All Outputs (15)

Supporting risk assessment in building resilient cities (2017)
Book Chapter

In the past century, the occurrence of natural disasters and man‐made disasters has steadily increased with a significant loss of life, damage to infrastructure and property and destruction of the environment. Therefore creation of resilient cities i... Read More about Supporting risk assessment in building resilient cities.

Suggestions for future sustainability (2017)
Book Chapter

This chapter discusses how the other chapters in this work may be woven into a single fabric of resilience or sustainability and then suggests a way ahead towards their achievement. It makes two main proposals, one philosophical with several suggesti... Read More about Suggestions for future sustainability.

Initiative and obsolescence in sustainable development (2017)
Book Chapter

This chapter outlines a narrative for this book addressing its content and objectives. The chapters are a collection of essays from prominent authors in the field who have been associated with different aspects of sustainable development over several... Read More about Initiative and obsolescence in sustainable development.

2050 - The invisible future (2017)
Book Chapter

In order to create a sustainable future for the built environment advanced smart technologies, especially simulation tools will be deployed. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a good example of this type of technology which will provide us with... Read More about 2050 - The invisible future.

A Dooyeweerdian approach to time in sustainable development (2010)
Thesis

Time is at the core of Sustainable planning. How to involve time in the planning processes is a
crucial question for which very few exhaustive answers have been provided. This research attempts
to provide a definition of the important role played b... Read More about A Dooyeweerdian approach to time in sustainable development.

An approach to studying urban sustainability from within an ecological world view (2009)
Thesis

This dissertation engages with the proposition that one of the reasons current efforts at
improving sustainability are failing is because solutions are sought from within the same
paradigm of thought that threatens sustainability in the first place... Read More about An approach to studying urban sustainability from within an ecological world view.

Digital affordances: emerging knowledge and cognition in design (2009)
Book Chapter

Supporting collective knowledge creation in digitally mediated collaborative environments (2009)
Book Chapter

Challenging the illusion of the all powerful clients’ role in driving innovation (2008)
Book Chapter

Interoperable knowledge: achievements and future challenges (2008)
Book Chapter

Some UK experience of gauging progress on introducing sustainable building practices in the construction sector (2008)
Book Chapter

This chapter contains sections titled:

Summary,
Sustainability and continuous improvement in UK construction,
How was MaSC developed,
What is MaSC,
Benchmarking current progress on sustainability in UK construction,
The performance o... Read More about Some UK experience of gauging progress on introducing sustainable building practices in the construction sector.

Should clients drive innovation? Mind, method and motivation (2006)
Book Chapter

Vectors, visions and values: the essentials for innovation (2005)
Book Chapter

Methodology for assessment of cognitive skills in virtual environments (2001)
Thesis

The client briefing of the proposed building design is usually in the form of drawings
and artistic impressions being presented to the client. However, very few clients are
able to read a technical drawing and the artist impressions are limited and... Read More about Methodology for assessment of cognitive skills in virtual environments.

A knowledge based structure for implementing Value Management in the design of office buildings (1993)
Thesis

Value Management (VM) is an organised effort directed at analyzing the functions
of systems, supplies, equipments and facilities, for the purpose of achieving the
required functions at lowest overall cost, consistent with requirements for performan... Read More about A knowledge based structure for implementing Value Management in the design of office buildings.