Outputs (19)

Mayoral governance in Bristol: Has it made a difference? (2017)
Book Chapter
Sweeting, D., & Hambleton, R. (2017). Mayoral governance in Bristol: Has it made a difference?. In D. Sweeting (Ed.), Directly Elected Mayors in Urban Governance: Impact and practice (19-34). Bristol, UK: Policy Press

This chapter provides an assessment of the impact of introducing a mayoral model of governance into the City of Bristol, UK in 2012. It situates the Bristol reform in context, introduces a conceptual framework for understanding urban leadership and... Read More about Mayoral governance in Bristol: Has it made a difference?.

Directly elected mayors: A route to progressive urban leadership? (2017)
Book Chapter
Hambleton, R. (2017). Directly elected mayors: A route to progressive urban leadership?. In D. Sweeting (Ed.), Directly Elected Mayors in Urban Governance: Impact and Practice (243-263). Bristol, UK: Policy Press

This chapter explores whether the directly elected mayor model of governance can contribute to progressive policy making, meaning actively implementing policies and practices designed to move away from exploitation of people and the planet. A concep... Read More about Directly elected mayors: A route to progressive urban leadership?.

From LiDAR data towards HBIM for energy analysis (2017)
Book Chapter
Díaz Vilariño, L., Boguslawski, P., Azenha, M., Mahdjoubi, L., Lourenço, P. B., & Arias, P. (2017). From LiDAR data towards HBIM for energy analysis. In Y. Arayici, J. Counsell, L. Mahdjoubi, G. Nagy, S. Hawas, & K. Dewidar (Eds.), Heritage Building Information Modelling (224-241). Routledge

Knowledge about heritage buildings and structures is interesting for a wide variety of stakeholders, ranging from architects to operators or the public administration. Such knowledge includes a large variety of physical and functional characteristics... Read More about From LiDAR data towards HBIM for energy analysis.

Development of OntEIR framework to support heritage clients (2017)
Book Chapter
Dwairi, S., & Mahdjoubi, L. (2017). Development of OntEIR framework to support heritage clients. In Y. Arayici, L. Mahdjoubi, & J. Counsell (Eds.), Heritage Building Information Modelling (257-268). Abingdon, UK: Routledge

mployers of heritage projects always have a main requirement, which is for the project to be completed within the time scale, budget and with the highest quality. Evidence suggests that for clients of heritage buildings, various factors led to unfort... Read More about Development of OntEIR framework to support heritage clients.

Knowledge distribution and the effect of design tools on the design process (2017)
Book Chapter
Tahsiri, M., Hale, J., & Niblock, C. (2017). Knowledge distribution and the effect of design tools on the design process. In J. Gero (Ed.), Design Computing and Cognition '16 (437-455). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44989-0_24

This paper compares the cognitive performance of architecture students when designing tasks using one of the three design tools: pencil and paper, software Sketch Up and Rhinoceros 3D. It questions if a design tool can affect when knowledge is genera... Read More about Knowledge distribution and the effect of design tools on the design process.

Flood resilient construction and adaptation of buildings (2017)
Book Chapter
Proverbs, D., & Lamond, J. (2017). Flood resilient construction and adaptation of buildings. In S. Cutter (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389407.013.111

Flood resilient construction has become an essential component of the integrated approach to flood risk management, now widely accepted through the concepts of making space for water and living with floods. Resilient construction has been in place fo... Read More about Flood resilient construction and adaptation of buildings.

Sacred spaces in urban environments (2017)
Book Chapter
Greed, C. (2017). Sacred spaces in urban environments. In S. Hawthorne (Ed.), Gender: God (335-350). Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Macmillan Cengage

This chapter investigates how religion has shaped architecture and urban form, with particular reference to the place of women in the city, and the division between sacred and profane, and looks at the situation in pre-Christian, Christian, secular a... Read More about Sacred spaces in urban environments.

Insights and issues in the uptake and development of advanced anaerobic digestion within the UK water industry (2017)
Book Chapter
Gooding, A., & Booth, C. (2017). Insights and issues in the uptake and development of advanced anaerobic digestion within the UK water industry. In C. Brebbia, J. Longhurst, E. Marco, & C. Booth (Eds.), Sustainable Development and Planning IX. WIT Press

This study explores the uptake and growth of Advanced Anaerobic Digestion (AAD) within the UK water industry to reveal the drivers and challenges the water companies are facing towards aiding the UK Government to reach its renewable energy targets. A... Read More about Insights and issues in the uptake and development of advanced anaerobic digestion within the UK water industry.

Ont-EIR framework to deliver sustainable heritage projects (2017)
Book Chapter
Dwairi, S., Mahdjoubi, L., Odeh, M., & Kossmann, M. (2017). Ont-EIR framework to deliver sustainable heritage projects. In Y. Bahei-El-Din, & M. Hassan (Eds.), Advanced Technologies for Sustainable Systems (19-30). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48725-0

Employers of heritage projects always have a main requirement, which is for the project to be completed within the time scale, budget and with the highest quality. Evidence suggests that for clients of heritage buildings, various factors led to unfor... Read More about Ont-EIR framework to deliver sustainable heritage projects.