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Overcoming the barriers to installing property level flood protection: An overview of successful case studies (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Recent changes in the focus of flood risk management policy in the UK have led to an increased emphasis on making space for water. In the recognition that not all property at risk of flood can or will benefit from traditional engineered flood defence... Read More about Overcoming the barriers to installing property level flood protection: An overview of successful case studies.

Lessons from the campsite: Developing a taxonomy of the socio-spatial relationships that facilitate successful communities (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper describes an ongoing research project which examines the campsite, in order to explore the particular qualities that make campsites work as temporary communities. The study draws on a visual methodology – using photographs and drawings - a... Read More about Lessons from the campsite: Developing a taxonomy of the socio-spatial relationships that facilitate successful communities.

Competencies required by project managers for housing construction in Ghana: Implications for CPD agenda (2009)
Journal Article

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to delineate "senior managers'" perception of the competencies required by project managers (PMs) in Ghana for mass house building projects (MHBPs) and to discuss the implication of the findings for professional... Read More about Competencies required by project managers for housing construction in Ghana: Implications for CPD agenda.

Towards developing competency-based measures for project managers in mass house building projects in developing countries (2009)
Journal Article

Within the human resource management (HRM) genre, the identification and development of appropriate competency-based measures is widely seen as the only viable means for validating and engendering managerial best practices. A competency-based concept... Read More about Towards developing competency-based measures for project managers in mass house building projects in developing countries.