Outputs (13)

Field testing of the ACCESS materials: a portfolio of materials to assist health workers to identify children with disabilities and offer simple advice to mothers (2005)
Journal Article

Children in less-developed countries with mild to moderate disabilities often remain unidentified until school age. Delayed identification leads to less successful interventions for most children and risks secondary disabilities. The disability group... Read More about Field testing of the ACCESS materials: a portfolio of materials to assist health workers to identify children with disabilities and offer simple advice to mothers.

A visit to Lord Vestey’s ranch in Venezuela (2005)
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I decided I would go to El Charcote, near San Carlos, as I had heard that there was a land dispute between a wealthy English Company and some campesino families who had occupied the land. I thought that perhaps our solidarity group could do somethin... Read More about A visit to Lord Vestey’s ranch in Venezuela.

Prevalence of wife beating in Jordanian refugee camps: Reports by men and women (2005)
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Wife beating, the most widespread form of domestic violence, has adverse consequences on the health and wellbeing of women and is a major cause of disability and death in many countries.1 In the past few years, it has been widely reported in developi... Read More about Prevalence of wife beating in Jordanian refugee camps: Reports by men and women.

Falling through the cracks: Limits to an instrumental rational role for environmental information in planning (2005)
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This paper explores the potential for environmental information to play an instrumental rational role in planning through an empirical investigation of regional planning processes in the German federal state of Brandenburg. The findings show that env... Read More about Falling through the cracks: Limits to an instrumental rational role for environmental information in planning.

Transport policy and transport tax reform (2005)
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We are now entering a new phase of transport policy fiscal instruments. Rather than reforming existing measures, the UK and several other countries are moving towards replacing the whole transport taxation regime. This article reviews the ways that c... Read More about Transport policy and transport tax reform.

Responding to unpopular social housing in Vaulx en Velin, Greater Lyon: An English perspective (2005)
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In recent years, in many parts of England and France a mismatch between housing supply and demand has resulted in an increasing number of neighbourhoods experiencing problems of empty properties, depressed house prices and high stock turnover. This p... Read More about Responding to unpopular social housing in Vaulx en Velin, Greater Lyon: An English perspective.

Modernism, post-modernism and the decline of British seaside resorts as long holiday destinations: A case study of Rhyl, North Wales (2005)
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This paper premises that late twentieth century changes to culture impacted upon the demand for and supply of the constituent tourism resources of British seaside resorts in such a way as to facilitate their decline as mass market, long holiday desti... Read More about Modernism, post-modernism and the decline of British seaside resorts as long holiday destinations: A case study of Rhyl, North Wales.

Analysis of spray aid's residue curve for timing fungicide applications for grey leaf spot on maize (2005)
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Maize grey leaf spot is still a problem in commercial maize production, although the effect has been reduced with the widespread use of resistant varieties. It is estimated that, with a yield reduction of 1 %, annual economic losses of R5.6 million f... Read More about Analysis of spray aid's residue curve for timing fungicide applications for grey leaf spot on maize.

Coping with change: The transition from subsistence orientated rain-fed farming to commercial irrigated agriculture (2005)
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City profile: Swansea (2005)
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