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Designing playful objects to support subjective wellbeing for people living with dementia (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Treadaway, C., & Fennell, J. (2016, December). Designing playful objects to support subjective wellbeing for people living with dementia. Poster presented at Understanding Dementia (USWDEM)

This poster presents research that is investigating the development of playful objects for people living with advanced dementia. The Ludic Artifacts Using Gesture and Haptics (LAUGH) research is a three-year international interdisciplinary project, b... Read More about Designing playful objects to support subjective wellbeing for people living with dementia.

Towards the sixth ministerial conference on environment and health: Which role for cities and sub-national level of government (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Carmichael, L. (2016, December). Towards the sixth ministerial conference on environment and health: Which role for cities and sub-national level of government. Paper presented at Environment and health for European cities in the 21st century: Making a difference - Stakeholders consultation, Utrecht, The Netherlands

This presentation introduces the background document: environment and health for European cities in the 21st century: making a difference". The document itself will be launched at the 6th ministerial conference on environment and health, in Ostrava,... Read More about Towards the sixth ministerial conference on environment and health: Which role for cities and sub-national level of government.

Tangible objects and digital interfaces: The next generation of eco-tech selection (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Adkins, D. (2016, December). Tangible objects and digital interfaces: The next generation of eco-tech selection

Energy Futures Lab invites prestigious speakers to come share their views and vision for our energy future. A very thought provoking talk from Dr Deborah Adkins of the Dyson School of Design Engineering here at Imperial College London on the eleme... Read More about Tangible objects and digital interfaces: The next generation of eco-tech selection.

Report of the ESRC roundtable: A cross-sector approach to creating healthy cities – Delivering quality housing in post-Brexit Britain, Houses of Parliament 1st November 2016 (2016)
Presentation / Conference
carmichael, L., ogilvie, F., & Lock, K. (2016, December). Report of the ESRC roundtable: A cross-sector approach to creating healthy cities – Delivering quality housing in post-Brexit Britain, Houses of Parliament 1st November 2016. Paper presented at ESRC roundtable: A cross-sector approach to creating healthy cities – Delivering quality housing in post-Brexit Britain, Houses of Parliament

This report presents the findings of a roundtable held in the Houses of Parliament on 1st November 2016 with stakeholders, policy-makers in the development process and planning policies in the UK and researchers. The roundtable part of an ESRC spons... Read More about Report of the ESRC roundtable: A cross-sector approach to creating healthy cities – Delivering quality housing in post-Brexit Britain, Houses of Parliament 1st November 2016.

Putting the pieces together in Reuniting Planning and Health – Lessons from an ESRC seminar series (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Carmichael, L. (2016, December). Putting the pieces together in Reuniting Planning and Health – Lessons from an ESRC seminar series. Presented at Launch event of the Town & Country Planning Special Edition on Planning for Health, TCPA, London

Invited presentation for the Launch event of the Town & Country Planning special edition on planning for health, 1st December 2016, TCPA London

‘Reflective drawing’: Drawing as a tool for reflection in design research (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Calvo, M. (2016, November). ‘Reflective drawing’: Drawing as a tool for reflection in design research. Paper presented at iJADE Conference 2016: Drawing, University of Chester, UK

This paper explores the role of ‘reflective drawing’ in a PhD research project that aims to analyse the value of co-design practices used to develop 'engagement tools' within community development. This PhD research is associated with ‘Leapfrog’, a t... Read More about ‘Reflective drawing’: Drawing as a tool for reflection in design research.

Live community architecture – a transformative feminist practice? A critical exploration of the experiences of students involved in live community-based architecture projects (2016)
Presentation / Conference
A critical exploration of the experiences of students involved in live community-based architecture projects. Presented at Architecture and Feminisms Conference, KTH Stockholm, Sweden

Internationally, Universities have introduced live projects as an increasingly common component of architecture education. In these projects students are typically taken out of the classroom or studio, and prompted to work with clients and/or real-li... Read More about Live community architecture – a transformative feminist practice? A critical exploration of the experiences of students involved in live community-based architecture projects.

Live community architecture — a transformative feminist practice? a critical exploration of the experiences of students involved in live community-based architecture projects (2016)
Presentation / Conference
a critical exploration of the experiences of students involved in live community-based architecture projects. Paper presented at Architecture and Feminisms Conference, KTH Stockholm, Sweden

Internationally, universities have introduced live projects as an increasingly common component of architecture education. In these projects students are typically taken out of the classroom or studio, and prompted to work with clients and/or real-li... Read More about Live community architecture — a transformative feminist practice? a critical exploration of the experiences of students involved in live community-based architecture projects.

SuDS and human behaviour: Co-developing solutions to encourage sustainable behaviour (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Everett, G., & Lamond, J. (2016, October). SuDS and human behaviour: Co-developing solutions to encourage sustainable behaviour. Paper presented at 3rd European Conference on Flood Risk Management (FLOODrisk 2016), Lyon, France

© 2016 The Authors, published by EDP Sciences. Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) are today widely considered to be a more progressive and environmentally sensitive approach to Flood Risk Management (FRM). However, this paper argues that the sustain... Read More about SuDS and human behaviour: Co-developing solutions to encourage sustainable behaviour.

