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Category Archives: Methodology and ethics
The Environmental Assessment Methods: Part 1 *
Environmental assessment methods are important tools to quantify the environmental impacts related to products or services. In the following some environmental assessment methods related to the building sector are briefly presented. HQE (Haute Qualité Environnementale) The French Association HQE … Continue reading
Through the Looking Glass: why public engagement in cities should be about (more than) reflexion/reflection
Place-making affects all of us. Yet how many of us, apart from place-making professionals and decision-makers, can really shape the places we live in? This post argues that engaging the public in place-making should at least be about mutual learning, … Continue reading
Earth albedo for beginners: “reflections” on the reason why it has to be included in life cycle assessment*
The Earth has an average planetary albedo of ∽0.3 (Wielicki, Wong, Loeb, Minnis, Priestley, & Kandel, 2005), but considerable differences exist between different areas on the planet. Figure 1 shows that different areas on Earth are characterized by different surface … Continue reading
Framing the right research questions in dealing with Urban Resilience: introducing Urban Resilience Research Network (URNet)
One of the main challenges in dealing with research is indeed framing the right questions. Einstein’s quote “if I had one hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes defining the problem and 5 minutes thinking about the solution” … Continue reading
Measuring urban quality of life – some challenges in practice
We have come a great way in attempting to define what quality of life and wellbeing are, as ultimate goals urban policies. In this post, I argue that for many cities, particularly in middle-income and low-income countries, there are significant … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, research quality and assessment, Methodology and ethics, Planning, city, and society, Territory, landscape, land
Tagged Europe, Global Urban Indicators, Human Development Index, low-income countries, middle-income countries, Open Society Foundations, quality of life, Romania, territorial statistics, UN-Habitat, urban, urban statistics, wellbeing
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Big Data in Planning and Research
Big Data has had a fast career as new topic (and occasionally buzzword) in the social sciences during the last years. It describes new opportunities for research emerging from the unprecedented and largely untapped quantity, immediacy, and variety of data … Continue reading
How to Prepare to the Viva, Tips to Do Before and After
Guest author: Basak Tanulku In this piece, I want to provide tips about what to do before, during and after your viva. The viva examination can be regarded as the last step in a long journey to finish the PhD … Continue reading
