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Beck, Anthony (author), Moss, Duncan (author)
In many jurisdictions sub-ownership rights can be separated from the main body of ownership. In Scotland these are referred to as separate tenements and encompass such ownership rights as minerals, salmon fishing, mines of gold and silver, and petroleum (Reid et al., 1996, pp. 168-171). The main body of ownership may be further encumbered with...
conference paper 2022
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Neumann, Jan (author), Farrow, Robert (author)
conference paper 2018
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España-Villegas, Carmelo Branimir (author), Caeiro-Rodriguez, Manuel (author)
Nowadays, Information and Communication Technologies are becoming necessary in all types of organizations. That common occurrence makes it possible for people to be integrated into digital environments that require skills and constant updating. This man - technology relationship, makes the concept of Ecosystem to be adopted into educational...
conference paper 2018
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Cooney, Cailean (author), Almond, Amanda (author), Belli, Jill (author), Seto, Jeremy (author)
New York City College of Technology (City Tech) is one of 24 colleges comprising the City University of New York (CUNY), the United States' largest urban public higher education institution legislatively mandated as the "vehicle for the upward mobility of the disadvantaged in the City of New York."1 Fulfilling this mission is vital to the...
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Wambua, P.P. (author)
Performance contracts can be made to work, but there are numerous pitfalls along the way which can punish innovation, success and can erect complex barriers to effective implementation. Performance contracting has largely been considered as the remedy to the quality of service delivery in public universities in Kenya. Performance is the extend...
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Pot, R. (author), Roelse, F.P. (author), Van der Meer, M.T. (author), Nushi, B.R.I. (author), Nelemans, J.P. (author)
The application of the Observational Method can contribute to an economic construction process and effective geotechnical risk management. Current project management practices and control of construction works lead to unfavourable conditions of its application. Throughout the realization of infrastructure, understanding of project risks and...
conference paper 2015
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Peters, M.G.J.M. (author), Kleinjan, J.A. (author), Koster, A. (author)
During the last decade, at least eight earthquakes occurred in the Northern Netherlands with a magnitude of 3 or higher on the Richter scale. These earthquakes are not tectonic but induced by natural gas production from the Groningen Gas Field. Before that time there were no earthquakes in Groningen with such magnitudes. Research conducted by...
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Sartain, N. (author), Mian, J. (author), Free, M. (author)
This paper provides recommended guidelines for communicating geotechnical risk. Geotechnical engineering in practice is the management of ground-related risks, and geotechnical engineers are good at this. However, they are often less good at communicating these risks to stakeholders who may hold very different perceptions of risk. A review of...
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de Vries, M. (author), Hulsbos, K. (author), Blaauw, J. (author)
This paper will show how the project's geotechnical risk profile was put into design and contract, the experience of the risk monitoring and risk measures, followed by a short evaluation.
conference paper 2015
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Vervoorn, R.R.E. (author), Dekker, H.R.E. (author)
Rijkswaterstaat has recently stated that the use of GeoRM is obligatory for projects with major geotechnical risks. Underground construction of freeway's in high-profile areas, such as the business district Zuidas in Amsterdam or railway links in densely populated areas, always introduce major geotechnical risks. It is not uncommon for these...
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Hergersic, A. (author), Pungercar, E. (author), Zupancic, T. (author)
The paper introduces a novel approach to understanding the nature of visual communication within the design process in architectural education using open-source interfaces. It derives from the idea that visual non-verbal communication indicates the critical moments of the design process, where communication efficiency could be improved. The aim...
conference paper 2013
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Novakova, K. (author), Jakubal, V. (author), Achten, H. (author), Matejovska, D. (author)
In this paper we present an application we developed for collaborative sketch sharing within a design process. We review the specific application development process and discuss the features of the application itself. The tool has been tested and used in a design studio setting between two universities located in different countries. We observed...
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Ozorhon, B. (author), Abbott, C. (author), Aouad, G. (author)
Climate change has led to the global recognition of the need to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings. In the UK increasingly demanding building regulations require contractors to use innovative products and processes in their construction processes in order to deliver the specified environmental sustainability performance levels. Cost...
conference paper 2011
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Collins, B. (author), Boyd, D. (author)
The adoption of sustainable technologies to mitigate high energy use by home owners has not been extensive. As a result of legislation there are a number of initiatives to help resolve this situation, some which recognise that communities could be a good site of influence to effect this change. Communities have different socio-economic...
conference paper 2011
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Gerritsen, A. (author), Stuiver, M. (author), Termeer, C. (author), Werkman, R. (author)
Rural regions in the Netherlands cope with the challenge of sustainable rural development in a complex network context. There is neither consensus on facts nor consensus on values about what is sustainable and what not. Literature suggests knowledge governance as a promising form of governance. It focuses on the coordinative power of knowledge...
conference paper 2010
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Ziari, R. (author)
Traffic congestion and related problems between main cities and new settlements in suburbs and urban fringes is one of the problems that urban and regional planners are always involved with it. This Problem waste the time of citizens, increasing fuel consumption and will cause many environmental impacts. All the mentioned make cities and regions...
conference paper 2010
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Gomes Prestes, M. (author), Muniz, M.O. (author), Gonçalves de Figueiredo, L.F. (author)
Santo Antônio de Lisboa is a community of Azorean remaining in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil which, like many others in the world permeates culture through generations. The organization of cassava flour production identified in this community involves social, environmental and economic aspects of a sustainable local development, which...
conference paper 2010
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Velázquez, L. (author), Ochoa, B. (author), Zavala, A. (author), Munguia, N. (author)
Think global act locally, it is a phrase used to promote the concept of sustainable community. A sustainable community is often defined as a community which uses its resources to meet current needs without compromising the ability of resource usages of future generations to meet their own needs. However, pragmatic evidence has showed that it has...
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Krook, J. (author), Eklund, M. (author), Carlsson, A. (author), Frändegård, P. (author), Svensson, N. (author)
In theory, ‘urban mining’ has a huge potential for enabling more efficient resource use and offering new business opportunities for the cleantech and recycling industries. This concept involves recovering technospheric stocks of previously employed natural resources that have been taken out of use without being collected for waste management....
conference paper 2010
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Hildegarde, Z. (author), Amper, S. (author)
Workshop 1. Session 1.2: Segregation and strategies of gating and withdrawal
conference paper 2005
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