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Economic vulnerabilities and pandemic mobilities: Mobility of low-income populations in İstanbul during the Covid-19 pandemic (2023)
Journal Article

This paper explores the everyday mobilities of low-income populations during the Covid-19 pandemic through a mixed-methods study in İstanbul. It shows how additional economic burdens brought by the Covid-19 pandemic interplay with low-income resident... Read More about Economic vulnerabilities and pandemic mobilities: Mobility of low-income populations in İstanbul during the Covid-19 pandemic.

An automated machine learning approach for classifying infrastructure cost data (2023)
Journal Article

Data on infrastructure project costs are often unstructured and lack consistency. To enable costs to be compared within and between organizations, large amounts of data must be classified to a common standard, typically a manual process. This is time... Read More about An automated machine learning approach for classifying infrastructure cost data.

Smart materials for biomimetic building envelopes: Current trends and potential applications (2023)
Journal Article

To reduce the energy consumption of buildings and limit their impact on the environment, greater attention has been paid, in recent years, to adaptive building envelopes technologies. Combining the dual function of sensors and actuators, smart materi... Read More about Smart materials for biomimetic building envelopes: Current trends and potential applications.

Advancing South American water and climate science through multi-decadal convection-permitting modeling (2023)
Journal Article

The South America Affinity Group (SAAG) was established in early 2019 by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Water Systems Program as a community effort focused on improving hydroclimate science over South America. SAAG supports large... Read More about Advancing South American water and climate science through multi-decadal convection-permitting modeling.

A green and pleasant land: Nature and cycling in the English Westcountry (2023)
Journal Article

Everyone’s cycling story is different. This essay tells one such story, starting with rural rides to school, continuing with the bike central to urban mobility and countryside escapes and finishing with research findings about cycling and nature in B... Read More about A green and pleasant land: Nature and cycling in the English Westcountry.

Improving women's accessibility to public transport through participatory street experiments: The case of Maltepe, Istanbul (2023)
Journal Article

Building on the literature concerning gender-responsive mobility, this paper aims to explore how street experiments can be used to promote gendered mobilities and create streetscapes in order to prioritise the needs of women in the improvement of acc... Read More about Improving women's accessibility to public transport through participatory street experiments: The case of Maltepe, Istanbul.

Towards social understanding of energy storage systems - A perspective (2023)
Journal Article

Renewable, decentralised, and citizen-centred energy paradigms have emerged as feasible and reliable alternatives to the traditional centralised fossil-based infrastructure. In this scenario, energy storage systems (ESSs) are enabling technologies to... Read More about Towards social understanding of energy storage systems - A perspective.

Implementing net zero affordable housing — towards a human-centred approach (2023)
Journal Article

This paper reviews the UK Net Zero Strategy in conjunction with the decarbonisation of the affordable housing sector, with a focus on the key stakeholders involved in the decar-bonisation process. Viewing it from a socio-technical perspective, this p... Read More about Implementing net zero affordable housing — towards a human-centred approach.

An interactive agent-based modelling framework for assessing COVID-19 transmission risk on construction site (2023)
Journal Article

The outbreak of COVID-19 has impacted the world and society in its entirety. The labour-intensive construction industry is especially disrupted by COVID-19 and construction workers have a higher chance of exposure to COVID-19. Despite the extensivene... Read More about An interactive agent-based modelling framework for assessing COVID-19 transmission risk on construction site.

Environmental conditions and vehicle disturbance influence stress behaviors in a working Harris’s Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) (2023)
Journal Article

Harris’s hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) is used for pest control, as their presence can deter wild birds such as gulls. Working Harris’s hawk on UK waste sites is permitted in accordance with regulations and legislation. This study investigated the gene... Read More about Environmental conditions and vehicle disturbance influence stress behaviors in a working Harris’s Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus).

Copernicus for urban resilience in Europe (2023)
Journal Article

The urban community faces a significant obstacle in effectively utilising Earth Observation (EO) intelligence, particularly the Copernicus EO program of the European Union, to address the multifaceted aspects of urban sustainability and bolster urban... Read More about Copernicus for urban resilience in Europe.

Investigating barriers to blockchain adoption in construction supply chain management: A fuzzy-based MCDM approach (2023)
Journal Article

This study aims to investigate the barriers to the adoption of Blockchain Technology (BT) within the field of Construction Supply Chain Management (CSCM) by unravelling their interrelationships. In doing so, a Pythagorean fuzzy-set-based DEMATEL meth... Read More about Investigating barriers to blockchain adoption in construction supply chain management: A fuzzy-based MCDM approach.

From ‘I’ to ‘we’: An exploration of how theories of cooperation might inform policymaking around sustainable travel behaviour (2023)
Journal Article

This article considers how theories of social cooperation might be helpful in developing policy levers for changing travel behaviours towards environmentally beneficial outcomes, especially in reducing private car use. ‘Theories of cooperation’ can b... Read More about From ‘I’ to ‘we’: An exploration of how theories of cooperation might inform policymaking around sustainable travel behaviour.

Nature can cool cities, but proceed with caution (2023)
Journal Article

Increased extreme heat events draw attention to the potential of urban nature as a heat adaptation strategy for cities. This is reflected in multiple scientific perspective pieces, policy documents and science media publications advocating for urban... Read More about Nature can cool cities, but proceed with caution.

Stakeholder perceptions of the benefits and barriers of implementing environmental management systems in the Maldivian construction industry (2023)
Journal Article

Unprecedented increases in both tourism and population growth have put extreme pressure on the Republic of the Maldives, which has resulted in significant changes to the islands as a result of construction activities. This study is the first to inves... Read More about Stakeholder perceptions of the benefits and barriers of implementing environmental management systems in the Maldivian construction industry.

From individuals to collectives in energy systems - A social practice, identity and rhythm inspired lens (2023)
Journal Article

The need for socially smart energy systems that incorporate both individual and collective social, spatial, and technical dimensions is increasing. However, the social, spatial, and technical interplay between individual and collective scales has bee... Read More about From individuals to collectives in energy systems - A social practice, identity and rhythm inspired lens.

A method to enable automatic extraction of cost and quantity data from hierarchical construction information documents to enable rapid digital comparison and analysis (2023)
Journal Article

Context: Despite the effort put into developing standards for structuring construction costs and the strong interest in the field, most construction companies still perform the process of data gathering and processing manually. This provokes inconsis... Read More about A method to enable automatic extraction of cost and quantity data from hierarchical construction information documents to enable rapid digital comparison and analysis.

Towards a net-zero carbon economy: A sustainability performance assessment of innovative prefabricated construction methods for affordable housing in Southern Africa (2023)
Journal Article

Recently, efforts to mainstream sustainability principles into affordable housing projects through the adoption of modern methods of construction, like innovative prefabricated construction methods (IPCMs), have been observed. However, limited studie... Read More about Towards a net-zero carbon economy: A sustainability performance assessment of innovative prefabricated construction methods for affordable housing in Southern Africa.

Examine the impact of green methods and technologies on the environmental sustainability of supportive education buildings, perspectives of circular economy and net-zero carbon operation (2023)
Journal Article

Purpose
This study investigates the barriers and drivers of using green methods and technologies (GMTs) in supportive educational buildings (SEBs) in South Africa, and assesses their impact on the circular economy (CE) in achieving net-zero carbon g... Read More about Examine the impact of green methods and technologies on the environmental sustainability of supportive education buildings, perspectives of circular economy and net-zero carbon operation.

How to retain women in building surveying (2023)
Journal Article

Why do women leave the discipline – and how can we offer them more secure and rewarding positions to improve retention?