All Outputs (18)

Towards an integrated framework for building resilience using flood memory in built environment (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bhattacharya-Mis, N., & Lamond, J. (2014, November). Towards an integrated framework for building resilience using flood memory in built environment. Paper presented at 2nd International Conference on Urban Sustainability and Resilience, London

The complexity of repeated changes in natural environment and their impact on the dynamic urban built environment setting, whether it is the primary physical impact by means of ingress of water to normally dry areas or evacuation from the forces of h... Read More about Towards an integrated framework for building resilience using flood memory in built environment.

Taking women's bodily functions into account in urban planning: Sanitation, toilets, menstruation and biological differences (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Greed, C. (2014, September). Taking women's bodily functions into account in urban planning: Sanitation, toilets, menstruation and biological differences. Paper presented at EnGendering Cities; Designing Sustainable Urban Environments for All, Rome, Italy

Socio-economic complexities of flood memory in building resilience: An overview of research (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bhattacharya-Mis, N., & Lamond, J. (2014, September). Socio-economic complexities of flood memory in building resilience: An overview of research. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Building Resilience, Incorporating the 3rd Annual Conference of the ANDROID Disaster Resilience, Salford, United Kingdom

Shocks such as flooding are sudden events that can affect the well-being of people, whether it's a single household or business or the entire community. Repeated flood shocks is one of the least researched phenomena associated with understanding the... Read More about Socio-economic complexities of flood memory in building resilience: An overview of research.

Pentecostals and planning in the UK (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Greed, C. (2014, September). Pentecostals and planning in the UK. Paper presented at GloPent Conference "Pentecostalism and Development", London, UK

A taxonomy of live projects and the ethical implications of the university as creative host to architectural agency (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Burch, J., Sara, R., Marco, E., & Daniels, S. (2014, September). A taxonomy of live projects and the ethical implications of the university as creative host to architectural agency. Paper presented at Living and Learning, University of Sheffield, UK

The varied agendas of Universities (manifested in initiatives such as internships, knowledge transfer, outreach, marketing, and community engagement, alongside the continued agendas of research, assessed modules and qualifications) offer a range of d... Read More about A taxonomy of live projects and the ethical implications of the university as creative host to architectural agency.

Challenges to building information modelling implementation in UK: Designers' perspectives (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Navendren, D., Manu, P., Shelbourn, M., & Mahamadu, A. (2014, September). Challenges to building information modelling implementation in UK: Designers' perspectives. Paper presented at 30th Annual Annual ARCOM Conference, Portsmouth

Building information modelling (BIM) has been proposed as a technology enabled process for the realisation of the performance ambitions of the construction industry through integrated management of information in virtual 3-D formats. Significant chal... Read More about Challenges to building information modelling implementation in UK: Designers' perspectives.

Mechanical and physical characterization of composite bamboo-Guadua products: Plastiguadua (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Archila, H., Takeuchi, C. P., & Trujillo, D. (2014, August). Mechanical and physical characterization of composite bamboo-Guadua products: Plastiguadua. Paper presented at WCTE 2014 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, Proceedings 2014, Quebec City, Canada

The bamboo species Guadua angustifolia Kunth (Guadua) was subjected to different fibre extraction processes, chemically treated and used in combination with a set range of polymers to form various composite materials. Novel technologies and artisan... Read More about Mechanical and physical characterization of composite bamboo-Guadua products: Plastiguadua.

Locked in a capability trap? The case of the composites industry (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Chatzimichali, A., Yearworth, M., & Potter, K. (2014, July). Locked in a capability trap? The case of the composites industry. Paper presented at The 2014 International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Delft, Netherlands

How can a new material technology create growth? Is having a better material a guarantee for industrial success? This work suggests that technological growth requires a different level of analysis to enable a holistic understanding of issues around t... Read More about Locked in a capability trap? The case of the composites industry.

Place-based leadership: A new approach to justice in planning? (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hambleton, R. (2014, July). Place-based leadership: A new approach to justice in planning?. Paper presented at From Control to Co-evolution: AESOP Annual Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Planning theorists have neglected the role of leadership in planning. A consequence is that planning scholarship is missing opportunities to advance the influence of planning in creating more just and more inclusive cities. This paper argues that p... Read More about Place-based leadership: A new approach to justice in planning?.

