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Self-healing concrete and cementitious materials (2020)
Book Chapter
Qureshi, T., & Al-Tabbaa, A. (2020). Self-healing concrete and cementitious materials. In Advanced Functional Materials. IntechOpen

Concrete is one of the most used materials in the world with robust applications and increasing demand. Despite considerable advancement in concrete and cementitious materials over last centuries, infrastructure built in the present world with these... Read More about Self-healing concrete and cementitious materials.

Turning points in car ownership over the life course: Contributions from biographical interviews and panel data (2020)
Book Chapter
Chatterjee, K., & Clark, B. (2020). Turning points in car ownership over the life course: Contributions from biographical interviews and panel data. In Mobility and Travel Behaviour Across the Life Course (17-32). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789907810

There is still much to learn about why people make major changes to their personal mobility. It is challenging to identify the points in time when people make major changes in their personal mobility and the circumstances in which such changes take p... Read More about Turning points in car ownership over the life course: Contributions from biographical interviews and panel data.

Real world learning through civic engagement: Principles, pedagogies and practices (2020)
Book Chapter
Mason O'Connor, K., & McEwen, L. (2021). Real world learning through civic engagement: Principles, pedagogies and practices. In D. Morley, & M. Jamil (Eds.), Applied Pedagogies for Higher Education. Real World Learning and Innovation across the Curriculum (63-89). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46951-1_4

Civic engagement offers students transformational opportunities to experience ‘real world learning’. This chapter identifies key principles of critical community-based learning that emerge from appraisal of different histories and paradigms of learni... Read More about Real world learning through civic engagement: Principles, pedagogies and practices.

Urban mobility, social inclusion and participation: A qualitative study in Palermo, Italy (2020)
Book Chapter
Inguglia, C., Di Marco, M., & Ricci, M. (2020). Urban mobility, social inclusion and participation: A qualitative study in Palermo, Italy. In G. Smorto, & I. Vinci (Eds.), The Role of Sharing Mobility in Contemporary Cities (51-68). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57725-4_4

The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the connection between social inclusion and urban mobility, focusing on the role of sharing mobility and to what extent it might be a favourable tool for social inclusion, particularly for disadvantaged group... Read More about Urban mobility, social inclusion and participation: A qualitative study in Palermo, Italy.

The potential for automation to transform urban deliveries: Drivers, barriers and policy priorities (2020)
Book Chapter
Paddeu, D., & Parkhurst, G. (2020). The potential for automation to transform urban deliveries: Drivers, barriers and policy priorities. In B. van Wee, N. Thomopoulos, & M. Dimitris (Eds.), Policy Implications of Autonomous Vehicles. Elsevier

Urban freight transport is crucial to ensuring the economic vitality of a city. However, significant negative ‘externalities’ arise from freight flows in urban areas. Current solutions to reduce the impact of freight transport in urban areas aim at r... Read More about The potential for automation to transform urban deliveries: Drivers, barriers and policy priorities.

Equity and Urban Water Security (2020)
Book Chapter
Charles, K., Octavianti, T., Hylton, E., & Remmington, G. (2020). Equity and Urban Water Security. In R. Hope, J. Hughes, E. C. Penning-Rowsell, J. W. Hall, S. J. Dadson, & D. E. Garrick (Eds.), Water Science, Policy, and Management: A Global Challenge. , (329-344). John Wiley & Sons Ltd