All Outputs (649)

How to resist the threat from the far right (2024)
Digital Artefact

This opinion article on the future of local government in the UK argues that it is essential for the newly elected Labour Government to embed firm constitutional protections for all elected local authorities in the UK in order to protect the country... Read More about How to resist the threat from the far right.

Practitioner views on transport planning's evolution – A Sisyphean task still ahead? (2024)
Journal Article

Transport planning as a formalised profession is relatively young and there is no doubt it has evolved over time. In Europe, Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans reflect a change in emphasis from keeping traffic moving to place-based, people-centric plan... Read More about Practitioner views on transport planning's evolution – A Sisyphean task still ahead?.

Development and demonstration of a “SWOT in a Box” card game to help socialise Triple Access Planning (2024)
Journal Article

In a changing world, not being able to simply carry on doing what we have always done and getting what we have always got gives rise to an appetite for alternative approaches. Yet an alternative approach must contend with established practice and the... Read More about Development and demonstration of a “SWOT in a Box” card game to help socialise Triple Access Planning.

High spatial resolution monthly temperature and precipitation data modelling for Tunisia from 1950 to 2023 (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

High spatial and temporal resolutions climate data play a fundamental role in enhancing our understanding of climate change and addressing its environmental and social consequences. However, challenges such as the sparse distribution of meteorologica... Read More about High spatial resolution monthly temperature and precipitation data modelling for Tunisia from 1950 to 2023.

Age determination of Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussels (Gonidea angulata) in the Okanagan Basin, Canada (2024)
Journal Article

Freshwater ecosystems and the biodiversity they support are facing unprecedented threats, exemplified by broad declines of freshwater mussels within a global biodiversity hotspot. The Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel (Gonidea angulata) is an at-risk spec... Read More about Age determination of Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussels (Gonidea angulata) in the Okanagan Basin, Canada.

SmartBioC Top Trumps (2024)
Physical Artefact

"SmartBioC’s Top Trumps" is a card game designed to playfully display information on the performance of biobased building assemblies and compare them against traditional construction methods.

The cards use SmartBioC’s multi-criteria assessment fra... Read More about SmartBioC Top Trumps.

Bio-minded society for net-zero carbon construction (2024)
Exhibition / Performance

This event was held on 17 July 2024 at UWE Frenchay Campus with the aim of exploring ways to overcome barriers-to-adoption and accelerate the uptake of biobased materials in the construction industry amongst diverse stakeholders and ‘end-users’ inclu... Read More about Bio-minded society for net-zero carbon construction.

Exploring the association between growth mindsets and climate action with young people (2024)
Journal Article

Decades of research has demonstrated the power of growth mindsets (i.e. belief in the malleability of the qualities of humans) to shape people’s ways of making sense of their socio-cultural reality and influence their ways of thinking about and actin... Read More about Exploring the association between growth mindsets and climate action with young people.

The making of an architectural student: physical models and the question of scale in the digital condition (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The term physical model frames an artefact with a broad spectrum of different uses and interpretations throughout the history of architecture. In it, physical models have been, at first instance, an artefact for producing architectural knowledge, so... Read More about The making of an architectural student: physical models and the question of scale in the digital condition.

Agents’ perceptions of the potential use of virtual reality in sales of residential real estate (2024)
Book Chapter

The residential real estate market is critical for the UK economy. Yet, transaction processes are overly complex. Emerging technologies such as virtual reality (VR) can help modernise this market whilst saving time and money for all parties involved.... Read More about Agents’ perceptions of the potential use of virtual reality in sales of residential real estate.

Post occupancy evaluation in educational spaces: The impact of seasonal discrepancies (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents findings from a Post Occupancy Evaluation research of a BREEAM Excellence-rated university building, to understand the experience of the students using university study spaces. This research focuses on winter conditions and the ou... Read More about Post occupancy evaluation in educational spaces: The impact of seasonal discrepancies.

Be less scientist, be more human: Scientists and policymakers mastering the art of public engagement in environmental governance (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In environmental psychology, a disconnection from nature is often studied but a disconnection from one another is less commonly discussed. Through a similar process of industrial growth, researchers and policymakers have been distanced from fellow hu... Read More about Be less scientist, be more human: Scientists and policymakers mastering the art of public engagement in environmental governance.

An experimental utopia? Learning from temporary use and the making of 'sustainable community hub' (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper offers a critique on framing of temporary practices: meanwhile uses of vacant properties, applied as an effective strategy for recent decline of public life in city centres. In a time of renewed austerity, climate and cost of living crises... Read More about An experimental utopia? Learning from temporary use and the making of 'sustainable community hub'.

Functionalizing the electrical properties of kombucha zoogleal mats for biosensing applications (2024)
Journal Article

Kombucha is a type of tea that is fermented using yeast and bacteria. During this process, a film made of cellulose is produced. This film has unique properties such as biodegradability, flexibility, shape conformability, and ability to self-grow, as... Read More about Functionalizing the electrical properties of kombucha zoogleal mats for biosensing applications.

Stepping into safety: A systematic review of extended reality technology applications in enhancing vulnerable road user safety (2024)
Journal Article

Purpose-
In alignment with the European Union’s Vision Zero initiative to eliminate road fatalities by 2050, leveraging technological advancements becomes crucial for addressing the challenges of vulnerable road users (VRUs), and for mitigating the... Read More about Stepping into safety: A systematic review of extended reality technology applications in enhancing vulnerable road user safety.

Schools Under the Microscope: Children measuring airborne microplastics in the classroom - Final Report (2024)
Report

Schools Under the Microscope was a citizen science project which extended the learning and development undertaken during the HOMEs Under the Microscope project by applying and adapting methods developed during HOMEs to the school context, to facilita... Read More about Schools Under the Microscope: Children measuring airborne microplastics in the classroom - Final Report.

A conceptual framework for understanding community resilience to flooding (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Flooding, an already prevalent global hazard, is predicted to worsen in frequency and intensity. Flood Risk Governance has evolved from exclusively combating flooding to now also coexisting with it, aiming to enhance resilience comprehensively and ov... Read More about A conceptual framework for understanding community resilience to flooding.

Understanding the large role of long-distance travel in carbon emissions from passenger travel (2024)
Journal Article

Long-distance passenger travel has received rather sparse attention for decarbonization. Here we characterize the long-distance travel pattern in England and explore its importance on carbon emissions from and decarbonization of passenger travel. We... Read More about Understanding the large role of long-distance travel in carbon emissions from passenger travel.

The new frontier of urban mobility: A scenario-based analysis of autonomous vehicles adoption in urban transportation (2024)
Journal Article

Urban mobility, as a critical component of urban development and sustainability, is on the brink of a major revolution with the advent and widespread adoption of autonomous vehicles (AVs). However, the ambitious vision of a transformative shared econ... Read More about The new frontier of urban mobility: A scenario-based analysis of autonomous vehicles adoption in urban transportation.

House in an Olive Grove (2024)
Physical Artefact

A new building that establishes a new 'vernacular' for a rural Greek landscape