All Outputs (71)

'A glorious time?' Some reflections on flooding in the somerset levels (2014)
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© 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.

Using role-play for expert science communication with professional stakeholders in flood risk management (2014)
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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.

Methods of Knowledge Exchange and Learning Focused on Local Authorities' Experiences of Flood Science Communication (2013)
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© 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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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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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.

Dismantling the ivory tower: Engaging geographers in University-Community Partnerships (2011)
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University-community partnerships offer synergistic spaces for communities to address difficulties and universities to meet their missions. Geographers are well positioned to participate in these partnerships, owing to the discipline's integrative na... Read More about Dismantling the ivory tower: Engaging geographers in University-Community Partnerships.

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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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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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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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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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.

Managing leadership in the UK university: A case for researching the missing professoriate? (2010)
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This article offers a critical review of literature dealing with the topic of educational management and academic leadership as applied to the role of the professor or professoriate in the UK. The review identified a range of leadership issues and as... Read More about Managing leadership in the UK university: A case for researching the missing professoriate?.

'The Muckle Spate of 1829': The physical and societal impact of a catastrophic flood on the River Findhorn, Scottish Highlands (2007)
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On 3 August 1829, north-east Scotland recorded one of the most severe catastrophic floods in modern UK history. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder's An account of the great floods of August 1829 in the province of Moray and adjoining districts (1830) provides a... Read More about 'The Muckle Spate of 1829': The physical and societal impact of a catastrophic flood on the River Findhorn, Scottish Highlands.

Use of multi-proxy flood records to improve estimates of flood risk: Lower River Tay, Scotland (2006)
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Proxy flood records from sediment stacks in floodplain palaeochannels provide an opportunity to extend short instrumental records and thus improve current estimates of flood risk. The 'Bloody Inches' (a meander cutoff on the lower River Tay, Scotland... Read More about Use of multi-proxy flood records to improve estimates of flood risk: Lower River Tay, Scotland.

Flood seasonality and generating conditions in the Tay catchment, Scotland from 1200 to present (2006)
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The new maximum recorded river flows in Scotland since 1988 have triggered widespread interest in whether floods are becoming more frequent and in the conditions that generate floods of different magnitudes and frequencies. There are questions about... Read More about Flood seasonality and generating conditions in the Tay catchment, Scotland from 1200 to present.

Historical and pooled flood frequency analysis for the River Tay at Perth, Scotland (2006)
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Improved estimates of UK flood risk during a period of increased climatic variability place challenges on existing methods that rely on short instrumental records. This paper examines the value of using historical data (both documentary and epigraphi... Read More about Historical and pooled flood frequency analysis for the River Tay at Perth, Scotland.

Co-learning: Re-linking research and teaching in geography (2006)
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What might geography in 'the universities' look like if geographers seriously confronted the growing dichotomy between research and teaching? This challenge goes to the heart of 'the university' as a site of learning. The authors argue that the globa... Read More about Co-learning: Re-linking research and teaching in geography.

Holocene gorge excavation linked to boulder fan formation and frost weathering in a norwegian alpine periglaciofluvial system (2002)
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Landform-sediment-process assemblages associated with four gorges and their corresponding downstream boulder fans in the alpine periglaciofluvial system of the Storutla river, Jotunheimen, southern Norway, are described. The potential volume of frost... Read More about Holocene gorge excavation linked to boulder fan formation and frost weathering in a norwegian alpine periglaciofluvial system.

Flood warning, warning response and planning control issues associated with caravan parks: The April 1998 floods on the lower Avon floodplain, Midlands region, UK (2002)
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This paper evaluates the inherent exposure of caravan parks on floodplains to flood risk and the vulnerability of residents in the aftermath of the April 1998 floods in the Midlands, UK. It considers flood warning dissemination and response, flood im... Read More about Flood warning, warning response and planning control issues associated with caravan parks: The April 1998 floods on the lower Avon floodplain, Midlands region, UK.

Alpine debris-flows in Leirdalen, Jotunheimen, Norway, with particular reference to distal fans, intermediate-type deposits, and flow types (1999)
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The landforms and deposits associated with AD 1996 debris-flows at three sites in the low-alpine zone, Jotunheimen, southern Norway, are described and analyzed. Parallel levées, composed of diamicton, occur on the valley-side slopes but distinct fron... Read More about Alpine debris-flows in Leirdalen, Jotunheimen, Norway, with particular reference to distal fans, intermediate-type deposits, and flow types.

Snow-push processes in pronival (protalus) rampart formation: Geomorphological evidence from Smorbotn, Romsdalsalpane, southern Norway (1999)
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It is demonstrated that pronival (protalus) ramparts can be formed by a snow-push mechanism and need not accumulate in the conventional manner as a result of supranival processes. Ridges in pronival positions up to 1.2 m high and of unequivocal snow-... Read More about Snow-push processes in pronival (protalus) rampart formation: Geomorphological evidence from Smorbotn, Romsdalsalpane, southern Norway.