Overheating in care settings: magnitude,causes, preparedness and remedies

ABSTRACT

Research in UK and elsewhere has highlighted that older people are particularly vulnerable to negative health effects of overheating. This paper examines the magnitude, causes, preparedness and remedies for addressing the risk of summertime overheating in four case study residential care and extra-care settings across the UK, spanning different building types, construction and age. An interdisciplinary approach is adopted, drawing from building science and social science methods, including temperature monitoring, building surveys, and interviews with design and management teams. The findings suggest that overheating is a current and prevalent risk in the case study schemes, yet currently little awareness or preparedness exists to implement suitable and long-term adaptation strategies (e.g., external shading). There was a perception from designers to managers, that cold represents a bigger threat to older occupants’ health than excessive heat. A lack of effective heat management was found across the case studies that included unwanted heat gains from the heating system, confusion in terms of responsibilities to manage indoor temperatures, and conflicts between window opening and occupant safety. Given that care settings should provide protection against risks from cold and hot weather, design, management and care practices need to become better focused towards this goal.     

关于建筑企业社会责任问题的思考

结合建筑企业的特点,提出建筑企业应把维护员工的权益作为履行社会责任的重要内容,通过充分发挥工会和非正式组织的维权作用,提高员工的职业技能和安全保护能力,构建员工合法权益的保障机制,提供多维度的服务来履行这项重要社会责任,以获取企业与员工的双赢。     

对建设有特色广场的探讨

介绍了成功城市广场的制定标准,对目前城市广场特色的问题进行了分析,从影响特色的相关因素入手,提出了城市广场建设应该从寻找城市自身的亮点出发,解决城市广场建设日渐平庸的问题。     

企业定额在建筑工程投标价格评判中的应用

将企业定额、市场价格信息体系相结合应用于建筑工程评标中,以评判投标价格是否低于成本,并分析了影响建筑成本的因素及评判方法的设计,探讨了企业定额、市场价格信息体系相结合在实际招投标过程中的应用。     

Finding home after homelessness: older men’s experiences in single-site permanent supportive housing

Abstract

Although research on supportive housing models for older homeless adults is gaining momentum, few studies have considered the unique experiences of formerly homeless older adults residing in single-site permanent supportive housing (PSH). Drawing on the concepts of home and social exclusion, this qualitative case study explored the everyday experiences of 10 formerly homeless older men residing in single-site PSH. A constructivist grounded theory methodology and in-depth interviews revealed that participants felt largely at home in PSH because the congregate design and surveillance fostered a sense of safety. However, certain design features coupled with housing rules triggered processes of territorial exclusion. Further, members of minority groups experienced identity and institutional exclusion because of discrimination linked to their ethnicity, language, and sexual orientation. Recommendations are provided to promote more inclusive, home-like models of supportive housing for older homeless adults.     

上海停车设施发展的策略与政策

在分析认识“八五”期间上海停车场(库)规划建设现状与问题基础上,探讨了停车供需关系、路内外停车管理机制、自备车位发展、建筑物配建标准和社会停车场民营化等方面的政策与策略。     

环境邻避的冲突原理及其超越——以双重博弈结构为分析框架

由于垃圾焚烧厂的建设而引发的环境邻避冲突频频,其深层次原因是在双重博弈结构中,行政科层对主政官员形成强激励,而辖区内公众和邻避项目的中标企业对其形成弱激励,因此对地方主政官员的行为偏好产生影响,由此使得邻避冲突的治理陷入了"封闭式决策"和"叫停式补救"的怪圈。本文提出3条主要路径,优化当前的环境邻避冲突的治理,必须从根源性的治理改革做起:走向"协商民主模式"的环境公共决策机制;加强政府信息能力建设;完善环境公益诉讼制度。     

西安城市居民对营业性游憩场所的社会功效感知研究

随着我国社会经济迅速发展与人们闲暇时间增多,营业性游憩场所成为城市居民生活空间的重要构成部分,成为城市居民生活空间质量高低的具体表现和城市地理学研究关注的焦点。本文通过对西安市西南高新区四个社区居民的问卷调查,结合人本主义方法探讨了西安市营业性游憩场所的类型、空间分布以及社会功效,认为营业性游憩场所已构成中国大城市生活空间的消费景观,并具有城市居民社会网络的场所交往功效。     

Intersections of inequality in homeownership in Sweden

Abstract

Inequalities relating to ownership of housing have become a major issue de jour in many Western societies. This article examines how the distribution of homeownership in Sweden relates to two factors widely seen as significant to such inequalities, namely parental tenure status and place of birth. We use longitudinal registry data to examine the bearing of these two factors on individual-level tenure progression since the beginning of the 1990s for persons at different stages of their housing careers. We extend existing understandings of Swedish homeownership patterns by demonstrating that inequalities relating to place of birth and parental tenure intersect with one another in ways that substantially advantage certain subgroups while disadvantaging others, and by demonstrating that experiences of entry into homeownership have in recent years been changing in markedly different ways for these different subgroups. Overall, Swedish homeownership inequalities, far from dissipating, appear to be hardening along existing lines.