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Becoming an effective Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Leader (2017)
Journal Article
West, H., Jenkins, R., & Hill, J. (2017). Becoming an effective Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Leader. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 41(3), 459-465. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2017.1315384

This paper, written by two former Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Leaders and a PAL Tutor, will support any geographer considering a PAL role. It reflects our experiences of participating in a PAL scheme at the University of the West of England, Bristol... Read More about Becoming an effective Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Leader.

Competing epistemologies of community-based groundwater recharge in semi-arid North Rajasthan: Progress and lessons for groundwater dependent areas (2017)
Book Chapter
Staddon, C., & Everard, M. (2017). Competing epistemologies of community-based groundwater recharge in semi-arid North Rajasthan: Progress and lessons for groundwater dependent areas. In R. Baghel, L. Stepan, & J. Hill (Eds.), Water, Knowledge and the Environment in Asia: Epistemologies, Practices and Locales (87-108). Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge

Rapid Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Services (RAWES): An example from Colombo, Sri Lanka (2017)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. J., & Everard, M. (2017). Rapid Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Services (RAWES): An example from Colombo, Sri Lanka. Ecosystem Services, 25, 89-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.03.024

Wetlands make essential positive contributions to multiple dimensions of human wellbeing. However, recognition of these benefits is often lacking in decision-making, compromising the wellbeing of both the ecosystem and is many linked human beneficiar... Read More about Rapid Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Services (RAWES): An example from Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The influence of urban built environments and place perceptions on psychological wellbeing and cognition during walking (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Bornioli, A., Parkhurst, G., & Morgan, P. (2017, April). The influence of urban built environments and place perceptions on psychological wellbeing and cognition during walking. Paper presented at American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts

Scholars have identified several elements related to the physical surroundings that positively contribute to psychological wellbeing during walking. Among these, the benefits of natural elements have received extensive attention in the literature. Ho... Read More about The influence of urban built environments and place perceptions on psychological wellbeing and cognition during walking.

Dynamic pile impedances for fixed-tip piles (2017)
Journal Article
Anoyatis, G., Laora, R. D., & Lemnitzer, A. (2017). Dynamic pile impedances for fixed-tip piles. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 97, 454-467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2017.03.025

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The behavior of a laterally loaded pile with fixed-tip boundary condition (i.e., displacement and rotation, are perfectly restrained) is evaluated using a recently proposed, improved Tajimi-type model. The model performance in bot... Read More about Dynamic pile impedances for fixed-tip piles.

Harnessing energy from highways - Submission to the Wolfson Economics Prize 2017 (2017)
Other
Williams, D. Harnessing energy from highways - Submission to the Wolfson Economics Prize 2017

This paper was awarded A Lightbulb Prize for Innovation in the Wolfson Economics Prize 2017. This essay is designed to provide an alternative way of thinking about our road network and looks at a novel way of generating income through harnessing t... Read More about Harnessing energy from highways - Submission to the Wolfson Economics Prize 2017.

Air pollution: Putting people at the heart of the issues (2017)
Journal Article
Chatterton, T. (2017). Air pollution: Putting people at the heart of the issues. Environmental Scientist, 26(2),

Dr Tim Chatterton considers the theory that the root causes of air pollution are social, not just technological

Alleviating health risks associated with rainwater harvesting (2017)
Journal Article
Ward, S., Butler, D., Daly, B., Deegan, A. M., De Almeida, A. C. M., & Lennox, I. (2017). Alleviating health risks associated with rainwater harvesting. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science, 12(1), 4-15. https://doi.org/10.1680/jenes.16.00025

Perceived and real public health risks associated with the quality of water from alternative water sources and supply systems, such as rainwater harvesting (RWH) and grey water reuse, continue to restrict their uptake in many countries. One option to... Read More about Alleviating health risks associated with rainwater harvesting.

Financial feasibility of end-user designed rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse systems for high water use households (2017)
Journal Article
Oviedo-Ocaña, E. R., Dominguez, I., Ward, S., Rivera-Sanchez, M. L., & Zaraza-Peña, J. M. (2018). Financial feasibility of end-user designed rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse systems for high water use households. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25(20), 19200-19216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-8710-5

© 2017, The Author(s). Water availability pressures, competing end-uses and sewers at capacity are all drivers for change in urban water management. Rainwater harvesting (RWH) and greywater reuse (GWR) systems constitute alternatives to reduce drinki... Read More about Financial feasibility of end-user designed rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse systems for high water use households.

Ecosystem Services: Key Issues (2017)
Book
Everard, M. (2017). Ecosystem Services: Key Issues. London: Routledge

This is an academic volume produced on invitation from Earthscan/Routledge as a summation of the evolution and current status of the science, policy and practice of ecosystem services. It is broad in scope, covering underpinning science, history, ec... Read More about Ecosystem Services: Key Issues.

Comprehensive Bayesian structural identification using temperature variation (2017)
Journal Article
Jesus, A., Brommer, P., Zhu, Y., & Laory, I. (2017). Comprehensive Bayesian structural identification using temperature variation. Engineering Structures, 141, 75-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2017.01.060

A modular Bayesian method is applied for structural identification of a reduced-scale aluminium bridge model subject to thermal loading. The deformation and temperature variations of the structure were measured using strain gauges and thermocouples.... Read More about Comprehensive Bayesian structural identification using temperature variation.

