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Introduction: mapping the territory. (2023)
Book Chapter
IRONSIDE, R. and HUNTER, J. 2023. Introduction: mapping the territory. In Hunter, J. and Ironside, R. (eds.) Folklore, people and places: international perspectives on tourism and tradition in storied places. Abingdon: Routledge [online], pages 1-24. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003374138-1

This book is a contribution towards better understanding the complex interconnectivity of folklore, people and place, across a range of different cultural and geographical contexts, and in particular with how they intersect with a constantly developi... Read More about Introduction: mapping the territory..

Jewellery multiplicity: digital architectures. (2023)
Book Chapter
MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, M.J. 2023. Jewellery multiplicity: digital architectures. In Dundjerović, A. and Pravdić, I. (eds.) Digital performing arts: participatory practices in a digital age. Belgrade: University of the Arts in Belgrade [online], pages 184-201. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7714355

This paper presents a live project developed with students of architecture, landscape and jewellery at Birmingham School of Architecture and Design in 2020. This project took place in the context of a module called Co.LAB (collaborative practice), wh... Read More about Jewellery multiplicity: digital architectures..

Border(s)lines between isolation and connection: the disused railway in Aberdeen. (2023)
Book Chapter
ZECCA, C. and LAING, R. 2023. Border(s)lines between isolation and connection: the disused railway in Aberdeen. In Zaman, Q.M. and Hall, G.G. (eds.) Border urbanism: transdisciplinary perspectives. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 14, pages 245-266. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06604-7_14

Abandoned railways allow an interpretation of urban borders by considering different scales of connection and separation. The former railway line in Aberdeen is used as a case study to explore how urban linear connections represent a defining linear... Read More about Border(s)lines between isolation and connection: the disused railway in Aberdeen..

India's shift to soft power in Nepal: a case study of the borderland city of Birgunj. (2023)
Book Chapter
PANERU, S. 2023. India's shift to soft power in Nepal: a case study of the borderland city of Birgunj. In Zaman, Q.M. and Hall, G.G. (eds.) Border urbanism: transdisciplinary perspectives. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 11, pages 197-211. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06604-7_11

A variety of factors influenced India's shift from hard power to soft power diplomacy in Nepal. The factors that influenced the Indian economic blockade on Nepal in 2015 and the interaction between the agent of power (India) and the subject of power... Read More about India's shift to soft power in Nepal: a case study of the borderland city of Birgunj..

Borders for peace: controls within a Kenyan informal settlement during political conflict. (2023)
Book Chapter
VERTIGANS, S., GIBSON, N. and MUELLER-HIRTH, N. 2023. Borders for peace: controls within a Kenyan informal settlement during political conflict. In Zaman, Q.M. and Hall, G.G. (eds.) Border urbanism: transdisciplinary perspectives. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 8, pages 151-164. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06604-7_8

During periods of heavily contested elections, accompanying political tensions are often most prevalent within informal settlements. Consequently, the prolonged political tensions experienced in Kenya during 2017 were expected to have the most advers... Read More about Borders for peace: controls within a Kenyan informal settlement during political conflict..

A neighbourhood of fragmentation. (2023)
Book Chapter
ALTENBERGER, I. 2023. A neighbourhood of fragmentation. In Zaman, Q.M. and Hall, G.G. (eds.) Border urbanism: transdisciplinary perspectives. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 28, pages 461-476. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06604-7_28

Once isolated as a bordered neighbourhood, the Raploch Council housing estate in Stirling, Scotland, has been regenerated through a gentrification policy that encouraged increased owner-occupied housing in an area previously dominated by social housi... Read More about A neighbourhood of fragmentation..

Borders of convenience: European legal measures and the migration crisis. (2023)
Book Chapter
ARNELL, P. and LYONS, C. 2023. Borders of convenience: European legal measures and the migration crisis. In Zaman, Q.M. and Hall, G.G. (eds.) Border urbanism: transdisciplinary perspectives. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 26, pages 421-431. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06604-7_26

The migration crisis has posed fundamental questions for European institutions. Amongst these are whether EU human rights reality matches its rhetoric. The answer is a resounding no. The reaction of the EU to the crisis has entailed an abdication of... Read More about Borders of convenience: European legal measures and the migration crisis..

