Outputs (29)

Insights of architects' knowledge of the Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) in relation to low carbon housing design and delivery in the UK (2012)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to report research conducted to explore the insights of UK architects on the Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) in relation to low carbon housing design and delivery. Design/methodology/approach: To explore the awar... Read More about Insights of architects' knowledge of the Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) in relation to low carbon housing design and delivery in the UK.

Developing an information support for low carbon homes design in the United Kingdom (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Taking the long view: A systematic review reporting long-term perspectives on child unintentional injury (2012)
Journal Article

Objective The relative significance of child injury as a cause of preventable death has increased as mortality from infectious diseases has declined. Unintentional child injuries are now a major cause of death and disability across the world with the... Read More about Taking the long view: A systematic review reporting long-term perspectives on child unintentional injury.

Funny money in serious times: Tax increment finance lessons (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

New generation of energy design tools for low impact buildings (2012)
Book Chapter

The thrust of research in the last decades has sought to develop and enhance energy simulation tools to achieve low impact buildings (LIB). Recent efforts involved the integration of energy simulation tools with CAD tools to ensure a better adoption... Read More about New generation of energy design tools for low impact buildings.

Cycle Mapping in the UK and the ‘London Cycle Map’ (2012)
Report

This scoping report explores issues around cycle mapping and the use of maps by cyclists, potential cyclists and organisations seeking to promote cycling, including particularly, local authorities. It also seeks to evaluate the experience of an indi... Read More about Cycle Mapping in the UK and the ‘London Cycle Map’.

The impact of sensory learning modalities on children's sensitivity to sensory cues in the perception of their school environment (2012)
Journal Article

Learning style models recognised that individuals differ in the sense learning modality of stimuli from which they best absorb, retain and process new information. The effect of sensory learning modalities on individual children's sensitivity to sens... Read More about The impact of sensory learning modalities on children's sensitivity to sensory cues in the perception of their school environment.

Policies on smoking in the casino workplace and their impact on smoking behavior among employees: Case study of casino workers in Macao (2012)
Journal Article

Exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) is a major health concern. This study sought to examine the smoking behaviors of casino workers in Macao, and explore how workplace smoking policies might affect that behavior. A majority of casino workers who smok... Read More about Policies on smoking in the casino workplace and their impact on smoking behavior among employees: Case study of casino workers in Macao.

Effects of multimedia characteristics on novice CAD learners practice performance (2012)
Journal Article

Based on the assumption that providing information using multiple modalities improves learners' performance, the teaching of computer-aided design (CAD) in the built environment is increasingly shifting from printed material to a multimedia approach.... Read More about Effects of multimedia characteristics on novice CAD learners practice performance.

Alternatives to private car use by mobile NHS professionals (2012)
Report

From 2009, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust (AWP) introduced a pioneering scheme (Golow) offering electric bicycles and pool cars to employees based in Bristol. One team (the ‘Zero Petrol Team’) now travels almost entirely by electric bike. T... Read More about Alternatives to private car use by mobile NHS professionals.

An exploration of the importance of social influence in the decisions to start bicycling in England. Travel behaviour research: Current foundations, future prospects (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Coroners’ records for Action on Road Safety (CARS) in Wiltshire (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Doing more for less? Developing sustainable systems of social care in the context of climate change and public spending cuts (2012)
Journal Article

This article opens a debate on how to make social care in England more sustainable in the context of environmental, social and economic changes. Based on an innovative research project commissioned by the Department of Health through the Social Care... Read More about Doing more for less? Developing sustainable systems of social care in the context of climate change and public spending cuts.

Filtered and unfiltered permeability: The European and Anglo-Saxon approaches (2012)
Journal Article

Unfiltered permeability refers to road layouts which provide equal permeability for all modes. Filtered permeability means separating the sustainable modes from private motor traffic in order to give them an advantage in terms of speed, distance and... Read More about Filtered and unfiltered permeability: The European and Anglo-Saxon approaches.

Sharing or separation: Which way for streets of the future? (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This debate will be of particular interest to transport planners, spatial planners, urban designers and anyone interested in the future of our streets and our towns and cities.

The ‘shared space’ approach to street design has become very influenti... Read More about Sharing or separation: Which way for streets of the future?.

The built environment and health (2012)
Journal Article

The built environment through its form, layout and design has an impact on the health of individuals and populations. The health impacts of the built environment are firstly the direct physical impacts on health through polluted air and water, poorly... Read More about The built environment and health.

Neighbourhood accessibility and active travel (2012)
Journal Article

Neighbourhoods are advocated in UK planning policy in order to foster social capital, combat obesity and reduce transport greenhouse emissions. The new agenda of localism reinforces this move. Yet travel behaviour trends, and the continuing decline o... Read More about Neighbourhood accessibility and active travel.

Developing an emission inventory of air pollutants and GHGs from residential sources in the Niger Delta (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Integration of health into urban spatial planning through impact assessment: Identifying governance and policy barriers and facilitators (2012)
Journal Article

This article presents the results of a review of literature examining the barriers and facilitators in integrating health in spatial planning at the local, mainly urban level, through appraisals. Our literature review covered the UK and non UK experi... Read More about Integration of health into urban spatial planning through impact assessment: Identifying governance and policy barriers and facilitators.

Exploring the interactions between life events, neighbourhood choice and car ownership transitions: Insights from a retrospective longitudinal survey (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A great deal has been written about the factors associated with cross-sectional variations in household car ownership. For example, observing that car ownership levels tend to increase with increasing distance from urban centres. However, much less h... Read More about Exploring the interactions between life events, neighbourhood choice and car ownership transitions: Insights from a retrospective longitudinal survey.