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Publication date: 22 September 2022

Donagh Horgan and Tom Baum

This paper aims to focus on increasingly entrepreneurial approaches to urban governance in the country’s second city Cork, where neoliberal strategy has driven uneven spatial…

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Purpose

This paper aims to focus on increasingly entrepreneurial approaches to urban governance in the country’s second city Cork, where neoliberal strategy has driven uneven spatial development.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper combines insights from literature review with new knowledge derived from interviews with key informants in the city.

Findings

Post-colonial themes provoke a consideration of how uneven power dynamics stifle social innovation in the built environment.

Research limitations/implications

Assembled narratives expose opaque aspects of governance, ownership and participation, presenting opportunities for rethinking urban vacancy through placemaking.

Practical implications

These draw on nuanced models for tourism as a platform for a broader discourse on rights to the city.

Social implications

A century after independence, Ireland is recast as a leading small European economy, away from historical framings of a rural economic backwater of the British Empire.

Originality/value

The model of success is based on a basket of targeted investment policies and somewhat dubious indicators for growth.

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International Journal of Tourism Cities, vol. 9 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2056-5607

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Article
Publication date: 1 September 1996

Paul Greenhalgh and Andrew McCafferty

Explains that the 1993 Department of Environment Survey of Derelict Land in England found that the area of derelict land in England between 1988 and 1993 remained relatively…

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Explains that the 1993 Department of Environment Survey of Derelict Land in England found that the area of derelict land in England between 1988 and 1993 remained relatively static, despite the considerable sums of public money spent on derelict land reclamation during this period. With the launch of English Partnerships in 1993, and its subsuming of Derelict Land Grant the following year, evaluates the changes in the funding of derelict land reclamation in England and attempts to identify the likely outcomes of such changes. Describes a study in which key players within English Partnerships and Government Offices for the regions were interviewed, as well as local government officers with the responsibility for implementing land reclamation programmes. Concludes that there will be a reduction in the priority and funding of derelict land reclamation and that as a consequence, the area of derelict land in England may increase for the first time in over a decade.

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Property Management, vol. 14 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-7472

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Article
Publication date: 1 December 2020

Dayna Rodger, Nicola Callaghan and Craig Thomson

Sustainably addressing the social and economic demands from an ageing population is a major global challenge, with significant implications for policy and practice. This is…

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Purpose

Sustainably addressing the social and economic demands from an ageing population is a major global challenge, with significant implications for policy and practice. This is resultant of the increasing demand for housing adaptations to prevent increased pressure upon acute health services. Through the lens of institutional theory, this paper aims to explore the levels of joined-up retrofit practice within a Scottish social housing provider, under a constructivist approach.

Design/methodology/approach

An exploratory single case study of a Scottish local authority was undertaken. Within this, nine key stakeholders were interviewed, taking a hierarchical approach, from director to repair and maintenance staff. Results were analysed by using Braun and Clarke’s six stages of thematic analysis.

Findings

There is a need for greater levels of integration within retrofit practice to not only improve the health and well-being of the older population but also increase efficiency and economic savings within public services. Currently, there are key issues surrounding silo-based decision-making, poor data infrastructure, power struggles and a dereliction of built environment knowledge and expertise, preventing both internal and external collaboration. However, housing, energy and health have interlinking agendas which are integral to achieving ageing in place. Therefore, there must be system-wide recognition of the potential benefits of improved cross-sector collaboration, preventing unintended consequences whilst providing socioeconomic outcomes.

Originality/value

This research provides a new perspective surrounding retrofit practice within the context of an ageing population. It highlights the requirement for improved cross sector collaboration and the social and economic cost of poor quality practice.

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Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction , vol. 26 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1366-4387

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Article
Publication date: 1 May 1967

To turn from the high‐powered efficiency and blazer‐and‐tie traditions of the Britannia School of Mines to the tale of Ollie Morgan's bacon slicer is to move from a successful…

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To turn from the high‐powered efficiency and blazer‐and‐tie traditions of the Britannia School of Mines to the tale of Ollie Morgan's bacon slicer is to move from a successful pattern of national training to a unique experience, part love and part cunning. The Caeduke preliminary training centre is indefinable in statistical terms and yet presents to those ITBs still obsessed with the establishment of bureaucratic machinery an answer to their training problems that would horrify them. For it is born from dereliction, looks like a bombed site, and is the resting place of miscellaneous mining equipment cannibalized from the victims of the Robens closures of which it would seem to be the sole visible beneficiary.

