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Adekunle, T O (2015) Thermal performance of low-carbon prefabricated timber housing in the UK, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Kent School of Architecture, University of Kent.
Al-Shabbani, Z (2019) Improving safety performance of highway maintenance crews through pre-task safety toolbox talks, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Kentucky.
Bundock, J D (1974) Speculative housebuilding and some aspects of the activities of the speculative housebuilder within the Greater London outer suburban area 1919-1939, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Economic and Social History, University of Kent.
Catalina, A J (2016) Development of a statistical theory-based capital cost estimating methodology for light rail transit corridor evaluation under varying alignment characteristics, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Kentucky.
Dadi, G B (2013) Applying cognitive principles to the delivery of engineering information by different mediums, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Kentucky.
Dai, J (2006) A latent analysis and prototype system to manage jobsite factors impacting construction labor productivity, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Kentucky.
Dyer, B D (2010) Construction industry productivity: Examining the effects of omitted variable bias in the census construction price index models, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Kentucky.
Gana, V F G (2018) Soft Landings based Design Management as a tool to enhance Sustainability: a case study of non-residential buildings in the UK, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Kent School of Architecture, University of Kent.
Hirbod, S (2018) The application of EnerPHit standard to residential tower blocks in the UK, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Kent School of Architecture, University of Kent.
Jazayeri, E (2019) Hazard recognition and risk perception among union electricians, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Kentucky.
Karimi, H (2017) Quantitative analysis of the impact of craft labor availability on construction project performance, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Kentucky.
Liu, H (2017) The impact of owner practices and procedures on construction project safety performance, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Kentucky.
Mahdy, M M M (2014) Applying architecture simulation tools to assess building sustainable design: adapting the Egyptian residential energy code for climate change, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Kent School of Architecture, University of Kent.
Uddin, M M (2011) Robust statistical methods for non-normal quality assurance data analysis in transportation projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Kentucky.
Yasin, M F (2005) A taxonomy and analysis of the relationship between changes in material technology and construction productivity, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Kentucky.
Zhai, D (2010) The relationship between information technology and construction productivity, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Kentucky.
zu Ermgassen, S O S E (2022) Hard questions, concrete solutions: Mitigating the ecological impacts of the global infrastructure boom, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Kent.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: bias; wellbeing; building stock; governance; markets; Australia; England; Japan; case study; market; policy
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- URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/2778644768
- Abstract:
By 2060, an estimated >230 billion m2 of additional built floor area will be added to the global building stock, equivalent to the built area of Japan each year. Effective tools are urgently required to mitigate the ecological impacts of this global infrastructure boom. In this thesis I explore the effectiveness of one of the most high-profile tools, biodiversity offsetting. I review the implementation and outcomes of biodiversity offsetting around the world, and identify large evidence gaps around its effectiveness. To address these I then evaluate the outcomes of one of the world's oldest biodiversity offsetting systems (Victoria, Australia), and pre-emptively evaluate one of the world's newest compensation systems ("Biodiversity Net Gain", England). Both evaluations indicate that these compensation systems are unlikely to fully mitigate the ecological impacts of development. In Victoria, we find preliminary evidence of self-selection bias undermining the additionality of offsets, and in England, we identify serious governance gaps that leave the majority of the policy's biodiversity benefits unenforceable. Both of these systems implement regulatory offset markets, so I then explore the economics of offsetting regulatory markets, and identify one barrier to their successful implementation may be contradictions between the way that biodiversity needs to be treated to create effective market-like mechanisms, and effective ecological outcomes. Recognising that there may be systemic barriers to biodiversity offsetting fully mitigating the impacts of development, I finally explore whether it is possible to create economies in which the rate of infrastructure expansion is fundamentally slowed. I use the case study of the housing crisis in England to explore whether the projected rates of infrastructure expansion are compatible with national carbon and biodiversity targets, and identify policies that might dampen the drivers behind rapid infrastructure expansion and its ecological impacts. Slowing the rate of infrastructure expansion without sacrificing human wellbeing appears possible, but it faces a daunting political economy.