All Outputs (97)

Why did UK governments cut road building in the 1990s and expand it after 2010? (2019)
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Melia, S. (2019). Why did UK governments cut road building in the 1990s and expand it after 2010?. Transport Policy, 81, 242-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2019.07.006

Why did a Conservative UK government decide to cut back road building during a time of austerity in the 1990s, whereas a Conservative-led Coalition government decided to substantially increase road building during a time of austerity after 2010? This... Read More about Why did UK governments cut road building in the 1990s and expand it after 2010?.

Effect of organic matter on swell and undrained shear strength of treated soils (2019)
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Abbey, S. J., Omotayo Olubanwo, A., Ngambi, S., Umo Eyo, E., & Adeleke, B. O. (2019). Effect of organic matter on swell and undrained shear strength of treated soils. Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, 4(2), 48-58. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jccee.20190402.12

This paper presents a laboratory and statistical study on swell and undrained shear strength of cemented organic clays blended with eco-friendly (by-product) cementitious materials such as ground granulated blast slag (GGBS) and cement kiln dust (CKD... Read More about Effect of organic matter on swell and undrained shear strength of treated soils.

The role of local perched aquifers in regional groundwater recharge in semi-arid environments: Evidence from the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin, Namibia (2019)
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Hamutoko, J. T., Post, V. E. A., Wanke, H., Beyer, M., Houben, G., & Mapani, B. (2019). The role of local perched aquifers in regional groundwater recharge in semi-arid environments: Evidence from the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin, Namibia. Hydrogeology Journal, 27(7), 2399-2413. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-019-02008-w

The influence of local perched aquifers on groundwater recharge in semi-arid areas at a regional scale remains inadequately studied, especially in southern Africa where data scarcity limits the understanding of recharge and groundwater flow processes... Read More about The role of local perched aquifers in regional groundwater recharge in semi-arid environments: Evidence from the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin, Namibia.

Inferring pyroclastic density current flow conditions using syn-depositional sedimentary structures (2019)
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Pollock, N. M., Brand, B. D., Rowley, P. J., Sarocchi, D., & Sulpizio, R. (2019). Inferring pyroclastic density current flow conditions using syn-depositional sedimentary structures. Bulletin of Volcanology, 81(8), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1303-z

The processes occurring in the basal region of concentrated pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) influence the mobility, runout distance, and damage potential of a current, but directly observing these processes is extremely difficult. Instead, we mus... Read More about Inferring pyroclastic density current flow conditions using syn-depositional sedimentary structures.

Remote sensing for drought monitoring & impact assessment: Progress, past challenges and future opportunities (2019)
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West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2019). Remote sensing for drought monitoring & impact assessment: Progress, past challenges and future opportunities. Remote Sensing of Environment, 232, Article 111291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111291

© 2019 Elsevier Inc. Drought is a common hydrometeorological phenomenon and a pervasive global hazard. As our climate changes, it is likely that drought events will become more intense and frequent. Effective drought monitoring is therefore critical,... Read More about Remote sensing for drought monitoring & impact assessment: Progress, past challenges and future opportunities.

When urban environments meet pedestrian’s thoughts: implications for pedestrian affect (2019)
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Calvert, T., Jain, J., & Chatterjee, K. (2019). When urban environments meet pedestrian’s thoughts: implications for pedestrian affect. Mobilities, 14(5), 545-560. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2019.1613025

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This UK-based study explores the ways in which urban environments and pedestrians’ thoughts interact. Such interactions have implications for hedonic well-being and affect. Analy... Read More about When urban environments meet pedestrian’s thoughts: implications for pedestrian affect.

Strain evolution of brick masonry under cyclic compressive loading (2019)
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Koltsida, I. S., Tomor, A. K., & Booth, C. A. (2019). Strain evolution of brick masonry under cyclic compressive loading. Materials and Structures, 52(4), Article 76. https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-019-1379-0

Long-term fatigue tests in compression were performed on low-strength brick masonry prisms under laboratory conditions at different maximum stress levels. The maximum and minimum total longitudinal deformations with the loading cycles were recorded.... Read More about Strain evolution of brick masonry under cyclic compressive loading.

