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Social value, infrastructure and stakeholder engagement: a complex triangle (2021)
Journal Article

Infrastructure is critical for the economic and social prosperity of society. Some large infrastructure projects are also critical for the future of society due to their intergenerational nature and long lifespan. Understanding the social value of in... Read More about Social value, infrastructure and stakeholder engagement: a complex triangle.

A path towards the off-site automated fabrication of segmented concrete shells for building floors (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Concrete shells are a more sustainable alternative than plates as building fl oors, thanks to their eff ective use of concrete in compression. Although the construction of these geometrically complex structures becomes more challenging, off -site aut... Read More about A path towards the off-site automated fabrication of segmented concrete shells for building floors.

Renting in the makeshift city: Governance, politics and technologies of backyard rental housing in Cape Town, South Africa (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Renting is an important yet often forgotten reality of the 'makeshift city'. Millions of poor households rely on cheap rental accommodation in informal settlements, townships or inner-city buildings to get a foothold in the city. Informal rental acco... Read More about Renting in the makeshift city: Governance, politics and technologies of backyard rental housing in Cape Town, South Africa.

Technology and travel (2021)
Book Chapter

This book chapter explores our undertanding of the complex relationship between technology and travel and the digital age continues to unfold.

Reducing carbon from heritage buildings: The importance of residents’ views, values and behaviours (2021)
Journal Article

Significant energy and carbon originate in the existing built environment and retrofit is therefore a key carbon reduction strategy. However heritage buildings -comprising around 20% of UK buildings- are challenging to retrofit appropriately due to t... Read More about Reducing carbon from heritage buildings: The importance of residents’ views, values and behaviours.

Rethinking retrofit of residential heritage buildings (2021)
Journal Article

What are the opportunities and challenges for upscaling the energy retrofit of heritage buildings? Heritage buildings comprise approximately 20% of the UK building stock and are challenging to retrofit sensitively because of their heritage values and... Read More about Rethinking retrofit of residential heritage buildings.

The impact of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods on fire service emergency response times, in London, UK (2021)
Journal Article

Between March and September 2020, 72 ‘Low Traffic Neighbourhoods’ (LTNs) were implemented in London. We examined the impact on fire brigade emergency response times in October 2020-February 2021 (‘post’), as compared to the same months in the previou... Read More about The impact of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods on fire service emergency response times, in London, UK.

Can transit investments in low-income neighbourhoods increase transit use? Exploring the nexus of income, car-ownership, and transit accessibility in Toronto (2021)
Journal Article

Transportation equity advocates recommend improving public transit in low-income neighbourhoods to alleviate socio-spatial inequalities and increase quality of life. However, transportation planners often overlook transit investments in neighbourhood... Read More about Can transit investments in low-income neighbourhoods increase transit use? Exploring the nexus of income, car-ownership, and transit accessibility in Toronto.

Everyday communism in urban gardens in Cardiff, Wales (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Increasing interest in urban gardens has framed them in diverse ways—from commons or commoning (Engel-Di Mauro 2018), the right to the city (Purcell and Tyman 2015), and food justice (Tornaghi 2017). However, in recognising that the politics of urban... Read More about Everyday communism in urban gardens in Cardiff, Wales.

Photo-actuation stress of ultra-drawn, chain-extended polyethylene (2021)
Journal Article

The influence of solid-state drawing on the photo-actuation stress of oriented semi-crystalline polymers is explored experimentally and theoretically. Photo-responsive and ultra-drawn linear polyethylenes (PEs) containing a commercial benzotriazole d... Read More about Photo-actuation stress of ultra-drawn, chain-extended polyethylene.