Outputs (359)

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.

The marine bill: An overview and some thoughts (2009)
Journal Article

This paper examines the Marine and Coastal Access Bill as it was tabled on 8th December 2008. It explores the failure of the Bill to include marine protection of over 3,000,000 km2 of the waters associated with overseas territories and Crown dependen... Read More about The marine bill: An overview and some thoughts.

The relative efficiency of land sector public bureaucracies in Ghana (2009)
Journal Article

This article investigates the causes and scale of land-related public service inefficiencies in Ghana. Public choice theorists contend that the primary cause of inefficiency of public service agencies is their tendency to grow excessively. The findin... Read More about The relative efficiency of land sector public bureaucracies in Ghana.

Ecosystem services and the common law: Evaluating the full scale of damages (2009)
Journal Article

Biodiversity and conservation of tropical forest fragments: A case study of Ghana, West Africa (2009)
Book Chapter

Towards a critical political ecology of human-forest interactions: Collecting herbs and mushrooms in a Bulgarian locality (2009)
Journal Article

This paper presents a critical political ecology of human-forest interactions in a Bulgarian locality. Based on primary fieldwork carried out annually since 1992, the argument is advanced that even in a relatively small space, environment-society rel... Read More about Towards a critical political ecology of human-forest interactions: Collecting herbs and mushrooms in a Bulgarian locality.

Local forest dependence in Central Eastern Europe: Bulgaria and Poland (2009)
Journal Article

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.

Factors influencing the culture of a construction project organisation: An empirical investigation (2009)
Journal Article

Purpose - It is widely recognised that improving project delivery in construction requires a consideration of the culture within the project organisation that is often associated with fragmentation, antagonism, mistrust, poor communication, finger-po... Read More about Factors influencing the culture of a construction project organisation: An empirical investigation.

Safeguarding the societal value of land (2009)
Journal Article

There is an extensive academic literature on relative cultural perspectives about the value of land, landscapes, ecosystems and natural resources (for example Posey and Strang). Our purpose in this paper is not to review that body of work. Rather,... Read More about Safeguarding the societal value of land.

Tools for the equitable and sustainable use of ecosystem resources: Parts 1 and 2 (2009)
Journal Article

Recognition over the past century of the benefits provided by land and landscapes has seen a net shift in balance from the private interests of landowners towards broader beneficiaries across society, with post-apartheid constitutional and legislativ... Read More about Tools for the equitable and sustainable use of ecosystem resources: Parts 1 and 2.

Conclusion: Lessons learnt and ways forward (2009)
Book Chapter

Resilience to flooding: Lessons from international comparison (2009)
Journal Article

Urban resilience is a key focus of current approaches to flood management. The notion of resilience encompasses pre-disaster planning and warning systems, emergency handling procedures and post-disaster reconstruction. Both human and physical systems... Read More about Resilience to flooding: Lessons from international comparison.

Accessibility of flood risk insurance in the UK: Confusion, competition and complacency (2009)
Journal Article

Flood risk insurance can be an effective tool in assisting the restoration of damaged property after a flood event and sustaining communities through difficult times. It can also form part of a wider flood risk management strategy. In the light of re... Read More about Accessibility of flood risk insurance in the UK: Confusion, competition and complacency.

Magneto-biomonitoring of intra-urban spatial variations of particulate matter using tree leaves (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Preliminary mineral magnetic results from a pilot project investigating the suitability of roadside tree leaves as depositories of vehicular pollution are presented. Tree leaf surfaces (Lime: Tilia europaea; Sycamore: Acer pseudoplatanus) at four roa... Read More about Magneto-biomonitoring of intra-urban spatial variations of particulate matter using tree leaves.

The development of international law governing the non-navigational uses of international watercourses: a critical review (2009)
Thesis

Although states have entered into agreements regarding shared waters over the last several hundred years, it is only recently that an international framework law has emerged. Progress in this endeavor has been slow. The 1966 Helsinki Rules constitute... Read More about The development of international law governing the non-navigational uses of international watercourses: a critical review.

The regeneration of low demand neighbourhoods: The housing market renewal experience (2009)
Thesis

The complicity of trees: The socionatural field of/for tree theft in Bulgaria (2009)
Journal Article

Achieving Environmental Justice in the United Kingdom: A Case Study of Lockleaze, Bristol (2008)
Journal Article

Despite a number of seemingly progressive government initiatives, recent studies show environmental injustice continues to be a real and substantive problem in the United Kingdom. This case study focuses on one possible reason for this—the lack of in... Read More about Achieving Environmental Justice in the United Kingdom: A Case Study of Lockleaze, Bristol.

Surveying for first year engineering students
Presentation / Conference Contribution