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‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +1 more source

Holistic sustainability assessment of textile-reinforced concrete compared to structural concrete using the example of a roof construction

Cleaner Environmental Systems
Concrete construction faces growing sustainability challenges due to increasing climate requirements and changing labor conditions. Textile-reinforced concrete offers substantial potential by enabling lighter and more resource-efficient components ...
Fabian Kufner, Julian Steinhauer, Petra Rucker-Gramm, Michael Horstmann   +3 more
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Using Edible Plant and Lightweight Expanded Clay Aggregate (LECA) to Strengthen the Thermal Performance of Extensive Green Roofs in Subtropical Urban Areas

Energies, 2019
Gazing at natural landscapes and participating in agricultural activities can elicit psychophysiological restoration. However, most buildings are constructed merely to meet the minimum legal requirements for structure weight load.
Yi-Yu Huang, Tien-Jih Ma
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Grey water phytodepuration systems integrated in flat green roofs [PDF]

, 2010
The research about new grey water reuse systems can not only help to reduce the volume of drinkable water applied in domestic uses, besides allows to diminish the urban wastewater volume to be treated.
Bedoya Frutos, César, Chanampa, Mariana, Gómez González, Alberto, Neila González, Francisco Javier   +3 more
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Setting intelligent city tiling strategies for urban shading simulations [PDF]

, 2017
Assessing accurately the solar potential of all building surfaces in cities, including shading and multiple reflections between buildings, is essential for urban energy modelling.
Behar, Bernabé, Biljecki, Brito, Catita, Cellura, Despotovic, Despotovic, Eicker, El Mghouchi, Eric Duminil, Fath, Freitas, Good, Gueymard, Han, Hay, Hong, Ineichen, Izquierdo, Karteris, Klucher, Kolbe, Koronakis, Košir, Kurdgelashvili, Laura Romero Rodríguez, Lee, Li, Liu, Lobaccaro, Martins, Nouvel, Nouvel, Perez, Redweik, Reindl, Robinson, Romain Nouvel, Romero Rodríguez, Sarralde, Schallenberg-Rodríguez, Shukla, Takebayashi, Tregenza, Ursula Eicker, Vermeulen, Yang, Zomer   +48 more
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Mapping Intimate Partner Financial Abuse Across Public and Private Systems

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article maps the ways that intimate partner financial abuse presents, and the range of public and private entities involved in its perpetration. It reports on an analysis of submissions by individuals to the Australian parliamentary inquiry into the Financial Services Regulatory Framework in Relation to Financial Abuse.
Adrienne Byrt, Kay Cook, Rachael Burgin, Georgina Dimopoulos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vulnerability assessment using remote sensing: The earthquake prone megacity Istanbul, Turkey [PDF]

, 2007
Hazards like earthquakes are natural, disasters are not. Disasters result from the impact of a hazard on a vulnerable system or society at a specific location.
Dech, Stefan, Roth, Achim, Taubenböck, Hannes   +2 more
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Flat Roofs Defects – Norwegian Building Sector Perspectives

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environment, 2019
Flat roof constructions covered with flexible roofing is a common feature on large buildings, as they are robust and require little maintenance. However, faults in flat roof design or their assembly could lead to costly building damages or defects.
E. Andenæs, Atle Engebø, T. Kvande, Rolf A. Bohne, Jardar Lohne   +4 more
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‘Hurry Up and Get Me out of Here’: The Experience of People Under 65 Years (Still) Stuck in Aged Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, the Australian Government set a target for no‐one under 65 years of age to be living in residential aged care (RAC) by 2025. The numbers of young people in residential aged care (YPIRAC) have significantly declined since the start of the targets.
Elroy Dearn, Kate D'Cruz, Mark Brown, Jacinta Douglas, Dianne Winkler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of roof design on energy consumption and thermal comfort in urban residential buildings

AIP Advances
Energy demand is increasing rapidly to provide thermal comfort in buildings, globally. The rate of urbanization is also growing on a massive scale. Human thermal comfort is one of the primary needs in residential buildings in the current scenario.
Muhammad Taimur Sarwar, Mohsan Hassan, Sajjad Fahim, Edrisa Jawo   +3 more
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