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Cesare Brandi (1906 to 1988): His concept of restoration and the dilemma of architecture (2019)
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Meraz, F., & Magar Meurs, V. (2019). Cesare Brandi (1906 to 1988): His concept of restoration and the dilemma of architecture. Conversaciones, 7, 160-174

This article offers a theoretical review of the origin of the concept of restoration in Brandi's view, proposing a critique centered on architectural restoration. Brandi's theoretical trajectory is outlined in his approach to the discernment of art i... Read More about Cesare Brandi (1906 to 1988): His concept of restoration and the dilemma of architecture.

A novel systematic approach for analysing exploratory design ideation (2019)
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Hay, L., Duffy, A. H. B., Grealy, M., Tahsiri, M., McTeague, C., & Vuletic, T. (2020). A novel systematic approach for analysing exploratory design ideation. Journal of Engineering Design, 31(3), 127-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/09544828.2019.1662381

Two kinds of design ideation process may be distinguished in terms of the problems addressed: (i) solution-focused, i.e. generating solutions to address a fixed problem specifying a desired output; and (ii) exploratory, i.e. considering different int... Read More about A novel systematic approach for analysing exploratory design ideation.

Debate: Researching directly elected mayors—key questions to address (2019)
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Hambleton, R. (2020). Debate: Researching directly elected mayors—key questions to address. Public Money and Management, 40(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2019.1658998

The directly elected mayor model of governance is long established in many countries – for example, the USA and Japan. However, in some countries the model is fairly new. For example, in the UK there were no directly elected mayors until 2000 – tha... Read More about Debate: Researching directly elected mayors—key questions to address.

Nature-based solutions for urban development and tourism (2019)
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Rice, L. (in press). Nature-based solutions for urban development and tourism. International Journal of Tourism Cities, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJTC-05-2019-0069

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how nature-based solutions (NBS) are being used in city areas to improve environmental conditions and increase tourism. This research examines the drivers behind, and impacts of, the application of NBS... Read More about Nature-based solutions for urban development and tourism.

Global commitment towards sustainable energy (2019)
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Umar, T., & Egbu, C. (2019). Global commitment towards sustainable energy. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 172(6), 315-323. https://doi.org/10.1680/jensu.17.00059

Energy is crucial to economic and social development and improves quality of life. However, fossil fuel energy produces greenhouse gases (GHGs) and cannot be sustained for a long time. It is essential to tackle these problems by moving towards renewa... Read More about Global commitment towards sustainable energy.

Rallying the power of place (2019)
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Hambleton, R. (2019). Rallying the power of place. Local Government Chronicle, 30-31

This article, aimed at local governance policy-makers, outlines a new way of conceptualising local leadership, described as New Civic Leadership (NCL). NCL, which involves strong, place-based leadership acting to co-create new solutions to public pol... Read More about Rallying the power of place.

Briefing: Status of occupational safety and health in GCC construction (2019)
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Umar, T., Egbu, C., Honnurvali, M. S., Saidani, M., & Al-Bayati, A. J. (2019). Briefing: Status of occupational safety and health in GCC construction. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, 172(4), 137-141. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmapl.18.00053

The construction projects in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-member countries are peaking as the region is in the stage of improving its infrastructures. This briefing presents the current status of occupational safety and health in the region by prov... Read More about Briefing: Status of occupational safety and health in GCC construction.

Assessing a simplified procedure to reconcile distributed renewable and interactive energy systems and urban patterns. The case study of school buildings in Rome (2019)
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Sibilla, M., & Kurul, E. (2020). Assessing a simplified procedure to reconcile distributed renewable and interactive energy systems and urban patterns. The case study of school buildings in Rome. Journal of Urban Design, 25(3), 328-349. https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2019.1638238

Distributed, Renewable and Interactive energy Systems (DRIs) are revolutionizing the concept of infrastructure by introducing a set of new properties. The implications of the new system properties in the realm of Urban Design are often neglected. Thi... Read More about Assessing a simplified procedure to reconcile distributed renewable and interactive energy systems and urban patterns. The case study of school buildings in Rome.

Differences in stakeholder ability in addressing unethical practices: Insights from the surveying profession (2019)
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Manu, P., Agyekum, K., Mahamadu, A., Olomolaiye, P., & Adinyira, E. (2019). Differences in stakeholder ability in addressing unethical practices: Insights from the surveying profession. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 145(4), Article 04019011. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28asce%29ei.1943-5541.0000426

While several measures have been suggested to address unethical practices within the built environment, it remains unclear whether some stakeholders are more able to influence improvement in unethical practices than others, and if so whether such phe... Read More about Differences in stakeholder ability in addressing unethical practices: Insights from the surveying profession.

The importance of BIM capability assessment: An evaluation of post-selection performance of organisations on construction projects (2019)
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Mahamadu, A., Manu, P., Mahdjoubi, L., Booth, C., Aigbavboa, C., & Abanda, F. (2020). The importance of BIM capability assessment: An evaluation of post-selection performance of organisations on construction projects. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(1), 24-48. https://doi.org/10.1108/ecam-09-2018-0357

Purpose: The emergence of building information modelling (BIM) has led to the need for pre-qualification and selection of organisations capable of working within a BIM environment. Several criteria have been proposed for the assessment of an organisa... Read More about The importance of BIM capability assessment: An evaluation of post-selection performance of organisations on construction projects.