Border urbanism: a critical discourse. (2023)
Book Chapter
ZAMAN, Q.M. 2023. Border urbanism: a critical discourse. In Zaman, Q.M. and Hall, G.G. (eds.) 2023. Border urbanism: transdisciplinary perspectives. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 1, pages 3-26. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06604-7_1

This opening chapter overviews the purpose of the book. A global initiative on border urbanism research and interdisciplinary collaboration began in 2016, bringing researchers from 28 countries together to discuss various border-related issues at an... Read More about Border urbanism: a critical discourse..

Facing the lens of the camera: bodies, self-portraiture, portraiture and identity in women artists' video. (2023)
Book Chapter
LEUZZI, L. 2023. Facing the lens of the camera: bodies, self-portraiture, portraiture and identity in women artists' video. In Dreckmann, K. and Vomberg, E. (eds.) More than illustrated music: aesthetics of hybrid media between pop, art and video. New York: Bloomsbury Academic [online], chapter 8, pages 93-105. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501381263.0015

Since its commercial inception and availability in the late 60s and 70s, video has acted as a powerful tool for women artists to explore feminist issues and debunk stereotypes re-perpetrated over the centuries by patriarchal society. In resonance wit... Read More about Facing the lens of the camera: bodies, self-portraiture, portraiture and identity in women artists' video..

The ability of Altman's Z"-score model to detect the economic distress of Kazakh banks. (2023)
Book Chapter
SALINA, A.P., ZHANG, X., JIAO, T. and HASSAN, O.A.G. 2023. The ability of Altman's Z"-score model to detect the economic distress of Kazakh banks. In Boubaker, S. and Elnahass, M. (eds.) Banking resilience and global financial stability. London: World Scientific [online], chapter 13 . Available from: https://doi.org/10.1142/q0422

This study contributes to the literature by evaluating the ability of Altman's Z"-score model to predict the economic distress of twelve Kazakh banks over the period of 2008 to 2014. The original Z"-score model, with a cut-off point implied by Altman... Read More about The ability of Altman's Z"-score model to detect the economic distress of Kazakh banks..

Responses and referral. (2023)
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MACPHERSON, S. and WARRENDER, D. 2023. Responses and referral. In Cooper, D.B. (ed.) Alcohol use: assessment, withdrawal management, treatment and therapy: ethical practice. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 9, pages 151-163. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18381-2_9

This chapter is aimed at practitioners who may not have specialist knowledge of how to respond to people who have problems with alcohol and identifies helpful responses and options for referral. The context of alcohol as a mainstay of many cultures i... Read More about Responses and referral..

Composite repair and remanufacturing. (2022)
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VON FREEDEN, J., DE WIT, J., CABA, S., KROLL, S., ZHAO, H., REN, J., YAN, Y., ARSHED, F., AHMAD, A. and XIROUCHAKIS, P. 2022. Composite repair and remanufacturing. In Colledani, M. and Turri, S. (eds.) Systemic circular economy solutions for fiber reinforced composites. Cham: Springer [online], pages 191-214. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22352-5_10

For the reuse of components and structures made of fiber composite materials, a complete remanufacturing process chain is necessary to prepare the parts for a further life cycle. The first step is to dismantle the parts to be reused. Fiber composite... Read More about Composite repair and remanufacturing..

Children in peace-building and violence during political instability in a Kenyan informal settlement. (2022)
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VERTIGANS, S. and MUELLER-HIRTH, N. 2022. Children in peace-building and violence during political instability in a Kenyan informal settlement. In Children, peace and security. Nairobi: Save the Children International; International Peace Support Training Centre [online], chapter 10, pages 170-187. Available from: https://www.ipstc.org/index.php/downloads-publications/publications?download=226:book-project

Despite increasing attention to a wide range of actors in conflict in the scholarly literature, the roles and experiences of children have been largely considered only in terms of their victimhood. Similarly, in global policy discourses, children and... Read More about Children in peace-building and violence during political instability in a Kenyan informal settlement..

