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German-speaking refugee women architects before the Second World War (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Poppelreuter, T. (2018, June). German-speaking refugee women architects before the Second World War. Presented at Women's Creativity since the Modern Movement (1918-2018), Turin, Italy

In Germany and Austria women began to enter the architectural profession in the late 19th century and by the late 1930s some women architects had found working opportunities. After Hitler seized power in Germany in 1933, discrimination and anti-Semit... Read More about German-speaking refugee women architects before the Second World War.

German-speaking refugee women architects before the Second World War (2018)
Book Chapter
Poppelreuter, T. (2018). German-speaking refugee women architects before the Second World War. In H. Seražin, E. Garda, & C. Franchini (Eds.), Women's Creativity since the Modern Movement (1918-2018) : Toward a New Perception and Reception (697-705). ZRC Publishing House

In Germany and Austria women began to enter the architectural profession in the late 19th century and by the late 1930s some women architects had found working opportunities. After Hitler seized power in Germany in 1933, discrimination and anti-Semit... Read More about German-speaking refugee women architects before the Second World War.

Is the concept of waste universal? Handling building demolition by-products in the city of Kano, Nigeria (2018)
Journal Article
Abdullahi, A., & Lee, A. (2018). Is the concept of waste universal? Handling building demolition by-products in the city of Kano, Nigeria. Journal of construction project management and innovation, 8(1), 1779-1788

While old and new studies such as the works of Henry Lewis Morgan in 1871 on kinship and Geert Hofstede in 1980 on management theories show that what works in one cultural setting may not work in another, the United Nation policies on environmental g... Read More about Is the concept of waste universal? Handling building demolition by-products in the city of Kano, Nigeria.

Conflicts and management styles in the Sri Lankan commercial building sector (2018)
Journal Article
Gunarathna, C., Jing Yang, R., & Fernando, N. (2018). Conflicts and management styles in the Sri Lankan commercial building sector. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 25(2), 178-201. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-10-2016-0233

The Sri Lankan commercial building industry is currently experiencing a construction boom after thirty years of civil war. Creating a dispute free environment through well conflict management is one of the main ways to keep the continuous demand and... Read More about Conflicts and management styles in the Sri Lankan commercial building sector.

A novel approach for establishing design criteria for refugees' shelters (2018)
Book Chapter
Abumaradan, R., & Trillo, C. (2018). A novel approach for establishing design criteria for refugees' shelters. In New Metropolitan Perspectives (422-432). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92099-3_48

There is currently growing interest amongst the international community of policy makers about finding solutions for accommodating refugees, who currently concentrate mainly in countries located in the MENA region such as Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Palestin... Read More about A novel approach for establishing design criteria for refugees' shelters.

Eye of sustainable planning : a conceptual heritage-led urban regeneration planning framework (2018)
Journal Article
Dogruyol, K., Aziz, Z., & Arayici, Y. (2018). Eye of sustainable planning : a conceptual heritage-led urban regeneration planning framework. Sustainability, 10(5), no.1343. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10051343

Implementation and integration of sustainable development within a management framework is the main problem of urban regeneration projects. Therefore, this paper aims to develop a sustainable heritage-led urban regeneration planning framework, which... Read More about Eye of sustainable planning : a conceptual heritage-led urban regeneration planning framework.

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 483: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies for Rail Transportation (EITRT) 2017 - Transportation (2018)
Book
(2018). L. Jia, Y. Qin, J. Suo, J. Feng, L. Diao, & M. An (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 483: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies for Rail Transportation (EITRT) 2017 - Transportation. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7989-4

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 483 contains research papers from the 3rd International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies for Rail Transportation (EITRT) 2017 - Transportation Section.

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 482: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies for Rail Transportation (EITRT) 2017 - Electrical Traction (2018)
Book
(2018). L. Jia, Y. Qin, J. Suo, J. Feng, L. Diao, & M. An (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 482: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies for Rail Transportation (EITRT) 2017 - Electrical Traction. Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7986-3

Lecture Note in Electrical Engineering, Volume 482 contains research papers from 3rd International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies for Rail Transportation (EITRT) 2017 - Electrical Traction section.

The impact of increasing urban surface albedo on outdoor summer thermal comfort within a university campus (2018)
Journal Article
Taleghani, M. (2018). The impact of increasing urban surface albedo on outdoor summer thermal comfort within a university campus. Urban Climate, 24, 175-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2018.03.001

The impact of increasing urban surface albedo on outdoor thermal comfort was studied in two phases:

Firstly, the thermal conditions of three locations with different ground surface materials were compared. The study used CFD modelling followed by... Read More about The impact of increasing urban surface albedo on outdoor summer thermal comfort within a university campus.

Fuzzy reasoning approach and fuzzy analytical hierarchy process for expert judgment capture and process in risk analysis (2018)
Book Chapter
An, M., & Chen, Y. (2018). Fuzzy reasoning approach and fuzzy analytical hierarchy process for expert judgment capture and process in risk analysis. In Q. Mahboob, & E. Zio (Eds.), Handbook of RAMS in Railway Systems: Theory and Practice (441-474). Boca Raton, USA: CRC PRess (Taylor & Francis)

Many risk assessment techniques currently used in the railway industry are comparatively mature tools, which have been developed on the basis of probabilistic risk analysis (PRA), for example, fault tree analysis, event tree analysis, Monte Carlo sim... Read More about Fuzzy reasoning approach and fuzzy analytical hierarchy process for expert judgment capture and process in risk analysis.

