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The Routledge Handbook on the Influence of Built Environments on Diverse Childhoods
No full textChildren and young people are often discussed as if they are homogenous groups. The reality is, of course, very different, with an enormous variation within each of these groups and in any domain of experience pertaining to childhood or adolescence. Driven by personal, sociocultural, geographic, or economic circumstances, many children and young people worldwide are experiencing a totally different reality to those who fit with more mainstream patterns of childhood. This has substantial implications for their sociophysical environmental experience and our understanding of their physical environmental needs. The aim of this book is to draw attention to these alternate realities for a number of these groups of children and young people, highlighting the unique and different considerations associated with their particular circumstances in each instance, and identifying the repercussions for their physical environmental needs. Ultimately, this book creates an evidence-based discussion which can be used by designers, planners and policy makers, and those delivering services and programs to children and young people as a basis to make informed decisions on how to work with the groups of children and young people in our book for better environmental provision
Unveiling the photocatalytic marvels : recent advances in solar heterojunctions for environmental remediation and energy harvesting
No full textIn the quest for effective solutions to address Environ. Pollut. and meet the escalating energy demands, heterojunction photocatalysts have emerged as a captivating and versatile technology. These photocatalysts have garnered significant interest due to their wide-ranging applications, including wastewater treatment, air purification, CO2 capture, and hydrogen generation via water splitting. This technique harnesses the power of semiconductors, which are activated under light illumination, providing the necessary energy for catalytic reactions. With visible light constituting a substantial portion (46%) of the solar spectrum, the development of visible-light-driven semiconductors has become imperative. Heterojunction photocatalysts offer a promising strategy to overcome the limitations associated with activating semiconductors under visible light. In this comprehensive review, we present the recent advancements in the field of photocatalytic degradation of contaminants across diverse media, as well as the remarkable progress made in renewable energy production. Moreover, we delve into the crucial role played by various operating parameters in influencing the photocatalytic performance of heterojunction systems. Finally, we address emerging challenges and propose novel perspectives to provide valuable insights for future advancements in this dynamic research domain. By unraveling the potential of heterojunction photocatalysts, this review contributes to the broader understanding of their applications and paves the way for exciting avenues of exploration and innovation
Supporting young people with vulnerabilities through the provision of quality youth center environments
No full textYouth centers provide young people with critical support and opportunities to address and move beyond experienced vulnerabilities and engage in meaningful activities, and physical environments play a key role. This chapter draws on research conducted across nine youth centers that gained invaluable insights from young people experiencing vulnerabilities about the importance and adequacy of center physical-design attributes in meeting their needs. Youth center physical environments are typically given little attention in service provision, often due to limited funding investment. This discussion advocates for the benefits of and the need for creating purposeful quality youth center environments co-constructed with young people
The Copyright Law of Spatial Data
No full textThis book provides a thorough comparative analysis of copyright protection of spatial data across Australia, the United States of America (USA), and the European Union. With the emergence of terrestrial scanners, drones, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI), the acquisition of data has recently reshaped the landscape of the survey industry, highlighting the importance of protecting the intellectual rights of surveyors. This book investigates the distinct approaches taken by each jurisdiction in protecting copyrights in spatial data and explores commonalities and disparities between these jurisdictions, highlighting best practices. The book also explores the alternative means of protecting spatial data and provides final recommendations aimed at policymakers, with the overarching objective of nurturing a balanced copyright system. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in the field of copyright law and spatial data
Conclusion
No full textIn assembling this book, we were hoping to enhance awareness of children’s and young people’s environmental experience that is not well documented or researched. In doing this, the aim was to provide a foundational impetus for greater understanding of how to support these children and young people in the design and planning of the environments that have impact on them. Although both editors have background training in design, we both understand that in order to develop sound physical environments for people, there is a need to understand the personal, social and cultural environments of the people in question. As a result, most of the chapters in this book are written by people who do not come from the built environment disciplines. Surrounding disciplines including health sciences, social sciences and education, for example, are in strong positions to reflect and comment on the impact and influence of physical settings on health, development and wellbeing in a way that built environment professionals and researchers, without multidisciplinary experience, are not
Global challenges and trends affecting all children and young people and their environmental experiences
