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Section 2: How to Read this Report
2.1 The report is presented in the following sections:
Executive Summary: brief summary of aims, context, methods and key findings.
Introduction: context of the review; aims and objectives; scope; methods and key findings.
Review Framework: describes the parameters of the literature search; the framework developed to review the literature and the approach taken to the analysis.
Key Findings: brings together and presents in table form, the economic, social and environmental impacts identified alongside their causal factors, giving an indication as to the strength of the evidence for each impact.
2.2 Separate sections for economic, social and environmental impact follow which summarise the key impacts and causal factors for each. This is followed by more detailed reviews of particularly relevant or interesting research in different sectors including commercial, housing, health, education and leisure.
2.3 A full bibliography is appended should a reader wish to follow up on individual research.
2.4 A more detailed outline of the main impacts of architecture and design is contained in the Key Findings section while analysis of the individual review documents can be assessed in Appendix.
2.5 A Dissemination Strategy has been developed to inform the Scottish Executive's distribution of the report, identifying key organisations and media in Scotland, the rest of the UK an selected other countries identified as relevant to the Scottish situation: Republic of Ireland, Scandinavia, Netherlands, France, Belgium, New Zealand and Canada. This is presented separately.
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