Comparison of whole house heat loss test methods under controlled conditions in six distinct retrofit scenarios (2018)
Journal Article
Alezzo, F., Farmer, D., Fitton, R., Hughes, T., & Swan, W. (2018). Comparison of whole house heat loss test methods under controlled conditions in six distinct retrofit scenarios. Energy and Buildings, 168, 35-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.03.024

The accurate assessment of buildings to assess their performance across a range of parameters is an essential part of understanding both new and retrofit buildings. The growing understanding of the performance gap in terms of its assessment and chara... Read More about Comparison of whole house heat loss test methods under controlled conditions in six distinct retrofit scenarios.

Enablers and barriers of adapting post-disaster resettlements (2018)
Journal Article
Sridarran, P., Keraminiyage, K., & Amaratunga, D. (2018). Enablers and barriers of adapting post-disaster resettlements. Procedia Engineering, 212, 125-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.017

Growing trend of disaster-induced displacements and resettlements is alarming the world to address the consequences to retain the stability of the concerned countries. In order to reduce the causes and consequences of displacements, governments and o... Read More about Enablers and barriers of adapting post-disaster resettlements.

Acceptance to be the host of a resettlement programme : a literature review (2018)
Journal Article
Sridarran, P., Keraminiyage, K., & Fernando, N. (2018). Acceptance to be the host of a resettlement programme : a literature review. Procedia Engineering, 212, 962-969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.124

The rate of internal displacements and consequent resettlements are increasing rapidly and drawing the attention of the world. More often than not, the consequences of resettlement will have an impact on two different communities; the community which... Read More about Acceptance to be the host of a resettlement programme : a literature review.

From engineering to evolutionary, an overarching approach in identifying the resilience of urban design to flood (2018)
Journal Article
Abdulkareem, M., & Elkadi, H. (2018). From engineering to evolutionary, an overarching approach in identifying the resilience of urban design to flood. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 28, 176-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.02.009

Resilient urban design has become an essential theme for cities to withstand the rapidly escalating natural and human-induced disasters, yet cities and their infrastructure are becoming vulnerable and more threatened as the flood protection measures... Read More about From engineering to evolutionary, an overarching approach in identifying the resilience of urban design to flood.

The trickle-down effect of psycho-social constructs and knowledge deficiencies as organizational barriers to cost performance on highway projects (2018)
Journal Article
Amadi, A., & Higham, A. (2018). The trickle-down effect of psycho-social constructs and knowledge deficiencies as organizational barriers to cost performance on highway projects. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 23(1), 57-72. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFMPC-03-2017-0009

Purpose


The study proffers a theoretical narrative explaining the poor financial performance of public highway agencies in Nigeria. This study critically spotlights seminal works in the literature offering theoretical narratives on the poor fin... Read More about The trickle-down effect of psycho-social constructs and knowledge deficiencies as organizational barriers to cost performance on highway projects.

Reasons for the slow uptake of embodied carbon estimation in the Sri Lankan building sector (2018)
Journal Article
estimation in the Sri Lankan building sector. https://doi.org/10.1999/1307-6892/10008556

Global carbon reduction is not merely a responsibility
of environmentally advanced developed countries, but also a
responsibility of developing countries regardless of their less impact on global carbon emissions. In recognition of that, Sri Lanka... Read More about Reasons for the slow uptake of embodied carbon estimation in the Sri Lankan building sector.

Erneley Close passive house retrofit : resident experiences and building performance in retrofit to passive house standard (2018)
Report
Sherriff, G., Martin, P., & Roberts, B. (2018). Erneley Close passive house retrofit : resident experiences and building performance in retrofit to passive house standard

In May 2015, Eastlands Housing (now One Manchester) completed work on its retrofit to PassivHaus equivalent (EnerPHit) standard of 32 social housing flats in two blocks in Erneley Close, in the Manchester area Gorton. With a budget of £3.1 million, i... Read More about Erneley Close passive house retrofit : resident experiences and building performance in retrofit to passive house standard.

Improving communication in managing industrialised building system (IBS) projects : virtual environment (2018)
Journal Article
Pozin, M., Nawi, M., Lee, A., & Azman, M. (2018). Improving communication in managing industrialised building system (IBS) projects : virtual environment. Malaysian construction research journal, 2(2), 1-13

Traditional approaches are still dominant in virtually all construction projects in Malaysia. This was highlighted as the main barrier for further developing the Industrialised Building System (IBS) construction process. Indeed, traditional approache... Read More about Improving communication in managing industrialised building system (IBS) projects : virtual environment.

Urban development and governance in Nigeria : challenges, opportunities and policy direction (2018)
Journal Article
Gyau, K. (2018). Urban development and governance in Nigeria : challenges, opportunities and policy direction. International Development Planning Review, 40(1), 27-49. https://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2018.1

Volumes of literature discourse illuminate several weaknesses of Nigeria’s urban planning and governance system particularly in the face of rapid urbanisation, and rising levels of urban poverty and informality. However, these literature discourses o... Read More about Urban development and governance in Nigeria : challenges, opportunities and policy direction.