No full textAt a global level, children growing up in the 21st century are all shaped and challenged by a range of global issues that impact the lived experiences of childhood and adolescence. The predominant global challenges that we know are making an impact include climate change, urbanization, displacement, poverty, technologization and loss of contact with nature. More recently, the risk and threat of pandemics has also joined this list. This chapter will explore the nature of these global influences and their impacts on childhood and adolescence as it is currently established in research literature and broader global conversations
Can producers and consumers of color decolonize foodie culture? : an exploration through food media in settler colonies
No full textIn this paper, I examine the “Home Cooking” episode of Netflix series Ugly Delicious, and the “Toronto Truths with Foodies of Colour” episode of award‐winning Racist Sandwich podcast to uncover their mediation of a foodie and cosmopolitan person of color identity. By paying close attention to biographical details and the foregrounding of certain aspects of foodie and racialize identities, this paper addresses the question of performativity when it comes to food adventuring by using the mediated lens of the two chosen food shows. Are the hosts (and the semiotics of the programs) potentially challenging the archetype of the adventurous meat‐eating white male, or reinforcing the same by letting certain people into the fold? This analysis is necessary to understand if producers and consumers of color who are vested in exploring different food cultures through their practices do this any differently from dominant cultures
Stakeholder mapping and analysis of off-site construction projects : utilizing a power-interest matrix and the fuzzy logic theory
No full textStakeholder management is a crucial component in the implementation of off-site construction (OSC) projects, while stakeholder mapping serves as a practical technique to facilitate an in-depth understanding of different project stakeholders. Various topics have been explored in the OSC stakeholder management field, but research on OSC stakeholder analysis based on stakeholder mapping is still lacking. This study addresses this gap by developing two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) stakeholder mapping models. Data were collected from 167 stakeholders involved in OSC projects. The 2D model utilizes a power–interest matrix to classify 12 identified OSC stakeholder groups, while the 3D model further explores these groups by incorporating an additional dimension of stakeholder salience across different stages of project implementation. The results show that OSC stakeholders predominantly fall into the “key players” or “minimal effort” categories across various project stages. Key players include the client, modular manufacturer, main contractor, government, and designer, while the public and industry organizations generally require minimal effort. Additionally, stakeholders such as the supervision company, supplier, and subcontractor play key roles at specific stages, with varying levels of salience throughout the project lifecycle, reflecting shifts in their influence and involvement. The findings contribute to stakeholder management knowledge by providing an in-depth understanding of OSC stakeholders’ interrelationships during project implementation, especially through uncovered stakeholder mapping in the OSC field
Young people returning to alcohol and other drug services as incremental treatment
No full textYoung people who attend intensive alcohol and other drug (AoD) treatment commonly do so more than once. This paper aims to understand precipitators, enablers and barriers to young people's re-engagement in programs. Data come from a longitudinal qualitative study involving three waves of interviews with Australian young people recruited while attending intensive AoD programs (n = 38 at wave 1). We found that young people's ambitions for what they might achieve with a new stay and capacity to benefit from programs, evolved. Skills learnt in earlier stays or changed life circumstances often helped them achieve better outcomes subsequently. Ongoing contact with an AoD worker was the most important enabler to service re-engagement. Across the span of a year, we saw most young people in our study sample develop a stronger sense of wellbeing and control over substance use. While researchers tend to focus on evaluating outcomes associated with single stays at specific programs, young people think about their trajectories towards managing substance use and their lives as occurring more holistically, supported by engagements with a range of services. We argue that the notion of incremental treatment is useful in depicting the synergistic effects of service engagement over time
WeatherState
No full textWeatherState is an ongoing project that critically investigates senses of place within the vast heterotopias of the world oceans. In the face of the climate crisis, these enigmatic realms hold profound significance as regulators of global temperatures, absorbing carbon dioxide, shaping weather patterns, and world trade. They act as analogous spaces, as isomorphs for the complexity of embodied understandings of the interconnectedness and entanglements of our current times. Through data mapping and generative approaches, the WeatherState system maps the historical and cultural complexities of these heterotopias, and presents an immersive, generative screen experience of a complex relational set of data. As a dataecology, WeatherState interrogates the role of oceans as conduits for trade, climate change and cultural colonialism, by drawing on historical data sets (the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)1880-2020), Global Ocean Temperatures (1901-2022) and the Ocean CO2 sink (1959-2022) combined with 21st century generative techniques, WeatherState presents a world of interconnected phenomena. The aim is for an embodied, sensorial experience of data that builds on current data visualisation practices and pays attention to the ecologies of practice that drive the data selection, presentation and mapping. WeatherState is a live multichannel experience that seeks to generate an affect of aliveness, challenging extractive modes of visualisation