Vibration-based Bayesian model updating of civil engineering structures applying Gaussian process metamodel (2019)
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Moravej, H., Chan, T. H. T., Nguyen, K., & Jesus, A. (2019). Vibration-based Bayesian model updating of civil engineering structures applying Gaussian process metamodel. Advances in Structural Engineering, 22(16), 3487-3502. https://doi.org/10.1177/1369433219858723

Structural health monitoring plays a significant role in providing information regarding the performance of structures throughout their life spans. However, information that is directly extracted from monitored data is usually susceptible to uncertai... Read More about Vibration-based Bayesian model updating of civil engineering structures applying Gaussian process metamodel.

Embedding social inclusiveness and appropriateness in engineering assessment of green infrastructure to enhance urban resilience (2019)
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Ward, S., Staddon, C., De Vito, L., Zuniga-Teran, A., Gerlak, A., Schoeman, Y., …Booth, G. (2019). Embedding social inclusiveness and appropriateness in engineering assessment of green infrastructure to enhance urban resilience. Urban Water Journal, 16(1), 56-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/1573062X.2019.1633674

Urban resilience emerges not only from ‘what’ is done in relation to critical infrastructure systems, but in the ‘how’ of their conception, co-creation and integration into complex socio-ecological-technical systems. For green infrastructure, where o... Read More about Embedding social inclusiveness and appropriateness in engineering assessment of green infrastructure to enhance urban resilience.

Integrating structure-from-motion photogrammetry into rock weathering field methodologies (2019)
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Mol, L., & Clarke, L. (2019). Integrating structure-from-motion photogrammetry into rock weathering field methodologies. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(13), 2671-2684. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4693

© 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Despite recent rapid advances in the field of structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry, the use of high-resolution data to investigate small-scale processes is a relatively underdeveloped field. In particular, rock... Read More about Integrating structure-from-motion photogrammetry into rock weathering field methodologies.

Metagenomics reveals seasonality of human pathogenic bacteria from hand-dug well water in the Cuvelai Etosha Basin of Namibia (2019)
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McBenedict, B., Hauwanga, W., Wanke, H., Chimwamurombe, P., & Hang’ombe, B. (2019). Metagenomics reveals seasonality of human pathogenic bacteria from hand-dug well water in the Cuvelai Etosha Basin of Namibia. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 13(2), 865-877. https://doi.org/10.22207/JPAM.13.2.22

Namibia is a large country with a population slightly above 2 million of which 73% live in rural areas. It is the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa with unpredictable rainfall patterns which occur between October and May. The Cuvelai Etosha Basin... Read More about Metagenomics reveals seasonality of human pathogenic bacteria from hand-dug well water in the Cuvelai Etosha Basin of Namibia.

Emissions vs exposure: Increasing injustice from road traffic-related air pollution in the United Kingdom (2019)
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Barnes, J., Chatterton, T. J., & Longhurst, J. (2019). Emissions vs exposure: Increasing injustice from road traffic-related air pollution in the United Kingdom. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 73, 56-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2019.05.012

© 2019 The Authors This paper presents unique spatial analyses identifying substantial discrepancies in traffic-related emissions generation and exposure by socioeconomic and demographic groups. It demonstrates a compelling environmental and social i... Read More about Emissions vs exposure: Increasing injustice from road traffic-related air pollution in the United Kingdom.

Does engagement build empathy for shared water resources? Results from the use of the interpersonal reactivity index during a mobile water allocation experimental decision laboratory (2019)
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Bradford, L., Chun, K. P., Bonli, R., & Strickert, G. (2019). Does engagement build empathy for shared water resources? Results from the use of the interpersonal reactivity index during a mobile water allocation experimental decision laboratory. Water, 11(6), Article 1259. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11061259

Currently, there are no tools that measure improvements in levels of empathy among diverse water stakeholders participating in transboundary decision-making. In this study, we used an existing empathy scale from clinical psychology during an Experime... Read More about Does engagement build empathy for shared water resources? Results from the use of the interpersonal reactivity index during a mobile water allocation experimental decision laboratory.

