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On the fractal geometry of the road network and its effect on traffic equilibrium (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Avineri, E. (2006, June). On the fractal geometry of the road network and its effect on traffic equilibrium. Paper presented at Proceedings of the 11th Meeting of the EURO Working Group on Transportation and an International Conference on ''Handling Uncertainty in Transportation'', Italy

Direct numerical simulation of jets in cross-flow (2006)
Journal Article
Yao, Y., Petty, D., Barrington, P., Yao, J., & Mason, P. (2006). Direct numerical simulation of jets in cross-flow. International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, 20(5), 279-285. https://doi.org/10.1080/10618560600909945

Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of jets in cross-flow (JICF) has been carried out in this study, aiming for the investigation of vortex structure formation and evolution process associated with JICF. A recently developed DNS code is used, which sol... Read More about Direct numerical simulation of jets in cross-flow.

Direct numerical simulation of jets in cross-flow (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Yao, Y., Petty, D., Barrington, P., Yao, J., & Mason, P. (2006, June). Direct numerical simulation of jets in cross-flow. Paper presented at 13th Annual Conference of the CFD-Society-of-Canada

Developing leisure and cultural attractions in the regional city centre: A policy perspective (2006)
Journal Article
Thomas, C. J., Bromley, R. D., Tallon, A., & Reynolds, B. (2006). Developing leisure and cultural attractions in the regional city centre: A policy perspective. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 24(3), 351-370. https://doi.org/10.1068/c0526

Smaller regional cities and former industrial cities throughout North America and Europe have experienced fundamental transformations of their economies over recent decades, and authorities have continually sought new functions for the postindustrial... Read More about Developing leisure and cultural attractions in the regional city centre: A policy perspective.

Embryonics: A path to artificial life? (2006)
Journal Article
Zhang, X., Dragffy, G., & Pipe, A. G. (2006). Embryonics: A path to artificial life?. Artificial Life, 12(3), 313-332. https://doi.org/10.1162/artl.2006.12.3.313

Electronic systems, no matter how clever and intelligent they are, cannot yet demonstrate the reliability that biological systems can. Perhaps we can learn from these processes, which have developed through millions of years of evolution, in our purs... Read More about Embryonics: A path to artificial life?.

Institutional and conceptual barriers to the adoption of gender mainstreaming within spatial planning departments in England (2006)
Journal Article
Greed, C. (2006). Institutional and conceptual barriers to the adoption of gender mainstreaming within spatial planning departments in England. Planning Theory and Practice, 7(2), 179-197. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649350600673112

Local authority planning departments within the United Kingdom are required to undertake gender mainstreaming as a result of European Union and domestic government requirements. However, research undertaken for the Royal Town Planning Institute demon... Read More about Institutional and conceptual barriers to the adoption of gender mainstreaming within spatial planning departments in England.

Local democracy and political leadership: Drawing a map (2006)
Journal Article
Haus, M., & Sweeting, D. (2006). Local democracy and political leadership: Drawing a map. Political Studies, 54(2), 267-288. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9248.2006.00605.x

Different concepts of local democracy imply different tasks, functions and reform strategies for local political leadership. This article draws a map of local democracy that entails four non-exclusive components: representative democracy, user democr... Read More about Local democracy and political leadership: Drawing a map.

Collaborative capacity and strategies in area-based initiatives (2006)
Journal Article
Sullivan, H., Barnes, M., & Matka, E. (2006). Collaborative capacity and strategies in area-based initiatives. Public Administration, 84(2), 289-310. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.2006.00003.x

Despite considerable evaluator investment in examining partnership activity in UK public policy initiatives, little attention has been paid to the role of strategy in supporting the generation and harnessing of the resources necessary to collaborate... Read More about Collaborative capacity and strategies in area-based initiatives.

The computer system GRAPHOGRAPH (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Zverovich, V. (2006, May). The computer system GRAPHOGRAPH. Presented at Reading Two-Day Combinatorics Colloquium, Reading, UK

City/culture discourses: Evidence from the competition to select the European Capital of Culture 2008 (2006)
Journal Article
Griffiths, R. (2006). City/culture discourses: Evidence from the competition to select the European Capital of Culture 2008. European Planning Studies, 14(4), 415-430. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654310500421048

In the current era of globalization, manufacturing decline and place marketing, many cities have turned to culture as a favoured means of gaining competitive advantage. The European Capital of Culture (ECOC) programme has been a significant catalyst... Read More about City/culture discourses: Evidence from the competition to select the European Capital of Culture 2008.

Retailing local food in the Scottish-English borders: A supply chain perspective (2006)
Journal Article
Ilbery, B., & Maye, D. (2006). Retailing local food in the Scottish-English borders: A supply chain perspective. Geoforum, 37(3), 352-367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2005.09.003

Local food is championed as one alternative response to industrial systems of food production and supply. While advocacy for local food is high, there is a lack of empirical evidence about the actual shape and scale of such food supply chains, especi... Read More about Retailing local food in the Scottish-English borders: A supply chain perspective.

Workforce planning and education: Mapping competencies, skills and standards in mental health (2006)
Journal Article
Musselwhite, C. B., & Freshwater, D. (2006). Workforce planning and education: Mapping competencies, skills and standards in mental health. Nurse Education Today, 26(4), 277-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2005.10.009

This paper aims to identify and critically analyse the provision and commissioning of relevant training for multidisciplinary mental health practitioners in the South West region of England. Data were collected from 45 education and training provider... Read More about Workforce planning and education: Mapping competencies, skills and standards in mental health.