Outputs (121)

Food for life get togethers evaluation: Good food and building community capacity through cook and share grants (2022)
Report

‘Food for Life Get Togethers’ are regular community activities that connect people from all ages and backgrounds through growing, cooking and eating good food. In mid-2021 Food for Life asked community groups across the UK to apply for a £150 Cook an... Read More about Food for life get togethers evaluation: Good food and building community capacity through cook and share grants.

The ascent of green crime: Exploring the nexus between the net zero transition and organized crime (2022)
Journal Article

This editorial highlights a fundamental gap in the existing literature base whereby the climate crisis is largely missing from journals covering all aspects of finance - including those that cover financial crime (for a wider discussion, see Stern, 2... Read More about The ascent of green crime: Exploring the nexus between the net zero transition and organized crime.

Acceleration of circular economy in EU's automotive industry (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background:
The world is facing an environmental crisis driven by unsustainable industrial practices, with the automotive industries reported as being one of the main contributors, thus requiring a radical shift on the way they perform business-as-u... Read More about Acceleration of circular economy in EU's automotive industry.

Recycling face masks for manufacturing FlaxPP eco-composites (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

SDGs addressed: 9, 11, 12, 14 and 15.
Introduction:
The severe increase in the pollution caused by the discarded face masks during COVID-19 cannot be overstated. This research provides an innovative engineering solution to this issue by recycling p... Read More about Recycling face masks for manufacturing FlaxPP eco-composites.

Durability of whole culm bamboo: Facts, misconceptions and the new ISO 22156 framework (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Durability of bamboo is one of the most important aspects to consider when designing and building with this nature-based material. Durable structures with bamboo are resilient, cost-effective and have a lower whole life-cycle environmental impact. Th... Read More about Durability of whole culm bamboo: Facts, misconceptions and the new ISO 22156 framework.

Tools and processes for practitioners (2022)
Book Chapter

The purpose of this chapter is to discuss guidance and tools for decision-making and planning. The discussion starts with methods to assess policy, strategy and program level development. This is followed by the technical processes that include mode... Read More about Tools and processes for practitioners.

Towards adoption of mobile data collection for effective adaptation and climate risk management in Africa (2022)
Journal Article

The collection and use of data on climate change and its impacts are crucial for effective climate adaptation and climate risk management. The revolution in internet access, technology and costs has led to a shift from using traditional paper-based d... Read More about Towards adoption of mobile data collection for effective adaptation and climate risk management in Africa.

The future of last-mile deliveries: Understanding the local perspective (2022)
Report

The Local Government Association commissioned Dr Daniela Paddeu of the Centre for Transport and Society, University of the West of England, to carry out independent research to explore the role of local authorities in co-designing and implementing su... Read More about The future of last-mile deliveries: Understanding the local perspective.

Integrating the Budyko framework with the emerging hot spot analysis in local land use planning for regulating surface evapotranspiration ratio (2022)
Journal Article

Land use planning regulates surface hydrological processes by adjusting land properties with varied evapotranspiration ratios. However, a dearth of empirical spatial information hampers the regulation of place-specific hydrological processes. Therefo... Read More about Integrating the Budyko framework with the emerging hot spot analysis in local land use planning for regulating surface evapotranspiration ratio.

Exploring the user experience of the Milton Park Bike-share Scheme: Final report (2022)
Report

This report presents the findings of a study to explore the role of bike-share services (including both unassisted and electric motor-assisted ‘e-bikes’) as part of a multi-modal transport offer to encourage sustainable travel to, and within, the Mil... Read More about Exploring the user experience of the Milton Park Bike-share Scheme: Final report.

From the guttermost to the uttermost and back (2022)
Journal Article

This article comprises an auto-ethnography of my life’s journey: I entered town planning fifty years ago and am now over seventy. It is a personal testimony of how my social class, gender, religion, education, personal characteristics, family and inn... Read More about From the guttermost to the uttermost and back.

Plan 2030. Accelerating action for a net zero 2030: A report for South Gloucestershire Council (2022)
Report

Achieving net zero in 2050 is enshrined in UK law. The first three national carbon budgets have made an impressive start on the UK decarbonisation journey but the challenge of implementation facing the fourth, fifth and sixth budget is significant. T... Read More about Plan 2030. Accelerating action for a net zero 2030: A report for South Gloucestershire Council.

Nigeria’s legal responses to climate change obligations (2022)
Thesis

This thesis set out to analyse the effectiveness of the Nigerian legal mechanisms (laws, policies, regulations, and institutions) to achieve the international climate change obligations stemming from the UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreemen... Read More about Nigeria’s legal responses to climate change obligations.

Accessibility to protected areas increases primate hunting intensity in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea (2022)
Journal Article

Bioko is one of the most important sites for African primate conservation; yet it has seen a severe decline in its primate populations due to illegal hunting to supply a thriving wildmeat trade. The completion in 2015 of a new road bisecting the Gran... Read More about Accessibility to protected areas increases primate hunting intensity in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Ethical principles in an increasingly diverse planning profession: The potential impact of different types of planners (2022)
Journal Article

Chlorella sensors in liquid marbles and droplets (2022)
Journal Article

The use of live organisms in electrically-coupled sensing devices has been suggested as an alternative low-cost, low-environmental footprint and robust technology for continuous monitoring and sensing applications. The utility of Chlorella vulgaris a... Read More about Chlorella sensors in liquid marbles and droplets.

Emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) and its potential for energy production (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The adverse impact of the energy production from fossil fuels is now well recognised globally. Likewise, reduction in emissions is the key to tackle climate change issues and achieve environmental sustainability. Therefore, the move towards renewable... Read More about Emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) and its potential for energy production.

Impact of coastal disasters on women in urban slums: A new index (2022)
Journal Article

Coastal hazards, particularly cyclones, floods, erosion and storm surges, are emerging as a cause for major concern in the coastal regions of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. Serious coastal disaster events have become more common in recent decades... Read More about Impact of coastal disasters on women in urban slums: A new index.

The impact of the 2015 onshore wind policy change for local planning authorities in England: Preliminary survey results (2022)
Report

Preliminary findings from research investigating the impact of the 2015 onshore wind policy change for local planning authorities in England.

Overcoming barriers to the implementation of cleaner production in small enterprises in the mechanics industry: Exploring economic gains and contributions for sustainable development goals (2022)
Journal Article

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the economic and environmental gains that result from the implementation of cleaner production in a small enterprise (SE) from the metal and mechanics industry, allowing for overcoming barriers and contributin... Read More about Overcoming barriers to the implementation of cleaner production in small enterprises in the mechanics industry: Exploring economic gains and contributions for sustainable development goals.