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Community-based groundwater and ecosystem restoration in semi-arid north Rajasthan (3): Evidence from remote sensing (2016)
Journal Article
Davies, T., Horswell, M., & Everard, M. (2016). Community-based groundwater and ecosystem restoration in semi-arid north Rajasthan (3): Evidence from remote sensing. Ecosystem Services, 21(A), 20-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.07.007

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. Community-based measures recharging groundwater in semi-arid India has historically underpinned rural socio-ecological resilience, though are declining through technological, policy and other changes. Nevertheless, exemplars of c... Read More about Community-based groundwater and ecosystem restoration in semi-arid north Rajasthan (3): Evidence from remote sensing.

The health impacts of traffic-related exposures in urban areas: Understanding real effects, underlying driving forces and co-producing future directions (2016)
Journal Article
Khreis, H., Warsow, K. M., Verlinghieri, E., Guzman, A., Pellecuer, L., Ferreira, A., …Nieuwenhuijsen, M. (2016). The health impacts of traffic-related exposures in urban areas: Understanding real effects, underlying driving forces and co-producing future directions. Journal of Transport and Health, 3(3), 249-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2016.07.002

The world is currently witnessing its largest surge of urban growth in human history; a trend that draws attention to the need to understand and address health impacts of urban living. Whilst transport is instrumental in this urbanisation wave, it al... Read More about The health impacts of traffic-related exposures in urban areas: Understanding real effects, underlying driving forces and co-producing future directions.

Living well indicators (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Bell, K. (2016, July). Living well indicators. Paper presented at Reconnecting Development with ‘Living Well’ (Vivir Bien) in Latin America, School of Applied Social Science, University of Brighton, England

A discussion of how to measure 'Living Well'/ 'Vivir Bien', the Latin American paradigm for transition to sustainability.

Self-healing of drying shrinkage cracks in cement-based materials incorporating reactive MgO (2016)
Journal Article
Qureshi, T., & Al-Tabbaa, A. (2016). Self-healing of drying shrinkage cracks in cement-based materials incorporating reactive MgO. Smart Materials and Structures, 25(8), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/25/8/084004

Excessive drying shrinkage is one of the major issues of concern for longevity and reduced strength performance of concrete structures. It can cause the formation of cracks in the concrete. This research aims to improve the autogenous self-healing ca... Read More about Self-healing of drying shrinkage cracks in cement-based materials incorporating reactive MgO.

A laboratory study into a novel, retrofittable rainwater harvesting system (2016)
Journal Article
Melville-Shreeve, P., Horstman, C., Memon, F., Ward, S., & Butler, D. (2016). A laboratory study into a novel, retrofittable rainwater harvesting system. British Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 6, 128-137. https://doi.org/10.9734/BJECC/2016/23724

Aims: To establish the system characteristics of a novel rainwater harvesting system. Study Design: A laboratory test rig was used to assess the selected technology. Place and Duration of Study: University of Exeter, Centre for Water Systems be... Read More about A laboratory study into a novel, retrofittable rainwater harvesting system.

Key events and multimodality: A life course approach (2016)
Journal Article
Scheiner, J., Chatterjee, K., & Heinen, E. (2016). Key events and multimodality: A life course approach. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 91, 148-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2016.06.028

Since the large majority of households have access to one or more cars in the developed world, encouraging multimodal travel behaviours has become a goal for many cities. Multimodality refers to the use of more than one transport mode within a given... Read More about Key events and multimodality: A life course approach.

Whole Earth? Meeting the university challenges (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Longhurst, J., Gough, G., Harris, V., & Howells, L. (2016, July). Whole Earth? Meeting the university challenges. Presented at Sustainability in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Kent, UK

Whole Earth is “a powerful exhibition of the environmental and sustainability challenges” that we face. The Hard Rain Project who curated the Whole Earth? exhibition, have invited students and universities to share their sustainability work that mig... Read More about Whole Earth? Meeting the university challenges.

Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals: A baseline study of the contribution of UWE, Bristol (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Gough, G., & Longhurst, J. (2016, July). Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals: A baseline study of the contribution of UWE, Bristol. Presented at Sustainability in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Kent, UK

On September 25th 2015 at the General Assembly of the United Nations, 193 nations adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda (1). These goals build on the M... Read More about Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals: A baseline study of the contribution of UWE, Bristol.

Student Capital: The role of students in city transformation (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Clayton, W., Willmore, C., Longhurst, J., & Gough, G. (2016, July). Student Capital: The role of students in city transformation. Paper presented at Sustainability in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, UK

Student Capital is a huge and unique collaborative project aimed at creating, promoting, and celebrating student sustainability engagement at Bristol’s two universities – The University of the West of England, Bristol, and the University of Bristol.... Read More about Student Capital: The role of students in city transformation.