The potential of community entrepreneurship for neighbourhood revitalization in the United Kingdom and the United States

Purpose - The global economic crisis has had a major impact on government spending for urban regeneration. In the context of these austerity regimes, in many European countries, community entrepreneurship and active citizenship are increasingly considered as a means to continue small-scale urban revitalisation. This paper investigates recent...

The Portuguese building regulation system: A critical review

How small can a dwelling be? A revision of Portugese building regulations

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the minimum necessary net internal area of dwellings that should be established by Portuguese building regulations. Design/methodology/approach – The following tasks are carried out: selecting the furniture and equipment necessary for each dwelling; determining the size of furniture and equipment...

Personalization in non?territorial offices: A study of a human need

Purpose – Personalization and the non-territorial office seem to be contradicting concepts. It is generally accepted that it is not possible to personalize workplaces in environments where no fixed individual workplaces are allocated. However, people seem to have a human need of personalization. Personalization can be done in different ways and...

Beyond the photocopy machine revisited: Document delivery in a digital library environment

Purpose – To discuss the recent strategic developments of Library at TU Delft. Design/methodology/approach – Developments at TU Delft are contrasted with the five key requirements for document delivery identified in an earlier article in 2001. Findings – That the strategy in most libraries is to evolve rapidly to a digital library as far as...

How strategic is housing asset management of institutional real estate investors?

Market orientation in social housing management

Strategic housing management: An asset management model for social landlords

Using a condition-dependent approach to maintenance to control costs and performances