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Design for Change: Five Proxies for Resilience in the Urban Form

Feliciotti, Alessandra; Romice, Ombretta; Porta, Sergio - In: Open House International 41 (2016) 4, pp. 23-30

firstly look at resilience theory and consistently define five proxies of resilience in urban form, namely diversity … proxies. Finally, we conduct this exploration at five scales that are relevant to urban morphology and design: plot, street …

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External Management Auditing of Companies: A Survey of Bankers

Innes, John - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 3 (1990) 1

An external management audit is an independent examination of an organisation resulting in a statement to external users on the performance of the management function. The reasons for conducting external management audits (including accountability for corporate behaviour) are discussed. Bankers...

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Environmental Disclosures: A Note on Reporting Practices in Mainland Europe

Roberts, Clare B. - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 4 (1991) 3

Most extant surveys of mainland European companies′ disclosure of social and environmental data are now somewhat dated …

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The information content of farmland value surveys

Kuethe, Todd H.; Ifft, Jennifer - In: Agricultural Finance Review 73 (2013) 1, pp. 45-57

period 1965‐2010 for Iowa from three surveys: Iowa State Extension Service, the Federal Reserve, and the USDA. Findings – The …

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Online versus offline research: implications for evaluating digital media

Gunter, Barrie; Nicholas, David; Huntington, Paul; … - In: Aslib Proceedings 54 (2002) 4, pp. 229-239

represent the general population. Online surveys, however, can produce quicker response rates than offline surveys and also …

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Health information on the Internet: a qualitative study of NHS Direct Online users

Williams, Peter; Nicholas, David; Huntington, Paul - In: Aslib Proceedings 55 (2003) 5/6, pp. 304-312

Examines the way the general public exploits the Internet for health information, the motives behind usage, attitudes towards issues such as quality concerns, and the extent to which Internet interventions affect the doctor‐patient relationship. Although a questionnaire survey was used (posted...

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Broadband in Britain: how does it compare with narrowband?

Gunter, Barrie; Russell, Chris; Withey, Richard; … - In: Aslib Proceedings 56 (2004) 2, pp. 89-98

were made between respondents (33 per cent) who said they had a high‐speed of “broadband” Internet connection and those (67 …. Broadband respondents were also likely to be more experienced Internet users, having had longer Internet access and being more … frequent users. Broadband respondents were more advanced Internet users than narrowband respondents, being more likely to …

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Scholarly communication in the digital environment : The 2005 survey of journal author behaviour and attitudes

Rowlands, Ian; Nicholas, David - In: Aslib Proceedings 57 (2005) 6, pp. 481-497

Purpose – This paper aims to make a substantial contribution to the ongoing debate about the potential of open access publishing and institutional repositories to reform the scholarly communication system. It presents the views of senior authors on these issues and contextualises them within...

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Internet dating: a British survey

Gunter, Barrie - In: Aslib Proceedings 60 (2008) 2, pp. 88-98

of a leading internet research agency, utilising its online panel of c. 30,000 UK respondents. Findings – More than 3 …,800 online panellists responded of whom 29 per cent said they had used an online dating site. Most of these respondents (90 per … and social phenomenon and represents one of the largest surveys of its kind yet carried out in the UK. …

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Culture of open access in the University of Kashmir: a researcher's viewpoint

Gul, Sumeer; Shah, Tariq Ahmad; Baghwan, Tariq Ahmad - In: Aslib Proceedings 62 (2010) 2, pp. 210-222

Purpose – A survey of University of Kashmir scholars was undertaken in 2008 to ascertain their experience, attitudes and perceptions about the open access (OA) movement. The purpose of this paper is to report the survey's findings. Design/methodology/approach – The study was based on data...

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