Outputs (360)

Safeguarding the provision of ecosystem services in catchment systems (2013)
Journal Article

A narrow technocentric focus on a few favored ecosystem services (generally provisioning services) has led to ecosystem degradation globally, including catchment systems and their capacities to support human well-being. Increasing recognition of the... Read More about Safeguarding the provision of ecosystem services in catchment systems.

The challenges and implications of linking wetland science to policy in agricultural landscapes - experience from the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (2013)
Journal Article

Wetlands have been the focus of conflicts in societal priorities throughout human history, with competing demands for water and land use delivering a range of ecosystem services but contributing to severe degradation and loss. Conservation of wetland... Read More about The challenges and implications of linking wetland science to policy in agricultural landscapes - experience from the UK National Ecosystem Assessment.

Is local air quality management a successful strategy in achieving selected EU limit values? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Musical pathways: An exploratory study of young people in the criminal justice system, engaged with a creative music programme (2013)
Report

There is growing evidence from across the arts and health field that suggests that participatory arts programmes can contribute to health improvement, emotional resilience and social reintegration, among vulnerable and excluded groups including crimi... Read More about Musical pathways: An exploratory study of young people in the criminal justice system, engaged with a creative music programme.

Is local air quality management a successful strategy in achieving selected EU limit values? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Air pollution XXI (2013)
Book

Containing papers presented at the twenty-first in a successful series of conferences on the modelling, monitoring and management of air pollution, the book Air Pollution XXI covers what has become a widespread and growing challenge to the internatio... Read More about Air pollution XXI.

Music making for health, well-being and behaviour change in youth justice settings: A systematic review (2013)
Journal Article

Youth justice is an important public health issue. There is growing recognition of the need to adopt effective, evidence-based strategies for working with young offenders. Music interventions may be particularly well suited to addressing risk factors... Read More about Music making for health, well-being and behaviour change in youth justice settings: A systematic review.

Engaging a wider public health workforce for the future: A public health practitioner in residence approach (2013)
Journal Article

This paper outlines and assesses a project that sought to use a studio residency (a public health practitioner in residence) as a vehicle to introduce public health issues and concepts into the curricula of a studio cohort of fifth and sixth year arc... Read More about Engaging a wider public health workforce for the future: A public health practitioner in residence approach.

Whole school food programmes and the kitchen environment (2013)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the impact of the Food For Life Partnership (FFLP) whole school food programme on kitchen staff employment and professional development. Design/methodology/approach: This exploratory research involved... Read More about Whole school food programmes and the kitchen environment.

The need for improved sensing technology for estimating concentrations of air pollutants at ground level in low-latitude climates (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A subjective assessment of the suitability of Sciamachy total column measurements to interpolate reliable concentration estimates over a low latitude region (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Strategic approaches to ESD and sustainability at the University of the West of England (2013)
Book Chapter

This article appears as a case study in Chapter 12 of The Sustainable University - Process and Prospects: "Whole institutional change towards sustainable universities"

Coroners’ records for action on road safety (CARS) in Wiltshire (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Taking the long view: A systematic review reporting long-term perspectives on child unintentional injury (2012)
Journal Article

Objective The relative significance of child injury as a cause of preventable death has increased as mortality from infectious diseases has declined. Unintentional child injuries are now a major cause of death and disability across the world with the... Read More about Taking the long view: A systematic review reporting long-term perspectives on child unintentional injury.

Exploring a city's potential low carbon futures using Delphi methods: Some preliminary findings (2012)
Journal Article

This paper describes a Delphi methodology to generate a number of broadly consensual low carbon scenarios for 2050. This approach to 'creating' the future, rather than predicting, is useful when dealing with profound and uncertain change over a long... Read More about Exploring a city's potential low carbon futures using Delphi methods: Some preliminary findings.

Policies on smoking in the casino workplace and their impact on smoking behavior among employees: Case study of casino workers in Macao (2012)
Journal Article

Exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) is a major health concern. This study sought to examine the smoking behaviors of casino workers in Macao, and explore how workplace smoking policies might affect that behavior. A majority of casino workers who smok... Read More about Policies on smoking in the casino workplace and their impact on smoking behavior among employees: Case study of casino workers in Macao.

The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into the local transport planning process in English local authorities (2012)
Journal Article

Regardless of its intent and purposes, the first decade of the Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) framework had little or no effect in reducing traffic-related air pollution in the UK. Apart from the impact of increased traffic volumes, the major fa... Read More about The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into the local transport planning process in English local authorities.

The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into local transport planning process (2012)
Journal Article

Regardless of its intent and purposes, the first decade of the Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) framework had little or no effect in reducing traffic-related air pollution in the UK. Apart from the impact of increased traffic volumes, the major fa... Read More about The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into local transport planning process.

Coroners’ records for Action on Road Safety (CARS) in Wiltshire (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Urban Transport XVIII: Urban transport and the environment in the 21st century (2012)
Book

This book contains the seventeenth proceedings of the annually held international conference on Urban Transport and the Environment.
The continuing requirements for better urban transport systems in general and the need for a healthier environment h... Read More about Urban Transport XVIII: Urban transport and the environment in the 21st century.