Modelling the future impacts of urban spatial planning on the viability of alternative water supply (2019)
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Hargreaves, A. J., Farmani, R., Ward, S., & Butler, D. (2019). Modelling the future impacts of urban spatial planning on the viability of alternative water supply. Water Research, 162, 200-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.06.029

Greywater recycling and rainwater harvesting have the potential to increase the resilience of water management and reduce the need for investment in conventional water supply schemes. However, their water-savings would partly depend on the location a... Read More about Modelling the future impacts of urban spatial planning on the viability of alternative water supply.

Challenges of mainstreaming green infrastructure in built environment professions (2019)
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Zuniga-Teran, A. A., Staddon, C., de Vito, L., Gerlak, A. K., Ward, S., Schoeman, Y., …Booth, G. (2020). Challenges of mainstreaming green infrastructure in built environment professions. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 63(4), 710-732. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2019.1605890

© 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Green infrastructure (GI) has been identified as a promising approach to help cities adapt to climate change through the provision of multiple ecosyst... Read More about Challenges of mainstreaming green infrastructure in built environment professions.

Considering time in land use planning: An assessment of end-of-life decision making for commercially managed onshore wind schemes (2019)
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Windemer, R. (2019). Considering time in land use planning: An assessment of end-of-life decision making for commercially managed onshore wind schemes. Land Use Policy, 87, Article 104024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104024

Despite its ostensible future orientation, research on land use planning has given relatively little consideration to temporality, either empirically or conceptually. The need for analytical advances becomes clear when considering the treatment of ‘e... Read More about Considering time in land use planning: An assessment of end-of-life decision making for commercially managed onshore wind schemes.

Employer perceptions of the business benefits of sustainable transport: A case study of peri-urban employment areas in South West England (2019)
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Bartle, C., & Chatterjee, K. (2019). Employer perceptions of the business benefits of sustainable transport: A case study of peri-urban employment areas in South West England. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 126, 297-313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2019.04.012

There is considerable interest in the contribution that workplace-based mobility management interventions can make to achieving more sustainable mobility patterns. A number of studies have evaluated the impacts of workplace-based interventions on the... Read More about Employer perceptions of the business benefits of sustainable transport: A case study of peri-urban employment areas in South West England.

New appraisal values of travel time saving and reliability in Great Britain (2019)
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Batley, R., Bates, J., Bliemer, M., Börjesson, M., Bourdon, J., Cabral, M. O., …Worsley, T. (2019). New appraisal values of travel time saving and reliability in Great Britain. Transportation, 46(3), 583-621. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-017-9798-7

© 2017, The Author(s). This paper provides an overview of the study ‘Provision of market research for value of time savings and reliability’ undertaken by the Arup/ITS Leeds/Accent consortium for the UK Department for Transport (DfT). The paper summa... Read More about New appraisal values of travel time saving and reliability in Great Britain.

Regional rainfall response to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) across Great Britain (2019)
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West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2019). Regional rainfall response to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) across Great Britain. Hydrology Research, 50(6), 1549-1563. https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2019.015

© IWA Publishing 2019. The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has been long studied as the primary teleconnection affecting the British and European climate. However, previous studies have focused on extremes or have been spatially and temporally limit... Read More about Regional rainfall response to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) across Great Britain.

Numerical investigation of tension reinforcement lap length of eurocode 2 using a four-point beam loading system (2019)
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Adeleke, B. O., Abbey, S. J., & Olubanwo, A. O. (2019). Numerical investigation of tension reinforcement lap length of eurocode 2 using a four-point beam loading system. Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures, 16(5), Article e197. https://doi.org/10.1590/1679-78255532

© 2019 Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures. All rights reserved. This report presents a computational research on Eurocode 2 (EC2) tension lap lengths (lo) design in a normally reinforced concrete beam, using ANSYS Workbench simulation so... Read More about Numerical investigation of tension reinforcement lap length of eurocode 2 using a four-point beam loading system.