A hybrid 3D indoor space model (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Jamali, A., Abdul Rahman, A., & Boguslawski, P. (2016, October). A hybrid 3D indoor space model. Paper presented at 3rd International GeoAdvances Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey

GIS integrates spatial information and spatial analysis. An important example of such integration is for emergency response which requires route planning inside and outside of a building. Route planning requires detailed information related to indoor... Read More about A hybrid 3D indoor space model.

Generalization technique for 2D+Scale DHE data model (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Karim, H., Abdul Rahman, A., & Boguslawski, P. (2016, October). Generalization technique for 2D+Scale DHE data model. Paper presented at 3rd International GeoAdvances Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey

Different users or applications need different scale model especially in computer application such as game visualization and GIS modelling. Some issues has been raised on fulfilling GIS requirement of retaining the details while minimizing the redund... Read More about Generalization technique for 2D+Scale DHE data model.

Planning for sustainable transport around people's needs (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Greed, C. (2016, October). Planning for sustainable transport around people's needs. Paper presented at Gendering Habitat III: Facing the Global Challenges in Cities, Climate Change and Transport, Madrid City Hall and also Colegio Oficial Arquitectos Madrid, Spain

This paper reviews sustainability-driven spatial planning policy from the perspective of ordinary citizens as they seek to travel, live and work, and carry out their daily lives within the sustainable city. The original definition of sustainability c... Read More about Planning for sustainable transport around people's needs.

3D topologial indoor building modeling integrated with open street map (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Jamali, A., Abdul Rahman, A., & Boguslawski, P. (2016, October). 3D topologial indoor building modeling integrated with open street map. Paper presented at International Conference on Geomatic and Geospatial Technology (GGT) 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

the most crucial aspect of a building survey. The interiors of the buildings need to be described along with the relative locations of the rooms, corridors, doors and exits in many kinds of emergency response, such as fire, bombs, smoke, and pollutio... Read More about 3D topologial indoor building modeling integrated with open street map.

BIM education framework for clients and professionals of the construction industry (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Silverio Rodriguez, A. K., Suresh, S., Heesom, D., & Renukappa, S. (2016, September). BIM education framework for clients and professionals of the construction industry. Paper presented at 1st International UK BIM Academic Forum Conference, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK

In recent years, BIM has been the most common word around the construction industry. It does not only involve technology, but also several processes applied in the construction workflow that can help significantly in the development of projects in te... Read More about BIM education framework for clients and professionals of the construction industry.

Cultural-historical activity theory and informal learning as a key component of co-design practice in a community initiative (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Calvo, M., Sclater, M., & Smith, P. (2016, September). Cultural-historical activity theory and informal learning as a key component of co-design practice in a community initiative. Paper presented at ESREA: 8th Triennial European Research Conference. Imagining diverse futures for adult education: questions of power and resources of creativity, Maynooth University, Ireland

This paper outlines PhD research associated with Leapfrog, a three-year-funded AHRC project, which aims to analyse the impact of co-design practices in developing ‘engagement tools’ within community development. One challenge in co-design is identify... Read More about Cultural-historical activity theory and informal learning as a key component of co-design practice in a community initiative.

Brexit and the sea (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Appleby, T. (2016, September). Brexit and the sea. Presented at TWT Achieving Nature’s Recovery in a New Era, Nottingham, England

A presentation on the effects of Brexit and marine environmental legislation

Development of a benchmark for green infrastructure (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Jerome, G., Sinnett, D., Mortlock, R., Calvert, T., Burgess, S., & Smith, N. (2016, September). Development of a benchmark for green infrastructure. Paper presented at UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference, University of Cardiff, Wales, UK

This paper presents the development of a benchmark for green infrastructure (GI). Green infrastructure brings together many land uses (e.g. parks, gardens, cemeteries, allotments, nature reserves, surface water), urban design (e.g. street trees, land... Read More about Development of a benchmark for green infrastructure.

Going to waste? The ecological and cultural value of mine wastes (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Sinnett, D. (2016, September). Going to waste? The ecological and cultural value of mine wastes. Paper presented at UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference, University of Cardiff, Wales, UK

This paper presents an examination of the ‘environmental services’ provided by mine wastes in England and Wales. Often perceived as derelict or degraded sites of very little value to society these sites may be protected for their cultural heritage an... Read More about Going to waste? The ecological and cultural value of mine wastes.

An international understanding of the current and future role of chartered surveyors in providing flood risk advice for commercial properties (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Lamond, J., Bhattacharya-Mis, N., Chan, F. K. S., Kreibich, H., Montz, B., Proverbs, D., & Wilkinson, S. (2016, September). An international understanding of the current and future role of chartered surveyors in providing flood risk advice for commercial properties. Paper presented at RICS COBRA 2016, Toronto

Limited research has been done to understand the perspectives of building surveyors in the international commercial property sector in the context of flood risk to assets, valuation of risk and availability of insurance. There is a need to develop an... Read More about An international understanding of the current and future role of chartered surveyors in providing flood risk advice for commercial properties.

Typology for restored waste repositories in the UK (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Sinnett, D. (2016, August). Typology for restored waste repositories in the UK. Poster presented at 5th International EcoSummit: Ecological Sustainability Engineering Change, Montpelier, France

This paper presents a new typology of waste repositories as a means of assessing the environmental services of such sites in the United Kingdom. The potential benefits provided by waste repositories are dependent on many factors including the type of... Read More about Typology for restored waste repositories in the UK.