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Can the capitalist state deliver environmental justice? (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bell, K. (2014, July). Can the capitalist state deliver environmental justice?. Paper presented at Social Policy Association National Conference, University of Sheffield, England

This paper disussed the contradictions between capitalism and achieving environmental justice.

A Study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010 (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Chatterton, T., Hayes, E. T., Barnes, J., Longhurst, J., Laxen, D., Irwin, J., …Zamparutti, T. (2014, July). A Study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010. Presented at Air Pollution 2014: 22nd International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution, Opatija, Croatia

Can digital presence reconfigure experiences of absence? (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Jain, J., & Clayton, W. (2014, July). Can digital presence reconfigure experiences of absence?. Presented at 5th New Zealand Mobilities Symposium: Future Mobilities and Resilience, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand

Family Rituals 2.0 is a project based on the premise that work-related travel is unlikely to disappear in the foreseeable future. Many work roles – from truck drivers to CEOs – involve periods of absence, and often being away overnight. Travel which... Read More about Can digital presence reconfigure experiences of absence?.

Poverty in the UK: Advancing paradata analysis and open access (2014)
Report
Edwards, R., Phoenix, A., Elliot, H., Gordon, D., Fahmy, E., & Bell, K. (2014). Poverty in the UK: Advancing paradata analysis and open access

This project aimed to provide open access to data from Peter Townsend’s 1967-68 Poverty in the UK (PinUK) landmark UK survey, and to enhance the capacity to use it, through innovative analysis of micro paradata and comparative analysis of macro parad... Read More about Poverty in the UK: Advancing paradata analysis and open access.

Influence of pavement condition on environmental costs (2014)
Journal Article
Pellecuer, L., Assaf, G. J., & St-Jacques, M. (2014). Influence of pavement condition on environmental costs. Journal of Transportation Engineering, 140(10), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28asce%29te.1943-5436.0000721

Pavement conditions significantly influence the generation of nuisances that influence the environment and increase the costs borne by society. This paper presents a new tool designed to monetize and incorporate environmental impacts in decision-maki... Read More about Influence of pavement condition on environmental costs.

Life on a low income in austere times: Precarious budgets (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Pemberton, S., Sutton, E., Fahmy, E., & Bell, K. (2014, June). Life on a low income in austere times: Precarious budgets. Paper presented at 3rd Peter Townsend Memorial Conference, London, England

An analysis of the everyday ways of coping with poverty by those experiencing the impact of service cuts and economic decline.

Energy and social justice (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bell, K. (2014, June). Energy and social justice. Presented at Big Green Week - Energy, Bristol City Council, Bristol. England

A presentation as part of 'Big Green Week' in Bristol discussing energy issues in relation to social justice. The key issue, I propose, is the nationalisation of energy since private energy companies are making vast profits while many poor die in the... Read More about Energy and social justice.

Internationale vergelijking financiering en kostenverhaal bij organische gebiedsontwikkeling (International comparison of funding and cost recovery in organic area development) (2014)
Report
Hobma, F., Askew, J., Mitschang, S., Santing, J., Schwarz, T., Sheppard, A., & Verbist, S. (2014). Internationale vergelijking financiering en kostenverhaal bij organische gebiedsontwikkeling (International comparison of funding and cost recovery in organic area development)

Report commissioned by Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (Netherlands). International comparison of funding and cost recovery - Chapter on England (written by Askew, A and Sheppard, A); planning gain, planning obligations and the Commun... Read More about Internationale vergelijking financiering en kostenverhaal bij organische gebiedsontwikkeling (International comparison of funding and cost recovery in organic area development).

Environmental controls on the spatial and temporal distribution of testate amoebae in two British minerotrophic mires (2014)
Thesis
Geary, A. P. Environmental controls on the spatial and temporal distribution of testate amoebae in two British minerotrophic mires. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/816060

This is the first study in the British Isles detailing the spatial and temporal distribution and controls on testate amoebae within minerotrophic brown-moss dominated mires. The study covers a full annual cycle at two mires, Max Bog in North Somerset... Read More about Environmental controls on the spatial and temporal distribution of testate amoebae in two British minerotrophic mires.

