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Valuing urban trees in Glasgow (2015)
Report
Rumble, H., Rogers, K., Doick, K., Albertini, A., & Hutchings, T. (2015). Valuing urban trees in Glasgow. Forest Research

Urban trees provide a range of services, often termed ecosystem services, that help alleviate problems associated with the high population densities found in urban areas. Urban trees improve local air quality, capture carbon, reduce flooding and cool... Read More about Valuing urban trees in Glasgow.

The comparison study between UK daylighting simulation-Malaysia daylighting simulations due to overcast sky conditions (2015)
Journal Article
Ali, S. R., Mahdjoubi, L., & Azmat, K. (2015). The comparison study between UK daylighting simulation-Malaysia daylighting simulations due to overcast sky conditions

Due to the growing demand for building energy simulation in buildings, lot of work has been done in research since last 50 years but still a huge area needs to be covered. The current state of research, which is moving towards building energy simulat... Read More about The comparison study between UK daylighting simulation-Malaysia daylighting simulations due to overcast sky conditions.

Analysis of flexible pavement materials with image analyzer (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T., & Wamuziri, S. C. (2015). Analysis of flexible pavement materials with image analyzer. In Eighth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-8) (338-345)

Future demand to study and understand properties of flexible pavement materials to enhance its performance and durability and to increase its life is huge. Keeping these points in mind, this study presents the work to assess the distribution of aspha... Read More about Analysis of flexible pavement materials with image analyzer.

Comparative analysis of seaports performance using data envelopment analysis (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Wamuziri, S., & Umar, T. (2015, May). Comparative analysis of seaports performance using data envelopment analysis. Paper presented at Ports in Oman: Business potentials, opportunities and challenges

Measures of seaport efficiency or performance indicators use a diverse range of techniques for assessment and analysis, but although many analytical tools and instruments exist, problems arise when one tries to apply them to a range of different seap... Read More about Comparative analysis of seaports performance using data envelopment analysis.

International interpretations of the garden city ideal: Lessons for placemaking (2015)
Journal Article
Devereux, M. (2015). International interpretations of the garden city ideal: Lessons for placemaking. Urban Design -New Series-, 134, 32-34

The Garden City Idea, first promoted by Ebenezer Howard in the UK during the early part of twentieth century, quickly spread around the world. In so doing, though, it became transformed to suit local circumstances and often became a very different ph... Read More about International interpretations of the garden city ideal: Lessons for placemaking.

From smart cities to wise cities (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Hambleton, R. (2015, April). From smart cities to wise cities. Paper presented at Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Much of the literature on so-called ‘smart cities’ is self-congratulatory in tone. Digital enthusiasts claim that the current revolution in communication technologies will transform cities in the 21st Century in the way electricity changed them in t... Read More about From smart cities to wise cities.

Impact of Job Stressors and Stress on the Safety Behavior and Accidents of Construction Workers (2015)
Journal Article
Leung, M. Y., Liang, Q., & Olomolaiye, P. (2016). Impact of Job Stressors and Stress on the Safety Behavior and Accidents of Construction Workers. Journal of Management in Engineering, 32(1), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29ME.1943-5479.0000373

© 2015 American Society of Civil Engineers. Construction workers (CWs) are usually exposed to various job-related hazards while working on construction sites, especially when there is a lack of appropriate equipment, working without support, or being... Read More about Impact of Job Stressors and Stress on the Safety Behavior and Accidents of Construction Workers.