All Outputs (61)

Reweaving urban water-community relations: Creative, participatory river “daylighting” and local hydrocitizenship (2020)
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McEwen, L., Gorell Barnes, L., Phillips, K., & Biggs, I. (2020). Reweaving urban water-community relations: Creative, participatory river “daylighting” and local hydrocitizenship. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 45(4), 779-801. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12375

Framed by questions about ‘hydrocitizenship’ in the 21st century, this co-produced, interdisciplinary arts and humanities-centred research explores the (re)weaving of local knowledges, experiences, perceptions and values of water and place through th... Read More about Reweaving urban water-community relations: Creative, participatory river “daylighting” and local hydrocitizenship.

How to exchange stories of local flood resilience from flood rich areas to the flooded areas of the future (2020)
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Holmes, A., & McEwen, L. (2020). How to exchange stories of local flood resilience from flood rich areas to the flooded areas of the future. Environmental Communication, 14(5), 597-613. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2019.1697325

Flood risk communication requires strong attention to message, messenger and timing within the adaptive cycle. This paper evaluates research that used a co-production of knowledge model to create digital stories from an archive of flood memories, gar... Read More about How to exchange stories of local flood resilience from flood rich areas to the flooded areas of the future.

Why it takes an ‘ontological shock’ to prompt increases in small firm resilience: Sensemaking, emotions and flood risk (2018)
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Harries, T., McEwen, L., & Wragg, A. (2018). Why it takes an ‘ontological shock’ to prompt increases in small firm resilience: Sensemaking, emotions and flood risk. International Small Business Journal, 36(6), 712-733. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242618765231

© The Author(s) 2018. This article uses a sensemaking approach to understand small firms’ responses to the threat of external shocks. By analysing semi-structured interviews with owners of flooded small firms, we investigate how owners process flood... Read More about Why it takes an ‘ontological shock’ to prompt increases in small firm resilience: Sensemaking, emotions and flood risk.

Hydrological modelling as a tool for interdisciplinary workshops on future drought (2018)
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Rangecroft, S., Birkinshaw, S., Rohse, M., Day, R., McEwen, L., Makaya, E., & Van Loon, A. F. (2018). Hydrological modelling as a tool for interdisciplinary workshops on future drought. Progress in Physical Geography, 42(2), 237-256. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309133318766802

© 2018, © The Author(s) 2018. Transformative interdisciplinary methods and tools are required to address crucial water-related challenges facing societies in the current era of the Anthropocene. In a community-based study in the Limpopo basin of Sout... Read More about Hydrological modelling as a tool for interdisciplinary workshops on future drought.

Recovery and resilience of communities in flood risk zones in a small island developing state: A case study from a suburban settlement of Port Louis, Mauritius (2018)
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Chacowry, A., McEwen, L. J., & Lynch, K. (2018). Recovery and resilience of communities in flood risk zones in a small island developing state: A case study from a suburban settlement of Port Louis, Mauritius. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 28, 826-838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.03.019

Small island developing states (SIDS) are characterised by their small size, remoteness and their dispersal in vulnerable regions globally. In Mauritius, rapid economic growth and expansion of suburban and coastal settlements in flood risk zones have... Read More about Recovery and resilience of communities in flood risk zones in a small island developing state: A case study from a suburban settlement of Port Louis, Mauritius.

‘Learning for resilience’: Developing community capital through flood action groups in urban flood risk settings with lower social capital (2017)
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McEwen, L., Holmes, A., Quinn, N., & Cobbing, P. (2018). ‘Learning for resilience’: Developing community capital through flood action groups in urban flood risk settings with lower social capital. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 27, 329-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.10.018

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The role of civil agency in preparing and adapting to changing risk is an increasingly critical element within devolved local flood risk management. However, effective civil agency for flood resilience needs to draw on, and if nec... Read More about ‘Learning for resilience’: Developing community capital through flood action groups in urban flood risk settings with lower social capital.

