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  • Re-thinking transport evaluation methods: do we have the best tools to help us make cities more sustainable? 
    Zeibots Michelle (NRG4SD, 2004)
    Most planning and evaluation tools are derived from a theory that attempts to describe how the system in question works. The tools currently used to assess the relative merits of urban transport options are based on the ...
  • Retrofitting the Suburban Garden: morphologies and some elements of sustainability potential of two Australian residential suburbs compared 
    Ghosh Sumita; Head Lesley (Routledge, 2009)
    Residential gardens will continue to dominate as important elements of Australian suburbs in the timeframe available for adapting to climate change. In this paper, we analyse and compare the morphologies and sustainability ...
  • The Reversible City: Exhibition(ism), Chorality and Tenderness in Manhattan and Venice 
    Stoppani Teresa (Routledge, 2006)
    From the verticals of New York, Hong Kong and Singapore to the sprawls of London, Paris and Jakarta, this interdisciplinary volume of new writing examines constructions, representations, imaginations and theorizations of ...
  • A Review and Update of Emerging Technologies in Residential Timber Construction 
    Forsythe Perry (Forest & Wood Products Australia Limited, 2012)
    This project reviewed and updated a pre-existing audit of emerging technologies (ETs) relevant to timber residential construction - as authored by Paevere and MacKenzie (2006). The scope of the study included wood related ...
  • A Review of Termite Risk Management in Housing Construction 
    Forsythe Perry (Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation, 2004)
    Timber has proven to be a cost effective construction soluti on for detached housing and more recently multi-unit residential construction. Despite this, timber is prone to termite attack and concerns have been raised about ...
  • Review of the iQoliqoli (Fishing Ground) Compensation Policy 
    Boydell Spike; Baya Ulai (Land Equity International / accessUTS, for the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs, Republic of Fiji Islands, 2010)
    This confidential Final Report comprises the formal Review of the iQoliqoli (Fishing Ground) Compensation Policy, undertaken between July-October 2010 by LEI consultants Professor Spike Boydell and Mr Ulai Baya (both of ...
  • Ribs (bench); Pila (seat); Strip (screen) 
    Lie Stefan (Object: Australian center for craft and design, 2004)
    Three creative works exibited in exhibition at the Sydney Opera House as part of Sydney Festival 2004. Accompanied by catalogue published by Object: Australian center for craft and design. Also featured in Sydney Morning Herald.
  • Risk Analysis Using Analytic Network Process for Construction Project Tendering 
    Qiu Yike; Wang Changxin (Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia, 2009)
    This paper investigates a list of risk factors in the construction tendering process. A new method called Analytic Network Process (ANP) is introduced to analyze the relationships among these factors. A hierarchical structure ...
  • Risk Assessment in Construction: The impact of experience and corporate learning in decision-making of contractors 
    Bajaj Deepak (Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, 2002)
    Proper management of risk by contractors is essential from the viewpoint of the long-term ability to survive in a highly competitive bidding environment. An understanding of the various elements of the risk assessment ...
  • robot garden 
    Wallen Lawrence; Iglhaut Stefan; Fujisaki Kenkichi; Shimizu Yasuaki (, 2005)
    Project producer : Stefan Iglhaut, Berlin Content Robots and Exhibition Design: Lawrence Wallen, Berlin Content research: Dr. Bettina Drescher, Berlin Technical realisation: Fraunhofer Institute, Dortmund Patron: Goethe ...
  • Robotically Fabricated Thin-shell Vaulting: A methodology for the integration of fof multi-axis fabrication processes with algorithmic form-finding techniques 
    Kaczynski Maciej; Mcgee Wes; Pigram David (ACADIA, 2011)
    This paper proposes and describes a new methodology for the design, fabrication, and construction of unreinforced thin-shell stone vaulting through the use of algorithmic form-finding techniques and multi-axis robotic water ...
  • Robust Dimensionality Reduction for Human Action Recognition 
    Concha Oscar; Xu Yi Da; Piccardi Massimo (IEEE Computer Society, 2010)
    Human action recognition can be approached by combining an action-discriminative feature set with a classifier. However, the dimensionality of typical feature sets joint with that of the time dimension often leads to a ...
  • THE ROCKET-BAROQUE PHASE OF THE ICECREAM VERNACULAR: ON REYNER BANHAM’S CRITICISM OF ARCHITECTURE AND OTHER THINGS 
    Stead, Naomi. (2007-10-05)
    Throughout his trans-Atlantic career as a critic and commentator, Reyner Banham turned his attention to a vast range of objects, places and activities. This is especially true of his writing in the 1970's and 80's, after ...
  • A role with no Edges: The work practices of Information Architects 
    Robertson Toni; Hewlett Cindy; Harvey Samantha; Edwards Jennifer (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc, 2003)
    This paper reports the analysis of a range of workplace interviews with people who define themselves as information architects. This is a recent job title that is commonly used to describe people who are involved in the ...
  • Safety Catch 
    Pandolfo Berto (UTS, 2006)
  • Sansuigo .02 
    Bowman Christopher (Centre for Media Arts Innovation, UTS, 2010)
    Memory Flows, a project of the Centre for Media Arts and Innovation, UTS, culminated in an exhibition entitled 'Memory Flows: rivers, creeks and the great artesian basin' which examined the concepts of 'water, flows and ...
  • save_as 
    Gwilt Ian (DAB DOCS, 2009)
    Curatorial Rationale: New Media artwork has moved beyond the recorded mediums of photography and film to encompass interactive, augmented, and generative works due to the appropriation of and reliance on digitization by ...
  • Scalability: Parametric studies from exoskeletons to the city 
    Coorey Benjamin (The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, 2010)
    This research will explore and provide an initial study into the diversity of contemporary computational design methodologies emerging in the field of architecture. It will rely on modern philosophical and mathematical ...
  • Scheduling Problems-An Overview 
    Akpolat Hasan; Muluk Asmuliardi; Xu Jichao (Springer-verlag, 2003)
    There seems to be a significant gap between the theoretical and the practical aspects of scheduling problems in the job shop environment. Theoretically, scheduling systems are designed on the basis of an optimum approach ...
  • Scientific Theories 
    Runeson Karl; Skitmore Martin (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008)
    The aim ofthis chapter is to look briefly at theories in general, before concentrating on scientific theories - how they are used, structured, tested and verified. The research that usesthe kind of scientific theories we ...