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What is localism, and what implications do different models have for managing the local economy? (2011)
Journal Article
Hildreth, P. (2011). What is localism, and what implications do different models have for managing the local economy?. Local Economy, 26(8), 702-714. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094211422215

This article considers what emerging localism might mean for managing local economies. It develops a simple framework to explore localism in the context of roles and relationships between the centre, local government and communities. It develops thre... Read More about What is localism, and what implications do different models have for managing the local economy?.

Contours and conflicts in scale: Science, knowledge and urban development (2011)
Journal Article
May, T., & Perry, B. (2011). Contours and conflicts in scale: Science, knowledge and urban development. Local Economy, 26(8), 715-720. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094211422192

Increasing attention is being focused upon the roles of cities in knowledge-based development in the context of debates around the relationships between science, technology and innovation and economic growth. The article argues that underlying assump... Read More about Contours and conflicts in scale: Science, knowledge and urban development.

Urban research in the knowledge economy: Content, context and outlook (2011)
Journal Article
May, T., & Perry, B. (2011). Urban research in the knowledge economy: Content, context and outlook. Built Environment, 37(3), 352-368

As discourses of knowledge-based growth and their spatial implications have
taken hold, the presuppositions about the relationship between urban research and
practice require systematic re-evaluation. Universities have become implicated in
local g... Read More about Urban research in the knowledge economy: Content, context and outlook.

Visualizing greenhouse gas emissions from construction activities using geo-spatial information systems (2011)
Journal Article
Hajibabai, L., Aziz, Z., & Pen˜a-Mora, F. (2011). Visualizing greenhouse gas emissions from construction activities using geo-spatial information systems. Construction innovation (London. Online), 11(3), 356-370. https://doi.org/10.1108/14714171111149052

Purpose – Construction activities, particularly related to transportation, have a considerable impact
on the environment and air quality. This paper aims to present a geographic information systems
(GIS) and computer-aided design (CAD)-based approa... Read More about Visualizing greenhouse gas emissions from construction activities using geo-spatial information systems.

Linking reconstruction to sustainable socio-economic development (2011)
Book Chapter
Palliyaguru, R., & Amaratunga, R. (2011). Linking reconstruction to sustainable socio-economic development. In R. Amaratunga, & R. Haigh (Eds.), Rebuilding for Resilience: Post-Disaster Reconstruction of the Built Environment (268-283). Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Identification of drivers for greening of supply chain in India (2011)
Journal Article
Qadri, A., Haleem, A., & Arif, M. (2011). Identification of drivers for greening of supply chain in India. International Journal of Construction Project Management, 3(3), 1-19

Global concern for environment has forced organisations to consider various
initiatives for controlling and monitoring the environmental impact of their products,
processes and services throughout the supply chain. Though there is a rise in
env... Read More about Identification of drivers for greening of supply chain in India.

Knowledge mapping techniques for sustainable urban environment (2011)
Journal Article
Egbu, C., Arif, M., & Williams, A. (2011). Knowledge mapping techniques for sustainable urban environment. International Journal of Construction Project Management, 3(3), 269-277

Construction industry has quite actively embraced the principles of knowledge management in the last two decades. With sustainability becoming critical for everything we do today, knowledge management has been gaining prominence as a vehicle to manag... Read More about Knowledge mapping techniques for sustainable urban environment.

A conceptual analysis of the role of human action theory in Sub-Saharan Africa urban land use planning (2011)
Journal Article
Gyau, K., Hammond, F., Booth, C., Lamond, J., Proverbs, D., & Bloch, R. (2011). A conceptual analysis of the role of human action theory in Sub-Saharan Africa urban land use planning. Journal of International Real Estate and Construction Studies, 1(2), 147-165

Urban land use planning literature is rife with research based evidence on the
exceptional failings of institutional urban land use planning in sub-Saharan Africa. These
failings reflect weaknesses of the conceptual foundations of sub-Saharan Afric... Read More about A conceptual analysis of the role of human action theory in Sub-Saharan Africa urban land use planning.