Life cycle environmental benefits of pavement surface maintenance (2014)
Journal Article
Pellecuer, L., Assaf, G. J., & St-Jacques, M. (2014). Life cycle environmental benefits of pavement surface maintenance. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 41(8), 695-702. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2013-0508

To achieve sustainable road networks, long-term environmental costs and benefits should be recognized and incorporated in the decision making process of pavement management units. This paper provides an assessment of life cycle environmental benefits... Read More about Life cycle environmental benefits of pavement surface maintenance.

A study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010 (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Chatterton, T., Hayes, E. T., Barnes, J., Longhurst, J., Laxen, D., Irwin, J., …Zamparutti, T. (2014, June). A study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010. Paper presented at 2014 Annual UK Review Meeting on Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution Research, Solihull

Summary This study reviews ozone concentrations from rural monitoring stations across Europe between 1996 and 2010 across a range of statistics with regard to the various objectives, target values and thresholds established by the 2008 Ambient Air Q... Read More about A study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010.

Placing Poverty in Context: A Case Study (2014)
Journal Article
Gopinath, D., & Nair, M. (2014). Placing Poverty in Context: A Case Study. Poverty and Public Policy, 6(2), 135-156

The “poverty-in-context” approach to understanding poverty is shaped by the needs and priorities of a particular context, and it can be used as the basis for identifying pro-poor projects in local strategies such as City Development Plans. A key argu... Read More about Placing Poverty in Context: A Case Study.

Degrowth for sustainability, equality and poverty reduction: Some lessons from Cuba (2014)
Book Chapter
Bell, K. (2014). Degrowth for sustainability, equality and poverty reduction: Some lessons from Cuba. In T. Fitzpatrick (Ed.), The International Handbook on Social Policy and the Environment (249-273). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar

Increased economic growth has been widely and consistently advocated as a solution to poverty and inequality. Yet many environmentalists are opposed to limitless growth on the grounds that it is ecologically unsustainable. In particular, the ‘degro... Read More about Degrowth for sustainability, equality and poverty reduction: Some lessons from Cuba.

A critical evaluation of local air quality management and its contribution to meeting the EU annual mean nitrogen dioxide limit value (2014)
Thesis
Barnes, J. A critical evaluation of local air quality management and its contribution to meeting the EU annual mean nitrogen dioxide limit value. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/816527

Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) was initially intended to play a supplementary role in assisting the UK government in achieving its European air quality obligations (Directive 2008/50/EC) through the implementation of action plans to reduce publi... Read More about A critical evaluation of local air quality management and its contribution to meeting the EU annual mean nitrogen dioxide limit value.

Micro-enterprises as a tool to alleviate poverty among women headed household: Successful community based initiative (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Nair, M., & Gopinath, D. (2014, May). Micro-enterprises as a tool to alleviate poverty among women headed household: Successful community based initiative. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Sociology and Social Work, Los Angeles, California

Paper read at the 4th International Conference on Sociology and Social Work, May 19-20, 2014, in Los Angeles, CA, USA

Quantitative and qualitative assessment of the South Yorkshire ECO Stars fleet recognition scheme (2014)
Report
Barnes, J., & Bailey, R. (2014). Quantitative and qualitative assessment of the South Yorkshire ECO Stars fleet recognition scheme

In March 2013, the Air Quality Management Resource Centre (AQMRC), UWE, Bristol was commissioned to develop a methodology to enable an ongoing quantitative and qualitative assessment (Q&QA) of the impact of the ECO Stars fleet recognition scheme on v... Read More about Quantitative and qualitative assessment of the South Yorkshire ECO Stars fleet recognition scheme.