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The university as agent of change in the city: Co-creation of live community architecture (2018)
Journal Article
Sara, R., & Jones, M. (2018). The university as agent of change in the city: Co-creation of live community architecture. Archnet-IJAR, 12(1), 326-337

© 2018 Author(s). Universities have a civic responsibility towards the cities of which they are a part. This is typically operationalised through Outreach and Engagement, which aims to share and apply the expertise and knowledge generated by the univ... Read More about The university as agent of change in the city: Co-creation of live community architecture.

An investigation of the impact of flood defences on UK residential house prices (2018)
Journal Article
Still, O., & Lamond, J. (2018). An investigation of the impact of flood defences on UK residential house prices

The UK has always experienced flooding, and during the 20th and 21st century numerous flood events caused momentous damage to the state and value of property, occasionally causing loss of life. The detrimental impact of flooding in the UK has height... Read More about An investigation of the impact of flood defences on UK residential house prices.

“Open typology” as heterotopia: A comparative analysis between gojikara mura in nagakute (Japan) and humanitas in deventer (Netherlands) (2018)
Journal Article
Landi, D. (2018). “Open typology” as heterotopia: A comparative analysis between gojikara mura in nagakute (Japan) and humanitas in deventer (Netherlands). International Journal of Design in Society, 12(3), 41-71. https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-1328/CGP/v12i03/41-71

© Common Ground Research Networks, Kin Wai Michael Siu, Oluwole Soyinka, All Rights Reserved. The twenty-first century norm is represented by people living longer. This new demographic structure creates a number of societal challenges. One such chall... Read More about “Open typology” as heterotopia: A comparative analysis between gojikara mura in nagakute (Japan) and humanitas in deventer (Netherlands).

Nigeria’s conflict is a result of environmental devastation across West Africa (2018)
Journal Article
Adekola, O. (2018). Nigeria’s conflict is a result of environmental devastation across West Africa

Nigeria is experiencing a major conflict between nomadic herdsmen and indigenous farmers. In 2016, the conflict led to the death of 2,500 people, displaced 62,000 others and led to loss of US$13.7 billion in revenue. In January 2018 alone, the confli... Read More about Nigeria’s conflict is a result of environmental devastation across West Africa.

Participatory governance in smart cities: The urbanAPI case study (2017)
Journal Article
Soomro, K., Khan, Z., & Ludlow, D. (2017). Participatory governance in smart cities: The urbanAPI case study. International Journal of Services Technology and Management, 23(5-6), 419-444. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSTM.2017.10009859

Copyright © 2017 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. This paper presents some results from an EU FP7 RTD project urbanAPI, in which three ICT applications target different aspects of participatory urban governance. The 3D Scenario Creator allows urban plan... Read More about Participatory governance in smart cities: The urbanAPI case study.

Study of photovoltaics (PV) performance degradation analysis in Oman (2017)
Journal Article
Honnurvali, M. S., Gupta, N., Goh, K., Umar, T., & Nazeema, N. (2017). Study of photovoltaics (PV) performance degradation analysis in Oman. International Journal of Sustainable Energy Development, 6(2), 334-343. https://doi.org/10.20533/ijsed.2046.3707.2017.0043

The demand for electricity usage is increasing all around the globe. As an alternative and clean source to produce electricity there has been an emphasis on the usage of renewable energies. Sultanate of Oman has also taken an initiative by 2030 that... Read More about Study of photovoltaics (PV) performance degradation analysis in Oman.

BIM education framework for clients and professionals of the construction industry (2017)
Journal Article
Silverio Rodriguez, A. K., Suresh, S., Heesom, D., & Renukappa, S. (2017). BIM education framework for clients and professionals of the construction industry. International Journal of 3-D Information Modeling, 6(2), 57-79. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJ3DIM.2017040104

Lack of qualified BIM professionals is a key BIM challenge that affects specific organisations and on a more macro scale, individual countries. A salient solution to this problem is the provision of better BIM education. This article represents the i... Read More about BIM education framework for clients and professionals of the construction industry.

