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Exploration of interrelationships between digital design and production processes of free-form complex surfaces in a web-based database (2003)
Book Chapter
Kocaturk, T., Veltkamp, M., & Tuncer, B. (2003). Exploration of interrelationships between digital design and production processes of free-form complex surfaces in a web-based database. In M. Chiu (Ed.), Digital design: research and practice: proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures (445-454). Boston, Mass.: Kluwer

Metropolitan regions in Europe: regimes, rescaling or repositioning? (2003)
Book Chapter
Wilks-Heeg, S., Perry, B., & Harding, A. (2003). Metropolitan regions in Europe: regimes, rescaling or repositioning?. In W. Salet, A. Kreukels, & A. Thornley (Eds.), Metropolitan governance and spatial planning: comparative case studies of European city-regions. Aldershot: Routledge

Metropolitan Governance and Spatial Planning explores the relationship between metropolitan decision-making and strategies to co-ordinate spatial policy. This relationship is examined across 20 cities of Europe and the similarities and differences an... Read More about Metropolitan regions in Europe: regimes, rescaling or repositioning?.

Competition for urban space: Tensions between conduits and corridors (2003)
Book Chapter
Marvin, S., & Slater, S. (2003). Competition for urban space: Tensions between conduits and corridors. In F. Ennis (Ed.), Infrastructure Provision and the Negotiating Process. London: Ashgate

The provision of infrastructure for urban developments is increasingly becoming a highly contentious and important issue in planning negotiations. By drawing together a range of case studies from North America, Australia and Europe, this book compare... Read More about Competition for urban space: Tensions between conduits and corridors.

Urban infrastructure – fixity vs. mobility (2003)
Book Chapter
Marvin, S. (2003). Urban infrastructure – fixity vs. mobility. In F. Ennis (Ed.), Infrastructure Provision and the Negotiating Process. London: Ashgate

The provision of infrastructure for urban developments is increasingly becoming a highly contentious and important issue in planning negotiations. By drawing together a range of case studies from North America, Australia and Europe, this book compare... Read More about Urban infrastructure – fixity vs. mobility.

Planning cyber-cities? (2003)
Book Chapter
Graham, S., & Marvin, S. (2003). Planning cyber-cities?. In F. Helten, & B. Fischer (Eds.), Envisioning telecity: towards the urbanisation of ICT. Oxford: Peter Lang

This volume addresses the question of how the interplay of ICT and urban developments will change the face of the city as we know it. A range of contributions to discussions on this theme outlines the possible forms and directions of our urban future... Read More about Planning cyber-cities?.

Information technology in construction: How to realise the benefits? (2003)
Book Chapter
Koskela, L., & Kazi, A. (2003). Information technology in construction: How to realise the benefits?. In Socio-technical and human cognition elements of information systems (60-75). PA, USA: IGI Publishing Hershey

Advancement in the utilisation of computers has, in recent years, become a major, even dominating research and development target in the architecture, engineering and construction industry. However, in empirical investigations, no major benefits acc... Read More about Information technology in construction: How to realise the benefits?.

The foundations of lean construction (2002)
Book Chapter
Koskela, L., Ballard, G., Howell, G., & Tommelein, I. (2002). The foundations of lean construction. In R. Best, & G. de Valence (Eds.), Design and construction: building in value (211-226). Oxford, UK: Butterworth Heinemann

Looks at a broad range of topics related to the processes of design and construction. Its overall aim is to look at ways that clients can improve the value for money outcomes of their decisions to construct buildings.

Benchmarking (2002)
Book Chapter
Eaton, D. (2002). Benchmarking. In J. Kelly, R. Morledge, & S. Wilkinson (Eds.), Best Value in Construction (59-76). Oxford: WileyBlackwell

Measuring semantic similarity between words using lexical knowledge and neural networks (2002)
Book Chapter
Li, Y., Bandar, Z., & Mclean, D. (2002). Measuring semantic similarity between words using lexical knowledge and neural networks. In H. Yin, N. Allinson, R. Freeman, J. Keane, & S. Hubbard (Eds.), Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning — IDEAL 2002 : Third International Conference Manchester, UK, August 12–14, 2002 Proceedings (111-116). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45675-9_19

This paper investigates the determination of semantic similarity by the incorporation of structural semantic knowledge from a lexical database and the learning ability of neural networks. The lexical database is assumed to be organised in a hierarchi... Read More about Measuring semantic similarity between words using lexical knowledge and neural networks.

Chapter 5 (2002)
Book Chapter
Elkadi, H. (2002). Chapter 5. In Africa Environment Outlook : Past, present and future perspectives (366-398). United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Introduction: Transformations in principles and practice (2002)
Book Chapter
May, T. (2002). Introduction: Transformations in principles and practice. In T. May (Ed.), Qualitative Research in Action. London: SAGE Publications

This exciting new book brings together contributions from world-leading scholars as well as younger researchers and focuses on cutting-edge issues related to the practice of qualitative research in the field. It provides a forum for contributors to d... Read More about Introduction: Transformations in principles and practice.

The discontented epoch: freedom and security in Bauman’s postmodernity (2002)
Book Chapter
May, T. (2002). The discontented epoch: freedom and security in Bauman’s postmodernity. In P. Beilharz (Ed.), Zygmunt Bauman. London: SAGE Publications

Zygmunt Bauman is widely acknowledged as the most interesting and consistent of postmodern sociologists. Yet his work is widely dispersed across a number of fields and his critical interpretation is scattered across a wide array of disciplines. This... Read More about The discontented epoch: freedom and security in Bauman’s postmodernity.

Bricks versus clicks: planning for the digital economy (2002)
Book Chapter
Gillespie, A., Marvin, S., & Green, N. (2002). Bricks versus clicks: planning for the digital economy. In J. Wilsdon (Ed.), Digital Futures: Living in as networked world. London: Earthscan Publications

Teamwork (2002)
Book Chapter
Egbu, C., & Gorse, C. (2002). Teamwork. In Project Management Pathways: The Essential Handbook for Project and Programme Managers (1-16). United Kingdom: Association for Project Management (APM)