All Outputs (839)

Enhancing the engineering properties of subgrade materials using processed waste: A review (2021)
Journal Article
Amakye, S. Y., Abbey, S. J., Booth, C. A., & Mahamadu, A. (2021). Enhancing the engineering properties of subgrade materials using processed waste: A review. Geotechnics, 1(2), 307-329. https://doi.org/10.3390/geotechnics1020015

Subgrade materials refer to the original ground underneath a road pavement, when these materials are made up of expansive soil it is referred to as expansive subgrade. Sometimes, these materials do not have sufficient capacity to support the weight o... Read More about Enhancing the engineering properties of subgrade materials using processed waste: A review.

Assets-based approaches to developing age friendly communities: Learning from the Bristol Ageing Better programme (2021)
Journal Article
Beardmore, A., Beynon, P., Crabbe, C., Fry, C., Fullforth, J., Groome, J., …White, J. (2022). Assets-based approaches to developing age friendly communities: Learning from the Bristol Ageing Better programme. Working with Older People, 26(1), 53-63. https://doi.org/10.1108/WWOP-07-2021-0038

Purpose: International attention is increasingly turning to the challenge of creating age-friendly environments. This study aims to examine the application of asset-based approaches in undertaking community development projects with older people. The... Read More about Assets-based approaches to developing age friendly communities: Learning from the Bristol Ageing Better programme.

Municipal solid waste generation, composition, and resident awareness of recycling in Oman (2021)
Journal Article
Umar, T. (2022). Municipal solid waste generation, composition, and resident awareness of recycling in Oman. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, 13(1), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSESD.290317

Currently, the entire daily MSW generated in Oman, which is roughly equal to more than 5,000 tons, is disposed at more than 300 dumpsites, which create a number of sustainability issues. This article attempts to know the composition of MSW in Oman. T... Read More about Municipal solid waste generation, composition, and resident awareness of recycling in Oman.

Group-level safety climate in the construction industry: Influence of organizational, group, and individual factors (2021)
Journal Article
Cheung, C., Zhang, R. P., Wang, R., Hsu, S., & Manu, P. (2022). Group-level safety climate in the construction industry: Influence of organizational, group, and individual factors. Journal of Management in Engineering, 38(1), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29ME.1943-5479.0000978

Group-level safety climate (GSC) is a recognized leading indicator of safety performance in the literature. However, there is limited understanding of the mechanisms through which multilevel (i.e., organizational, group, and individual) factors colle... Read More about Group-level safety climate in the construction industry: Influence of organizational, group, and individual factors.

The costs of accidents in Qatar, Oman, and Saudi Arabia construction industry (2021)
Journal Article
Umar, T. (2021). The costs of accidents in Qatar, Oman, and Saudi Arabia construction industry. International Journal of Sustainable Real Estate and Construction Economics, 2(1), 61-81. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSRECE.2021.118079

Considering the construction projects and the current status of occupational safety in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, this article attempts to estimate the costs of accidents in construction. The parameters used in these estimates include... Read More about The costs of accidents in Qatar, Oman, and Saudi Arabia construction industry.

Effects of landscape patterns on the summer microclimate and human comfort in urban squares in China (2021)
Journal Article
Liu, S., Zhao, J., Xu, M., & Ahmadian, E. (2021). Effects of landscape patterns on the summer microclimate and human comfort in urban squares in China. Sustainable Cities and Society, 73, 103099. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.103099

This research uses empirical data and supplementary computer simulation result to study the summertime cooling effect of different landscape patterns in urban areas in China. It employs field monitoring to collect hourly air temperatures and relative... Read More about Effects of landscape patterns on the summer microclimate and human comfort in urban squares in China.

Climate-adapted, traditional or cottage-garden planting? Public perceptions, values and socio-cultural drivers in a designed garden setting (2021)
Journal Article
Hoyle, H. E. (2021). Climate-adapted, traditional or cottage-garden planting? Public perceptions, values and socio-cultural drivers in a designed garden setting. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 65, Article 127362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127362

The global climate crisis precipitates a call to ‘futureproof’ cities by introducing resilient climate-adapted urban green infrastructure (UGI). Recent UK research has revealed public support for climate-adapted UGI, yet there is a lack of research f... Read More about Climate-adapted, traditional or cottage-garden planting? Public perceptions, values and socio-cultural drivers in a designed garden setting.

The mediating influence of local cultures on the relationship between factors of safety risk perception and Risk-Taking behavioural intention of construction site workers (2021)
Journal Article
Danso, F., Adinyira, E., Manu, P., Agyekum, K., Kwaku Ahadzie, D., & Badu, E. (2022). The mediating influence of local cultures on the relationship between factors of safety risk perception and Risk-Taking behavioural intention of construction site workers. Safety Science, 145, Article 105490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105490

Safety risk perception and local cultures are two determinants that influence site workers' risk-taking behavioural intention during construction. The former and its influences are empirically valid, while the latter remains descriptive. How these tw... Read More about The mediating influence of local cultures on the relationship between factors of safety risk perception and Risk-Taking behavioural intention of construction site workers.

Pedagogical nurture through other means: A style of educating for architects by Gilles Deleuze (2021)
Journal Article
Drozynski, C. (2021). Pedagogical nurture through other means: A style of educating for architects by Gilles Deleuze. Charrette, 7(2), 37-56

The current landscape of architectural pedagogy is exposed to issues of standardisation that echo the ones that higher education faced in the second half of the twentieth century. The systems of pedagogic nurture in academia that were proposed during... Read More about Pedagogical nurture through other means: A style of educating for architects by Gilles Deleuze.

