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The Built Environment for Professionalism [PDF]
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine, 2020 The social contract between the public and health professions is fraying, challenged by changes in the organization and financing of health care, and by a collective failure to meet some of the expectations of society. It is timely for family medicine to acknowledge the social contract, to accept responsibility for its the role in renegotiating this ...
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The Built Environment and Obesity [PDF]
Epidemiologic Reviews, 2007 Obesity results from a complex interaction between diet, physical activity, and the environment. The built environment encompasses a range of physical and social elements that make up the structure of a community and may influence obesity. This review summarizes existing empirical research relating the built environment to obesity.
Mia A, Papas +5 more
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Collective efficacy and the built environment [PDF]
CrimRxiv, 2022 Abstract Collective efficacy is a prominent explanation for neighborhood crime concentrations. Just as crime is concentrated in particular neighborhoods, within‐neighborhoods crime is concentrated in particular criminogenic locations. Research suggests criminogenic locations are determined by features of the built environment.
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Disaster management and humanitarian logistics – A South African perspective
Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2011 Disasters are becoming an unavoidable part of everyday life throughout the world, including South Africa. Even though South Africa is not a country affected by large-scale disasters such as earthquakes, the impact of disasters in South Africa is ...
Wilna L. Bean +3 more
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The role of virtual reality in built environment education [PDF]
, 2008 This study builds upon previous research on the integration of Virtual Reality (VR) within the built environment curriculum and aims to investigate the role of VR and three-dimensional (3D) computer modelling on learning and teaching in a school of the ...
Horne, Margaret, Thompson, Emine Mine
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DNE911 : Design and built environment / College of Built Environment [PDF]
, 2023 The course aims to enhance the knowledge in the paradigm of design and built environment. It covers four main domains: (a) Art and Design, (b) Architecture and Town Planning, (c) Building Construction, Technology and Conservation, and (d) Built ...
UiTM, College of Built Environment
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3D Point Cloud Data in Conveying Information for Local Green Factor Assessment
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2021 The importance of ensuring the adequacy of urban ecosystem services and green infrastructure has been widely highlighted in multidisciplinary research. Meanwhile, the consolidation of cities has been a dominant trend in urban development and has led to ...
Kaisa Jaalama +9 more
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Built environment and health [PDF]
Preventive Medicine, 2008 In the last decade, there has been a growing research interest in the influence of the built environment on physical activity and diet. This research is generally based on an ecological model of health behaviors, and conceptualizes the built environment at a variety of levels- from properties of individual rooms to features of urban or regional ...
David, Berrigan, Robin A, McKinnon
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Microbes in the built environment
Scientific Reports, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged scientists and the general population to think more than ever before about how we interact with microbes in our indoor spaces. Research investigating transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has advanced our knowledge significantly in the last two years.
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