Making sense of ‘new age data sets’: researching from afar

This chapter considers the central role of uncertainty for cognition and action in construction project organising with a focus on how project practitioners think about the future. It takes a cognitive approach to uncertainty in the context of a broader information processing approach to decision-making in organisations. The chapter’s main...

Molecular Arrangement and Thermal Properties of Bisamide Organogelators in the Solid State

The crystal structure and phase behavior of bisamide gelators are investigated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and molecular modeling, aiming at a better understanding of bisamide gel systems. A homologous series of bisamide model compounds (nBAs) was prepared...

Imagine the Old Town of Lijiang: Contextualising community participation for urban heritage management in China

The UNESCO 2011 Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) states community participation is a pivotal tool for integrating heritage practices into sustainable urban development. While community participation is significant but limited in China, various participatory methods have been developed, tested and evaluated worldwide. For...

State-of-the-practice: Assessing community participation within Chinese cultural World Heritage properties

Community participation is a key part of heritage management. However, in practice, unlike natural heritage, the nature of community participation within cultural heritage is seldom assessed, nor are there theoretical frameworks developed to baseline such assessments. To fill this knowledge gap, this paper developed and tested an assessment...

Community participation in cultural heritage management: A systematic literature review comparing Chinese and international practices

Community participation is an essential issue in heritage management. The international heritage organisation ICCROM published a guidance document discussing people-centred approaches to heritage management in 2015. Cultural heritage management is recommended to be carried out through a community participation process. Despite the growing...

Informing or consulting? Exploring community participation within urban heritage management in China

To better face the challenges of rapid urbanisation, it is recommended urban heritage management is carried out through community participation. In the Chinese context of state centralisation, however, inclusive participatory governance for urban heritage has remained limited, and effective ways of engaging residents in decision-making have...

Barriers to Digital Transformation: A case study of a chemical B2B company

Digital transformation is taking place all around and there is hardly anything has not been affected (Reddy & Reinartz, 2017). It is reshaping a wide range of activities, influences the way we work, our communication and our consumer behaviors (Piccinini, Hanelt, R.W., & L.M., 2015). Benefits are less visible in certain situations, but a...

Palladium Metal Membranes for Hydrogen purification with Titanium as an Intermediate layer

Palladium (Pd) metal membranes are used for the production and effective storage of high purity hydrogen. To overcome the crack and de-lamination of Pd membranes at room temperature during several hydrogen loading and de-loading cycles, a Titanium (Ti) of very small thickness of less than 10 nm is introduced as an intermediate layer between the...