Outputs (417)

Model for predicting the performance of project managers at the construction phase of mass house building projects (2008)
Journal Article

The need to match project managers' (PMs) performance measures onto projects of both unique and similar characteristics has long since been acknowledged by researchers. The need for these measures to reflect the various phases of the project life cyc... Read More about Model for predicting the performance of project managers at the construction phase of mass house building projects.

New european learners? An analysis of the 'trendsetter' thesis (2008)
Journal Article

The prevalence of 'life planning': Evidence from UK graduates (2008)
Journal Article

At a time when 'personal development planning' is being rolled out across the UK higher education sector, this paper explores young adults' inclinations to plan for the future in relation to work, relationships and other aspects of life. Although Gid... Read More about The prevalence of 'life planning': Evidence from UK graduates.

Challenges of waste management in a Nigerian leper colony (2008)
Journal Article

Quantities and types of solid wastes generated at Ogbomosho leprosarium (Oyo State, Nigeria) have been investigated. Data collection, through waste sampling and analysis, interviews, questionnaire surveys and field observations, was conducted between... Read More about Challenges of waste management in a Nigerian leper colony.

Residential properties in England and Wales: An evaluation of repair strategies towards attaining flood resilience (2008)
Book Chapter

Dysfunctional neighbourhoods? Beyond the renewal of housing markets in low demand neighbourhoods (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Enabling ecotourism: A critical case study of principles, challenges and achievements from Tambopata, south-eastern Peru (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Medieval upland settlement and abandonment in south-west England: Investigating the climate context (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The predominance of work-based training in young graduates' learning (2008)
Journal Article

This article draws upon results from an ESRC-funded research project exploring young graduates' attitudes to, and experiences of, further education or learning postgraduation. Respondents' narratives indicated a strong emphasis upon job-based learnin... Read More about The predominance of work-based training in young graduates' learning.

The impact of multi skilling on UK construction manpower (2008)
Journal Article

Strength in diversity: Enhancing learning in vocationally-orientated, master's level courses (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Postgraduate education in geography, especially at the Master's level, is undergoing significant changes in the developed world. There is an expansion of vocationally oriented degree programmes, increasing recruitment of international students, integ... Read More about Strength in diversity: Enhancing learning in vocationally-orientated, master's level courses.

Evaluation of Voscur’s equalities and neighbourhood work (2008)
Report

This report discusses the work of Voscur, an infrastructure organisation for Bristol, in terms of its community, neighbourhood and equalities work.

Living in hope: Tourism and poverty alleviation in Flores (2008)
Book Chapter

Rainforest diversity and ecotourism: Exploring the links (2008)
Journal Article

Critical success criteria for mass house building projects in developing countries (2008)
Journal Article

Project success is a complex and often illusory construct. Nonetheless, it is crucially contingent towards enabling appropriate and effective allocation of resources in project management practice. Mass house building projects (MHBPs) represent one o... Read More about Critical success criteria for mass house building projects in developing countries.

Towards developing competency-based measures for construction project managers: Should contextual behaviours be distinguished from task behaviours? (2008)
Journal Article

Competency-based measures are increasingly being recognised as the most viable option for engendering the continuing professional development (CPD) of construction project managers (CPMs). Presently, an emerging view from the HRM genre is that, a som... Read More about Towards developing competency-based measures for construction project managers: Should contextual behaviours be distinguished from task behaviours?.

Report into the establishment of marine protected areas in UK waters under existing legislation (2008)
Preprint / Working Paper

The purpose of this report is to put into plain English the legal issues, which underlie the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs). Though there are numerous legal vehicles for regulating marine activities, the creation of closures for purel... Read More about Report into the establishment of marine protected areas in UK waters under existing legislation.

Response to: Another view on the public right to fish and the question of regulation or ownership (2008)
Journal Article

It is undeniable that there is an outer limit on the appalling mess that is the public right to fish. The difficult question, which has not been coherently addressed by the courts in the rag tag and bobtail of old, first instance and foreign deci... Read More about Response to: Another view on the public right to fish and the question of regulation or ownership.

Challenges of urban housing quality and its associations with neighbourhood environments: Insights and exepriences of Ibadan City, Nigeria (2008)
Journal Article

A survey of housing quality and neighbourhood environments of Ibadan City, Nigeria was conducted to evaluate the housing infrastructure and to identify those areas where there is a likelihood of future incidences of disease and epidemics. Based on ex... Read More about Challenges of urban housing quality and its associations with neighbourhood environments: Insights and exepriences of Ibadan City, Nigeria.

Traditional agricultural water management in Tunisia: contributions to environmental sustainability. (2008)
Book Chapter