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Cardiff 2050: City regional scenarios for urban sustainability (2014)
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What would a sustainable future look like for Cardiff and South East Wales? This report describes three distinctive long term (2050) city regional futures: i) Connected Cardiff; ii) Compact Cardiff–Wilderness Valleys; and iii) Orchard Cardiff Ci... Read More about Cardiff 2050: City regional scenarios for urban sustainability.

Retrofit 2050: Critical challenges for urban transitions (2014)
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Scaling up retrofit presents a number of critical challenges for the transition to urban sustainability. Drawing together insights from the EPSRC Retrofit 2050 project this briefing sets out key success factors that need to be in place to deliver sus... Read More about Retrofit 2050: Critical challenges for urban transitions.

The impact of the new homes bonus on attitudes and behaviours (2014)
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An evaluation of the impact of the New Homes Bonus on attitudes towards new house building, carried out for the Department of Communities and Local Government.

Guidelines for sustainable intertidal bait and seaweed collection in Wales: Legislative review (2014)
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The foreshore is subject to various public rights including the public right to fish in tidal waters. Ancillary to this right is the public right to collect, for personal use, bait on the foreshore and floating seaweed from the tidal waters. The... Read More about Guidelines for sustainable intertidal bait and seaweed collection in Wales: Legislative review.

Interactions of volcanic airfall and glaciers: Appendix B to: Jenkins SF, Wilson TM, Magill CR, Miller V, Stewart C, Marzocchi W and Boulton M, 2014. Volcanic ash fall hazard and risk: technical background paper for the UNISDR 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (2014)
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Long-term cyclic load capacity and residual life of masonry arch bridges (2014)
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How long can existing masonry arch bridges continue to carry heavily increased traffic loading? Is there a weight limit for masonry bridges below which no long-term damage will occur to the structure? Can the life expectancy for masonry arch bridges... Read More about Long-term cyclic load capacity and residual life of masonry arch bridges.

Acoustic emission monitoring of masonry arch bridges (2014)
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Acoustic emission (AE) monitoring has the unique ability to record crack propagation inside the material and indicate the condition of the structure. Although AE has been widely used for concrete and steel bridges , its use for masonry structures is... Read More about Acoustic emission monitoring of masonry arch bridges.

Roma, gypsies, travellers and infant feeding (2014)
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Sustainable urban drainage: Retrofitting for improved flood mitigation in city centres (2014)
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AIM The aim of this research was to examine the potential for mitigation of predominantly pluvial flooding in CBDs through retrofitting of such systems. The research used two case study areas to explore the challenges and opportunities for retrofit... Read More about Sustainable urban drainage: Retrofitting for improved flood mitigation in city centres.

The challenge of rescheduling nursing staff: Informing the development of a mathematical model decision tool (2014)
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Executive Summary: This report presents the findings and recommendations from a preliminary investigation into how an NHS organisation manages sudden nursing staff shortfalls. Unexpected staff absences, which can occur on a daily basis, can impact on... Read More about The challenge of rescheduling nursing staff: Informing the development of a mathematical model decision tool.

The business case for adapting buildings to climate change: Niche or mainstream? (2014)
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This report analyses the opportunities and challenges facing designers in adapting buildings for a changing UK climate. This industry-led report, ‘The business case for adapting buildings to climate change: Niche or mainstream?’, is mainly aimed a... Read More about The business case for adapting buildings to climate change: Niche or mainstream?.

Psychosocial interventions for adults with visible differences: A systematic review (2014)
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Background: Some individuals with visible differences have been found to experience psychosocial adjustment problems that can lead to social anxiety and isolation. Various models of psychosocial intervention have been used to reduce social anxiety an... Read More about Psychosocial interventions for adults with visible differences: A systematic review.

Identification of the underlying factor structure of the Derriford Appearance Scale 24 (2014)
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Background. The Derriford Appearance Scale24 (DAS24) is a widely used measure of distress and dysfunction in relation to self-consciousness of appearance. It has been used in clinical and research settings, and translated into numerous European and A... Read More about Identification of the underlying factor structure of the Derriford Appearance Scale 24.

The psychosocial impact of cleft lip/palate on siblings: Research report for the cleft lip and palate association (2014)
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CLAPA regional coordinators project: Evaluation interim report (end of year two) (2014)
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From wasted space to living spaces: The availability of brownfield land for housing development in England (2014)
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Planning enforcement England: At the crossroads (2014)
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Planning Enforcement as a service, profession and activity has historically enjoyed far less focus and resources than the other elements within the planning trinity. Despite a brief renaissance during the mid-noughties the unprecedented budget cuts f... Read More about Planning enforcement England: At the crossroads.

Financialisation and the financial and economic crises: The case of South Africa (2014)
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Future demand: How could or should our transport system evolve in order to support mobility in the future? (2014)
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New Zealand’s land transport programme has a current expenditure target for the next ten years of $38.7bn including $10bn to change the shape of the road network and improve its quality and capacity. Yet such investment plans are in the face of a cou... Read More about Future demand: How could or should our transport system evolve in order to support mobility in the future?.

Future demand: Summary report (2014)
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New Zealanders are driving nearly 30 billion kilometres each year in their cars, vans, utes and SUVs. The road network also carries 70 percent of all of our freight. As a nation we have built and continue to maintain a network of roads to allow us to... Read More about Future demand: Summary report.