Snow-avalanche impact craters in southern Norway: Their morphology and dynamics compared with small terrestrial meteorite craters (2017)
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Shakesby, R. A., Matthews, J. A., Vater, A. E., Owen, G., McEwen, L., Hill, J., & Ratcliffe, A. (2017). Snow-avalanche impact craters in southern Norway: Their morphology and dynamics compared with small terrestrial meteorite craters. Geomorphology, 296, 11-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.08.041

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. This regional inventory and study of a globally uncommon landform type reveals similarities in form and process between craters produced by snow-avalanche and meteorite impacts. Fifty-two snow-avalanche impact craters (mean diame... Read More about Snow-avalanche impact craters in southern Norway: Their morphology and dynamics compared with small terrestrial meteorite craters.

As the climate changes: Intergenerational action-based learning in relation to flood education (2016)
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Williams, S., McEwen, L. J., & Quinn, N. (2017). As the climate changes: Intergenerational action-based learning in relation to flood education. Journal of Environmental Education, 48(3), 154-171. https://doi.org/10.1080/00958964.2016.1256261

© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. It is a concern that children represent an under-researched group in flood education and preparedness because as adults they are more likely to experience flooding as the climate changes, and because it suggests... Read More about As the climate changes: Intergenerational action-based learning in relation to flood education.

Sustainable flood memory: Remembering as resilience (2016)
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Garde-Hansen, J., McEwen, L., Holmes, A., & Jones, O. (2017). Sustainable flood memory: Remembering as resilience. Memory Studies, 10(4), 384-405. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750698016667453

© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. This article proposes the concept of sustainable flood memory as a critical and agentic form of social and cultural remembering of learning to live with floods. Drawing upon research findings that use the 2007 floods in... Read More about Sustainable flood memory: Remembering as resilience.

Sustainable flood memories, lay knowledges and the development of community resilience to future flood risk (2016)
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McEwen, L., Garde-Hansen, J., Holmes, A., Jones, O., & Krause, F. (2017). Sustainable flood memories, lay knowledges and the development of community resilience to future flood risk. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 42(1), 14-28. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12149

The information, practices and views in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). © 2016 The Authors. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers publishe... Read More about Sustainable flood memories, lay knowledges and the development of community resilience to future flood risk.

Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating (SHD) of snow-avalanche impact ramparts in southern Norway: Approaches, results and implications for landform age, dynamics and development (2015)
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Mcewen, L. J., Matthews, J. A., McEwen, L., & Owen, G. (2015). Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating (SHD) of snow-avalanche impact ramparts in southern Norway: Approaches, results and implications for landform age, dynamics and development. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 40(13), 1705-1718. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3746

© 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating (SHD) was applied to the problem of dating the diachronous surfaces of five distal river-bank boulder ramparts deposited by snow avalanches plunging into the Jostedøla and Sprongdøla... Read More about Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating (SHD) of snow-avalanche impact ramparts in southern Norway: Approaches, results and implications for landform age, dynamics and development.

Using role-play for expert science communication with professional stakeholders in flood risk management (2014)
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McEwen, L., Stokes, A., Crowley, K., & Roberts, C. (2014). Using role-play for expert science communication with professional stakeholders in flood risk management. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 38(2), 277-300. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2014.911827

This paper explores role-play pedagogies in learning and communicating about cutting-edge flood science by flood risk management professionals in local government. It outlines role-play process/structure and evaluates participant perceptions of their... Read More about Using role-play for expert science communication with professional stakeholders in flood risk management.

'A glorious time?' Some reflections on flooding in the somerset levels (2014)
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Mcewen, L., Jones, O., & Robertson, I. (2014). 'A glorious time?' Some reflections on flooding in the somerset levels. Geographical Journal, 180(4), 326-337. https://doi.org/10.1111/geoj.12125

© 2014 Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). Severe floods on the Somerset Levels in winter 2014, and a series of other recent extreme floods across the UK, pose questions about the research needed to unravel the com... Read More about 'A glorious time?' Some reflections on flooding in the somerset levels.

Methods of Knowledge Exchange and Learning Focused on Local Authorities' Experiences of Flood Science Communication (2013)
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Stokes, A., Roberts, C., Crowley, K., & McEwen, L. (2015). Methods of Knowledge Exchange and Learning Focused on Local Authorities' Experiences of Flood Science Communication. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 5(2), 114-138. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2013.855835

© 2013 Taylor & Francis. Devastating floods in 2007 across western England resulted in legislative changes which have placed increased responsibility on local government for managing and mitigating local flood risk. For these changes to be effectiv... Read More about Methods of Knowledge Exchange and Learning Focused on Local Authorities' Experiences of Flood Science Communication.

