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Stewards, guardians or trustees? (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Bradshaw, N. (2016, October). Stewards, guardians or trustees?. Presented at Coastal Partnerships Network Annual Forum (2016), Durham, UK

This research was part of a PhD supervised by Dr Thomas Appleby and Dr Enda Hayes at the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK, members of the International Water Security Network: www.watersecuritynetwork.org/uk-coastal-governance/... Read More about Stewards, guardians or trustees?.

Towards a Sustainable University: Part 1 - A review of progress in UWE Bristol Part 2 - How do we incorporate the Sustainable Development Goals into UWE, Bristol Business Decision Making? (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Longhurst, J., & Gough, G. (2016, October). Towards a Sustainable University: Part 1 - A review of progress in UWE Bristol Part 2 - How do we incorporate the Sustainable Development Goals into UWE, Bristol Business Decision Making?. Presented at Innovating Education for the 21st Century: The International Greening Education Event, Karlsruhe, Germany

Structure of Presentation Part 1. Introduction to the HE challenge of sustainability and carbon management UWE Bristol UWE’s Sustainability Plan UWE’s Commitments and Actions Energy and Travel Initiatives Education for Sustainable Developmen... Read More about Towards a Sustainable University: Part 1 - A review of progress in UWE Bristol Part 2 - How do we incorporate the Sustainable Development Goals into UWE, Bristol Business Decision Making?.

Green Capital Student Capital: The role of students in city transformation (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Longhurst, J., Clayton, W., Gough, G., Tweddell, H., Walsh, A., & Willmore, C. (2016, October). Green Capital Student Capital: The role of students in city transformation. Paper presented at Innovating Education for the 21st Century: The International Greening Education Event, Karlsruhe, Germany

The biggest single sustainability impact of any University is its graduates. How do we support students to learn to tread more lightly in the lifetime ahead of them? How do we mobilise student creativity to transform us and our city?

Developed-developing world partnerships for sustainable development (2): An illustrative case for a payments for ecosystem services (PES) approach (2016)
Journal Article
Everard, M., Longhurst, J., Pontin, J., Stephenson, W., & Brooks, J. (2017). Developed-developing world partnerships for sustainable development (2): An illustrative case for a payments for ecosystem services (PES) approach. Ecosystem Services, 24, 253-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.09.019

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. The Converging World (TCW) developed-developing world partnership model represents a transparent approach to addressing carbon emission management in a mutually beneficial way, with a substantial ‘multiplier effect’ achieved tho... Read More about Developed-developing world partnerships for sustainable development (2): An illustrative case for a payments for ecosystem services (PES) approach.

Changing times – A decade of empirical insight into the experience of rail passengers in Great Britain (2016)
Journal Article
Lyons, G., Jain, J., & Weir, I. (2016). Changing times – A decade of empirical insight into the experience of rail passengers in Great Britain. Journal of Transport Geography, 57, 94-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.10.003

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd In the last decade the number of rail passenger journeys in Great Britain has increased by half and car trips per person are down by a tenth. Meanwhile there has been significant growth in internet use and ownership of smartphones... Read More about Changing times – A decade of empirical insight into the experience of rail passengers in Great Britain.

What has been achieved in the 60 years since the first Clean Air Act? (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Longhurst, J., Barnes, J., Bushel, C., Chatterton, T., Hayes, E. T., Prestwood, E., & Williams, B. (2016, October). What has been achieved in the 60 years since the first Clean Air Act?. Presented at Routes to Clean Air 2, Bristol, UK

2016 marks 60 years since the first UK Clean Air Act. This presentation considers the factors contributing to successful management of air quality and the factors that act as barriers to progress. The public health catastrophe of the 1952 Londo... Read More about What has been achieved in the 60 years since the first Clean Air Act?.

Assessing the relative importance of parameter and forcing uncertainty and their interactions in conceptual hydrological model simulations (2016)
Journal Article
Mockler, E. M., Chun, K. P., Sapriza-Azuri, G., Bruen, M., & Wheater, H. S. (2016). Assessing the relative importance of parameter and forcing uncertainty and their interactions in conceptual hydrological model simulations. Advances in Water Resources, 97, 299-313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.10.008

Predictions of river flow dynamics provide vital information for many aspects of water management including water resource planning, climate adaptation, and flood and drought assessments. Many of the subjective choices that modellers make including m... Read More about Assessing the relative importance of parameter and forcing uncertainty and their interactions in conceptual hydrological model simulations.

Global resilience analysis of water distribution systems (2016)
Journal Article
Diao, K., Sweetapple, C., Farmani, R., Fu, G., Ward, S., & Butler, D. (2016). Global resilience analysis of water distribution systems. Water Research, 106, 383-393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.10.011

© 2016 Evaluating and enhancing resilience in water infrastructure is a crucial step towards more sustainable urban water management. As a prerequisite to enhancing resilience, a detailed understanding is required of the inherent resilience of the un... Read More about Global resilience analysis of water distribution systems.

The referendum question - Does public participation affect neighbourhood plan turnouts and outcomes? (2016)
Journal Article
Croft, N., Loveday, C., Johnson, E., & Reeves, J. (2016). The referendum question - Does public participation affect neighbourhood plan turnouts and outcomes?. Town and Country Planning -London- Town and Country Planning Association-, 85(10), 422-430

Nick Croft, Cat Loveday, Emily Johnson and Jess Reeves report the initial outcomes of an investigation into whether there is a connection between voter turnout at Neighbourhood Plan referendums and the public engagement methods used in plan preparati... Read More about The referendum question - Does public participation affect neighbourhood plan turnouts and outcomes?.