All Outputs (127)

Enabling ecotourism: Principles, challenges and achievements from Tambopata, Peru (2014)
Book Chapter

This chapter presents a case study of a single ecotourism initiative in Amazonian south-eastern Peru, analysing the operation of one of its lodges in detail (Posada Amazonas Lodge), and reflecting on the extent to which it can be considered a success... Read More about Enabling ecotourism: Principles, challenges and achievements from Tambopata, Peru.

Visitor motivations, expectations and satisfaction in a rainforest context: Implications for tourism management (2014)
Book Chapter

This chapter addresses five objectives related to nature-based tourism in the Wet Tropics rainforests of Australia. It aims to:

1 determine the socio-demographic characteristics of visitors to a rainforest site;
2 examine visitor motivations for... Read More about Visitor motivations, expectations and satisfaction in a rainforest context: Implications for tourism management.

Educating (2014)
Book Chapter

This chapter considers the nature of what it is to ‘educate geographically’, how this has developed historically, its impact on students’ world views and experiences, and what key challenges and opportunities face contemporary geographical education.... Read More about Educating.

Understanding tourist encounters with nature: a thematic framework (2013)
Journal Article

This paper presents a thematic framework that simplifies and explains the complexity of tourist encounters with nature. The research combines qualitative data, derived from questionnaire surveys, in-depth interviews, field journals and personal obser... Read More about Understanding tourist encounters with nature: a thematic framework.

Linking and implementation of fuzzy logic control to ordinate plant strategies (2013)
Journal Article

Fuzzy control algorithms are used to give structure to the spatial categorisation of plant species by integrating digital elevation model data at increased resolution with data of selected climatic variables (mean precipitation, temperature, ground f... Read More about Linking and implementation of fuzzy logic control to ordinate plant strategies.

Implementing stochastic distribution within the utopia plane of primary producers using a hybrid genetic algorithm (2013)
Journal Article

The two key variables in estimating the water-energy dynamic, which determines proportions of plant strategy components on a macro basis, are temperature and precipitation. Additionally, use of high-resolution elevation data facilitates formation of... Read More about Implementing stochastic distribution within the utopia plane of primary producers using a hybrid genetic algorithm.

Residential-source emission inventory for the Niger delta: A methodological approach (2013)
Journal Article

This paper describes the methods applied to construct a GIS-based emission inventory infrastructure for specific air pollutants and greenhouse gases released from domestic cooking and lighting in the Niger Delta using publicly accessible data. The pu... Read More about Residential-source emission inventory for the Niger delta: A methodological approach.

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

Functional enrichment of utopian distribution of plant life-forms (2013)
Journal Article

Adaptive fuzzy neural inference systems are used to illustrate the primary nodal number of plant life-forms. Categorization of two candidate areas is carried out using the water-energy dynamic (for Ecuador, South America) and Macedonia, Southern Euro... Read More about Functional enrichment of utopian distribution of plant life-forms.

Editorial: Celebrating the scholarship of teaching and learning (2013)
Journal Article

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Mathematical methods to quantify and characterise the primary elements of trophic systems (2013)
Journal Article

Mathematical approaches to plant characterisation are explained, there being a range of tools available to categorise and describe biological and environmental systems. Genetic algorithms (GAs) and fuzzy-logic are techniques used for multiple criteri... Read More about Mathematical methods to quantify and characterise the primary elements of trophic systems.

A call for expanding inclusive student engagement in SoTL (2013)
Journal Article

Scholars in higher education increasingly recognize the transformative potential of student-faculty
partnerships focused on inquiry into teaching and learning. However, some students tend to be privileged in SoTL initiatives while others are discour... Read More about A call for expanding inclusive student engagement in SoTL.

From researched to researcher: student experiences of becoming co-producers and co-disseminators of knowledge (2013)
Journal Article

Students who had previously been the subjects of pedagogic research were enabled to become active agents in the research process, co-producing and co-disseminating knowledge with an academic staff member. They jointly prepared and presented a paper a... Read More about From researched to researcher: student experiences of becoming co-producers and co-disseminators of knowledge.

Integrating podcast technology effectively into student learning: A reflexive examination (2012)
Journal Article

This paper examines undergraduate student perceptions of the learning utility of video podcasts. The perceived and actual effectiveness of the technology was assessed by written questionnaire, focus groups and assessment results. The podcasts were pe... Read More about Integrating podcast technology effectively into student learning: A reflexive examination.

Managing air quality in the Niger delta (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Developing an emission inventory of air pollutants and GHGs from residential sources in the Niger Delta (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Re-framing the geography dissertation: A consideration of alternative, innovative and creative approaches (2011)
Journal Article

This paper reviews the opportunities and challenges for re-framing the purpose, process, product and assessment of final-year geography dissertations. It argues that the academic centralities of critical thinking, analysis, evaluation, effective comm... Read More about Re-framing the geography dissertation: A consideration of alternative, innovative and creative approaches.

New technology, new pedagogy? Employing video podcasts in learning and teaching about exotic ecosystems (2011)
Journal Article

This paper examines the experiences of undergraduate university students in response to the employment of video podcasts to support learning and teaching about exotic ecosystems. Six, 15-20-minute podcasts were made accessible to students through a v... Read More about New technology, new pedagogy? Employing video podcasts in learning and teaching about exotic ecosystems.

Ecotourism in Amazonian Peru: Uniting tourism, conservation and community development (2011)
Journal Article

With reference to two ecotourism enterprises that operate within Tambopata, Peru, this paper evaluates key principles necessary to enable the successful achievement of ecotourism in a little-developed tropical forest region. In so doing, it highlight... Read More about Ecotourism in Amazonian Peru: Uniting tourism, conservation and community development.