Existing buildings sometimes experience excessive settlement under their design loads or face the prospect of excessive settlement in the future if a change of building use is required and increased foundation loadings will occur. Several methods of foundation enhancement are available to arrest settlements or improve the future performance of existing foundations including the method of underp...

Chapter 1 states that psychology is the study of the human mind and its functions as it relates to human cognition, behaviour and experience. The chapter also examines in detail the social determinants of health and disease. It is argued that because a number of behaviours are associated with ill health and behaviour change is seen as a viable way of tackling behaviours associated with health i...