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The rise and decline of the European struggle against social exclusion (2023)
Book Chapter
Atkinson, R. (2023). The rise and decline of the European struggle against social exclusion. In A. Mayne (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Modern Slum (162-179). New York: Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190879457.013.10

Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, addressing social exclusion and achieving greater social inclusion figured prominently in the “social policy” discourse of the European Union and of many national governments within it. This chapter discusses soc... Read More about The rise and decline of the European struggle against social exclusion.

New technologies and autonomous vehicles for urban goods distribution (2023)
Book Chapter
Paddeu, D. (2023). New technologies and autonomous vehicles for urban goods distribution. In . E. Marcucci, V. Gatta, & M. Le Pira (Eds.), Handbook on City Logistics and Urban Freight (444-461). Edward Elgar Publishing

New technologies and automated systems are emerging as possible strategies to maximise the efficiency of urban logistics, while reducing negative externalities due to deliveries in urban areas. However, despite the high potential and enthusiasm towar... Read More about New technologies and autonomous vehicles for urban goods distribution.

Public health, active transport, and land use (2023)
Book Chapter
Manaugh, K., Waygood, E., & Pellecuer, L. (2023). Public health, active transport, and land use. In J. D. A. E. Silva, K. Currans, V. Van Acker, & R. Schneider (Eds.), Handbook on Transport and Land Use (332-349). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800370258.00027

This chapter explores the multiple and varied pathways between transport and health with a focus on the short- and long-term negative impacts of cars and auto-centric design and the many benefits possible based on a shift back to active transport. We... Read More about Public health, active transport, and land use.

Rachel Carson - searching for wonder (2023)
Book Chapter
Portus, R. (2023). Rachel Carson - searching for wonder. In J. McKendrick (Ed.), Inspirationally Playful: People, papers and practices that have inspired play practitioners and researchers (23). The Child and Adolescent Health Research Group

Rachel Carson is one of the most famed environmentalists of the twentieth century who, in 1962, published her seminal book Silent Spring. Exposing the damaging effects of insecticides, Carson’s writing sparked an environmental movement which continue... Read More about Rachel Carson - searching for wonder.

Transport and energy justice (2023)
Book Chapter
Lucas, K., & Adeel, M. (2023). Transport and energy justice. In . S. Bouzarovski, S. Fuller, & . T. Reames (Eds.), Handbook on Energy Justice (25-39). London: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839102967.00010

This chapter sets out the current picture in terms of transport and mobility behaviours across different social groups, drawing from a wide range of literatures to explore the concept of transport energy justice in different contexts, and using the U... Read More about Transport and energy justice.

Flexibility in cultural production (2023)
Book Chapter
Karimnia, E. (2023). Flexibility in cultural production. In C. Chua, L. Kodua Okullu, & M. Michalowska (Eds.), Urban Backstages. (TM Edition). London: Theatrum Mundi

Flexibility, in the context of contemporary creative industries, has become a glamorised phenomenon, a buzzword used to illustrate an ideal working condition for cultural producers. The growth in, the use of flexibility as a concept in urban discour... Read More about Flexibility in cultural production.

A university’s transformational change agenda (2023)
Book Chapter
Longhurst, J., Gough, G., & Brooks, I. (2023). A university’s transformational change agenda. In W. M. Purcell, & J. Haddock-Fraser (Eds.), Bloomsbury Handbook Of Sustainability In Higher Education: An Agenda For Transformational Change. Bloomsbury Publishing

This chapter presents a chronological review of the University of West of England, Bristol (UWE) and its engagement with the environmental agenda of the late 20th century before reviewing its transformational sustainability agenda over the last twent... Read More about A university’s transformational change agenda.

Cycling infrastructure: Planning cycle networks (2022)
Book Chapter
Parkin, J. (2022). Cycling infrastructure: Planning cycle networks. In Routledge Companion to Cycling (219-228). Routledge

Significant developments in cycle infrastructure practice and guidance have taken place since the turn of the millennium.this chapter discusses infrastructure in the following order. First the basis for planning cycle networks is discussed. This is f... Read More about Cycling infrastructure: Planning cycle networks.

Explainable machine learning for autonomous vehicle positioning using SHAP (2022)
Book Chapter
Onyekpe, U., Lu, Y., Apostolopoulou, E., Palade, V., Eyo, E. U., & Kanarachos, S. (2023). Explainable machine learning for autonomous vehicle positioning using SHAP. In M. Mehta, V. Palade, & I. Chatterjee (Eds.), Explainable AI: Foundations, Methodologies and Applications (157-183). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12807-3_8

Despite the recent advancements in Autonomous Vehicle (AV) technology, safety still remains a key challenge for their commercialisation and development. One of the major systems influencing the safety of AVs is its navigation system. Road localisatio... Read More about Explainable machine learning for autonomous vehicle positioning using SHAP.

