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No ultrasounds detected from fungi when dehydrated (2023)
Journal Article

Many organisms (including certain plant species) can be observed to emit sounds, potentially signifying threat alerts. Sensitivity to such sounds and vibrations may also play an important role in the lives of fungi. In this work, we explore the poten... Read More about No ultrasounds detected from fungi when dehydrated.

Improving sustainability of affordable housing using innovative technologies: Case study of SIAH-Livable (2023)
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Rapid urbanization presents a major challenge in achieving affordable and sustainable housing. In the face of the problem, rapid urbanisation represents, there is room for innovation. Advancements in sustainable design methods, new materials, and inn... Read More about Improving sustainability of affordable housing using innovative technologies: Case study of SIAH-Livable.

Appraising the nexus between influencers on the public transport choice by women commuters in South Africa (2023)
Journal Article

Women represent the largest share of public transport users in developing countries, yet they face many barriers that limit their mobility. In South Africa, safety and security concerns and limited access to reliable transport reduce women's particip... Read More about Appraising the nexus between influencers on the public transport choice by women commuters in South Africa.

Exploring the joint impacts of income, car ownership, and built environment on daily activity patterns: A cluster analysis of trip chains (2023)
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Clustering activity patterns and identifying homogeneous travel behaviour through trip chain sequences offer valuable insight for transportation planners and policymakers in addressing transport equity problems and travel demand management. This stud... Read More about Exploring the joint impacts of income, car ownership, and built environment on daily activity patterns: A cluster analysis of trip chains.

The efficacy of biodiversity and ecosystem assessment approaches for informing a regenerative approach to built development (2023)
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The built environment, even at its “greenest,” inevitably entails changing ecosystem structure and function. Multiple sustainable development tools and approaches are available to reduce environmental harm from built development. However, the reality... Read More about The efficacy of biodiversity and ecosystem assessment approaches for informing a regenerative approach to built development.

Making demands on government: Theorizing determinants of backyard residents' collective action in Cape Town, South Africa (2023)
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Informality is growing with Africa's rapid urbanization. Much like residents of other types of informal housing, backyard dwellers face overall poor living conditions and political marginalization. However, backyard residents are in an ambiguous lega... Read More about Making demands on government: Theorizing determinants of backyard residents' collective action in Cape Town, South Africa.

Integration of LCA and LCCA through BIM for optimized decision-making when switching from gas to electricity services in dwellings (2023)
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This study aims to assess electric heating system retrofit options and identify the optimal solution by applying a combined LCA and LCCA approach using BIM for existing UK homes. Exemplary case study illustrating an LCA and LCCA calculation using a B... Read More about Integration of LCA and LCCA through BIM for optimized decision-making when switching from gas to electricity services in dwellings.

VKhUTEMAS pedagogy: Composition and the new language of form (2023)
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This article explores the application of a modernist educational practice into a contemporary studio environment. The aim is to investigate the impact that modernist design pedagogy has on visual perception and abstract thinking. The analysis examine... Read More about VKhUTEMAS pedagogy: Composition and the new language of form.

Getting lost in design drawing with the Satnav natives (2023)
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In the context of the Attention Economy, this essay discusses an immersed digital learner. It posits the metaphor of the Design Satnav as the way these students conceive the design process. This Satnav is understood as the antithesis of the tradition... Read More about Getting lost in design drawing with the Satnav natives.

Co-designing a social robot in a special educational needs school: Listening to the ambitions of autistic children and their teachers (2022)
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Social robots have the potential to support autistic school children with their wellbeing. This research reveals how a co-design approach with autistic children and their teachers was undertaken. Focus groups with autistic children and teachers colla... Read More about Co-designing a social robot in a special educational needs school: Listening to the ambitions of autistic children and their teachers.

The fences of Chuschi: The impacts of land enclosure on an Andean indigenous community (2022)
Journal Article

In this study of the Andean town of Chuschi and its surrounding district of the same name, we consider the impacts of the proliferation of fencing on once open land. The paper contributes to a growing body of literature on the practice and impact of... Read More about The fences of Chuschi: The impacts of land enclosure on an Andean indigenous community.

Understanding transit ridership in an equity context through a comparison of statistical and machine learning algorithms (2022)
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Building an accurate model of travel behaviour based on individuals’ characteristics and built environment attributes is of importance for policy-making and transportation planning. Recent experiments with big data and Machine Learning (ML) algorithm... Read More about Understanding transit ridership in an equity context through a comparison of statistical and machine learning algorithms.

Brownfield regeneration and the shifting of financial risk: Between plans and reality in public-private partnerships (2022)
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Internationally, brownfield regeneration projects are delivered through public-private partnerships that form complex legal and structural delivery mechanisms. Utilizing private-sector finance and skills is an accepted practice to reduce financial ri... Read More about Brownfield regeneration and the shifting of financial risk: Between plans and reality in public-private partnerships.

Changes in motor traffic in London's Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and boundary roads (2022)
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This paper meta-analyses traffic data extracted from monitoring reports for 46 Low Traffic Neighbourhood schemes in 11 London boroughs introduced between May 2020 and May 2021. Schemes are controversial with still limited academic evidence on impacts... Read More about Changes in motor traffic in London's Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and boundary roads.

Dielectric polymer composites with ultra-high thermal conductivity and low dielectric loss (2022)
Journal Article

Polymer based dielectric materials with simultaneously high thermal conductivity and low dielectric loss are highly desirable in various applications like energy storage, thermal management and electronic packaging. Polymer dielectrics generally bene... Read More about Dielectric polymer composites with ultra-high thermal conductivity and low dielectric loss.

Equity in temporary street closures: The case of London's Covid-19 ‘School Streets’ schemes (2022)
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School Streets are a street space reallocation scheme that has proliferated since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK, reducing motor traffic on streets outside many schools. Utilising a minimum-standards approach to equity, this paper e... Read More about Equity in temporary street closures: The case of London's Covid-19 ‘School Streets’ schemes.

Design for safety (DfS) practice in construction engineering and management research: A review of current trends and future directions (2022)
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For past decades, design for safety (DfS) has gained growing interest among scholars and practitioners in different geographical contexts as one of the innovative practices integrating worker health and safety in the front-end of the project lifecycl... Read More about Design for safety (DfS) practice in construction engineering and management research: A review of current trends and future directions.

The future of work beyond the pandemic (2021)
Journal Article

On 21 October 2021 the PTRC Fireside Chat Series returned after a summer break. Continuing with its overall focus upon the transport implications of the pandemic, attention turned to consider whether or not we should be expecting a ‘big return’ to th... Read More about The future of work beyond the pandemic.

Social value, infrastructure and stakeholder engagement: a complex triangle (2021)
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Infrastructure is critical for the economic and social prosperity of society. Some large infrastructure projects are also critical for the future of society due to their intergenerational nature and long lifespan. Understanding the social value of in... Read More about Social value, infrastructure and stakeholder engagement: a complex triangle.

Reducing carbon from heritage buildings: The importance of residents’ views, values and behaviours (2021)
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Significant energy and carbon originate in the existing built environment and retrofit is therefore a key carbon reduction strategy. However heritage buildings -comprising around 20% of UK buildings- are challenging to retrofit appropriately due to t... Read More about Reducing carbon from heritage buildings: The importance of residents’ views, values and behaviours.