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A green and pleasant land: Nature and cycling in the English Westcountry (2023)
Journal Article

Everyone’s cycling story is different. This essay tells one such story, starting with rural rides to school, continuing with the bike central to urban mobility and countryside escapes and finishing with research findings about cycling and nature in B... Read More about A green and pleasant land: Nature and cycling in the English Westcountry.

Improving women's accessibility to public transport through participatory street experiments: The case of Maltepe, Istanbul (2023)
Journal Article

Building on the literature concerning gender-responsive mobility, this paper aims to explore how street experiments can be used to promote gendered mobilities and create streetscapes in order to prioritise the needs of women in the improvement of acc... Read More about Improving women's accessibility to public transport through participatory street experiments: The case of Maltepe, Istanbul.

An interactive agent-based modelling framework for assessing COVID-19 transmission risk on construction site (2023)
Journal Article

The outbreak of COVID-19 has impacted the world and society in its entirety. The labour-intensive construction industry is especially disrupted by COVID-19 and construction workers have a higher chance of exposure to COVID-19. Despite the extensivene... Read More about An interactive agent-based modelling framework for assessing COVID-19 transmission risk on construction site.

Towards social understanding of energy storage systems - A perspective (2023)
Journal Article

Renewable, decentralised, and citizen-centred energy paradigms have emerged as feasible and reliable alternatives to the traditional centralised fossil-based infrastructure. In this scenario, energy storage systems (ESSs) are enabling technologies to... Read More about Towards social understanding of energy storage systems - A perspective.

Implementing net zero affordable housing — towards a human-centred approach (2023)
Journal Article

This paper reviews the UK Net Zero Strategy in conjunction with the decarbonisation of the affordable housing sector, with a focus on the key stakeholders involved in the decar-bonisation process. Viewing it from a socio-technical perspective, this p... Read More about Implementing net zero affordable housing — towards a human-centred approach.

Environmental conditions and vehicle disturbance influence stress behaviors in a working Harris’s Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) (2023)
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Harris’s hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) is used for pest control, as their presence can deter wild birds such as gulls. Working Harris’s hawk on UK waste sites is permitted in accordance with regulations and legislation. This study investigated the gene... Read More about Environmental conditions and vehicle disturbance influence stress behaviors in a working Harris’s Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus).

Copernicus for urban resilience in Europe (2023)
Journal Article

The urban community faces a significant obstacle in effectively utilising Earth Observation (EO) intelligence, particularly the Copernicus EO program of the European Union, to address the multifaceted aspects of urban sustainability and bolster urban... Read More about Copernicus for urban resilience in Europe.

Investigating barriers to blockchain adoption in construction supply chain management: A fuzzy-based MCDM approach (2023)
Journal Article

This study aims to investigate the barriers to the adoption of Blockchain Technology (BT) within the field of Construction Supply Chain Management (CSCM) by unravelling their interrelationships. In doing so, a Pythagorean fuzzy-set-based DEMATEL meth... Read More about Investigating barriers to blockchain adoption in construction supply chain management: A fuzzy-based MCDM approach.

From ‘I’ to ‘we’: An exploration of how theories of cooperation might inform policymaking around sustainable travel behaviour (2023)
Journal Article

This article considers how theories of social cooperation might be helpful in developing policy levers for changing travel behaviours towards environmentally beneficial outcomes, especially in reducing private car use. ‘Theories of cooperation’ can b... Read More about From ‘I’ to ‘we’: An exploration of how theories of cooperation might inform policymaking around sustainable travel behaviour.

Nature can cool cities, but proceed with caution (2023)
Journal Article

Increased extreme heat events draw attention to the potential of urban nature as a heat adaptation strategy for cities. This is reflected in multiple scientific perspective pieces, policy documents and science media publications advocating for urban... Read More about Nature can cool cities, but proceed with caution.

Stakeholder perceptions of the benefits and barriers of implementing environmental management systems in the Maldivian construction industry (2023)
Journal Article

Unprecedented increases in both tourism and population growth have put extreme pressure on the Republic of the Maldives, which has resulted in significant changes to the islands as a result of construction activities. This study is the first to inves... Read More about Stakeholder perceptions of the benefits and barriers of implementing environmental management systems in the Maldivian construction industry.

The role of art in smart cities research and making (2023)
Journal Article

This article promotes the role and importance of art in the research and making of smart cities. To elucidate the potential of using relational artworks for a more vibrant interaction in the city as well as various visuals in knowledge production and... Read More about The role of art in smart cities research and making.

A method to enable automatic extraction of cost and quantity data from hierarchical construction information documents to enable rapid digital comparison and analysis (2023)
Journal Article

Context: Despite the effort put into developing standards for structuring construction costs and the strong interest in the field, most construction companies still perform the process of data gathering and processing manually. This provokes inconsis... Read More about A method to enable automatic extraction of cost and quantity data from hierarchical construction information documents to enable rapid digital comparison and analysis.

Towards a net-zero carbon economy: A sustainability performance assessment of innovative prefabricated construction methods for affordable housing in Southern Africa (2023)
Journal Article

Recently, efforts to mainstream sustainability principles into affordable housing projects through the adoption of modern methods of construction, like innovative prefabricated construction methods (IPCMs), have been observed. However, limited studie... Read More about Towards a net-zero carbon economy: A sustainability performance assessment of innovative prefabricated construction methods for affordable housing in Southern Africa.

How to retain women in building surveying (2023)
Journal Article

Why do women leave the discipline – and how can we offer them more secure and rewarding positions to improve retention?

The future of volunteering in extreme weather events: Critical reflections on key challenges and opportunities for climate resilience (2023)
Journal Article

Volunteers are playing a significant role in interacting with ongoing societal shocks and stresses, such as mobilizing resources and supporting responses to extreme weather events. Their actions contribute to the pursuit of local climate resilience b... Read More about The future of volunteering in extreme weather events: Critical reflections on key challenges and opportunities for climate resilience.

The challenge of engaging communities on hidden risks: Co-developing a framework for Adaptive Participatory Storytelling Approaches (APSA) (2023)
Journal Article

The transdisciplinary Drought Risk and You (DRY) project aimed to interweave storytelling and science as a way of increasing the different voices and types of knowledge (specialist, local) within drought risk decision-making in the UK. This paper cri... Read More about The challenge of engaging communities on hidden risks: Co-developing a framework for Adaptive Participatory Storytelling Approaches (APSA).

Willing to be the change: Perceived drivers and barriers to participation in urban smart farming projects (2023)
Journal Article

Psychological research on perceptions on urban smart farming is scarce, especially in a Global South context. To reach wide acceptance of urban smart farming and create effective strategies for the implementation of this innovative technology, we nee... Read More about Willing to be the change: Perceived drivers and barriers to participation in urban smart farming projects.

Feeling the Earthship house: Eliciting a perspective of posterity through immersive virtual reality (2023)
Journal Article

Purpose: The surging cost of living and shortage of affordable and sustainable homes fuel the global housing crisis. Earthship buildings are marketed as the epitome of affordable and sustainable alternative housing. This paper aimed to elicit the per... Read More about Feeling the Earthship house: Eliciting a perspective of posterity through immersive virtual reality.

Public preference of flood-resilient housing technologies in Nigeria: A case study of Kogi State (2023)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore flood-prone area residents' preferences of flood-resilient housing technologies (HTs), to understand the factors influencing their choices. Flood-resilient HTs can reduce damage and disruption at a hou... Read More about Public preference of flood-resilient housing technologies in Nigeria: A case study of Kogi State.