Real Estate Management: A guide to finding information

Guide to finding books and journal articles in the library and a list of databases and other sources relating to real estate managemen

Weather Data: a guide to finding information

Using the library to find sources relating to weather data

Architectural Regeneration and Development

A guide to using the library to find books and journal article

Construction: A guide to finding information

Guide to finding books and journal articles in the library for construction management studnets and staf

Development Studies: a guide to finding information

Using the library to find resources relating to development studies (development and emergency practice

Project management in the built environment: a guide to finding information

Using the library to find journal articles and books

Architecture: a guide to finding information

A guide to finding books and journals in the library

Sustainable Building Performance and Design: a guide to finding information

Using the library to find books and journal articles on energy efiicient and sustainable buildin

Some lessons from the financial crisis for the economic analysis

The economics profession in general, and economic forecasters in particular, have faced some understandable criticism for their failure to predict the timing and severity of the recent economic crisis. In this paper, we offer some assessment of the performance of the Economic Analysis conducted at the ECB both in the run up to and since the onset of the crisis. Drawing on this assessment, we then offer some indications of how the analysis of economic developments could be improved looking forward. The key priorities identifi ed include the need to: i) extend existing tools and/or develop new tools to account for important feedback mechanisms, for instance, improved real-fi nancial linkages and non-linear dynamics; ii) develop ways to handle the complexity arising from the presence of multiple models and alternative economic paradigms; and iii) given the limitations of point forecasts, to further develop risk and scenario analysis around baseline projections. JEL Classification: C43, D91, E31, E52, E58euro area, financial crisis, MACRO ECONOMIC FORECASTING

How TikTok served as a platform for young people to share and cope with lived COVID-19 experiences

The short-video app TikTok saw a large increase in usage during the COVID-19 lockdown because it provided entertainment, distraction, and social interaction based on video content engagement. We present results from an interview study with 28 U.S. TikTok users on how they shared and engaged with lived pandemic experiences on TikTok to cope with and socialize after the U.S. imposed its first lockdown. Participants had already established TikTok as a peer community platform on which sharing lived experiences felt appropriate. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, participants started to look for TikTok videos of shared lived pandemic experiences to interact with others when physical interaction was made impossible. We find that TikTok videos facilitated communication and parasocial interaction based on known audiovisual styles. Participants were able to communicate through video creation based on shared ways of presenting short-video content during COVID-19 physical distancing