All Outputs (31)

Learning from life: Exploring the potential of live projects in higher education (2011)
Journal Article

This paper introduces the educational issues surrounding live project work, exploring the potential benefits and drawbacks of these teaching projects. It draws on the findings of a University of the West of England Teaching and Learning Grant funded... Read More about Learning from life: Exploring the potential of live projects in higher education.

Estimating the removal of atmospheric particulate pollution by the urban tree canopy of London, under current and future environments (2011)
Journal Article

Urban green space and particularly the tree canopy have been highlighted as offering a mitigation potential against atmospheric particulate pollution. In this paper current and future particulate (PM10) deposition to the urban tree canopy of the Grea... Read More about Estimating the removal of atmospheric particulate pollution by the urban tree canopy of London, under current and future environments.

Comparing value for money in healthcare and transport PFI projects (2011)
Journal Article

New research identifies and compares the main factors that complicate PFI projects in the UK healthcare and transport sectors. The findings cast light on the fundamentals of the public-private procurement dynamic just as PFI comes under review in the... Read More about Comparing value for money in healthcare and transport PFI projects.

Place-based leadership in a global era (2011)
Journal Article

Northern lights (2011)
Journal Article

Logistics simulation modelling across construction supply chains (2011)
Journal Article

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.

Black-boxing sustainability (2011)
Journal Article

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.

Suburban solutions: The other side of the story (2011)
Journal Article

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.

Driving skills, education and in-vehicle technology (2011)
Journal Article

Using an interview with former rally driver and advanced driving trainer, Rauno Aaltonen, as its impetus, this study explores developments in in-vehicle technology and the challenges such systems create for ergonomics and driver training. © 2011 Inde... Read More about Driving skills, education and in-vehicle technology.

Spatial planning as an integrative mechanism: A study of sub-regional planning in South Hampshire, England (2011)
Journal Article

This article examines the concept of integrated spatial planning through a case study of subregional working in South Hampshire, England. It argues that while the government's notion of integration was ill-defined and inconsistent, there were critica... Read More about Spatial planning as an integrative mechanism: A study of sub-regional planning in South Hampshire, England.

Planning for sustainable urban areas or everyday life and inclusion (2011)
Journal Article

This paper discusses the extent to which the diversity and equality agenda is being taken into account at street level as planners and urban designers seek to create sustainable settlements. The paper argues that many design policies inspired by the... Read More about Planning for sustainable urban areas or everyday life and inclusion.

The EC Common Fisheries Policy. By ROBIN R. CHURCHILL and DANIEL OWEN (2011)
Journal Article

Book Review published in Journal of Environmental Law

Bringing public health into built environment education (2011)
Journal Article

This guide is aimed at all built environment educators, showing what the key issues are in terms of improving health understanding in the built environment professions. It will explain the relevance, show how the built environment impacts on health... Read More about Bringing public health into built environment education.

The logistics of construction supply chains: the builders' merchant perspective (2011)
Journal Article

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to consider the applicability of logistics management in construction and facilitate a better understanding of construction supply chains by studying the logistical functions of builders' merchants. Design/metho... Read More about The logistics of construction supply chains: the builders' merchant perspective.

Language and identity: Lessons from Ireland (2011)
Journal Article

This article explores the difficulties faced in keeping the Irish languages in daily use in those areas of Ireland where the influx of English as as dominant language is a threat. In particular it focusses on the approach of planners to controlling t... Read More about Language and identity: Lessons from Ireland.

The kiwi connection: Reflections on local governance policy transfer between the UK and New Zealand (2011)
Journal Article

Local governance policy has been transferred between the United Kingdom and New Zealand since the mid-nineteenth century. In recent decades, however, the processes of exchange have become more complex and more bidirectional. This article argues that... Read More about The kiwi connection: Reflections on local governance policy transfer between the UK and New Zealand.

How to be green in a recession (2011)
Journal Article

Sustainable management of urban pollution: An integrated approach (2011)
Journal Article

This paper presents a new decision-support framework and software platform for an integrated assessment of options for sustainable management of urban pollution. The framework involves three steps: (1) mapping the flow of pollutants associated with h... Read More about Sustainable management of urban pollution: An integrated approach.

A Jekyll and Hyde localism bill? (2011)
Journal Article

Briefing: The adverse health and safety influence of subcontracting (2011)
Journal Article

Subcontracting has been noted to have an adverse influence on health and safety. Through a critique of the health and safety literature the causative factors of this adverse influence are identified, and a subsequent examination of the Construction (... Read More about Briefing: The adverse health and safety influence of subcontracting.