborative odour map to help. Her recent book, Urban Smellscapes, argues that scent has been crucially overlooked in urban planning."Oliver Wainwright, Wired Magazine