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Poverty and depressed estates: a critique of Utopia on trial. (1987)
Journal Article
SPICKER, P. 1987. Poverty and depressed estates: a critique of Utopia on trial. Housing studies [online], 2(4), pages 283-292. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/02673038708720608

Alice Coleman's Utopia on Trial explains the incidence of social problems in council housing in terms of the design of the estates. This paper offers an alternative explanation. Many issues which appear to be problems of planning, design, maintenance... Read More about Poverty and depressed estates: a critique of Utopia on trial..

Partial discharge measurements in high voltage motors. (1987)
Thesis
BUCHAN, J.G. 1987. Partial discharge measurements in high voltage motors. Council for National Academic Awards, PhD thesis.

The work presented in this thesis is concerned with the development of an on-line technique for detecting and locating partial discharges in the stator winding of a high voltage electrical machine. This technique forms part of an on-line health monit... Read More about Partial discharge measurements in high voltage motors..

Regulation of stomach emptying in pigs. (1987)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
GREGORY, P.C., MCFADYEN, M. and RAYNER, D.V. 1987. Regulation of stomach emptying in pigs. Presented at the 1987 Cambridge meeting of the Physiological Society, 18-19 September 1987, Cambridge, UK.

This presentation reports on three experiments into the stomach emptying of pigs during feeding. Each experiment measured the emptying of both solids and liquids from the stomach using a gastric evacuation technique. Two of the experiments also invol... Read More about Regulation of stomach emptying in pigs..

Present and future patterns of energy usage in rural areas. (1987)
Thesis
EDGE, H.M. 1987. Present and future patterns of energy usage in rural areas. Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1694928

The hypothesis presented in this study is that: "There exists considerable potential for a greater degree of rural energy autonomy, especially through the medium of increasing integration between agricultural/forestry and domestic sectors, to make be... Read More about Present and future patterns of energy usage in rural areas..

Concepts of need in housing allocation. (1987)
Journal Article
SPICKER, P. 1987. Concepts of need in housing allocation. Policy and politics [online], 15(1), pages 17-27. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1332/030557387782514636

Policies for the allocation of council housing are subject to considerable local variation. Despite the differences, the schemes which housing departments have developed seem often to reflect a common understanding of the concept of 'need'. Their emp... Read More about Concepts of need in housing allocation..