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Integrated urban management: “Win-win” solutions (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Ludlow, D., & Khan, Z. (2011, September). Integrated urban management: “Win-win” solutions. Presented at 2011 UK / Ireland Planning Research Conference: Planning Resilient Communities in Challenging Times,, Birmingham, UK

Analysis of urban challenges, from a sustainable development perspective, emphasise the interconnected nature of the challenges, reflecting the ecosystems perspective on the city. Key political concerns with climate change greenhouse gas emissions, e... Read More about Integrated urban management: “Win-win” solutions.

Exploring the compliance of the fire safety order 2005 amongst micro/small organisations in England and Wales (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Hayes, J., Paul, H., & Manu, P. (2011, September). Exploring the compliance of the fire safety order 2005 amongst micro/small organisations in England and Wales. Paper presented at Proceedings of the Construction, Building and Real Estate Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (COBRA), Salford

Fire safety in buildings can not be underestimated given the grave losses associated with fire incidences. Legislation has been a useful means of ensuring fire safety in buildings, and in England and Wales, the recent introduction of the Regulatory R... Read More about Exploring the compliance of the fire safety order 2005 amongst micro/small organisations in England and Wales.

Rogue game replay exhibition at Casco, Utrecht 2011 (2011)
Exhibition / Performance
Mosley, J., Warren, S., & Altay, C. Rogue game replay exhibition at Casco, Utrecht 2011. 11 September 2011 - 2 October 2011. (Unpublished)

‘Rogue Game Replay’ was commissioned as a solo show by Casco, Utrecht as an appendix to Can Altay’s exhibition ‘C0HAB: an assembly of spare parts’. The show within the gallery space of Casco was accompanied by an event ‘Rogue Game, First Play’ that t... Read More about Rogue game replay exhibition at Casco, Utrecht 2011.

Logistics simulation modelling across construction supply chains (2011)
Journal Article
Vidalakis, C., Tookey, J. E., & Sommerville, J. (2011). Logistics simulation modelling across construction supply chains. Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management, 11(2), 212-228. https://doi.org/10.1108/14714171111124176

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present a logistical analysis of construction supply chains by assessing the impact of varying demand on the performance of builders' merchants' logistics. Design/methodology/approach - Taking into considerat... Read More about Logistics simulation modelling across construction supply chains.

A studio between: Positioning the design-build studio as educational praxis (2011)
Book Chapter
Sara, R. (2011). A studio between: Positioning the design-build studio as educational praxis. In W. Carpenter (Ed.), Design Build Studio (108-118). Georgia, USA: Lightroom Press

The basis for this chapter is embodied in the ‘Porte’ photograph by Marcel Duchamp. The proposition is that the design-build studio sits between the academy and the everyday. It sits between the binaries of Theory/Practice, University/Community, Draw... Read More about A studio between: Positioning the design-build studio as educational praxis.

Black-boxing sustainability (2011)
Journal Article
Rice, L. (2011). Black-boxing sustainability. Journal of Sustainable Development, 4(4), 32-37

The term ‘sustainable’ has rapidly become a ubiquitous prefix for many contemporary issues, professions and disciplines. This paper contextualizes the debate by exploring how the term ‘sustainable’ has emerged within the field of architecture. The pa... Read More about Black-boxing sustainability.

Crit(ical) encounters (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Rice, L., & Sara, R. (2011, August). Crit(ical) encounters. Presented at Architectural Education Encounters Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka

The crit forms the primary narrative through which architectural education is operationalized. The crit or ‘design review’ inhabits a liminal space through which the process of learning architecture and development of professionalism are curated. For... Read More about Crit(ical) encounters.

Toilet Talk (2011)
Digital Artefact
Greed, C. (2011). Toilet Talk

Contribution to the video on women's toilet needs, commissioned by the Women's Design Service and produced by Marie Lenclos.

