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'True geography [ ] quickly forgotten, giving away to an adult-imagined universe'. Approaching the otherness of childhood (2008)
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Jones, O. (2008). 'True geography [ ] quickly forgotten, giving away to an adult-imagined universe'. Approaching the otherness of childhood. Children's Geographies, 6(2), 195-212. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733280801963193

In this paper I seek to explore the idea of the otherness of childhood. I suggest that there are considerable differences between the becomings of children and the becomings of adults. In the face of these a number of questions need to be asked about... Read More about 'True geography [ ] quickly forgotten, giving away to an adult-imagined universe'. Approaching the otherness of childhood.

Environmental citizenship and public attitudes to hydrogen energy technologies (2008)
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Flynn, R., Bellaby, P., & Ricci, M. (2008). Environmental citizenship and public attitudes to hydrogen energy technologies. Environmental Politics, 17(5), 766-783. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644010802421539

Some of the principal arguments in the debate about environmental citizenship are examined with reference to the development of hydrogen energy systems. In particular, qualitative evidence is drawn from a study of public attitudes towards hydrogen en... Read More about Environmental citizenship and public attitudes to hydrogen energy technologies.

The effects of variability in bank material properties on riverbank stability: Goodwin Creek, Mississippi (2008)
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Thorne, C. R., Parker, C., & Simon, A. (2008). The effects of variability in bank material properties on riverbank stability: Goodwin Creek, Mississippi. Geomorphology, 101(4), 533-543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.02.007

Bank retreat is an important area of research within fluvial geomorphology and is a land management problem of global significance. The Yazoo River Basin in Mississippi is one example of a system which is experiencing excessive erosion and bank insta... Read More about The effects of variability in bank material properties on riverbank stability: Goodwin Creek, Mississippi.

European urban policies and the neighbourhood: an overview (2008)
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Atkinson, R. (2008). European urban policies and the neighbourhood: an overview. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 161(3), 115-122. https://doi.org/10.1680/udap.2008.161.3.115

The paper examines the policies to address urban policies in several European countries with reference to contemporary European discourses on urban change. In particular it focuses on the role of the neighbourhood within these policies seeking to rev... Read More about European urban policies and the neighbourhood: an overview.

Birmingham: Whose urban renaissance? Regeneration as a response to economic restructuring (2008)
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Barber, A., & Hall, S. (2008). Birmingham: Whose urban renaissance? Regeneration as a response to economic restructuring. Policy Studies, 29(3), 281-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442870802159871

This paper draws together two traditionally distinct discourses that have dominated debates over urban policy responses to economic restructuring, deindustrialisation, major plant closures and the rise of the service and knowledge-based economy over... Read More about Birmingham: Whose urban renaissance? Regeneration as a response to economic restructuring.

Enhanced assumed strain (EAS) and assumed natural strain (ANS) methods for one-point quadrature solid-shell elements (2008)
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Valente, R. A., de Sousa, R. J., Choudhry, S., Mahardika, M., Cardoso, R. P., Yoon, J. W., …Valente, R. (2008). Enhanced assumed strain (EAS) and assumed natural strain (ANS) methods for one-point quadrature solid-shell elements. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 75(2), 156-187. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.2250

A reduced enhanced solid-shell (RESS) finite element concept has been suggested recently by Alves de Sousa et al. (Int. J. Numer Meth. Engng 2005; 62:952; Int. J. Numer Meth. Engng 2006; 67:160; Int. J. Plasticity 2007; 23:490). Developments on the '... Read More about Enhanced assumed strain (EAS) and assumed natural strain (ANS) methods for one-point quadrature solid-shell elements.

Using lithium nitrate and pozzolanic glass powder in concrete as ASR suppressors (2008)
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Taha, B., & Nounu, G. (2008). Using lithium nitrate and pozzolanic glass powder in concrete as ASR suppressors. Cement and Concrete Composites, 30(6), 497-505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2007.08.010

This investigation studies the influence of two different mineral admixtures, lithium nitrate (Li) and pozzolanic glass powder (PGP) on the expansion induced by alkali-silica reaction (ASR). Four numbers of concrete prisms were produced for each conc... Read More about Using lithium nitrate and pozzolanic glass powder in concrete as ASR suppressors.