Ecosystem service enhancement for the alleviation of wildlife-human conflicts in the Aravalli Hills, Rajasthan, India (2017)
Journal Article
Everard, M., Khandal, D., & Sahu, Y. K. (2017). Ecosystem service enhancement for the alleviation of wildlife-human conflicts in the Aravalli Hills, Rajasthan, India. Ecosystem Services, 24, 213-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.03.005

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Conflict between people and ecosystem capacity is a global problem, and achievement of wildlife-human co-existence a strategic global need. Apex predators suffer disproportionately, including conflicts with human activities. Reco... Read More about Ecosystem service enhancement for the alleviation of wildlife-human conflicts in the Aravalli Hills, Rajasthan, India.

Public engagement: Building energy futures (2017)
Journal Article
Chatterton, T. (2017). Public engagement: Building energy futures. Nature Energy, 2(4), 17030. https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2017.30

It is important to include the public in the processes by which decisions on societal trajectories are made. A study shows that interactive scenario-building tools can engage people in the holistic complexities of energy transitions, but these tools... Read More about Public engagement: Building energy futures.

Corrugated bamboo as reinforcement in concrete (2017)
Journal Article
Khatib, A., & Nounu, G. (2017). Corrugated bamboo as reinforcement in concrete. Proceedings of the ICE - Structures and Buildings, 170(4), 311-318. https://doi.org/10.1680/jstbu.16.00067

© 2017, Thomas Telford Services Ltd. All rights reserved. This study investigated improving bamboo-concrete bond by increasing mechanical interlock. Pull-out tests were used to measure the bond between bamboo and concrete. Corrugated and non-corrugat... Read More about Corrugated bamboo as reinforcement in concrete.

Deathscapes and diversity: Making space for minorities' and migrants' bodily remains, ritual and remembrance practice (2017)
Presentation / Conference
McClymont, K., Maddrell, A., & Beebeejaun, Y. (2017, March). Deathscapes and diversity: Making space for minorities' and migrants' bodily remains, ritual and remembrance practice. Paper presented at Transmortality International: Materiality and Spatiality of Death, Burial and Commemoration - See more at: https://transmortality.uni.lu/Conference-2017#sthash.9QeHuxDo.dpuf, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Issues around migration, and the desires and requirements of migrants are especially topical in contemporary UK and European contexts, however there is limited academic or policy consideration of this in relation to death, dying, burial and mourning... Read More about Deathscapes and diversity: Making space for minorities' and migrants' bodily remains, ritual and remembrance practice.

Characterizing and evaluating rival discourses of the ‘sustainable city’: Towards a politics of pragmatic adversarialism (2017)
Journal Article
Griggs, S., Hall, S., Howarth, D., & Seigenuret, N. (2017). Characterizing and evaluating rival discourses of the ‘sustainable city’: Towards a politics of pragmatic adversarialism. Political Geography, 59, 36-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2017.02.007

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd For many, shifting economic and social contexts have created the conditions for a radical reappraisal of the orthodox image of the ‘sustainable city'. However, in assessing such potentialities, there is insufficient knowledge abou... Read More about Characterizing and evaluating rival discourses of the ‘sustainable city’: Towards a politics of pragmatic adversarialism.

Small and Medium-Sized Towns in Europe: Conceptual, Methodological and Policy Issues (2017)
Journal Article
Atkinson, R., Servillo, L., & Hamdouch, A. (2017). Small and Medium-Sized Towns in Europe: Conceptual, Methodological and Policy Issues. Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 108(4), 365-379. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12252

© 2017 Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG Despite that small and medium-sized towns (SMSTs) have been, and continue to be, a central part of the history of Europe, these places have largely been neglected by urban research. The ESPON TOWN project,... Read More about Small and Medium-Sized Towns in Europe: Conceptual, Methodological and Policy Issues.

Policies for small and medium-sized towns: European, national and local approaches (2017)
Journal Article
Atkinson, R. (2017). Policies for small and medium-sized towns: European, national and local approaches. Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 108(4), 472-487. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12253

© 2017 Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG This paper addresses the ‘policy dimension’ of the TOWN project drawing on the implications of the case studies for policy(ies) for small and medium-sized towns (SMSTs) across Europe. It first considers ap... Read More about Policies for small and medium-sized towns: European, national and local approaches.

Reciprocal elucidation: a student-led pedagogy in multidisciplinary undergraduate research conferences (2017)
Journal Article
Kneale, P. E., Walkington, H., Hill, J., & Kneale, P. (2017). Reciprocal elucidation: a student-led pedagogy in multidisciplinary undergraduate research conferences. Higher Education Research and Development, 36(2), 416-429. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2016.1208155

© 2016 HERDSA. There is no previous study of the benefits of attending a national multidisciplinary conference dedicated to undergraduate researchers, despite the growing number of such conferences internationally. This paper addresses the gap in kno... Read More about Reciprocal elucidation: a student-led pedagogy in multidisciplinary undergraduate research conferences.

The benefit of a tough skin: Bullet holes, weathering and the preservation of heritage (2017)
Journal Article
Mol, L., Gomez-Heras, M., Brassey, C., Green, O., & Blenkinsop, T. (2017). The benefit of a tough skin: Bullet holes, weathering and the preservation of heritage. Royal Society Open Science, 4(2), Article 160335. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160335

© 2017 The Authors. Projectile damage to building stone is a widespread phenomenon. Sites damaged 100 years ago during the First World War still see daily use, while in a more contemporary setting numerous reports show the damage to buildings in Baby... Read More about The benefit of a tough skin: Bullet holes, weathering and the preservation of heritage.