Join the queue: Including women’s toilet needs in public space (2019)
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Greed, C. (2019). Join the queue: Including women’s toilet needs in public space. Sociological Review, 67(4), 908-926. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026119854274

The trend towards desegregated women’s and men’s toilets, including installing Gender Neutral Toilets (GNTs), and the implications of revisions to the Gender Recognition Act for women-only spaces, have brought into focus the pre-existing lack of fema... Read More about Join the queue: Including women’s toilet needs in public space.

Estimating lifetimes and stock turnover dynamics of urban residential buildings in China (2019)
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Zhou, W., Moncaster, A., Reiner, D. M., & Guthrie, P. (2019). Estimating lifetimes and stock turnover dynamics of urban residential buildings in China. Sustainability, 11(13), Article 3720. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11133720

Building lifetime and stock turnover are both key determinants in modelling building energy and carbon. However in China, aside from anecdotal claims that urban residential buildings are generally short-lived, there are no recent official statistics,... Read More about Estimating lifetimes and stock turnover dynamics of urban residential buildings in China.

Strain evolution of brick masonry under cyclic compressive loading (2019)
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Koltsida, I. S., Tomor, A. K., & Booth, C. A. (2019). Strain evolution of brick masonry under cyclic compressive loading. Materials and Structures, 52(4), Article 76. https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-019-1379-0

Long-term fatigue tests in compression were performed on low-strength brick masonry prisms under laboratory conditions at different maximum stress levels. The maximum and minimum total longitudinal deformations with the loading cycles were recorded.... Read More about Strain evolution of brick masonry under cyclic compressive loading.

Understanding environmental incidents on construction sites in Australia: The causal factors, environmental impact and their relations (2019)
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Andrić, J. M., Wang, J., Mahamadu, A. M., & Zhong, R. (2019). Understanding environmental incidents on construction sites in Australia: The causal factors, environmental impact and their relations. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 25(7), 617-630. https://doi.org/10.3846/jcem.2019.10435

The construction sites are prone to environmental incidents. In this paper, the root causes of incidents and immediate actions taken after events are identified through qualitative analysis, while the environmental impacts, the cost of mitigation, ti... Read More about Understanding environmental incidents on construction sites in Australia: The causal factors, environmental impact and their relations.

Widening understanding of low embodied impact buildings: Results and recommendations from 80 multi-national quantitative and qualitative case studies (2019)
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Moncaster, A., Rasmussen, F., Malmqvist, T., Wiberg, A. H., & Birgisdottir, H. (2019). Widening understanding of low embodied impact buildings: Results and recommendations from 80 multi-national quantitative and qualitative case studies. Journal of Cleaner Production, 235, 378-393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.233

This paper publishes the results from a major five year International Energy Agency research project which investigated the reduction of embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions over the whole life (‘cradle to grave’) of buildings. Annex 57 colla... Read More about Widening understanding of low embodied impact buildings: Results and recommendations from 80 multi-national quantitative and qualitative case studies.

Editorial: Gender and Intersectionality in Engineering (2019)
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Moncaster, A., & Morris, C. (2019). Editorial: Gender and Intersectionality in Engineering. International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 11(1), 1-9

This Special Issue of the ?International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology? focuses on the issue of gender, and of how gender intersects with other aspects of diversity, in engineering. Published in 2019 in celebration of the 100th anniversar... Read More about Editorial: Gender and Intersectionality in Engineering.

The opportunities and challenges of improving the condition and sustainability of a historic building at an international tourist attraction in the UK (2019)
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Organ, S. (in press). The opportunities and challenges of improving the condition and sustainability of a historic building at an international tourist attraction in the UK. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-09-2018-0076

© 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Heritage tourism has become increasingly popular, and improving the sustainability of such sites is essential both nationally and internationally. The purpose of this paper is to explore the opportunities... Read More about The opportunities and challenges of improving the condition and sustainability of a historic building at an international tourist attraction in the UK.

The drivers and challenges of improving the energy efficiency performance of listed pre-1919 housing (2019)
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Rispoli, M., & Organ, S. (2019). The drivers and challenges of improving the energy efficiency performance of listed pre-1919 housing. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 37(3), 288-305. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-09-2017-0037

Purpose: Concerns about climate change and the availability of energy has resulted in countries setting targets to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. A large proportion of energy is consumed by existing housing. Europe has a large... Read More about The drivers and challenges of improving the energy efficiency performance of listed pre-1919 housing.

Urban meadows as an alternative to short mown grassland: Effects of composition and height on biodiversity (2019)
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Norton, B. A., Bending, G. D., Clark, R., Corstanje, R., Dunnett, N., Evans, K. L., …Warren, P. H. (2019). Urban meadows as an alternative to short mown grassland: Effects of composition and height on biodiversity. Ecological Applications, 29(6), Article e01946. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1946

There are increasing calls to provide greenspace in urban areas, yet the ecological quality, as well as quantity, of greenspace is important. Short mown grassland designed for recreational use is the dominant form of urban greenspace in temperate reg... Read More about Urban meadows as an alternative to short mown grassland: Effects of composition and height on biodiversity.

Infrastructure procurement capacity gaps in Nigeria public sector institutions (2019)
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Manu, P., Mahamadu, A., Booth, C., Olomolaiye, P., Coker, A., Ibrahim, A., & Lamond, J. (2019). Infrastructure procurement capacity gaps in Nigeria public sector institutions. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(9), 1962-1985. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-11-2017-0240

Purpose: The achievement of sustainable development goals is linked to the procurement of public infrastructure in a manner that meets key procurement objectives, such as sustainability, value-for-money, transparency and accountability. At the heart... Read More about Infrastructure procurement capacity gaps in Nigeria public sector institutions.