Innovative financing instruments for real estate development in Western Europe (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Squires, G., Hutchison, N., Adair, A., Berry, J., McGreal, S., & Organ, S. (2014, June). Innovative financing instruments for real estate development in Western Europe. Presented at European Real Estate Society 21st Annual Conference, Bucharest, Romania

Real estate development is a significant factor in shaping the built environment. It shapes the way people live and work, and by doing so determines and enables human activity to evolve. Real estate development within specific national geographies fo... Read More about Innovative financing instruments for real estate development in Western Europe.

Leading the inclusive city: International lesson drawing for future urban governance (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hambleton, R. (2014, June). Leading the inclusive city: International lesson drawing for future urban governance. Paper presented at City Futures 2014, Paris

Some commentators take the view that the growth of multi-national companies operating on a global basis is now so well developed that cities are best viewed as helpless victims in a global flow of events. Distant, unelected decision makers now deter... Read More about Leading the inclusive city: International lesson drawing for future urban governance.

From the smart city to the wise city: The role of universities in place-based leadership (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hambleton, R. (2014, June). From the smart city to the wise city: The role of universities in place-based leadership. Presented at Smart City: New Media, Social Participation and Urban Governance, Shanghai, China

For a variety of reasons the notion of the smart city has grown in popularity and some even claim that all cities now have to be ‘smart’. For example, some digital enthusiasts argue that advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) a... Read More about From the smart city to the wise city: The role of universities in place-based leadership.

Developing capability of public sector procurement in Ghana: An assessment of the road subsector client (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Addo-Duah, P., Westcott, A., Mason, J., Booth, C., & Mahamadu, A. (2014, May). Developing capability of public sector procurement in Ghana: An assessment of the road subsector client. Paper presented at Construction Research Congress 2014, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

The Ghanaian public sector procurement is experiencing a paradigm shift from a clerical role to a more strategic function targeting optimum achievement of value for money. For this to be fully realised, the skills of the workforce must be developed t... Read More about Developing capability of public sector procurement in Ghana: An assessment of the road subsector client.

Inclusive urban leadership: New ways of strengthening place-based power (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hambleton, R. (2014, May). Inclusive urban leadership: New ways of strengthening place-based power. Paper presented at Innovative governance patterns and grassroots activism in local events, Milan, Italy

This paper is about concepts – place, power, leadership, inclusion and public innovation. These topics are not always centre-stage in discussions of grassroots activism. It will be suggested that they deserve to be given more attention by those wis... Read More about Inclusive urban leadership: New ways of strengthening place-based power.

Global gendered toilet provision (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Greed, C. (2014, April). Global gendered toilet provision. Paper presented at AAG Annual Conference, Tampa, Florida, USA

Materiality of the Visual: Reimagi(ni)ng the City (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Banou, S. (2014, March). Materiality of the Visual: Reimagi(ni)ng the City. Paper presented at What Images Do Symposium, KADK, The Royal Danish Academy Schools of Architecture, Design, Conservation and Visual Art, Copenhagen

The 19th century, was a period of rapid developments in the field of optics with the invention of a series of optical devices that imitated or expanded the capabilities of the eye. The increasing mobility of the world due to the mechanization imposed... Read More about Materiality of the Visual: Reimagi(ni)ng the City.

How to play Utopia (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Mosley, J. (2014, January). How to play Utopia. Presented at Visual Cultures Guest Lecture Series, American University in Cairo, Egypt

'How to play Utopia' explores the work and research context of Jonathan Mosley and Sophie Warren's collaborative practice. The paper examines how the strategies of play, hybridization, participation and the construction of situations within the work... Read More about How to play Utopia.

Conceptualising the benefits of green roof technology for commercial real estate owners and occupiers (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Lamond, J., Wilkinson, S., & Rose, C. (2014, January). Conceptualising the benefits of green roof technology for commercial real estate owners and occupiers. Paper presented at 20th Annual Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference

The benefits of Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) are increasingly being recognised in terms of reduced flood risk, reduced cost of drainage, improved water quality, lower energy use and other, less tangible aspects, such as aesthetics and amenity.... Read More about Conceptualising the benefits of green roof technology for commercial real estate owners and occupiers.