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Public toilets: The need for compulsory provision (2004)
Journal Article
Greed, C. (2004). Public toilets: The need for compulsory provision. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer, 157(2), 77-85. https://doi.org/10.1680/muen.2004.157.2.77

There is no mandatory requirement for local authorities to provide public toilets. Yet, it is argued, they are a vital component in creating accessible, sustainable and comfortable cities for all. In this paper the reasons for compulsory standards ar... Read More about Public toilets: The need for compulsory provision.

Private enterprise in eclipe? A reassessment of British housing policy in the 1940s (2003)
Journal Article
Malpass, P. (2003). Private enterprise in eclipe? A reassessment of British housing policy in the 1940s. Housing Studies, 18(5), 645-659. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673030304258

Conventional analyses of housing policy in most European countries treat the 1940s as a decade when private enterprise was eclipsed by social housing programmes. As a result, private enterprise is also eclipsed in most accounts of housing and housing... Read More about Private enterprise in eclipe? A reassessment of British housing policy in the 1940s.

Food and urban design (2003)
Journal Article
Grant, M. (2003). Food and urban design. Urban Design Quarterly, 87, 25-28

The accessibility of public spaces for people with dementia: A new priority for the 'open city' (2003)
Journal Article
Blackman, T., Mitchell, L., Burton, E., Jenks, M., Parsons, M., Raman, S., & Williams, K. (2003). The accessibility of public spaces for people with dementia: A new priority for the 'open city'. Disability and Society, 18(3), 357-371. https://doi.org/10.1080/0968759032000052914

The social model of disability de-medicalises disability and politicises it as an issue of universal rights. However, the rights of people with dementia have been less strongly advocated than those of people with physical disabilities. This is partic... Read More about The accessibility of public spaces for people with dementia: A new priority for the 'open city'.

The future of construction economics as an academic discipline (2003)
Journal Article
Myers, D. (2003). The future of construction economics as an academic discipline. Construction Management and Economics, 21(2), 103-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144619032000056117

The contribution made by economic theory when studying construction-related subjects has a muddled history. This theme was carefully reviewed in Ofori (1994) where he bluntly concluded that: 'Construction economics cannot be regarded as a bona-fide s... Read More about The future of construction economics as an academic discipline.

Making the outside world dementia-friendly: Design issues and considerations (2003)
Journal Article
Mitchell, L., Burton, E., Raman, S., Blackman, T., Jenks, M., & Williams, K. (2003). Making the outside world dementia-friendly: Design issues and considerations. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 30(4), 605-632. https://doi.org/10.1068/b29100

Design guidelines for dementia care homes have, in recent years, acknowledged the important role the internal environment plays in influencing the functional capabilities and emotional well-being of people with dementia. However, although the majorit... Read More about Making the outside world dementia-friendly: Design issues and considerations.

A review of the progress towards the adoption of supply chain management (SCM) relationships in construction (2002)
Journal Article
Saad, M., Jones, M., & James, P. (2002). A review of the progress towards the adoption of supply chain management (SCM) relationships in construction. European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 8(3), 173-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0969-7012%2802%2900007-2

This paper examines the early progress towards the adoption of supply chain management (SCM) relationships in construction. It is based on a literature review and survey of the views of construction practitioners. We contend that SCM has many of the... Read More about A review of the progress towards the adoption of supply chain management (SCM) relationships in construction.

Local authority housing stock transfer in the UK: From local initiative to national policy (2002)
Journal Article
Malpass, P., & Mullins, D. (2002). Local authority housing stock transfer in the UK: From local initiative to national policy. Housing Studies, 17(4), 673-686. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673030220144402

Since 1988 stock transfer has been transformed from a local initiative into a central part of government policy for housing in the UK. It began as a largely rural and suburban phenomenon, generating substantial capital receipts, but has also become a... Read More about Local authority housing stock transfer in the UK: From local initiative to national policy.