All Outputs (11)

Potential for carfree development in the UK (2009)
Thesis

Rising car ownership and use has been associated with: pollution, resource depletion, waste of land, social exclusion and health problems. Carfree development is a relatively recent response to these problems in urban areas. There are several examp... Read More about Potential for carfree development in the UK.

Futures markets and coffee prices (2009)
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This thesis constitutes an empirical critique of neoclassical economic theory as applied to the study of commodity markets. It is argued that the liberalisation of coffee marketing systems in producing countries, the collapse of the International Cof... Read More about Futures markets and coffee prices.

Environmental influences on the population ecology of sixteen anuran amphibians in a seasonally flooded neotropical forest (2009)
Thesis

Amphibians are declining globally from climate change, habitat destruction, pollution and disease. In tropical environments deciphering causes of decline is hampered by a lack of population data. In this study, climate, water quality and amphibian po... Read More about Environmental influences on the population ecology of sixteen anuran amphibians in a seasonally flooded neotropical forest.

Understanding preventive community health services for pre-school children: Origins, policy and current practice (2009)
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Community health services for pre-school children have been the major universal health provision for well-children for over a hundred years. Traditionally these services have been largely delivered by health visitors, who are now community nurses wit... Read More about Understanding preventive community health services for pre-school children: Origins, policy and current practice.

Kerala's experience with governance reforms: Mismatched rhetoric and suppressed norms (2009)
Thesis

In contrast to other states across India, Kerala that is already at the centre of attention for its progressive approaches to achieving high levels of social development has been creating 'inclusive' forms of governance to involve communities and non... Read More about Kerala's experience with governance reforms: Mismatched rhetoric and suppressed norms.

Children’s views and speech and language therapy (2009)
Thesis

Children have a right to participate in decisions that affect them, yet regarding speech and language therapy these are often made on their behalf. There is outstanding need for research with (rather than on) the children whom we judge to have commun... Read More about Children’s views and speech and language therapy.

The theory and application of critical realist philosophy and morphogenetic methodology: Emergent structural and agential relations at a hospice (2009)
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The regeneration of low demand neighbourhoods: The housing market renewal experience (2009)
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The development of international law governing the non-navigational uses of international watercourses: a critical review (2009)
Thesis

Although states have entered into agreements regarding shared waters over the last several hundred years, it is only recently that an international framework law has emerged. Progress in this endeavor has been slow. The 1966 Helsinki Rules constitute... Read More about The development of international law governing the non-navigational uses of international watercourses: a critical review.

The power of experiential learning and mindful inquiry: Making sense of work-based learning and changing paradigms in practice and education (2009)
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Rationality of European Union law: The case of third country nationals (2009)
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Third country nationals have an important effect on, and play an important part in, the economy of the European Union, a trend that is likely to increase over time. This importance could be expected to be reflected in the rights, in particular freedo... Read More about Rationality of European Union law: The case of third country nationals.