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Effectiveness of speed cameras in preventing road traffic collisions and related casualties: Systematic review (2005)
Journal Article

Objectives: To assess whether speed cameras reduce road traffic collisions and related casualties. Design Systematic review. Data sources Cochrane Injuries Group Specialised Register, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medline, Embase, S... Read More about Effectiveness of speed cameras in preventing road traffic collisions and related casualties: Systematic review.

Implementing the Rock Challenge: Young people's perspectives on a drug-prevention and performing-arts programme (2005)
Journal Article

This paper presents the qualitative process findings from an evaluation of a school-based performing arts programme, “Rock Challenge”. Rock Challenge aims to promote healthy life styles “by building resilience amongst young people involved”. The rese... Read More about Implementing the Rock Challenge: Young people's perspectives on a drug-prevention and performing-arts programme.

The Living Tomorrow Project: How Philip Morris has used a Belgian tourist attraction to promote ventilation approaches to the control of second hand smoke (2004)
Journal Article

Study objective: To examine the involvement of Philip Morris in Living Tomorrow 2 and determine the rationale behind its involvement.

Design: Research was conducted through a web based search of internal tobacco industry documents made publicly a... Read More about The Living Tomorrow Project: How Philip Morris has used a Belgian tourist attraction to promote ventilation approaches to the control of second hand smoke.

Evidence of integration of air quality management in the decision-making processes and procedures of English local government (2004)
Journal Article

The air quality management (AQM) framework in the UK is a risk management approach using effects-based objectives for air pollutants to determine the need for action. The Environment Act 1995 required a National Air Quality Strategy to be published,... Read More about Evidence of integration of air quality management in the decision-making processes and procedures of English local government.

Innovation in tourism planning processes: Action learning to support a coalition of stakeholders for sustainability (2004)
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The tourism sector is a complex problem domain. Power is unevenly distributed, though control is rarely in the hands of a single group and actors hold a wide range of values. Supported by the Agenda 21 process, a group of tourism stakeholders on the... Read More about Innovation in tourism planning processes: Action learning to support a coalition of stakeholders for sustainability.

Artefact or reality? Increases in persons notified to the Regional Drug Misuse Database in the South West of England, 1996-2001 (2004)
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The incidence of new persons and repeat attenders presenting for treatment for problem drug misuse in the South West of England more than doubled from 1996-1997 to 2000-2001. During this time there was an increase in the number and severity of chroni... Read More about Artefact or reality? Increases in persons notified to the Regional Drug Misuse Database in the South West of England, 1996-2001.

Judging the risk of exceedance: Local authority decision-making for air quality management area designation (2003)
Journal Article

Management of air quality by local government in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) requires a process of local decision-making, involving collaboration between local politicians, authority officers and interest-groups... Read More about Judging the risk of exceedance: Local authority decision-making for air quality management area designation.

Critical evaluation of the role of scientific analysis in UK local authority AQMA decision-making: Method development and preliminary results (2003)
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Over the past 4 years, local government in the UK has undertaken a process of scientific review and assessment of air quality, which has culminated in a suite of designated air quality management areas (AQMAs) in over 120 of the 403 local authorities... Read More about Critical evaluation of the role of scientific analysis in UK local authority AQMA decision-making: Method development and preliminary results.

Regional variations in the implementation of the local air quality management process within Great Britain (2003)
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The UK National Air Quality Strategy has required local authorities to review and assess air quality in their area of jurisdiction and determine locations in their areas where concentrations of specific air quality pollutants are predicted to exceed... Read More about Regional variations in the implementation of the local air quality management process within Great Britain.

A comparative analysis of the air quality management challenges and capabilities in urban and rural english local authorities (2002)
Journal Article

Local authorities in Great Britain have (in the main) completed their air quality review and assessments, the aim of the process being the identification of local hotspots where national air quality objectives are not likely to be met Across Great Br... Read More about A comparative analysis of the air quality management challenges and capabilities in urban and rural english local authorities.