Searching for the ethos of a lost art school. (2022)
Book Chapter
WINTER, J. 2022. Searching for the ethos of a lost art school. In Ingold, T. (ed.) Knowing from the inside: cross-disciplinary experiments with matters of pedagogy. London: Bloomsbury Academic [online], chapter 8, pages 165-188. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350217171.ch-008

This search is motivated by an abiding belief in the possibilities of art schools. It is a response to many conversations over recent years around the future of art education and the significant role it has played in weaving the social fabric. I cont... Read More about Searching for the ethos of a lost art school..

Ex-regulars in the British Army Reserve: just here for the money? (2022)
Book Chapter
CONNELLY, V., MORRISON, Z., BIRCHENOUGH, J., CUNNINGHAM-BURLEY, S. and LORETTO, W. 2022. Ex-regulars in the British Army Reserve: just here for the money? In Ben-Ari, E. and Connelly, V. (eds.) Contemporary military reserves: between the civilian and military worlds. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 5, pages 83-105. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003306399-7

The UK part-time Army Reserve has seen a large influx of personnel who previously served full-time in the regular army (ex-regulars). This is contrary to the previous tradition where most army reservists had no previous full-time armed forces experie... Read More about Ex-regulars in the British Army Reserve: just here for the money?.

Bringing presence to the intrapartum experience. (2022)
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TABIB, M. and HUMPHREY, T. 2022. Bringing presence to the intrapartum experience. In Davies, L. and Crowther, S. (eds.) Mindfulness in the birth sphere: practice for pre-conception to the critical 1000 days and beyond. Abingdon: Routledge [online], pages 130-146. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003165200-9

Being present during childbirth, having the wisdom to anchor oneself to the here and now through the breath and the body, may have profound spiritual, psychological and physiological implications. The knowledge and skills of meditation and relaxation... Read More about Bringing presence to the intrapartum experience..

To opt-in or to cop out: COP26 and the policy dynamics of decarbonising African cities. (2022)
Book Chapter
ASEKOMEH, A., GERSHON, O. and AZUBUIKE, S.I. 2022. To opt-in or to cop out: COP26 and the policy dynamics of decarbonising African cities. In AZUBUIKE, S.I., ASEKOMEH, A. and GERSHON, O. (eds.) Decarbonisation pathways for African cities. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan [online], chapter 9, pages 157-178. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14006-8_9

The COP26 Glasgow Climate Pact appears to have kept alive the ambition of restricting temperature rises to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. However, developing countries must translate the agreements into specific policies and change instruments i... Read More about To opt-in or to cop out: COP26 and the policy dynamics of decarbonising African cities..

Demarco and Yugoslavia in the 1970s. (2022)
Book Chapter
BLACKWOOD, J. 2022. Demarco and Yugoslavia in the 1970s. In Leuzzi, L., Partridge, S. and Shemilt, E. (eds.) Richard Demarco: the Italian connection. Barnet: John Libbey, chapter 7, pages 105-113.

During the Cold War period, relations between the UK and Yugoslavia were couched entirely in the frames of politics, economics or military history; in the later years of socialist Yugoslavia, from the later seventies onwards, links were also develope... Read More about Demarco and Yugoslavia in the 1970s..

Smart contracts and payment in UK construction: the legal framework. (2022)
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CHRISTIE, D.S. and MANTE, J. 2022. Smart contracts and payment in UK construction: the legal framework. In Dounas, T. and Lombardi, D. (eds.) Blockchain for construction. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 167-184. Available from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3759-0_9

This chapter critically evaluates the way in which the existing United Kingdom (UK) construction payment regime will function with – and assist – payment mechanisms which utilise smart contracts. Blockchain is one of several new developments in the i... Read More about Smart contracts and payment in UK construction: the legal framework..

Blockchain technologies in construction. (2022)
Book Chapter
DOUNAS, T. and LOMBARDI, D. 2022. Blockchain technologies in construction. In Dounas, T. and Lombardi, D. (eds.) Blockchain for construction. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 1-4. Available from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3759-0_1

The purpose of this volume is to inform the reader on the state of affairs of a new subset of construction informatics, Blockchain (B) and Decentralized Ledger Technologies (DLT)s. The initial motivation for writing and editing this volume was that w... Read More about Blockchain technologies in construction..