Ethical considerations in the use of secondary data for built environment research

2021 ◽  
pp. 26-39
Author(s):  
Abid Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Environment Research

Ethical Considerations for Postdisaster Fieldwork and Data Collection in the Caribbean

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (8) ◽  
pp. 1129-1144
Author(s):  
Hans M. Louis-Charles ◽  
Rosalyn Howard ◽  
Lionel Remy ◽  
Farah Nibbs ◽  
Grace Turner
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Participant Engagement ◽  
Emergency Managers ◽  
Unethical Practices ◽  
Disaster Survivors ◽  
Human Participant ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Local Agencies

The postdisaster environment presents a multitude of ethical and logistical challenges for researchers interested in gathering timely and unpreserved data. Due to the unavailability of secondary data in the immediate aftermath of disasters, postdisaster researchers have become dependent on qualitative methods that involve engaging with disaster survivors as research participants. This is a common interaction in the Caribbean due to the region’s high occurrence of disasters and human participant engagement by external researchers during the postdisaster phase. However, due to escalating unethical practices since the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Caribbean nations are beginning the process of censuring unapproved postdisaster fieldwork by external researchers. In this study, the authors approach these ethical considerations through a justice lens to propose a checklist for postdisaster researchers interested in ethical fieldwork and justice for their research participants. Correspondence with Caribbean emergency managers confirms the negative perception toward external researchers and the trend of enacting protocols that stop unvetted community access following disasters. However, these local agencies acknowledge the benefits of ethical postdisaster research and are open to serving as research coordinating centers. Such coordinating centers would harness local capabilities and lower the likelihood of the duplication of research topics and the overburdening of survivors as research participants.

scholarly journals Book Review: Emerging Perceptions of Research by Design. Towards a Responsive Practice

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashraf M. Salama
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Support Design ◽  
The Road ◽  
Environment Education ◽  
Environment Research ◽  
The Future ◽  
Design Innovation

Design Innovation for the Built Environment: Research by Design and the Renovation of Practice, edited by Michael U. Hensel, an architect, professor, and expert in architecture tectonics at the Oslo School of Architecture—brings in one volume 16 chapters by over 20 scholars and academics from around the globe. This new publication presents provocative ideas about the present and the future of practice and pedagogy in built environment-related disciplines, as well as how they can be adopted and adapted to promote and support design innovation. Hensel adeptly puts together 16 contributions of committed expert academics and professionals into a unified volume that speaks to academics and professionals. Appreciating the potential opportunities that knowledge can create, contributions pave the road for a responsive built environment education and practice.

scholarly journals Potentials of Technical Tours for Special Interest Tourists in Kuala Lumpur

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (14) ◽  
pp. 147-154
Author(s):  
Khalilah Zakariya ◽  
Roziha Che Haron ◽  
Zeenat Begam Yusof ◽  
Illyani Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Urban Tourism ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
The City ◽  
Open Access Article

Within the last ten years, there has been growing attention to Special Interest Tourism (SIT). This article examined the sites in Kuala Lumpur that have potentials to attract built environment professionals and design enthusiasts. This study uses secondary data from technical tours, tour packages and attractions offered by various agencies. The data gathered are mapped, tabulated and analysed. The findings revealed that Kuala Lumpur has potentials to promote 58 sites in the city for Special Interest Tourism. These results may help professional bodies, destination managers, tourism operators and site/building owners to enhance and position their sites as attractions for SIT. Keywords: Design enthusiast; special interest tourism; technical tours; urban tourism. eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i14.2240

Addressing Socio-technical Issues in Built Environment Research: A Philosophical Premise

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
Maren Mallo Daniel ◽  
Jurbe Joseph Molwus ◽  
Joseph Tanko Nkup ◽  
Nenrot Gombwer Wuyokwe
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Interpretive Research ◽  
Fire Incident ◽  
Environment Research ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Single Method

AbstractResearchers within the built environment disciplines have increasingly drawn on a plurality of social methods in order to enrich their research. Three decades down the line the place of philosophy in the choice of appropriate research methods is yet to be appreciated by some built environment researchers. Consequently, a lack of adventure in interpretive research, wrong choice of methods and underrepresentation of the qualitative approach are reported, which suggests the existence of a knowledge gap. This study is aimed at illustrating the philosophical premise for employing social research methods to address socio-technical issues in built environment research. In achieving this, reference was made to a fire incident in a student dormitory in Nigeria as a problem upon which contrasting–subjectivist and objectivist–philosophical positions were examined. The consideration of these philosophical positions and the choices that resulted from both spectrums were seen to have their strengths and weaknesses. To offset the weaknesses in each approach while also leveraging on the strengths that each approach offers, the paper illustrated how a compromise–pragmatist–position can be reached to allow for the choice of, and mixing of multi-methods to solve research problems that could not be adequately solved using any single method.

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