Infrastructure procurement skills gap amongst procurement personnel in Nigeria’s public sector (2017)
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Mahamadu, A., Manu, P., Booth, C., Olomolaiye, P., Coker, A., Ibrahim, A., & Lamond, J. (2018). Infrastructure procurement skills gap amongst procurement personnel in Nigeria’s public sector. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 16(1), 2-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEDT-09-2017-0089

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Procurement of public infrastructure that is fit for purpose partly depends on the competencies of procurement personnel. In many developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, there is a d... Read More about Infrastructure procurement skills gap amongst procurement personnel in Nigeria’s public sector.

Perceived species-richness in urban green spaces: Cues, accuracy and well-being impacts (2017)
Journal Article
Southon, G., Jorgensen, A., Dunnett, N., Hoyle, H., & Evans, K. (2018). Perceived species-richness in urban green spaces: Cues, accuracy and well-being impacts. Landscape and Urban Planning, 172, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.12.002

© 2017 The Authors Evidence that urban green-space promotes health and well-being of urban residents is increasing. The role of biodiversity is unclear: perceived biodiversity may be important, but how accurately it is perceived and the factors influ... Read More about Perceived species-richness in urban green spaces: Cues, accuracy and well-being impacts.

From top-down land use planning intelligence to bottom-up stakeholder engagement for smart cities – A case study: DECUMANUS service products (2017)
Journal Article
Ludlow, D., Khan, Z., Soomro, K., Marconcini, M., José, R. S., Malcorps, P., …Metz, A. (2017). From top-down land use planning intelligence to bottom-up stakeholder engagement for smart cities – A case study: DECUMANUS service products. International Journal of Services Technology and Management, 23(5-6), 465-493. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSTM.2017.10009861

Copyright © 2017 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Intelligence delivered by earth observation (EO) satellites performs a vital role in supporting ICT enabled urban governance, and the creation of decision making tools delivering integrated urban plannin... Read More about From top-down land use planning intelligence to bottom-up stakeholder engagement for smart cities – A case study: DECUMANUS service products.

How US local government resists Trump (2017)
Journal Article
Hambleton, R. (2017). How US local government resists Trump. Local Government Chronicle,

This short article argues that, at a time when national politics is being disfigured by angry populism, learning from progressive US cities can be inspirational. It explains how two counties in California took President Trump to court over his attem... Read More about How US local government resists Trump.

Causes of construction accidents in Oman (2017)
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Umar, T., & Egbu, C. (2018). Causes of construction accidents in Oman. Middle East Journal of Management, 5(1), 21-33. https://doi.org/10.1504/MEJM.2018.088725

Considering the costs associated with accidents in construction, a model identifying root causes of accidents is proposed for construction organisations in Oman. The model classifies the accidents in construction mainly arising from main four causes:... Read More about Causes of construction accidents in Oman.

Experimental evaluation of changes in strain under compressive fatigue loading of brick masonry (2017)
Journal Article
Koltsida, I., Tomor, A., & Booth, C. (2018). Experimental evaluation of changes in strain under compressive fatigue loading of brick masonry. Construction and Building Materials, 162, 104-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.12.016

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Assessing the long-term performance of masonry structures and their response to increased loading conditions are critical to safety and maintenance. A series of laboratory tests have been carried out on brick masonry to assess its... Read More about Experimental evaluation of changes in strain under compressive fatigue loading of brick masonry.

Full hydrodynamic reversibility of the weak dimerization of vancomycin and elucidation of its interaction with VanS monomers at clinical concentration (2017)
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Harding, S. E., Adams, G. G., Gillis, R. B., Phillips-Jones, M. K., Lithgo, R., DInu, V., …Harding, S. E. (2017). Full hydrodynamic reversibility of the weak dimerization of vancomycin and elucidation of its interaction with VanS monomers at clinical concentration. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 12697. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12620-z

© 2017 The Author(s). The reversibility and strength of the previously established dimerization of the important glycopeptide antibiotic vancomycin in four different aqueous solvents (including a medically-used formulation) have been studied using sh... Read More about Full hydrodynamic reversibility of the weak dimerization of vancomycin and elucidation of its interaction with VanS monomers at clinical concentration.

