Solar street art for a participatory energy transition
(2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
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The impact of engineered tree pit solutions on street tree growth and survival (2024)
Thesis
Internationally, cities are setting tree planting targets in recognition of tree-based ecosystem services. However, establishing street trees presents significant challenges and traditional techniques are associated with elevated tree mortality. Engi... Read More about The impact of engineered tree pit solutions on street tree growth and survival.
Flood-prone communities often employ coping and adaptive strategies as a response to the frequent flood events they experience. These coping and adaptive strategies are derived from their indigenous and experiential knowledge. Flood prone communities... Read More about Coping and adaptative strategies for building community based flood resilience (A case study of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria).
Barriers to achieving satisfactory dropped objects safety performance in the UK construction sector (2024)
Journal Article
In 1980 a deadly explosion occurred at a nuclear missile base precipitated by a dropped object. The potential for major catastrophe, an industry call to action and a research gap forms the rationale for this research into dropped objects. The aim of... Read More about Barriers to achieving satisfactory dropped objects safety performance in the UK construction sector.
The language of assessment: Identifying challenging terminology for students and exploring implications for practice (2024)
Journal Article
Many interventions have been developed by staff to support students in understanding assessment task requirements and summative and formative feedback. However, to various extents these approaches assume a shared understanding of the, often indetermi... Read More about The language of assessment: Identifying challenging terminology for students and exploring implications for practice.
Effect of side road junction design enhancements and flows on priority for crossing pedestrians and cyclists (2024)
Journal Article
Enhancements to designs or carriageway markings are increasingly used by engineers to reinforce pedestrians’ and cyclists’ priority when crossing side roads at their junctions with main roads. Yielding behaviour in 13,402 interactions was collected a... Read More about Effect of side road junction design enhancements and flows on priority for crossing pedestrians and cyclists.
Prevention through Design (PtD) educational elements in engineering, architectural and construction domain - A review (2024)
Journal Article
Despite the increasing emphasis on early Prevention through Design (PtD) education, the extent to which educational elements need to be embedded in tertiary education remains unclear. To address these issues, a scoping review of the literature relate... Read More about Prevention through Design (PtD) educational elements in engineering, architectural and construction domain - A review.
Understanding and managing injury risks associated with motorcycle taxi systems in lower- and middle-income countries: A systematic review (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Background: Motorcycle taxis are an emerging mode of urban mobility in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) especially in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The epidemiology of injuries associated with motorcycle taxi use is unclear, and there is lim... Read More about Understanding and managing injury risks associated with motorcycle taxi systems in lower- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.
Retail company voluntary arrangementset – A dubious remedy? (2024)
Journal Article
Despite industry concerns about UK retailers’ use of Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVA), there is continuing uncertainty about the nature of CVAs in the retail sector, what aspects lead to successful outcomes, and whether CVAs can be viewed as a su... Read More about Retail company voluntary arrangementset – A dubious remedy?.
Immigrant travel behaviour is an understudied field. The small amount of existing research suggests that immigrants culturally assimilate to car-driving to conform to local travel behaviour norms. Examination of this concept with Polish immigrants in... Read More about Understanding the travel behaviour of immigrants and how and why this changes overtime: A case study of Polish immigrants in Bristol and Weston-super-Mare, UK.
How engineering and technology sectors are derailed by legislations: A case study of Pakistan (2024)
Journal Article
The engineering profession play a vital role in the socio-economic development of societies and contribute to the GDP of countries. This role, however, can be derailed by legislations that regulate such profession. This paper investigates the impacts... Read More about How engineering and technology sectors are derailed by legislations: A case study of Pakistan.
Impact of corruption on achieving sustainable development goals within Africas construction industry (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Corruption is prevalent across the construction industry in developing countries. This is due to converging factors such as (a) the sector’s requirement for substantial capital investment, (b) government involvement, (c) time pressures to deliver new... Read More about Impact of corruption on achieving sustainable development goals within Africas construction industry.
Reading slowly together: Facilitated climate literature book clubs and their potential for engaging young people with climate crisis (2024)
Journal Article
Engaging young people with the effects and potential future impacts of climate crisis is essential for facilitating the changes required. These topics and their consequences can be overwhelming, and the emotional responses equally diverse, from anxie... Read More about Reading slowly together: Facilitated climate literature book clubs and their potential for engaging young people with climate crisis.
Strategic planning in England – Current practice and future directions (2024)
Report
This report presents the findings of research commissioned by the Royal Town Planning Institute to provide evidence on the nature, scope and efficacy and potential of current approaches to strategic planning policy and practice in 2024.
It shows wid... Read More about Strategic planning in England – Current practice and future directions.
Kombucha-chlorella-proteinoid biosynthetic classifiers of audio signals (2024)
Journal Article
This paper describes the development of a bioinspired composite material capable of audio classification applications. Hydrogel matrices produced by microorganisms combined with synthetic biology elements, allow for the development of adaptable bioel... Read More about Kombucha-chlorella-proteinoid biosynthetic classifiers of audio signals.
Exploring opportunities and challenges in integrating industry 4.0 for advancements in the Sri Lankan construction sector (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Industry 4.0 (I4.0) holds significant potential for the construction sector by introducing advanced technologies and innovative practices that enhance efficiency, productivity, safety, and sustainability. However, the Sri Lankan construction industry... Read More about Exploring opportunities and challenges in integrating industry 4.0 for advancements in the Sri Lankan construction sector.
Climate change and built environment education: A pedagogical approach to foster interdisciplinary learning (2024)
Book Chapter
Higher Education Institutions have an important role to play in Climate Education. One dimension of this role is to equip future practitioners with the necessary knowledge and skills. Therefore, interdisciplinary approaches to learning and teaching.... Read More about Climate change and built environment education: A pedagogical approach to foster interdisciplinary learning.
Pulling together or pulling apart? Understanding the heterogenous collective action frames of local climate activists through a Q methodology study (2024)
Journal Article
The potential for green community groups to respond effectively to climate change depends on the heterogeneity of preferences of individual member activists. Using a Q-methodology study of two groups in England, we propose an original typology of col... Read More about Pulling together or pulling apart? Understanding the heterogenous collective action frames of local climate activists through a Q methodology study.
Peak complexity – Why nothing works any more (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
How many times have system failures – technical, human or both – caused you loss, frustration or wasted time? Have you ever dealt with customer services or technical support who seemed powerless to fix the problem? Could these growing frustrations of... Read More about Peak complexity – Why nothing works any more.
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.