Becoming an electric car owner – User experience and the EV community (2022)
Book Chapter
Clayton, W. (2022). Becoming an electric car owner – User experience and the EV community. In Electrifying Mobility: Realising a Sustainable Future for the Car (135-157). Bingley: Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2044-994120220000015010

This chapter is a review and discussion of the experience of becoming an Electric Vehicle (EV) owner, with a focus on the importance of online EV communities on social media platforms in providing informal support to new owners during the transition... Read More about Becoming an electric car owner – User experience and the EV community.

The electric car as a component of future sustainable mobility (2022)
Book Chapter
Parkhurst, G., & Clayton, W. (2022). The electric car as a component of future sustainable mobility. In Electrifying Mobility: Realising a Sustainable Future for the Car (231-246). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2044-994120220000015014

The chapter draws on the key findings from across the previous chapters in this book with a view to reaching a synthesis which responds to the key question that motivated the book: ‘to what extent does a shift to electric automobility suggest a susta... Read More about The electric car as a component of future sustainable mobility.

The electrification of automobility (2022)
Book Chapter
Parkhurst, G. (2022). The electrification of automobility. In Electrifying Mobility: Realising a Sustainable Future for the Car (3-12). Bingley: Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2044-994120220000015003

Observations worldwide suggest that climate heating has moved from the stage of being a conceptual future threat to being widely recognisable as having a tangible and present impact in the 2020s. The promotion of the electric car, as a key feature of... Read More about The electrification of automobility.

Power and gender (2022)
Book Chapter
Karimnia, E. (2022). Power and gender. In Encounters (30-34). London: Theatrum Mundi

The theme of the London lab was provoked by the most recent, yet not the last, events of violence against women in London. Such gender-based power dynamics can be also found in the form of symbolic or non-physical violence within the built environme... Read More about Power and gender.

An adaptive legal framework for water security concerns in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (2022)
Book Chapter
Ping Yu, F., & Chun, K. (2022). An adaptive legal framework for water security concerns in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. In The Cambridge Handbook of Disaster Law and Policy (131-148). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108770903.009

For mitigating hydrological hazards, legal frameworks provide enforcement mechanisms to guide water governance which can increase the adaptability and resilience of water resources systems. In Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), water securit... Read More about An adaptive legal framework for water security concerns in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Amidst urban edges (2022)
Book Chapter
Karimnia, E. (2022). Amidst urban edges. In S. Khandekar, & V. Bharne (Eds.), Streets For All – 50 Ideas for Shaping Resilient Cities (54-59). Bruil & van de Staaij

Urban edges advance a reflection on human territoriality and the capacity of remaking territory in relation to public spaces. This social territory making includes a set of appropriation and consequences of presence in public space. Urban edges are i... Read More about Amidst urban edges.

Egypt (2022)
Book Chapter
Gohar, A. (2022). Egypt. In A. Gohar (Ed.), Tourism Governance (21-38). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110638141-003

Egypt has been known throughout history as a destination for travelers, particularly since it was visited by Herodotus during ancient times and he wrote about his sur-prises of the vast differences between Egypt and his homeland. During the Roman Emp... Read More about Egypt.

Tools and processes for practitioners (2022)
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Parkin, J. (2022). Tools and processes for practitioners. In E. Heinen, & T. Gotschi (Eds.), Cycling (111-135). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.atpp.2022.04.006

The purpose of this chapter is to discuss guidance and tools for decision-making and planning. The discussion starts with methods to assess policy, strategy and program level development. This is followed by the technical processes that include mode... Read More about Tools and processes for practitioners.

Management of industrial waste and cost analysis (2022)
Book Chapter
Zhang, R., Qureshi, T., & Panesar, D. (2022). Management of industrial waste and cost analysis. In F. Colangelo, R. Cioffi, & I. Farina (Eds.), Handbook of Sustainable Concrete and Industrial Waste Management (595-614). United Kingdom: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821730-6.00027-9

The increase in the global demands of industrial products leads to the increase in the produced wastes. This chapter reviews the management of three general categories of industrial wastes/byproducts: coal-burning ash (fly ash and bottom ash), iron a... Read More about Management of industrial waste and cost analysis.

Use of industrial waste in construction and a cost analysis (2022)
Book Chapter
Zhang, R., Qureshi, T., & Panesar, D. (2022). Use of industrial waste in construction and a cost analysis. In F. Colangelo, R. Cioffi, & I. Farina (Eds.), Handbook of Sustainable Concrete and Industrial Waste Management (615-635). United Kingdom: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821730-6.00019-X

The average cost is increasing for disposing and managing industrial wastes in the world. The utilization/reuse of industrial wastes in construction is vital in that context to reduce the cost of both industrial operations and construction contractor... Read More about Use of industrial waste in construction and a cost analysis.