Pandemics and the built environment: A human–building interaction typology by Stacy Ann Vallis, Andrew Karvonen, Elina Eriksson

“…It provides a summary of a wide range of individual and collective implications of pandemics and demonstrates the indelible connections between pandemics and the built environment. In addition, the typology provides a tool to interpret some of the opportunities and drawbacks of digitalising cities. …”
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Neighborhood deprivation, built environment, and overweight in adolescents in the city of Oslo by Sílvia R. Coutinho, Oddbjørn Klomsten Andersen, Nanna Lien, Mekdes K. Gebremariam

“…Abstract Background Even though the social and built environment characteristics of neighborhoods have been studied as potential determinants of social inequalities in obesity among adults, fewer studies have focused on children. …”
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COMPARING STREET VIEW IMAGERY AND AERIAL PERSPECTIVES IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT by L. Y. Gaw, S. Chen, Y. S. Chow, K. Lee, F. Biljecki, F. Biljecki

“…It supports numerous studies in the built environment, by replacing or supplementing aerial and satellite imagery, where some studies have not yet been possible with traditional platforms and have now been enabled for the first time thanks to the increasing volume of SVI data. …”
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A Qualitative Analysis Using Thermography for Characterization of the Built Environment by Ana Teresa Vaz Ferreira, Pedro Ferreira, Michael M. Santos

“…The revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) recognizes nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEB) and building renovation as essential steps in the decarbonization of the built environment. A thorough understanding of existing buildings is a prerequisite for improving their thermal performance and ensuring that interventions are based on pre-existing conditions. …”
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Construction Waste as a Resource in a Sustainable Built Environment by Martina Zbašnik-Senegačnik, Ljudmila Koprivec

“…The built environment requires ever-increasing amounts of raw material resources and at the same time bears the responsibility for the resulting waste. …”
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Project anticipation as a tool for built environment social resilience by Daniele Fanzini, Irina Rotaru

“…The connection between these three elements feeds the built environment processes, predisposing its life cycle to various types of resilience. …”
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‘Unprecedented times’: historical narratives of public health in the built environment by Tara Hipwood, Seyeon Lee, Tara Hipwood, Seyeon Lee

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Adaptive Thinking in Cities: Urban Continuity within Built Environments by Hana Morel, Brenda Denise Dorpalen

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Accessibility disturbances to the biodiversity of urban wetlands due to built environment by Carolina Rojas, Einer Sepúlveda, Felipe Jorquera, Juan Munizaga, Joan Pino

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Built environment approaches: Extension personnel's preferences, barriers, and facilitators by Laura E. Balis, Michelle Grocke-Dewey

“…IntroductionInterventions that modify the built environment can increase population physical activity levels and prevent chronic disease. …”
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A reckoning with the maintenance of the built environment, a Sisyphean task by Maria Luisa Germanà

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Effect of lockdown on activities of daily living in the built environment and wellbeing by Sudhir Kumar Pasala, Lakshmi Gumpeny, Madhu Kosuri, Snehalatha Tippana, Gumpeny R. Sridhar

“…This study in the early weeks of the lockdown documents the way in which individuals lived through it in terms of the built environment at home.…”
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Responsiveness, adaptability, transformability: the new quality requirements of the built environment by Filippo Angelucci, Michele Di Sivo, Daniela Ladiana

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Creative Destruction and Built Environment Heritage in Makhanda, South Africa by Dlongolo, Zandile Nombulelo, Irvine, Philippa Margaret, Memela, Sinenhlanhla

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BIM-based model for sustainable built environment in Saudi Arabia by Fatma A. Hasanain, Nawari O. Nawari

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A Short Review on Thermoelectric Glazing for Sustainable Built Environment by Mustafa Majid Rashak Al-Fartoos, Anurag Roy, Tapas K. Mallick, Asif Ali Tahir

“…Securing net-zero targets by employing sustainable materials for the built environment is highly desirable, and this can be achieved by retrofitting existing non-smart windows with thermoelectric (TE) glazing, providing improved thermal performance along with green electricity production. …”
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Adaptive human bodies and adaptive built environments for enriching futures by Josh Andres

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Probiotic-Based Sanitation in the Built Environment—An Alternative to Chemical Disinfectants by Ashley M. Ramos, Aubrey L. Frantz

“…The use of conventional chemical disinfectants is a common practice in built environments and has drastically increased in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Designing the Knowledge Labs for Sustainable Built Environment in the Western Balkans by Saja Kosanović, Branislav Folić, Alenka Fikfak

“…The paper reviews some universal challenges referring to the integration of sustainability into education in the built environment and explains how these were overcome in specific Western Balkans case.…”
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Writing a built environment dissertation: Practical guidance and examples by Sara Wilkinson

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