Outputs (15)

Residents’ perceptions of sustainable drainage systems as highly functional blue green infrastructure (2019)
Journal Article
Williams, J., Jose, R., Moobela, C., Hutchinson, D., Wise, R., & Gaterell, M. (2019). Residents’ perceptions of sustainable drainage systems as highly functional blue green infrastructure. Landscape and Urban Planning, 190, Article 103610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103610

Blue-green infrastructure for storm water management in the UK is considered to be part of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS). Design guidance recommends that source control and treatment trains are embedded within developments. This means that resi... Read More about Residents’ perceptions of sustainable drainage systems as highly functional blue green infrastructure.

Profiling causative factors leading to construction project delays in the United Arab Emirates (2017)
Journal Article
Mpofu, B., Ochieng, E. G., Moobela, C., & Pretorius, A. (2017). Profiling causative factors leading to construction project delays in the United Arab Emirates. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 24(2), 346-376. https://doi.org/10.1108/ecam-05-2015-0072

Purpose
A voluminous amount of research has been conducted on project delay in the recent past; however, the persistence of the problem demands that a relentless quest for solutions is upheld. It can be argued that the problem is likely to be more p... Read More about Profiling causative factors leading to construction project delays in the United Arab Emirates.

Providing real-estate services through the integration of 3D laser scanning and building information modelling (2013)
Journal Article
Mahdjoubi, L., Moobela, C., & Laing, R. (2013). Providing real-estate services through the integration of 3D laser scanning and building information modelling. Computers in Industry, 64(9), 1272-1281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2013.09.003

There is an opportunity for real-estate services sector to deliver more accurate, faster and quality building surveys and information models. This paper reports on a study, designed to establish automated procedures for the development of a digital m... Read More about Providing real-estate services through the integration of 3D laser scanning and building information modelling.

Effects of Interactive Real-Time Simulations and Humanoid Avatars on Consumers’ Responses in Online House Products Marketing (2012)
Journal Article
Mahdjoubi, L., Hao Koh, J., & Moobela, C. (2014). Effects of Interactive Real-Time Simulations and Humanoid Avatars on Consumers’ Responses in Online House Products Marketing. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 29(1), 31-46. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8667.2012.00775.x

Interactive product presentation techniques have recently gained importance in online marketing of house products. Real-time simulation offers a high level interactive presentation with more powerful features to present product functions and variatio... Read More about Effects of Interactive Real-Time Simulations and Humanoid Avatars on Consumers’ Responses in Online House Products Marketing.

Using Multimedia to Encourage Public Participation in Planning and Design Decision-making Processes (2010)
Journal Article
Moobela, C., & Mahdjoubi, L. (2010). Using Multimedia to Encourage Public Participation in Planning and Design Decision-making Processes. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability: Annual Review, 6(5), 149-160. https://doi.org/10.18848/1832-2077/cgp/v06i05/54823

The impetus towards public engagement in many spheres of the human existence has evolved over the years from the doldrums of the top-down approaches to current levels of excitement with collaborative planning. One of the fundamental principles of pub... Read More about Using Multimedia to Encourage Public Participation in Planning and Design Decision-making Processes.

Sustainable Community Assets: Business planning for the (re)development of community buildings (2009)
Report
Moobela, C., & Rampton, L. (2009). Sustainable Community Assets: Business planning for the (re)development of community buildings. Portsmouth: South East Coastal Communities Project

This publication is the result of the ideas, experience and knowledge of a range of people. It is informed by a workshop held at the University of Portsmouth in spring 2009 and the results of the Rapid Parish Development Programme run by the local An... Read More about Sustainable Community Assets: Business planning for the (re)development of community buildings.

Investigating the Physical Determinants of Social Capital and Their Implications for Sustainable Urban Development (2009)
Journal Article
Moobela, C., Price, A. D. F., Mathur, V. N., & Paranagamage, P. (2009). Investigating the Physical Determinants of Social Capital and Their Implications for Sustainable Urban Development. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability: Annual Review, 5(2), 255-270. https://doi.org/10.18848/1832-2077/cgp/v05i02/54596

The concept of social capital is gaining increasing recognition as a concomitant for social and economic development. Robert Putnam’s (2000) exposition of the crucial correspondence between the decline of social capital on one hand and the economic l... Read More about Investigating the Physical Determinants of Social Capital and Their Implications for Sustainable Urban Development.

The Potential of Complexity Theory in Understanding Urban Regeneration Processes (2008)
Book Chapter
Moobela, C., & Price, I. (2008). The Potential of Complexity Theory in Understanding Urban Regeneration Processes. In L. F. Dennard, K. Richardson, & G. Morçöl (Eds.), Complexity and Policy Analysis: Tools and Concepts for Designing Robust Policies in a Complex World. ISCE Publishing

Unlocking the Barriers to Participation of Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in the Decision-Making Processes: The Potential of Multimedia (2008)
Journal Article
Mahdjoubi, L., & Moobela, C. (2008). Unlocking the Barriers to Participation of Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in the Decision-Making Processes: The Potential of Multimedia. International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations: Annual Review, 8(2), 141-154. https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9532/cgp/v08i02/39513

Cerebrating diversity has become one of the most important exports from political science into everyday language usage. As many political boundaries continue to fall under the weight of such phenomena as globalisation, recognising and tapping the pot... Read More about Unlocking the Barriers to Participation of Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in the Decision-Making Processes: The Potential of Multimedia.

Integrating our nation’s diversity: Exploring the roles of multimedia in fostering multicultural participation, Volume 4: The Potential of Visual Simulation in Encouraging Participation of BME Communities in Planning: Lessons from the Barton Hill Redevelopment in Bristol, United Kingdom (2007)
Report
Mahdjoubi, L., & Moobela, C. (2007). Integrating our nation’s diversity: Exploring the roles of multimedia in fostering multicultural participation, Volume 4: The Potential of Visual Simulation in Encouraging Participation of BME Communities in Planning: Lessons from the Barton Hill Redevelopment in Bristol, United Kingdom. Bristol: British Academy