Economics for the modern built environment: book review
(2009)
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The marine bill: An overview and some thoughts (2009)
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This paper examines the Marine and Coastal Access Bill as it was tabled on 8th December 2008. It explores the failure of the Bill to include marine protection of over 3,000,000 km2 of the waters associated with overseas territories and Crown dependen... Read More about The marine bill: An overview and some thoughts.
Ethics in the construction industry: The prospects for a single professional code (2009)
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the potential for generating improved levels of ethical conduct within the construction industry through the introduction of a single industrywide professional code. Design/methodology/approach – Th... Read More about Ethics in the construction industry: The prospects for a single professional code.
Get out and join the city life (2009)
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Learning from overseas (2009)
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Strengthening local democracy? (2009)
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Food-chain transfer of cadmium and zinc from contaminated Urtica dioica to Helix aspersa and Lumbricus terrestris (2009)
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The present study examines the potential of Urtica dioica as an ecologically relevant species for use in ecotoxicological testing. It is prevalent in degraded ecosystems and is a food source for invertebrates. Urtica dioica grown in hydroponic soluti... Read More about Food-chain transfer of cadmium and zinc from contaminated Urtica dioica to Helix aspersa and Lumbricus terrestris.
Deposition and solubility of airborne metals to four plant species grown at varying distances from two heavily trafficked roads in London (2009)
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In urban areas, a highly variable mixture of pollutants is deposited as particulate matter. The concentration and bioavailability of individual pollutants within particles need to be characterised to ascertain the risks to ecological receptors. This... Read More about Deposition and solubility of airborne metals to four plant species grown at varying distances from two heavily trafficked roads in London.
Taxonomy for change causes and effects in construction projects (2009)
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During many construction projects frequent changes often result in time delays, cost overruns, quality defects and other negative impacts. In recent years, many researchers worldwide investigated the effects of project change and more importantly the... Read More about Taxonomy for change causes and effects in construction projects.
Super Auckland risks ending up with a weak mayor (2009)
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Integrated remediation, reclamation and greenspace creation on brownfield land (2009)
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'Far below her former station': Jessop, Brunel and Bristol's Floating Harbour (2009)
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Environmental waste in health care (2009)
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Scholarship is multi-faceted, but the RAE is blind to its richness (2009)
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Leading innovation in a complex environment (2009)
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Ecosystem services and the common law: Evaluating the full scale of damages (2009)
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Development of a software based decision support platform for assessing the impacts of urban pollutants (2009)
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Background and Objective: In order to fully assess the environmental, health and ecological impacts of changes in different products, processes and human activities occurring within an urban environment, a large number of research disciplines need t... Read More about Development of a software based decision support platform for assessing the impacts of urban pollutants.
Landform design pays dividends (2009)
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Playful learning (2009)
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This paper explores the use of playful learning as an approach to teaching and learning. The research used the playful aspects of the 'dérive' (an approach to understanding an environment developed by the Situationists group) as a vehicle to examine... Read More about Playful learning.