The whittling away of wonderful ideas (2021)
Journal Article
Hickman, H., Croft, N., McClymont, K., Sheppard, A., & Foroughmand-Araabi, H. (2021). The whittling away of wonderful ideas. Town and Country Planning -London- Town and Country Planning Association-, July / August 2021, 242-248

Key factors influencing the implementation of three-dimensional printing in construction (2021)
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Umar, T. (2021). Key factors influencing the implementation of three-dimensional printing in construction. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, 174(3), 104-117. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmapl.19.00029

Due to its wider applications and advantages, three-dimensional (3D) printing has attracted the attention of various industries in the past years. Although the implementation of 3D printing in many industries still has challenges, progress in the con... Read More about Key factors influencing the implementation of three-dimensional printing in construction.

Achieving tree canopy cover targets: A case study of Bristol, UK (2021)
Journal Article
Walters, M., & Sinnett, D. (2021). Achieving tree canopy cover targets: A case study of Bristol, UK. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 65, Article 127296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127296

Many cities are increasing urban canopy cover to mitigate the impacts of urbanisation and climate change. Ambitious canopy cover targets are being implemented, with little consideration on how best to achieve them. The City of Bristol has recently pu... Read More about Achieving tree canopy cover targets: A case study of Bristol, UK.

Developing a process-oriented approach towards Positive Energy Blocks: The wind-analysis contribution (2021)
Journal Article
Sibilla, M. (2021). Developing a process-oriented approach towards Positive Energy Blocks: The wind-analysis contribution. City, Territory and Architecture, 8(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40410-021-00141-2

Positive Energy Block (PEB) is an emerging paradigm to transform cities into low carbon cities. It is expected that buildings will become the main components of the future energy infrastructure. This scenario demands a structural integration of the c... Read More about Developing a process-oriented approach towards Positive Energy Blocks: The wind-analysis contribution.

Sustainable energy production from municipal solid waste in Oman (2021)
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Umar, T. (2022). Sustainable energy production from municipal solid waste in Oman. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 175(1), 3-11. https://doi.org/10.1680/jensu.21.00040

The adverse impact of the energy production from fossil fuels is now well recognised globally. Therefore, the move towards renewable and sustainable energy has become integral to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. A comparative... Read More about Sustainable energy production from municipal solid waste in Oman.

Co-creation pathways to inform shared governance of urban living labs in practice: Lessons from three European projects (2021)
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Mahmoud, I. H., Morello, E., Ludlow, D., & Salvia, G. (2021). Co-creation pathways to inform shared governance of urban living labs in practice: Lessons from three European projects. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 3, Article 690458. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2021.690458

Over recent decades Urban Living Labs (ULLs) have become a common space for co-creation processes' experimentation, whereby new approaches for sustainable urban development are highly connected to support evidence-based policy generation. Europe seem... Read More about Co-creation pathways to inform shared governance of urban living labs in practice: Lessons from three European projects.

Prioritising storage practices: A new approach to housing design thinking (2021)
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Marco, E., Williams, K., & Oliveira, S. (2021). Prioritising storage practices: A new approach to housing design thinking. Interiority, 4(2), 223-248. https://doi.org/10.7454/in.v4i2.104

Inhabitants of UK housing have more possessions than ever, whilst space for living in standardised houses is at a premium. The acquisition of material possessions, and how it affects both space and inhabitants’ wellbeing, has not previously been cons... Read More about Prioritising storage practices: A new approach to housing design thinking.

Disparity in the risk of exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust among non- manual and manual employees in the construction industry (2021)
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Fluck, B., Mahdjoubi, L., Fluck, D., Fry, C. H., & Han, T. S. (2021). Disparity in the risk of exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust among non- manual and manual employees in the construction industry. Safety in Extreme Environments, 3(2), 125-132. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42797-021-00037-x

Construction workers are at increased health risk due to exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) dust. We examined differences in health risk among non-manual and manual employees in the construction industry. The participants were drawn rand... Read More about Disparity in the risk of exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust among non- manual and manual employees in the construction industry.

The architectural model as augmenting a sensory ethnography (2021)
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Marco, E., Sinnett, D., Oliveira, S., & Williams, K. (2021). The architectural model as augmenting a sensory ethnography. Design Journal, 24(6), 843-864. https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2021.1949237

This study explores the effectiveness of the architectural model as a means of implementing a sensory ethnographical research methodology. An architectural model, constructed as part of a wider design research approach, became the visual probe in a s... Read More about The architectural model as augmenting a sensory ethnography.

Stimulating fungi Pleurotus ostreatus with hydrocortisone (2021)
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Dehshibi, M. M., Chiolerio, A., Nikolaidou, A., Mayne, R., Gandia, A., Ashtari-Majlan, M., & Adamatzky, A. (2021). Stimulating fungi Pleurotus ostreatus with hydrocortisone. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 7(8), 3718-3726. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00752

Fungi cells can sense extracellular signals via reception, transduction, and response mechanisms, allowing them to communicate with their host and adapt to their environment. They feature effective regulatory protein expressions that enhance and regu... Read More about Stimulating fungi Pleurotus ostreatus with hydrocortisone.

Institutional imperfections and buyer-induced holdout in land acquisition (2021)
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Saha, S., Chowdhury, P. R., Roy, J., & Wiejak-Roy, G. (2021). Institutional imperfections and buyer-induced holdout in land acquisition. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 177(3), 261-298. https://doi.org/10.1628/jite-2021-0012

We look beyond the well-studied issues of fair compensation, regulatory takings, and seller-induced holdout that arise in the government purchase of land for economic development. We argue that political rivalry distorts land acquisition negotiatio... Read More about Institutional imperfections and buyer-induced holdout in land acquisition.