Devensian Late-glacial environmental change in the Gordano Valley, North Somerset, England: A rare archive for southwest Britain (2008)
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Case, D. J., Hill, T. C., Spencer, C., Woodland, W., Marriott, S., & Catt, J. A. (2008). Devensian Late-glacial environmental change in the Gordano Valley, North Somerset, England: A rare archive for southwest Britain. Journal of Paleolimnology, 40(1), 431-444. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-007-9171-5

The Late-glacial and Holocene environmental history of the Gordano Valley, North Somerset, UK has been reconstructed using pollen, sediment particle size and mineralogical analyses and radiocarbon dating. A Devensian sediment ridge across the valley... Read More about Devensian Late-glacial environmental change in the Gordano Valley, North Somerset, England: A rare archive for southwest Britain.

Growth in mobile air-conditioning: A socio-technical research agenda (2008)
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Parkhurst, G., & Parnaby, R. (2008). Growth in mobile air-conditioning: A socio-technical research agenda. Building Research and Information, 36(4), 351-362. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613210802076500

The recent growth in European use of mobile air-conditioning (MAC) in transport is examined with reference to the experience of the longer-established trend in the buildings sector and to experience in the US. Air-conditioning is identified as signif... Read More about Growth in mobile air-conditioning: A socio-technical research agenda.

"We're not NIMBYs!" Contrasting local protest groups with idealised conceptions of sustainable communities (2008)
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O'Hare, P., & Mcclymont, K. (2008). "We're not NIMBYs!" Contrasting local protest groups with idealised conceptions of sustainable communities. Local Environment, 13(4), 321-335. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549830701803273

The term "NIMBY" is used prolifically in both academic literature and general public discourse to describe a locally based action group protesting against a proposed development. It is frequently used to dismiss groups as selfish or ill-informed, as... Read More about "We're not NIMBYs!" Contrasting local protest groups with idealised conceptions of sustainable communities.

Properties of concrete contains mixed colour waste recycled glass as sand and cement replacement (2008)
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Taha, B., & Nounu, G. (2008). Properties of concrete contains mixed colour waste recycled glass as sand and cement replacement. Construction and Building Materials, 22(5), 713-720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2007.01.019

Mixed colour waste recycled glass is waste material that cannot be reused in glass industry. Concrete can be considered as an outlet for the surplus quantities of the mixed colour waste recycled glass. This research work studies the feasibility of re... Read More about Properties of concrete contains mixed colour waste recycled glass as sand and cement replacement.

The rise and fall of donor funding for advocacy NGOs: Understanding the impact (2008)
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Terry, A. (2008). The rise and fall of donor funding for advocacy NGOs: Understanding the impact. Development in Practice, 18(2), 223-234. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614520801899044

This article undertakes a critical re-evaluation of a DFID-funded project in South Africa which ran between 1998 and 2001. The evaluation sought to test whether the development of community-led indicators would improve governance. Since the project e... Read More about The rise and fall of donor funding for advocacy NGOs: Understanding the impact.

A human perspective on the daily commute: Costs, benefits and trade-offs (2008)
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Lyons, G., & Chatterjee, K. (2008). A human perspective on the daily commute: Costs, benefits and trade-offs. Transport Reviews, 28(2), 181-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441640701559484

The average worker in Britain spends 139 h/year commuting - the equivalent of 19 standard working days. While the average distance and time taken for journeys to work has been steadily increasing, the average number of journeys has been decreasing at... Read More about A human perspective on the daily commute: Costs, benefits and trade-offs.

Understanding Business Travel Time and Its Place in the Working Day (2008)
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Holley, D., Jain, J., & Lyons, G. (2008). Understanding Business Travel Time and Its Place in the Working Day. Time and Society, 17(1), 27-46. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X07086308

This article argues that there is a need to understand business travel time in the context of the wider organization of work time. It considers why travel time use is potentially changing with the use of mobile technologies by the increasing number o... Read More about Understanding Business Travel Time and Its Place in the Working Day.