All Outputs (88)

Distinguishing the effects of internal and forced atmospheric variability in climate networks (2014)
Journal Article

The fact that the climate on the earth is a highly complex dynamical system is well-known. In the last few decades great deal of effort has been focused on understanding how climate phenomena in one geographical region affects the climate of other re... Read More about Distinguishing the effects of internal and forced atmospheric variability in climate networks.

Inclusive urban leadership: New ways of strengthening place-based power (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper is about concepts – place, power, leadership, inclusion and public innovation. These topics are not always centre-stage in discussions of grassroots activism. It will be suggested that they deserve to be given more attention by those wis... Read More about Inclusive urban leadership: New ways of strengthening place-based power.

Public health profession (2014)
Book Chapter

Utopian talk-show line-up at Santralistanbul, Istanbul (2014)
Exhibition / Performance

Utopian talk-show line-up is conceived as a hybrid talk-show/game-show exploring the notion of Utopia. A line-up table is transformed by a graphic framework, a page from a book(1) rescaled and now occupied by readers and objects, staging the table as... Read More about Utopian talk-show line-up at Santralistanbul, Istanbul.

Minimising unsustainable yield: Ten failing European fisheries (2014)
Journal Article

Ten European fish stocks recognised by the European Union as "outside safe biological limits" are considered in light of widespread reforms to fisheries legislation in 2013, particularly the legal responsibility to exploit these resources sustainably... Read More about Minimising unsustainable yield: Ten failing European fisheries.

Global gendered toilet provision (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Water Resources for the Built Environment: Management Issues and Solutions (2014)
Book

This book comprises three parts and eight sections, which are collated into twenty–nine chapters. The first part of the book (Sections 2, 3 and 4) addresses management issues and solutions to minimise water shortages and provide water security for so... Read More about Water Resources for the Built Environment: Management Issues and Solutions.

Place-based leadership: A new agenda for spatial planning and local governance (2014)
Journal Article

Study an example of bold and imaginative planning and you will encounter leadership – probably inspirational leadership. Planning professionals understand this well enough. In contrast, planning theorists have paid very little attention to the impo... Read More about Place-based leadership: A new agenda for spatial planning and local governance.

The robustness of flood insurance regimes given changing risk resulting from climate change (2014)
Journal Article

The changing risk of flooding associated with climate change presents different challenges for the different flood insurance market models in use around the world, which vary in respect of consumer structure and their risk transfer mechanism. A revie... Read More about The robustness of flood insurance regimes given changing risk resulting from climate change.

The Costs of Flooding on Households (2014)
Book Chapter

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. All rights reserved. Costs associated with flooding can be categorised as tangible and intangible. The categorisation of the costs of flooding depends on factors, such as the ease of monetising the impact, when the im... Read More about The Costs of Flooding on Households.

Balancing Flood Risk and Water Scarcity of the Asian Delta Regions (2014)
Book Chapter

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. All rights reserved. While it is noted that the effect of a changing climate will exacerbate the extreme weather conditions affecting the prevalence of floods and water scarcity, many countries are already facing a cy... Read More about Balancing Flood Risk and Water Scarcity of the Asian Delta Regions.

The Role of Market-Based Flood Insurance in Maintaining Communities at Risk of Flooding: A SWOT Analysis (2014)
Book Chapter

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. All rights reserved. Flood insurance can be seen as an alternative to massively increased investment in harder flood risk management measures, as it has the potential to mitigate the effects of flooding and maintain c... Read More about The Role of Market-Based Flood Insurance in Maintaining Communities at Risk of Flooding: A SWOT Analysis.

Materiality of the Visual: Reimagi(ni)ng the City (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The 19th century, was a period of rapid developments in the field of optics with the invention of a series of optical devices that imitated or expanded the capabilities of the eye. The increasing mobility of the world due to the mechanization imposed... Read More about Materiality of the Visual: Reimagi(ni)ng the City.

Development of a comprehensive systematic quantification of the costs and benefits (CB) of property level flood risk adaptation measures in England (2014)
Thesis

Studies in the UK and elsewhere have identified that flooding comes with diverse impacts, ranging from significant financial costs (tangible) to social (intangible) impacts on households. However, it is not feasible for government spending on structu... Read More about Development of a comprehensive systematic quantification of the costs and benefits (CB) of property level flood risk adaptation measures in England.

Location of the new logistics center in Poland (2014)
Journal Article

Logistics centers are one of the most important elements of the logistics system. This paper presents the location of a new logistics center location in Poland. The aim of this paper is to suggest a location of the object which is to be multi-modal l... Read More about Location of the new logistics center in Poland.

Utopian talk-show line-up at Moderna Museet Malmo (2014)
Exhibition / Performance

Utopian talk-show line-up is conceived as a hybrid talk-show/game-show exploring the notion of Utopia. A line-up table is transformed by a graphic framework, a page from a book(1) rescaled and now occupied by readers and objects, staging the table as... Read More about Utopian talk-show line-up at Moderna Museet Malmo.

Value premium in international REITs (2014)
Journal Article

We find evidence of a value premium of 10.3 per cent per annum for international developed REITs over the period Q2-1993-Q2-2013. REITs with a high book value of equity compared to their market value of equity (in case of REITs book value of equity i... Read More about Value premium in international REITs.

Small businesses and flood impacts: The case of the 2009 flood event in Cockermouth (2014)
Journal Article

Flooding can have a devastating impact on businesses, especially on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who may be unprepared and vulnerable to the range of both direct and indirect impacts. SMEs may tend to focus on the direct tangible impact... Read More about Small businesses and flood impacts: The case of the 2009 flood event in Cockermouth.

Book Review: Women's Health and the World's Cities (2014)
Journal Article

The health and safety impact of construction project features (2014)
Journal Article

Purpose - Despite the established significance of underlying accident causes to health and safety (H&S), and the persistent reporting of the underlying accident causal influence of construction project features (CPFs) which emanate from pre-const... Read More about The health and safety impact of construction project features.