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Education + Training, vol. 9 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 1 December 2004

Charles C. Okeahalam

In general, the 1990s was a decade of considerable and broad economic growth. It was also characterised by extensive corporate (financial) sector failure in South‐East Asia. Since…

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In general, the 1990s was a decade of considerable and broad economic growth. It was also characterised by extensive corporate (financial) sector failure in South‐East Asia. Since 2001 a number of major (non‐financial) corporations have failed in the USA and Europe. The majority of these failures have been attributed to an absence or dereliction of efficient disclosure and corporate governance. Africa has yet to witness the level of corporate failure experienced elsewhere, but it should be able to learn some lessons and perhaps leapfrog some of these experiences. This will only be possible, however, if disclosure and corporate governance in Africa is carefully analysed, and implemented in the context of appropriate institutions. This paper carries out an assessment of the state of play of corporate governance in Africa. An extensive literature search of academic, policy and private sector documentation on corporate governance in Africa shows that there has been little or no academic research and that there are also very few public policy documents on corporate governance in Africa. In some of the larger economies of Africa, however, a number of private sector initiatives on corporate governance have begun to emerge. Accordingly, mindful of the fact that improvement in corporate governance in Africa has to be placed in the context of the level of economic development, specific corporate governance issues and challenges are discussed. The paper concludes by identifying future research needs on corporate governance in Africa.

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Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, vol. 12 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1358-1988

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Publication date: 1 July 1974

James G. Ollé

IN HIS OBITUARY APPRECIATION of R. W. Lynn, for some years city librarian of Southampton, Eric Clough said that Lynn had ‘none of the patriarchal aura that so many of his…

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IN HIS OBITUARY APPRECIATION of R. W. Lynn, for some years city librarian of Southampton, Eric Clough said that Lynn had ‘none of the patriarchal aura that so many of his contemporaries carried’. Some of Mr Clough's readers knew only too well what he meant by ‘patriarchal aura’. One of the hallmarks of a patriarchal chief was that he never let it be forgotten that it was he who was in command. From time to time he might be amiable, sympathetic and even complimentary, but he looked upon the library he ruled as his library and was inclined to regard any dereliction of duty as a personal affront.

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Library Review, vol. 24 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0024-2535

Article
Publication date: 1 May 1967

To conclude our survey we discussed our impressions and put the questions that had arisen from them to Lord Robens, chairman of the National Coal Board, and Will Paynter — who is…

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To conclude our survey we discussed our impressions and put the questions that had arisen from them to Lord Robens, chairman of the National Coal Board, and Will Paynter — who is of course a South‐Welshman and secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers.

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Education + Training, vol. 9 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 6 March 2007

Hilde T. Remøy and Theo J.M. van der Voordt

The vacancy of office buildings leads to financial problems for the owners and social problems for the community, e.g. vandalism, dereliction and deterioration. A solution may be…

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Purpose

The vacancy of office buildings leads to financial problems for the owners and social problems for the community, e.g. vandalism, dereliction and deterioration. A solution may be found through the conversion of vacant office buildings into housing. Vacancy‐threatened buildings are often part of the mediocre part of the building stock. Does conversion make sense in this case? What are the opportunities, threats and risks? What are the critical success factors? The purpose of this paper is to discuss financial, functional, structural, technical and aesthetic issues.

Design/methodology/approach

Through previous research at the Delft University of Technology, tools are developed to decide the potential for the conversion of buildings. This paper discusses the risks and chances, and brakes and triggers of transformation projects, based on case studies. These case studies are performed through interviews with professionals involved in the transformation process and through analyses of architectural drawings of the before and after situations. For each project two interviews were held, with the architect and the developer or client. The interviews focussed on the process of the transformation projects.

Findings

The conversion of nondescript and unarticulated buildings makes sense from the point of view of sustainability, both ecologically and in an urban regeneration context. These projects will only be interesting for developers of commercial real estate if they can be made economically feasible. Social housing associations also have additional social goals. Through a longer investment perspective these associations can wait for property increases through long‐term externalities as result of upgrading of the area. In buildings that are kept because of economical or social feasibility there are strong connections between the target group, the location and the conversion costs.

Practical implications

The tools developed have proved to be useful for quick scans of the potential for building conversion. This paper is a first step in trying to depict a more detailed view of the risks and chances of building conversions. Knowledge of the risks and chances of conversion is required to make decisions concerning transformation projects.

Originality/value

The paper develops knowledge about transformation projects and decision support tools for the conversion of buildings, based on empirical studies.

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Facilities, vol. 25 no. 3/4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-2772

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Publication date: 1 February 1992

Idris Pearce

Reviews three broad perspectives on our relationship with Nature,and the environmental strategies which flow from them, two of which areidentified with the Green movement. Argues…

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Reviews three broad perspectives on our relationship with Nature, and the environmental strategies which flow from them, two of which are identified with the Green movement. Argues that the first, which opposes economic growth and industrialism, is profoundly misguided though well‐intentioned and with wide appeal. By virtue of its association with the core ideal of a homeostatic relationship between human society and Nature, it is inextricably linked with the second perspective: a misanthropic one, which treats humanity itself as the cause of environmental problems and implies totalitarian solutions to these. The third perspective is a pragmatic one. It entails imaginative policy responses which can include regulation and taxation, but must, as in the issuing of tradeable permits, be tailored to act in symbiosis with market mechanisms.

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Environmental Management and Health, vol. 3 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0956-6163

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Publication date: 3 May 2016

He Jiahong

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Journal of Money Laundering Control, vol. 19 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1368-5201

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