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Interdisciplinary Research in Rajasthan, India: Exploring the Role of Culture and Art to Support Rural Development and Water Management (2020)
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Buser, M. (2020). Interdisciplinary Research in Rajasthan, India: Exploring the Role of Culture and Art to Support Rural Development and Water Management. Water Alternatives, 13(3),

This paper examines the role of art and culture in supporting rural development in the context of critical water challenges. It focuses on an interdisciplinary network and research programme conducted in 2018 with the village of Jhakhoda, in Rajastha... Read More about Interdisciplinary Research in Rajasthan, India: Exploring the Role of Culture and Art to Support Rural Development and Water Management.

Toward privacy-sensitive human-robot interaction: Privacy terms and human-data interaction in the personal robot era (2020)
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Chatzimichali, A., Harrison, R., & Chrysostomou, D. (2021). Toward privacy-sensitive human-robot interaction: Privacy terms and human-data interaction in the personal robot era. Paladyn, 12(1), 160-174. https://doi.org/10.1515/pjbr-2021-0013

Can we have personal robots without giving away personal data? Besides, what is the role of a robots Privacy Policy in that question? This work explores for the first time privacy in the context of consumer robotics through the lens of information co... Read More about Toward privacy-sensitive human-robot interaction: Privacy terms and human-data interaction in the personal robot era.

Healthy BIM: The feasibility of integrating architecture health indicators using a building information model (BIM) computer system (2020)
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Rice, L. (2021). Healthy BIM: The feasibility of integrating architecture health indicators using a building information model (BIM) computer system. Archnet-IJAR, 15(1), 252-265. https://doi.org/10.1108/arch-07-2020-0133

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced billions of people into lockdown; foregrounding the important relationship between architecture and health. In this context, there is heightened urgency for the construction sector to improve the healthiness... Read More about Healthy BIM: The feasibility of integrating architecture health indicators using a building information model (BIM) computer system.

Local Community Area (LCA) Project. The family and village system as a design tool (2020)
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Landi, D. (2021). Local Community Area (LCA) Project. The family and village system as a design tool. Architecture and Culture, 9(2), 286-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2021.1838104

Local Community Area© project (LCA) was a theoretical experiment in architecture and social organization. It presented a new form of collective inhabitation that rejected atomization. Working in the Japanese context, the LCA explored architectural re... Read More about Local Community Area (LCA) Project. The family and village system as a design tool.

From membership to partnership, the EU and its relations with the UK after Brexit: The fisheries dimension (2020)
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Appleby, T. (2020). From membership to partnership, the EU and its relations with the UK after Brexit: The fisheries dimension. European Foreign Affairs Review, 25(4), 551-572

Abstract Fishing in European waters has been a contentious issue since the sixteenth century and was a key factor in the development of the international law of the sea itself. At the time the UK joined the EU and shared its waters with Member State... Read More about From membership to partnership, the EU and its relations with the UK after Brexit: The fisheries dimension.

Making future floating cities sustainable: A way forward (2020)
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Umar, T. (2020). Making future floating cities sustainable: A way forward. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 173, 214-237. https://doi.org/10.1680/jurdp.19.00015

It is expected that by 2030, 5 billion of the earth's population will live in cities. This growth in urbanisation results in significant challenges pertaining to environmental and social sustainability. Most of the cities are located near coastal are... Read More about Making future floating cities sustainable: A way forward.

Body dissatisfaction predicts the onset of depression among adolescent females and males: A prospective study (2020)
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Bornioli, A., Lewis-Smith, H., Slater, A., & Bray, I. (2021). Body dissatisfaction predicts the onset of depression among adolescent females and males: A prospective study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(4), 343-348. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2019-213033

Rationale: Body dissatisfaction is prevalent in mid-adolescence and may be associated with the onset of depression. Objective: The study assessed the influence of body dissatisfaction on the occurrence of later depressive episodes in a population-bas... Read More about Body dissatisfaction predicts the onset of depression among adolescent females and males: A prospective study.

COVID-19 opens a new political window (2020)
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Hambleton, R. (2020). COVID-19 opens a new political window. Town and Country Planning -London- Town and Country Planning Association-, 89(11/12), 366-370

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense suffering and misery. However, at the same time, it has created new possibilities for rethinking the kind of society that we want to create in the future. This article adopts an international perspective and... Read More about COVID-19 opens a new political window.

A wicked higher education problem: Climate emergency requires brave leadership (2020)
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Marco, E. (2020). A wicked higher education problem: Climate emergency requires brave leadership. Buildings & Cities,

The B&C special issue EDUCATION & TRAINING: MAINSTREAMING ZERO CARBON raised three challenges: How can education and training be rapidly changed to ensure the creation of zero-carbon built environments? How can this transition be implemented success... Read More about A wicked higher education problem: Climate emergency requires brave leadership.

Applications of drones for safety inspection in the Gulf Cooperation Council construction (2020)
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Umar, T. (2021). Applications of drones for safety inspection in the Gulf Cooperation Council construction. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 28(9), 2337-2360. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-05-2020-0369

Purpose: construction industry in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries is at the peak as the region is in the stage of developing its infrastructures. Apart from some positive sign of this boost, several other issues have also been dev... Read More about Applications of drones for safety inspection in the Gulf Cooperation Council construction.

