All Outputs (107)

Understanding sustainability policy: Governance, knowledge and the search for integration (2011)
Journal Article

The EU, through the Cardiff and the Gothenburg strategies, sought to counter what was seen as fragmented and uncoordinated environmental policy development by promoting a broad and integrated approach to sustainability. This article seeks to assess t... Read More about Understanding sustainability policy: Governance, knowledge and the search for integration.

The Mirage of Citizen Engagement in Uncertain Science: Public attitudes towards hydrogen energy (2011)
Journal Article

© 2011, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This paper addresses some of the debates about citizen involvement in decisions about science and technological innovation. It describes some of the claims and scientific uncertainties surrounding hydr... Read More about The Mirage of Citizen Engagement in Uncertain Science: Public attitudes towards hydrogen energy.

The classy coach commute (2011)
Journal Article

This paper considers a corporate vision for a coach service between Oxford and London in relation to the experiences and observations made by the author through a series of journeys on the same service. The journey is presented as a whole narrative t... Read More about The classy coach commute.

Mobility and the smart, green and inclusive Europe (2011)
Journal Article

The article sets out a two-dimensional regional typology combining measures of migration and visiting rates. It argues that forms of mobility are interrelated but that the relationship varies by broad type of region and it argues for a place-based ap... Read More about Mobility and the smart, green and inclusive Europe.

Localism and spatial planning: Lessons from France (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Sandstone weathering, electrical resistivity tomography, and the deterioration of San rock art in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa (2011)
Thesis

Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) is a novel technique which can be used to build up a 2D pseudo-section of resistivity distribution of a porous material. Here, it is used to visualise internal moisture regimes by measuring the resistivity dist... Read More about Sandstone weathering, electrical resistivity tomography, and the deterioration of San rock art in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa.

Development management and localism: Zeitgeist or lasting change? (2011)
Journal Article

The spatial planning approach has become accepted as the progressive theoretical and professional currency in England following the 2004 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act. The reforms which followed sought considerable change in the remit of plan... Read More about Development management and localism: Zeitgeist or lasting change?.

Evaluation of coupled partial models in structural engineering using graph theory and sensitivity analysis (2011)
Journal Article

The process of analysis and design in structural engineering requires the consideration of different partial models of loading, structural material, structural elements and analysis type, among others. All of these, need an adequate modelling as indi... Read More about Evaluation of coupled partial models in structural engineering using graph theory and sensitivity analysis.

Benchmarking energy consumption and CO2 emissions from rainwater-harvesting systems: An improved method by proxy (2011)
Journal Article

Life cycle analyses (LCAs) show the main operational energy contribution for rainwater-harvesting (RWH) systems come from ultraviolet (UV) disinfection and pumping rainwater from tank to building. Simple methods of estimating pump energy consumption... Read More about Benchmarking energy consumption and CO2 emissions from rainwater-harvesting systems: An improved method by proxy.

Common Ground: The Sharing of Land and Landscapes for Sustainability (2011)
Book

The landscapes that humanity has inhabited throughout our evolutionary history have simultaneously met our needs and substantially shaped our progress. We too, through our gifts of innovation and foresight (as indeed our lack of it), have substantia... Read More about Common Ground: The Sharing of Land and Landscapes for Sustainability.

Improving road transport-related air quality in England through joint working between Environmental Health Officers and Transport Planners (2011)
Journal Article

In this paper the necessity for effective joint working arrangements between Environmental Health Officers and Transport Planners is demonstrated as a fundamental prerequisite for successful management of traffic-related air quality in English local... Read More about Improving road transport-related air quality in England through joint working between Environmental Health Officers and Transport Planners.

Hatching neonates of Sibon annulatus (Günther, 1872) in a Manicaria swamp forest, Costa Rica (2011)
Journal Article

Guernsey voluntary and charitable sector research study (2011)
Report

The study‘s focus was on social inclusion, and how voluntary and charitable organisations try to overcome the barriers and inequalities which prevent people participating on equal terms in society. Its aim was to identify gaps in provision and ways t... Read More about Guernsey voluntary and charitable sector research study.

Re-framing the geography dissertation: A consideration of alternative, innovative and creative approaches (2011)
Journal Article

This paper reviews the opportunities and challenges for re-framing the purpose, process, product and assessment of final-year geography dissertations. It argues that the academic centralities of critical thinking, analysis, evaluation, effective comm... Read More about Re-framing the geography dissertation: A consideration of alternative, innovative and creative approaches.

Practices and motivations of travellers making rail-cycle trips (2011)
Journal Article

Currently only 2% of British rail passengers choose to cycle to the station, in contrast to 40% in the Netherlands, but the combination of cycling with rail use presents a potentially attractive alternative to car use with carbon reduction and health... Read More about Practices and motivations of travellers making rail-cycle trips.

Dismantling the ivory tower: Engaging geographers in University-Community Partnerships (2011)
Journal Article

University-community partnerships offer synergistic spaces for communities to address difficulties and universities to meet their missions. Geographers are well positioned to participate in these partnerships, owing to the discipline's integrative na... Read More about Dismantling the ivory tower: Engaging geographers in University-Community Partnerships.

Revitalising the political: Development control and Agonism in Planning Practice (2011)
Journal Article

This article argues for a new way of valuing development control planning practices in a democratic society: as agonistic political engagement. Using Chantal Mouffe's conception of the political, it counters claims that collaborative and consensus se... Read More about Revitalising the political: Development control and Agonism in Planning Practice.

From brigade to service: An examination of the role of fire and rescue services in modern local government (2011)
Journal Article

Over the last ten years, local government modernisation and the growth of community safety agendas have called for change in the public sector at a local level. This has been typified by partnership work, improvement and inspection and community gove... Read More about From brigade to service: An examination of the role of fire and rescue services in modern local government.

Re-branding of peripheral cities in times of recession: Is the branching of national art museums an effective strategy? (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Paper read at the Transatlantic Studies Conference, 12-15 July 2011 in Dundee

St. Pauls young people in 2011: Aspirations and challenges (2011)
Report

This report discusses the aspirations and challenges of Black and Minority Ethnic young people living in the St. Pauls ward of Bristol in the UK. It shows that the young people have high aspirations and concrete goals but face many external challenge... Read More about St. Pauls young people in 2011: Aspirations and challenges.