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'In-between': Architectural drawing as interdisciplinary spatial discourse (2015)
Journal Article
Carless, T., & Troiani, I. (2015). 'In-between': Architectural drawing as interdisciplinary spatial discourse. Journal of Architecture, 20(2), 268-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2015.1027720

© 2015 RIBA Enterprises. This essay discusses the role of non-normative architectural representational practices in architectural design-based research. From a reading of Michel Foucault's concept of discursive formations, it sets out an inter-discip... Read More about 'In-between': Architectural drawing as interdisciplinary spatial discourse.

Literature review of baseline study for risk analysis - The landfill leachate case (2014)
Journal Article
Gouda, H. M., Butt, T. E., Butt, T., Gouda, H., Baloch, M. I., Paul, P., …Alam, A. (2014). Literature review of baseline study for risk analysis - The landfill leachate case. Environment International, 63(63), 149-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2013.09.015

There is growing awareness and public concern about environmental impacts of waste management and disposal. Environmental policy instruments have been strengthened and associated governmental programmes have increased in recent years, resulting in hi... Read More about Literature review of baseline study for risk analysis - The landfill leachate case.

The scarlet letter: A critical review (2014)
Journal Article
Littlefield, D., & Sara, R. (2014). The scarlet letter: A critical review. Architecture and Culture, 2(3), 403-416. https://doi.org/10.2752/205078214X14107818390757

© Bloomsbury 2014. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s nineteenth-century romance The Scarlet Letter centers on the simple transgression of adultery and its social consequences. Hawthorne’s narrative and storytelling skill, however, are far from simple; the author... Read More about The scarlet letter: A critical review.

Holding up the mirror: How to use quality assurance, peer review to improve sexual health (2013)
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Womack, J., Kell, P., & Scally, G. (2013). Holding up the mirror: How to use quality assurance, peer review to improve sexual health. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 89(8), 616-619. https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2012-050864

The Office for Sexual Health was established in the southwest of England in January 2010 as a Department of Health pilot to bring together all elements of sexual health policy to address the fragmentation of effort created by having separate national... Read More about Holding up the mirror: How to use quality assurance, peer review to improve sexual health.

Urban planning for healthy cities a review of the progress of the european healthy cities programme (2013)
Journal Article
Barton, H., & Grant, M. (2013). Urban planning for healthy cities a review of the progress of the european healthy cities programme. Journal of Urban Health, 90(SUPPL 1), 129-141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-011-9649-3

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the progress made by European cities in relation to Healthy Urban Planning (HUP) during Phase IV of the World Health Organization's Healthy Cities programme (2003-2008). The introduction sets out the general p... Read More about Urban planning for healthy cities a review of the progress of the european healthy cities programme.

Planning for sustainable transport or for people's needs (2012)
Journal Article
Greed, C. (2012). Planning for sustainable transport or for people's needs. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 165(4), 219-229. https://doi.org/10.1680/udap.10.00033

This paper reviews and critiques sustainability-driven spatial planning policy from the perspective of ordinary citizens as they seek to travel, live and work, and carry out their daily lives within the environmentally sustainable, green city. The or... Read More about Planning for sustainable transport or for people's needs.

The challenge of social networking in the field of environment and health (2012)
Journal Article
Van Den Hazel, P., Keune, H., Randall, S., Yang, A., Ludlow, D., & Bartonova, A. (2012). The challenge of social networking in the field of environment and health. Environmental Health, 11(SUPPL.1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-11-S1-S15

Background: The fields of environment and health are both interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary, and until recently had little engagement in social networking designed to cross disciplinary boundaries. The EU FP6 project HENVINET aimed to establis... Read More about The challenge of social networking in the field of environment and health.

Wastewater management in a Nigerian leper colony (2011)
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Khatib, J. M., Millington, J. A., Coker, M. E., Sridhar, M. K., Coker, A. O., Oluremi, J. R., …Booth, C. (2011). Wastewater management in a Nigerian leper colony. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 19(3), 260-269. https://doi.org/10.3846/16486897.2011.603500

Wastewater from infected leprosy patients is expected to contain considerably higher concentrations of pathogens than standard domestic wastewater and, therefore, is more infectious. Isolation of lepers' is thought to prevent the spread of a wide ran... Read More about Wastewater management in a Nigerian leper colony.

Extreme weather events and construction SMEs: Vulnerability, impacts, and responses (2011)
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Wedawatta, G., Ingirige, B., Jones, K., & Proverbs, D. (2011). Extreme weather events and construction SMEs: Vulnerability, impacts, and responses. Structural Survey, 29(2), 106-119. https://doi.org/10.1108/02630801111132795

Purpose: The UK experienced a number of Extreme Weather Events (EWEs) during recent years and a significant number of businesses were affected as a result. With the intensity and frequency of weather extremes predicted in the future, enhancing the re... Read More about Extreme weather events and construction SMEs: Vulnerability, impacts, and responses.

The Niger Delta wetlands: Threats to ecosystem services, their importance to dependent communities and possible management measures (2011)
Journal Article
Adekola, O., & Mitchell, G. (2011). The Niger Delta wetlands: Threats to ecosystem services, their importance to dependent communities and possible management measures. International Journal of Biodiversity Science Ecosystem Services and Management, 7(1), 50-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2011.603138

The Niger Delta wetlands are changing rapidly, raising concern for the wetlands' health and for communities relying upon its ecosystem services. Knowledge on ecosystem service provision is important for effective ecosystem and livelihoods management,... Read More about The Niger Delta wetlands: Threats to ecosystem services, their importance to dependent communities and possible management measures.