Heritage art with an intent (2020)
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Sabnani, N., & Buser, M. (2020). Heritage art with an intent. Journal of Heritage Management, 5(2), 158-168. https://doi.org/10.1177/2455929620968795

A collaborative research project called JAL explored the role and potential for the arts to support water security activities in Rajasthan. The intent was to learn about some of the challenges facing people in rural Rajasthan and to draw on the regio... Read More about Heritage art with an intent.

Reducing embodied impacts of buildings - Insights from a social power analysis of the UK and Sweden (2020)
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Moncaster, A. M., & Malmqvist, T. (2020). Reducing embodied impacts of buildings - Insights from a social power analysis of the UK and Sweden. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 588(3), https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/588/3/032047

With one of the highest carbon footprints, the construction sector should be at the forefront of climate action. Reducing embodied impacts of construction also means ensuring that buildings are durable, low maintenance, and fit for purpose, while max... Read More about Reducing embodied impacts of buildings - Insights from a social power analysis of the UK and Sweden.

Implications of using systematic decomposition structures to organize building LCA information: A comparative analysis of national standards and guidelines- IEA EBC ANNEX 72 (2020)
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Soust-Verdaguer, B., García Martínez, A., Llatas, C., Gómez de Cózar, J. C., Allacker, K., Trigaux, D., …Passer, A. (2020). Implications of using systematic decomposition structures to organize building LCA information: A comparative analysis of national standards and guidelines- IEA EBC ANNEX 72. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 588(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/588/2/022008

Introduction: The application of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) technique to a building requires the collection and organization of a large amount of data over its life cycle. The systematic decomposition method can be used to classify building comp... Read More about Implications of using systematic decomposition structures to organize building LCA information: A comparative analysis of national standards and guidelines- IEA EBC ANNEX 72.

The dying patient: Taboo, controversy and missing terms of reference for designers—an architectural perspective (2020)
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Bellamy, A., Clark, S., & Anstey, S. (2022). The dying patient: Taboo, controversy and missing terms of reference for designers—an architectural perspective. Medical Humanities, 48(1), e2-e9. https://doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2020-011969

Contemporary society has grown seemingly detached from the realities of growing old and subsequently, dying. A consequence, perhaps, of death becoming increasingly overmedicalised, nearly one in two UK nationals die institutional deaths. In this arti... Read More about The dying patient: Taboo, controversy and missing terms of reference for designers—an architectural perspective.

After Covid-19: Urban design as spatial medicine (2020)
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Rice, L. (2023). After Covid-19: Urban design as spatial medicine. URBAN DESIGN International, 28, 97–102. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41289-020-00142-6

This article draws out key implications for urban designers from the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly the relation between urban design and health. The entire world is facing the same acute health emergency of Covid-19 which is already impacting half... Read More about After Covid-19: Urban design as spatial medicine.

Minimum energy efficiency – is the energy performance certificate a suitable foundation? (2020)
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Organ, S. (2021). Minimum energy efficiency – is the energy performance certificate a suitable foundation?. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 39(4), 581-601. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-03-2020-0016

Purpose Climate change is one of the most significant challenges of our time. The existing housing stock is a crucial component in achieving international and national climate change targets through energy efficiency improvements. The private rental... Read More about Minimum energy efficiency – is the energy performance certificate a suitable foundation?.

Investigating whole life costing awareness in Tanzania building construction industry (2020)
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Manege, S., & Kennedy, C. (2022). Investigating whole life costing awareness in Tanzania building construction industry. International Journal of Construction Management, 22(15), 2914-2921. https://doi.org/10.1080/15623599.2020.1832181

Whole life costing plays an essential role in ensuring value for money, not only in the construction stage but also in the duration of the asset’s life. This study investigates the level of awareness of whole life costing in the Tanzania building con... Read More about Investigating whole life costing awareness in Tanzania building construction industry.

Enhancing learning performance and motivation of cultural heritage using serious games (2020)
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Ye, L., Wang, R., & Zhao, J. (2021). Enhancing learning performance and motivation of cultural heritage using serious games. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 59(2), 287-317. https://doi.org/10.1177/0735633120963828

In recent years, more serious games are used in different learning areas to improve the process of knowledge acquisition and learning outcomes. This study discusses a game mode based on a jigsaw puzzle with scaffolding-aid for cultural heritage learn... Read More about Enhancing learning performance and motivation of cultural heritage using serious games.

A fuzzy synthetic evaluation of the challenges of smart city development in developing countries (2020)
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Aghimien, D. O., Aigbavboa, C., Edwards, D. J., Mahamadu, A., Olomolaiye, P., Nash, H., & Onyia, M. (2022). A fuzzy synthetic evaluation of the challenges of smart city development in developing countries. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 11(3), https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-06-2020-0092

Purpose: This study presents a fuzzy synthetic evaluation of the challenges of smart city realisation in developing countries, using Nigeria as a case study. By defining and delineating the problems faced by the country, more viable directions to att... Read More about A fuzzy synthetic evaluation of the challenges of smart city development in developing countries.