Effect of oil coating on steel bar on the strength of reinforced concrete (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Adukpo, E., Oteng-Seifah, S., & Manu, P. (2011, July). Effect of oil coating on steel bar on the strength of reinforced concrete. Paper presented at West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference, Accra, Ghana

The strength of steel-reinforced concrete greatly depends on the adequacy of the bond between concrete and steel reinforcement and this can be impaired by the surface condition of reinforcing steel. Oil on the surface of steel reinforcement has been... Read More about Effect of oil coating on steel bar on the strength of reinforced concrete.

Managing the adverse health and safety impact of subcontracting: Findings of a qualitative inquiry (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Manu, P., Ankrah, N., Proverbs, D., Suresh, S., & Adukpo, E. (2011, July). Managing the adverse health and safety impact of subcontracting: Findings of a qualitative inquiry. Paper presented at West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference, Accra, Ghana

Despite the economic benefits of subcontracting, it is widely known to be one of the factors influencing adverse health and safety (H&S) outcomes on projects. Given the increasing complexity of construction technologies which inevitably means that sp... Read More about Managing the adverse health and safety impact of subcontracting: Findings of a qualitative inquiry.

Determination of urban sustainability compliance with national indicators (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Mahdjoubi, L., Horswell, M. W., & Akplotsyi, R. (2011, July). Determination of urban sustainability compliance with national indicators. Paper presented at Sustainable Development and Planning 2011, Southampton, UK

Improvements in methodologies for measuring and capturing data for the UK’s sustainability indicators (social, economic and environmental) means there is now a wealth of accurate and reliable approaches to assess sustainability levels. However the ma... Read More about Determination of urban sustainability compliance with national indicators.

Incremental urbanism: An economic approach to the small town (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Jones, M. (2011, July). Incremental urbanism: An economic approach to the small town. Paper presented at Economy, Cardiff, Wales, UK

In this paper an alternative to the prevailing conservation based approach to small town urbanism will be explored. Founded on a belief in the value of the existing and an in depth reading of settlement, an urban strategy underpinned by a series of s... Read More about Incremental urbanism: An economic approach to the small town.

Neighbourhood design and quality influences the likelihood of residents to use public open space (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Sinnett, D., Williams, K., Lindsay, M., & Dair, C. (2011, July). Neighbourhood design and quality influences the likelihood of residents to use public open space. Paper presented at World Planning Schools Congress, Perth, Australia

Good quality public open space (POS) is an essential component of neighbourhood design and planning. The impact of the quality, design and maintenance of POS on their use has been documented. However, the role that the characteristics of the surround... Read More about Neighbourhood design and quality influences the likelihood of residents to use public open space.

Suburban solutions: The other side of the story (2011)
Journal Article
Barton, H., Grant, M., & Horswell, M. W. (2011). Suburban solutions: The other side of the story. Town and Country Planning -London- Town and Country Planning Association-, 80(7/8), 339-345

How much does urban form affect levels of active travel and transport carbon emissions? It is all too easy for policy-makers to jump to simple conclusions, but the answer is both complex and contested. Here Hugh Barton, Marcus Grant and Michael Horsw... Read More about Suburban solutions: The other side of the story.

New leadership for democratic urban space (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Hambleton, R. (2011, July). New leadership for democratic urban space. Paper presented at World Planning Schools Congress, Mexico City, Mexico

Harmonizing geospaatial data at the local level for global benefit: HUMBOLDT Urban Atlas – a case study (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Khan, Z., Giger, C., Althoff, J., & Ludlow, D. (2011, June). Harmonizing geospaatial data at the local level for global benefit: HUMBOLDT Urban Atlas – a case study. Poster presented at INSPIRE Conference 2011, Edinburgh, UK

One of the major requirements for the realization of an integrated environmental monitoring system is the availability of tools and services to harmonize and integrate environmental spatial data, originating from various governmental and other agenci... Read More about Harmonizing geospaatial data at the local level for global benefit: HUMBOLDT Urban Atlas – a case study.