All Outputs (66)

Making space for place: from development management to planning (2012)
Book Chapter

This paper surveys the position that place currently holds within the discipline of planning in the UK, and advocates a move away from current models of development management to one of explicit place-making. The paper’s concern is the planning sys... Read More about Making space for place: from development management to planning.

A preliminary investigation into the potential of construction project features to influence accident occurrence (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The UK Construction industry has persistently been associated with unwanted ‘costs’ in the form of deaths, injuries, and ill-health. Previous studies in trying to address the health and safety (H&S) performance have highlighted the need to pay attent... Read More about A preliminary investigation into the potential of construction project features to influence accident occurrence.

Services of general interest and territorial cohesion: What, how and by whom? (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Organisational Culture and Climate Change Driven Construction (2012)
Book Chapter

Socially responsible property investment in urban regeneration: Priorities and behaviours by institutional investors in practice (2012)
Journal Article

Solutions for climate change challenges for the built environment (2012)
Book

Cities and flooding: A guide to integrated urban flood risk management for the 21st century (2012)
Book

Urban flooding is a serious and growing development challenge. It is a global phenomenon which causes widespread devastation, economic damages and loss of human lives. The occurrence of floods is the most frequent among all natural disasters glob... Read More about Cities and flooding: A guide to integrated urban flood risk management for the 21st century.

Economic evaluation of Living Streets’ fitter for walking project (2012)
Report

Living Streets’ Fitter for Walking (FFW) project worked with deprived communities in 12 Local Authority areas across five regions of England to improve local environments and promote more walking for short journeys. This study uses the Health Economi... Read More about Economic evaluation of Living Streets’ fitter for walking project.

The marine and coastal access act-A hornets' nest? (2012)
Journal Article

The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 is now enacted into law. This paper looks at predictions made about new law by one of the authors, Peter Jones, in his paper The Marine Bill: Cornucopia or Pandora's Box [1] and assesses how successful the Act h... Read More about The marine and coastal access act-A hornets' nest?.

An architecture for integrated intelligence in urban management using cloud computing (2012)
Journal Article

With the emergence of new methodologies and technologies it has now become possible to manage large amounts of environmental sensing data and apply new integrated computing models to acquire information intelligence. This paper advocates the applicat... Read More about An architecture for integrated intelligence in urban management using cloud computing.

Assessment of borehole water quality in Yola-Jimeta Metropolis, Nigeria (2012)
Journal Article

This study investigates the chemical concentration of borehole water in Yola-Jimeta Metropolis so as to assess their suitability for domestic use. Water samples were collected from twenty-two boreholes, one sample from each of the twenty-two administ... Read More about Assessment of borehole water quality in Yola-Jimeta Metropolis, Nigeria.

Helping clinicians improve the health of their communities: The Beddoes Fellows Programme (2012)
Journal Article

The importance of prevention in medical practice has been recognised for well over a century. In recent years however, the amount of engagement in preventative medicine has lessened as consultants have been concentrating on achieving targets and the... Read More about Helping clinicians improve the health of their communities: The Beddoes Fellows Programme.

The power of the image (2012)
Journal Article

Designers have long used fantastical imagery as part of an urban regeneration process, here Louis Rice examines the legacy of the seminal image from the winning London Olympics bid.

Architecture + Transgression (2012)
Book

Beyond Utopia (2012)
Book

Beyond Utopia is a project initiated by the collaborative practice of Sophie Warren and Jonathan Mosley with writer of art and architecture Robin Wilson. Initial stages of the project were funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. With re... Read More about Beyond Utopia.

The role of solid waste management as a response to urban flood risk in developing countries, a case study analysis (2012)
Book Chapter

Solid waste management is a large and growing problem for countries in the developing world and is often a neglected aspect of urban management. However, poor waste management can contribute to the impact of urban flooding by blocking drainage, incre... Read More about The role of solid waste management as a response to urban flood risk in developing countries, a case study analysis.

Book review: ‘Ladies or gents’: Gender division in toilets (2012)
Journal Article

A relacao generificado entre o zonamento urbano do transporte public e as implicacoes para a provisao de banheiros publicos (2012)
Journal Article

The gendered relationship between urban land use transportation planning and the implications for the provision of public toilets

In Paris, you can buy a beer at McDonald's (2012)
Journal Article

It is a little known fact that until the 1920s Paris was surrounded by a wall and entry into the city controlled through gates. That wall demarcated Paris from the rest of France. After its demolition that distinction between Paris 'intra-muros' and... Read More about In Paris, you can buy a beer at McDonald's.

Understanding the role of universities in the European Healthy Cities Programme (2012)
Journal Article

The WHO Collaborating Centre is a founder member of HAVEN, a European consortium of universities and healthy cities set up to provide academic support to the European Healthy City Network (EHCN). In order to identify which ‘healthy city’ goals and ac... Read More about Understanding the role of universities in the European Healthy Cities Programme.