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Mental health, vulnerability and risk in police custody
Leese, Maggie; Russell, Sean - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 19 (2017) 5, pp. 274-283
vulnerability within police custody. Design/methodology/approach The design of the study was qualitative, and it utilised telephone … therefore it presents a holistic overview of some key issues around mental health, vulnerability and safeguarding within the …
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Spontaneous concerns about risk and abuse reported by people with dementia and their carers
Benbow, Susan M.; Kingston, Paul - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 19 (2017) 2, pp. 92-99
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to look at concerns about risk/abuse expressed spontaneously by people with … study on the impact of producing narratives on PwD and their carers. Participants were found to allude to risk/abuse, or … specifically mention thoughts on risk and abuse in their narratives. A secondary analysis of the theme of risk/abuse is reported …
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Managing adversity: understanding some dimensions of organizational resilience
Sawalha, Ihab Hanna Salman - In: Management Research Review 38 (2015) 4, pp. 346-366
Purpose – This study aims to explore how insurance organisations interpret organisational resilience; to identify potential objectives, elements and practices of organisational resilience within insurance organisations; and to investigate the impact of culture on resilience....
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Building Resilient Urban Communities
Davis, Ian; Izadkhah, Yasamin O. - In: Open House International 31 (2006) 1, pp. 11-21
efficient hazard mitigation at various levels. This can help in increasing the resilience among communities at risk by enabling … challenge to devise ways to achieve sustainable development by reducing patterns of vulnerability. Disaster reduction is …
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Low‐energy versus conventional residential buildings: cost and profit
Zalejska‐Jonsson, Agnieszka; Lind, Hans; Hintze, Staffan - In: Journal of European Real Estate Research 5 (2012) 3, pp. 211-228
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the commercial aspect of “green” building construction and whether increased investment costs are profitable taking the reduction in operating costs into account. The investment viability is approached by comparing investment in...
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Modern architectural tourism in Singapore
Tan, Keith Kay Hin; Kusumo, Camelia May Li - In: International Journal of Tourism Cities 8 (2021) 1, pp. 30-52
Purpose Existing tourism studies focusing on Southeast Asia often emphasize the culture, history and heritage of the region or its natural beauty and cuisine, most of which are often viewed as exotic through a Western lens. By contrast, this interdisciplinary study looks at the untapped...
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User requirement related performance attributes for government residential buildings
Seshadhri, Gopikrishnan; Paul, Virendra Kumar - In: Journal of Facilities Management 15 (2017) 4, pp. 409-422
Purpose Present research on assessing performance of residential buildings is done for specific purposes and not holistically. The indicators, factors and attributes considered for evaluation are not consistent and are broadly based on knowledge base of the author. The purpose of this research...
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Assessment of building retrofit scenarios using embodied energy and life cycle impact assessment
Tokede, Olubukola; Boggavarapu, Mani Kumar; Wamuziri, Sam - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 13 (2023) 5, pp. 666-681
Purpose Crucial transition of the Indian residential building sector into a low-emission economy require an in-depth understanding of the potentials for retrofitting the existing building stock. There are, however, limited studies that have recognised the interdependencies and trade-offs in the...
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The Optimum Energy Saving Measures for Retrofitting Residential Buildings
Zheng, Rong-Yue; Yao, Jian - In: Open House International 41 (2016) 1, pp. 88-92
A large number of residential buildings in hot summer and cold winter zone of China are non-energy efficient with poor indoor thermal conditions. Retrofitting residential buildings with energy efficiency measures is thus important for residents. However, this work progressed slowly because...
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Energy Efficiency Perceptions in Residential Buildings
Haid, Achim Andreas; Öztüren, Ali - In: Open House International 40 (2015) 3, pp. 61-67
-to-face interviews with experts and households were conducted in Baden-Württemberg, Germany to collect the data. This study found that …
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