Outputs (66)

Assets-based approaches to developing age friendly communities: Learning from the Bristol Ageing Better programme (2021)
Journal Article

Purpose: International attention is increasingly turning to the challenge of creating age-friendly environments. This study aims to examine the application of asset-based approaches in undertaking community development projects with older people. The... Read More about Assets-based approaches to developing age friendly communities: Learning from the Bristol Ageing Better programme.

Municipal solid waste generation, composition, and resident awareness of recycling in Oman (2021)
Journal Article

Currently, the entire daily MSW generated in Oman, which is roughly equal to more than 5,000 tons, is disposed at more than 300 dumpsites, which create a number of sustainability issues. This article attempts to know the composition of MSW in Oman. T... Read More about Municipal solid waste generation, composition, and resident awareness of recycling in Oman.

Group-level safety climate in the construction industry: Influence of organizational, group, and individual factors (2021)
Journal Article

Group-level safety climate (GSC) is a recognized leading indicator of safety performance in the literature. However, there is limited understanding of the mechanisms through which multilevel (i.e., organizational, group, and individual) factors colle... Read More about Group-level safety climate in the construction industry: Influence of organizational, group, and individual factors.

The costs of accidents in Qatar, Oman, and Saudi Arabia construction industry (2021)
Journal Article

Considering the construction projects and the current status of occupational safety in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, this article attempts to estimate the costs of accidents in construction. The parameters used in these estimates include... Read More about The costs of accidents in Qatar, Oman, and Saudi Arabia construction industry.

Effects of landscape patterns on the summer microclimate and human comfort in urban squares in China (2021)
Journal Article

This research uses empirical data and supplementary computer simulation result to study the summertime cooling effect of different landscape patterns in urban areas in China. It employs field monitoring to collect hourly air temperatures and relative... Read More about Effects of landscape patterns on the summer microclimate and human comfort in urban squares in China.

Climate-adapted, traditional or cottage-garden planting? Public perceptions, values and socio-cultural drivers in a designed garden setting (2021)
Journal Article

The global climate crisis precipitates a call to ‘futureproof’ cities by introducing resilient climate-adapted urban green infrastructure (UGI). Recent UK research has revealed public support for climate-adapted UGI, yet there is a lack of research f... Read More about Climate-adapted, traditional or cottage-garden planting? Public perceptions, values and socio-cultural drivers in a designed garden setting.

The mediating influence of local cultures on the relationship between factors of safety risk perception and Risk-Taking behavioural intention of construction site workers (2021)
Journal Article

Safety risk perception and local cultures are two determinants that influence site workers' risk-taking behavioural intention during construction. The former and its influences are empirically valid, while the latter remains descriptive. How these tw... Read More about The mediating influence of local cultures on the relationship between factors of safety risk perception and Risk-Taking behavioural intention of construction site workers.

Pedagogical nurture through other means: A style of educating for architects by Gilles Deleuze (2021)
Journal Article

The current landscape of architectural pedagogy is exposed to issues of standardisation that echo the ones that higher education faced in the second half of the twentieth century. The systems of pedagogic nurture in academia that were proposed during... Read More about Pedagogical nurture through other means: A style of educating for architects by Gilles Deleuze.

The whittling away of wonderful ideas (2021)
Journal Article

Key factors influencing the implementation of three-dimensional printing in construction (2021)
Journal Article

Due to its wider applications and advantages, three-dimensional (3D) printing has attracted the attention of various industries in the past years. Although the implementation of 3D printing in many industries still has challenges, progress in the con... Read More about Key factors influencing the implementation of three-dimensional printing in construction.