Why “Heterotopias”?
(2018)
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Towards smart cities development: A study of public transport system and traffic-related air pollutants in Malaysia (2018)
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Increasing number of privately owned vehicles are depicting Malaysians preferred mode of mobility and lack of interest in the public transport system. In most developing countries such as Malaysia, motorized vehicles are the major contributors to air... Read More about Towards smart cities development: A study of public transport system and traffic-related air pollutants in Malaysia.
Former metal mining areas in England and Wales: Local residents’ preferences for the management of wastes (2018)
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This study uses the Q Method to examine how those living in former metal mining landscapes value this heritage and their preferences for the long-term management of mine waste. Such sites are often perceived as derelict or degraded, and of very littl... Read More about Former metal mining areas in England and Wales: Local residents’ preferences for the management of wastes.
Improving social and environmental resilience through the development of healthier urban and rural environments (2018)
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The research focuses on how to make urban and rural settlements greener, healthier and more resilient. The increase in the global population combined with massive urbanisation is increasing need for risk resilience from disasters, particularly in coa... Read More about Improving social and environmental resilience through the development of healthier urban and rural environments.
Going further than conservation: A research-based approach to regeneration and re-use (2018)
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A dissemination of a book chapter for a forthcoming publication titled "Architectural Regeneration".
Co-designing the healthy city; approaches for integrating new technologies and collaborative working (2018)
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The research focuses on healthy cities, particularly how to make urban environments healthier, more sustainable and more liveable. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals have replaced their Millennium Development Goals with much more of a focus on he... Read More about Co-designing the healthy city; approaches for integrating new technologies and collaborative working.
Living “Heterotopias”: The Gojikara Mura© Settings (2018)
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People are living longer and being old is becoming the norm but the potential of acquiring a long-term condition such as dementia is increasing. The societal viewpoint has started to conceptualise the aging population phenomenon as an impending socia... Read More about Living “Heterotopias”: The Gojikara Mura© Settings.
Additive manufacture of a spine surrogate for assessing injury risk during under vehicle explosions (2018)
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Spinal injuries sustained by occupants during under-vehicle explosions were common in recent conflicts. Mitigation technologies are currently assessed using Anthropometric Test Devices (ATDs) which are designed to respond biofidelically to external l... Read More about Additive manufacture of a spine surrogate for assessing injury risk during under vehicle explosions.
Heritage Building Information Modelling (HBIM) to make informed decisions when retrofitting. A case study (2018)
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A BIM based approach for optimization of construction and assembly through material selection (2018)
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During the design phase of construction projects, professionals seldom consider implications of design choices in terms of the ease with which it can be constructed. This contributes to wastage when chosen design features and materials result in the... Read More about A BIM based approach for optimization of construction and assembly through material selection.
The Architectural Use of Disorder. The Group Home in Noboribetsu (2018)
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The Healthy City as a system of urban regeneration for improving economic, social & environmental inequalities (2018)
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The research examines innovative approaches to designing new urban areas and retrofitting existing cities to enable healthier outcomes. The design and layout of the built environment is a significant determinant of human health. Simultaneously, achie... Read More about The Healthy City as a system of urban regeneration for improving economic, social & environmental inequalities.
‘The open typology’: Towards Socially and Economically Sustainable Architectural and Care Models (2018)
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Let's ban the lazy language of 'best practice'. An exploration of how to enhance the effectiveness of international city-to-city learning (2018)
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This paper sets out five reasons why there is no such thing as ‘best practice’ when it comes to international city-to-city learning and dialogue. The paper then widens the conversation to consider the nature of international exchange and distinguish... Read More about Let's ban the lazy language of 'best practice'. An exploration of how to enhance the effectiveness of international city-to-city learning.
UK coastal governance: Enhancing collaborative governance mechanisms for stewardship (2018)
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Recent and future changes in UK marine legislation put the land-sea interface under the spotlight. The UK Coastal Governance research was launched in Autumn 2017 to review existing and new methods to support coastal governance in the UK. The purpose... Read More about UK coastal governance: Enhancing collaborative governance mechanisms for stewardship.
Using interactive evolution to design behaviors for non-deterministic self-organized construction (2018)
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Self-organizing construction is an emerging subdomain for on-site construction robots. This not only presents new challenges for robotics, but due to the stochasticity involved in such systems, impacts the modeling and prediction of resulting built s... Read More about Using interactive evolution to design behaviors for non-deterministic self-organized construction.
Britain and Brexit: All at sea (2018)
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A presentation investigating the impacts of the UK's decision to leave the European Union on marine fisheries and nature conservation legislation
An empirical comparison of ethical perceptions among the consultant’s quantity surveyor and contractor’s quantity surveyor in the UK construction industry (2018)
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Fraudulent and corrupt practices are a worldwide phenomenon within the construction industry. Tender collusion, price fixing, subcontractor bribes, and overbilling have all been found to occur at project level. These practices not only have deleterio... Read More about An empirical comparison of ethical perceptions among the consultant’s quantity surveyor and contractor’s quantity surveyor in the UK construction industry.
Thinking Making and Living Architecture in an Ageing Society (2018)
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Place-based leadership and radical public innovation: Lessons from mayoral governance experimentation in Bristol, UK (2018)
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This paper explores two related questions: 1) Does the institutional design of the governance arrangements of a city make a difference to the performance of place-based leadership? And 2) Does the leadership style of the individual exercising mayoral... Read More about Place-based leadership and radical public innovation: Lessons from mayoral governance experimentation in Bristol, UK.