All Outputs (638)

A conceptual framework and tools characteristics for developing an immersive technology-based occupational health training mechanism (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Training and education are crucial in tackling occupational safety and health risks, such as manual handling for construction workers as they help workers identify and handle hazards. Concurrently, integrating Immersive Technologies (ImTs) in trainin... Read More about A conceptual framework and tools characteristics for developing an immersive technology-based occupational health training mechanism.

Dimensions of maturity model for institutionalising Smart Circular Construction: A systematic literature review (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The systematic adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies has potentials to achieve the transition to Smart Circular Construction (SCC). However, the construction literature lacks a systematic guidance of maturity models to inform the transition to circul... Read More about Dimensions of maturity model for institutionalising Smart Circular Construction: A systematic literature review.

Transition to more biodiverse urban developments? Multi-stakeholder perspectives on the cost of delivering biodiversity in new developments. A case study of England, United Kingdom (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

It has been demonstrated that biodiverse urban environments support health and well-being. However, the United Kingdom is one of the countries with the lowest biodiversity value globally. Efforts to address this shortfall and create healthier and mor... Read More about Transition to more biodiverse urban developments? Multi-stakeholder perspectives on the cost of delivering biodiversity in new developments. A case study of England, United Kingdom.

Flood susceptibility assessment for improving the resilience capacity of railway infrastructure networks (2024)
Journal Article

Floods often cause significant damage to transportation infrastructure such as roads, railways, and bridges. This study identifies several topographic, environmental, and hydrological factors (slope, elevation, rainfall, land use and cover, distance... Read More about Flood susceptibility assessment for improving the resilience capacity of railway infrastructure networks.

A critical review of newspaper articles reporting crashes of long-distance public buses in Nepal (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Public transport is the primary mode of transportation in Nepal. It has a high road traffic fatality rate with bus crashes on long-distance routes accounting for 13% of fatalities and 31% of serious injuries. Only limited information is a... Read More about A critical review of newspaper articles reporting crashes of long-distance public buses in Nepal.

Evidence to inform the regulation and policy development of motorcycle taxi services in Nepal: A secondary data analysis (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Globally, 30% of road traffic deaths involve motorcycles rising to 43% in South-East Asia, where motorcycles are often used as taxis. Road transport provides the main mode of mobility in Nepal, and in Kathmandu valley motorcycles constitu... Read More about Evidence to inform the regulation and policy development of motorcycle taxi services in Nepal: A secondary data analysis.

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.

Goals, barriers and enablers to realising biodiversity delivery through new development (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The protection and enhancement of biodiversity through development is a key challenge for planning. In England, the planning system has adopted a mitigation hierarchy, which seeks to focus development in less sensitive areas, or mitigate or compensat... Read More about Goals, barriers and enablers to realising biodiversity delivery through new development.

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 (2024)
Thesis

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.

Internet of Things (IoT) implementation in the Malaysian construction industry (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) technology in the construction industry holds significant potential for improving project efficiency, safety, and management. This research investigates the implementation of Internet of Things (IoT) in the Ma... Read More about Internet of Things (IoT) implementation in the Malaysian construction industry.

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.

HomeLabs: Mapping household clusters to understand water and energy consumption behaviours (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Utility companies are continuously seeking new ways to understand the intricate nature of household water and energy usage patterns. Conventional “demand management” interventions usually proceed from an “information deficit” approach to behaviour ch... Read More about HomeLabs: Mapping household clusters to understand water and energy consumption behaviours.

Passenger experiences of an Autonomous Bus service: The MultiCAV project (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation reports on a mixed methods study investigating the on-board passenger experience of one of the world’s first autonomous bus trials open to the general public. The MultiCAV project – branded publicly as Mi-Link – was an autonomous bu... Read More about Passenger experiences of an Autonomous Bus service: The MultiCAV project.

Self-reported anticipated harm from drinking water across 141 countries (2024)
Journal Article

Perceptions of drinking water safety shape numerous health-related behaviors and attitudes, including water use and valuation, but they are not typically measured. We therefore characterize self-reported anticipated harm from drinking water in 141 co... Read More about Self-reported anticipated harm from drinking water across 141 countries.

Evaluating the utility of Sentinel-2 imagery in estimating water quality in an ecologically significant, shallow, and optically complex estuarine lake system (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Lake St Lucia is Africa’s largest estuarine lake system and is a Ramsar and World Heritage Site. Shallow coastal lakes are especially dynamic environments that shift between wet and dry periods where desiccation can result in hypersalinity and other... Read More about Evaluating the utility of Sentinel-2 imagery in estimating water quality in an ecologically significant, shallow, and optically complex estuarine lake system.

The relationship between GBGI and quality of life, health and wellbeing in Bristol, UK (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Mental health, particularly for urban populations, is a growing public health concern. Understanding how people relate to and feel a sense of belonging in the urban environment is therefore an important research agenda. There is growing evidence abou... Read More about The relationship between GBGI and quality of life, health and wellbeing in Bristol, UK.

Feeling our way forward: Embracing emotions in geography higher education (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Whilst emotions are increasingly recognised in geographical research, their role in impacting teaching, learning, assessment and broader performance outcomes in geography higher education has been explored to a lesser extent. In this paper, we will u... Read More about Feeling our way forward: Embracing emotions in geography higher education.

Spaces of uncertainty, vulnerability, and disquiet: Reflecting on the classroom experiences of LGBTQ+ STEM academics (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Even in institutions that consider workplace diversity a positive contributor to institutional success, LGBTQ+ employees often characterise their workplaces as spaces of disquiet and personal compromise. Such experiences persist despite awareness of... Read More about Spaces of uncertainty, vulnerability, and disquiet: Reflecting on the classroom experiences of LGBTQ+ STEM academics.

The design and validation of a decision support system (DSS) for the preliminary risk assessment of brownfield sites (PRABS) (2024)
Journal Article

Purpose
This study aims to design and validate a decision support system (DSS), named preliminary risk assessment of brownfield sites (PRABS). It is intended that the proposed DSS will aid the identification of potential hazards and, in doing so, hi... Read More about The design and validation of a decision support system (DSS) for the preliminary risk assessment of brownfield sites (PRABS).

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.