Assessing the effective resources of urban designing in Iran, based on the localization approach (2017)
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Foroughmand Araabi, H., Khabazi, M., & Foroughmand Araabi, H. (2017). Assessing the effective resources of urban designing in Iran, based on the localization approach

Urban design, like any other branch of the social sciences and built-environment studies, has developed in relation with the contexts in which it has emerged. Built environments in Iran have been constructed in a different way compared to their Europ... Read More about Assessing the effective resources of urban designing in Iran, based on the localization approach.

Engineering properties of tropical clay and bentonite modified with sawdust (2017)
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Akinwumi, I., Ojuri, O., Ogbiye, A., & Booth, C. (2017). Engineering properties of tropical clay and bentonite modified with sawdust

Construction Engineers typically avoid the use of expansive soils as construction materials because they are usually difficult to work on and can cause structural failure. This research work investigates how the application of sawdust to tropical cla... Read More about Engineering properties of tropical clay and bentonite modified with sawdust.

Thermal comfort and energy performance of public rental housing under typical and near-extreme weather conditions in Hong Kong (2017)
Journal Article
Kwok, Y. T., Lai, A. K. L., Lau, K. K., Chan, P. W., Lavafpour, Y., Ho, J. C. K., & Ng, E. Y. Y. (2017). Thermal comfort and energy performance of public rental housing under typical and near-extreme weather conditions in Hong Kong. Energy and Buildings, 156, 390-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.09.067

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Building performance evaluation is crucial for sustainable urban developments. In high-density cities, occupants suffer from poor living conditions due to building overheating, especially during increasingly frequent near-extreme... Read More about Thermal comfort and energy performance of public rental housing under typical and near-extreme weather conditions in Hong Kong.

Analysing methodological choices in calculations of embodied energy and GHG emissions from buildings (2017)
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Rasmussen, F. N., Malmqvist, T., Moncaster, A., Wiberg, A. H., & Birgisdόttir, H. (2018). Analysing methodological choices in calculations of embodied energy and GHG emissions from buildings. Energy and Buildings, 158, 1487-1498. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.11.013

The importance of embodied energy and embodied greenhouse gas emissions (EEG) from buildings is gaining increased interest within building sector initiatives and on a regulatory level. In spite of recent harmonisation efforts, reported results of EEG... Read More about Analysing methodological choices in calculations of embodied energy and GHG emissions from buildings.

A media framing analysis of urban flooding in Nigeria: current narratives and implications for policy (2017)
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Adekola, O., & Lamond, J. (2018). A media framing analysis of urban flooding in Nigeria: current narratives and implications for policy. Regional Environmental Change, 18(4), 1145-1159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-017-1253-y

© 2017, The Author(s). A critical element of current flood management is the importance of engaging key policy actors when policy decisions are to be made. However, there is still only limited understanding of how narratives of flood management actor... Read More about A media framing analysis of urban flooding in Nigeria: current narratives and implications for policy.

Learning and Action Alliance framework to facilitate stakeholder collaboration and social learning in urban flood risk management (2017)
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O'Donnell, E. C., Lamond, J. E., & Thorne, C. R. (2018). Learning and Action Alliance framework to facilitate stakeholder collaboration and social learning in urban flood risk management. Environmental Science and Policy, 80, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2017.10.013

© 2017 The Authors Flood and water management governance may be enhanced through partnership working, intra- and cross-organisational collaborations, and wide stakeholder participation. Nonetheless, barriers associated with ineffective communication,... Read More about Learning and Action Alliance framework to facilitate stakeholder collaboration and social learning in urban flood risk management.