Sensitivity, persistence and resolution of the geomorphological record of valley-floor floods in an alpine glacier-fed catchment, Leirdalen, Jotunheimen, southern Norway (2013)
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McEwen, L. J., & Matthews, J. A. (2013). Sensitivity, persistence and resolution of the geomorphological record of valley-floor floods in an alpine glacier-fed catchment, Leirdalen, Jotunheimen, southern Norway. Holocene, 23(7), 974-989. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683612475144

Coarse-grained flood deposits, including 52 discrete berms, bars, terraces, splays and sheets, were investigated along a 6.6 km stretch of the Leira river, in a catchment containing several alpine glaciers. These landforms were mapped, characterized... Read More about Sensitivity, persistence and resolution of the geomorphological record of valley-floor floods in an alpine glacier-fed catchment, Leirdalen, Jotunheimen, southern Norway.

Building local/lay flood knowledges into community flood resilience planning after the July 2007 floods, Gloucestershire, UK (2012)
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McEwen, L., & Jones, O. (2012). Building local/lay flood knowledges into community flood resilience planning after the July 2007 floods, Gloucestershire, UK. Hydrology Research, 43(5), 675-688. https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2012.022

A UK Cabinet Office review after the 2007 floods highlighted different types of knowledge needed for effective flood risk management, along with knowledge gaps. This paper explores key, emerging aspects of this expanded knowledge base, namely relatio... Read More about Building local/lay flood knowledges into community flood resilience planning after the July 2007 floods, Gloucestershire, UK.

Late Holocene development of a Norwegian alpine alluvial fan affected by proximal glacier variations, episodic distal undercutting, and colluvial activity (2011)
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Owen, G., McEwen, L. J., Matthews, J. A., & Hiemstra, J. F. (2011). Late Holocene development of a Norwegian alpine alluvial fan affected by proximal glacier variations, episodic distal undercutting, and colluvial activity. Geomorphology, 127(3-4), 198-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.12.016

The late-Holocene, especially post-Little Ice Age, evolution of Nystølen alluvial fan, Langedalen, Jostedalsbreen region, southern Norway, is investigated using a combination of evidence from surface morphology, recent aerial photography, lichenometr... Read More about Late Holocene development of a Norwegian alpine alluvial fan affected by proximal glacier variations, episodic distal undercutting, and colluvial activity.

Approaches to community flood science engagement: The River Severn catchment, UK as case-study (2011)
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McEwen, L. (2011). Approaches to community flood science engagement: The River Severn catchment, UK as case-study. International Journal of Science and Society, 2(4), 159-180

Flood education forms a key element in preparedness strategies to increase flood risk awareness, and empower floodplain communities to act to manage personal risk. Flood science is variably part of education programmes, and yet has potential to incre... Read More about Approaches to community flood science engagement: The River Severn catchment, UK as case-study.

‘Shock and Awe’ or ‘Reflection and Change’: Stakeholder perceptions of transformative learning in higher education (2011)
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McEwen, L., Strachan, G., & Lynch, K. (2011). ‘Shock and Awe’ or ‘Reflection and Change’: Stakeholder perceptions of transformative learning in higher education

This paper explores theories of transformative learning in the context of research-informed practice in the domains of education for sustainable development (ESD), internationalisation and citizenship. The research process draws on structured discuss... Read More about ‘Shock and Awe’ or ‘Reflection and Change’: Stakeholder perceptions of transformative learning in higher education.

Landslide-glacier interaction in a neoparaglacial setting at tverrbytnede, jotunheimen, Southern Norway (2010)
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Owen, G., Hiemstra, J. F., Matthews, J. A., & Mcewen, L. J. (2010). Landslide-glacier interaction in a neoparaglacial setting at tverrbytnede, jotunheimen, Southern Norway. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 92(4), 421-436. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0459.2010.00405.x

A tongue-like, boulder-dominated deposit in Tverrbytnede, upper Visdalen, Jotunheimen, southern Norway, is interpreted as the product of a rock avalanche (landslide) due to its angular to subangular boulders, surface morphology with longitudinal ridg... Read More about Landslide-glacier interaction in a neoparaglacial setting at tverrbytnede, jotunheimen, Southern Norway.