Reflecting on practice or reflecting with practice?
(2007)
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All Outputs (18)
30 years of hurt? (2007)
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Brownfield development: Are we using the right targets? Evidence from England and Germany (2007)
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Urban brownfield sites are a major planning concern across Europe, and most European countries have strategies to reuse them. In England and Germany, quantified targets for brownfield development have been set at the national level, with the twin obj... Read More about Brownfield development: Are we using the right targets? Evidence from England and Germany.
Condition monitoring of masonry arch bridges using acoustic emission techniques (2007)
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40% of European railway bridges are masonry, 60% of which are over 100 years old and are still carrying traffic loading. The weight and density of traffic has increased substantially over the last century and bridge owners have the continuous respons... Read More about Condition monitoring of masonry arch bridges using acoustic emission techniques.
What is stopping sustainable building in England? Barriers experienced by stakeholders in delivering sustainable developments (2007)
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In England there is both top-down and bottom-up pressure to deliver a sustainable built environment. However, most new projects display few sustainability features. This paper presents 12 barriers to achieving sustainability in development schemes, d... Read More about What is stopping sustainable building in England? Barriers experienced by stakeholders in delivering sustainable developments.
The views and experiences of specialist contractors on partnering in the UK (2007)
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The views and experiences of specialist contractors on partnering have to date received insufficient attention in the UK where the focus has been centred on the client-main contractor relationship. An investigation into the position of specialists br... Read More about The views and experiences of specialist contractors on partnering in the UK.
A framework of sustainable behaviours tha can be enabled through the design of neighbourhood-scale developments (2007)
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The purpose of this paper is to present, and explain, the development of a framework of sustainable behaviours that can, potentially, be enabled through the design of neighbourhood-scale developments. To be sustainable, such developments need to be t... Read More about A framework of sustainable behaviours tha can be enabled through the design of neighbourhood-scale developments.
The extent and nature of sustainable building in England: An analysis of progress (2007)
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In England, the government has pursued an agenda for a more sustainable built environment for over a decade. Yet it is difficult to know how much progress has been made. This article presents the findings of research that attempts to quantify and des... Read More about The extent and nature of sustainable building in England: An analysis of progress.
Natural medicine for planners (2007)
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Caroline Brown and Marcus Grant review the evidence of links between urban nature and human health and well-being - and recommend ways in which planners can play doctor and use nature itself as an urban medicine.
2006 - A year of health and planning (2007)
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EVENTS IN the real worlds of human health and of global sustainability seem to have stepped up a pace. In tandem, the ‘constructed’ worlds of ‘public health’ and ‘planning’ are struggling – not struggling to keep up; but struggling to meet up. This... Read More about 2006 - A year of health and planning.
Planning for healthy communities (2007)
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Reconstruction of Middle Jurassic dinosaur-dominated communities from the vertebrate ichnofauna of the Cleveland Basin of Yorkshire, UK (2007)
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Globally, skeletal remains of dinosaurs are particularly rare throughout much of the Middle Jurassic. Thus, other sources of evidence, and most importantly ichnofaunas, are important indicators of the contemporary terrestrial vertebrate communities.... Read More about Reconstruction of Middle Jurassic dinosaur-dominated communities from the vertebrate ichnofauna of the Cleveland Basin of Yorkshire, UK.
Accessible public toilets in city centres: The final instalment (2007)
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Contracting in good faith – giving the parties what they want (2007)
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Examines the duty of good faith as an express obligation contained in the newer standard forms of construction contracts. Describes good faith provisions in other jurisdictions and the seeming hostility of the English judiciary. Discusses the benefit... Read More about Contracting in good faith – giving the parties what they want.
A conversation between the artist / architect collaboration Sophie Warren and Jonathan Mosley, and curator Lindsay Hughes (2007)
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Commissioned by Arts Council England for Publicartonline the published conversation examines the collaborative processes, boundaries and outputs of artist Sophie Warren and architect Jonathan Mosley through an interview with academic and curator Lind... Read More about A conversation between the artist / architect collaboration Sophie Warren and Jonathan Mosley, and curator Lindsay Hughes.
A framework for assessing the sustainability of brownfield developments (2007)
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In England, the development of urban brownfield sites is a significant planning policy aimed at supporting urban regeneration and protecting the countryside. Brownfield sites are required, in policy, to be developed in a sustainable way. However, det... Read More about A framework for assessing the sustainability of brownfield developments.
Looking, inquiring, drawing: The implied urban realm (2007)
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‘I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.’. © 2007, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.
A new masonry arch bridge assessment strategy (SMART) (2007)
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About 40% of the European railway bridge stock comprises masonry arch bridges and over 60% of these are over 100 years old. All are ageing and most are carrying loads well in excess of those envisaged by their builders. The maintenance and assessment... Read More about A new masonry arch bridge assessment strategy (SMART).