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Improving road transport-related air quality in England through joint working between Environmental Health Officers and Transport Planners (2011)
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In this paper the necessity for effective joint working arrangements between Environmental Health Officers and Transport Planners is demonstrated as a fundamental prerequisite for successful management of traffic-related air quality in English local... Read More about Improving road transport-related air quality in England through joint working between Environmental Health Officers and Transport Planners.

Hatching neonates of Sibon annulatus (Günther, 1872) in a Manicaria swamp forest, Costa Rica (2011)
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From brigade to service: An examination of the role of fire and rescue services in modern local government (2011)
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Over the last ten years, local government modernisation and the growth of community safety agendas have called for change in the public sector at a local level. This has been typified by partnership work, improvement and inspection and community gove... Read More about From brigade to service: An examination of the role of fire and rescue services in modern local government.

Practices and motivations of travellers making rail-cycle trips (2011)
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Currently only 2% of British rail passengers choose to cycle to the station, in contrast to 40% in the Netherlands, but the combination of cycling with rail use presents a potentially attractive alternative to car use with carbon reduction and health... Read More about Practices and motivations of travellers making rail-cycle trips.

Revitalising the political: Development control and Agonism in Planning Practice (2011)
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This article argues for a new way of valuing development control planning practices in a democratic society: as agonistic political engagement. Using Chantal Mouffe's conception of the political, it counters claims that collaborative and consensus se... Read More about Revitalising the political: Development control and Agonism in Planning Practice.

A socialist path to sustainability (2011)
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In its 2006 Sustainability Index Report, the World Wildlife Fund determined that there is only one nation in the world that is currently living sustainably - and that nation is Cuba. This assessment was based on Cuba’s high levels of social developme... Read More about A socialist path to sustainability.

Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) populations and human influences on habitat on the River Chambal, India (2011)
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The gharial, Gavialis gangeticus (Gmelin 1789), a piscivorous reptile of Asian river systems, is increasingly threatened by diverse human pressures. Three survey expeditions were launched to monitor gharial populations, notable wildlife, and the acti... Read More about Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) populations and human influences on habitat on the River Chambal, India.

Modelling the dynamics of bus use in a changing travel environment using panel data (2011)
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Panel data offers the potential to represent the influence on travel choices of changing circumstances, past history and persistent individual differences (unobserved heterogeneity). A four-wave panel survey collected data on the travel choices of re... Read More about Modelling the dynamics of bus use in a changing travel environment using panel data.

The effect of social interactions on travel behaviour: An exploratory study using a laboratory experiment (2011)
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This study demonstrates the use of a laboratory experiment for investigating the effects of social interaction on the dynamics of travellers' choice behaviour. A small-scale exploratory experiment is carried out. Analyses are conducted using statisti... Read More about The effect of social interactions on travel behaviour: An exploratory study using a laboratory experiment.

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.

Substituting 'H2 for C' and reducing global inequalities in health (2011)
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Life expectancy and health differ greatly between emerging and developed countries and within countries. Global dependence on fossil fuels contributes to health inequalities through air pollution, the geopolitics of scarce resources and probable clim... Read More about Substituting 'H2 for C' and reducing global inequalities in health.

Review of ‘Timmermans, H. (2009) Pedestrian Behaviour: Models, data collection and applications. Emerald Group publishing: Bingley. ISBN 9781848557505’ (2011)
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Place narratives and heritage management: The modernist legacy in Manchester (2011)
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The built heritage of most cities is heterogeneous, hybrid and multiple. However, certain heritage objects and meanings are invariably privileged over others in place-making strategies. In this paper we are interested in the production of local herit... Read More about Place narratives and heritage management: The modernist legacy in Manchester.

Understanding the influence of slope on the threshold of coarse grain motion: Revisiting critical stream power (2011)
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This paper investigates the slope-dependent variation in critical mean bed shear stress for coarse grain motion, and evaluates stream power per unit bed area as an alternative threshold parameter. Explanations for observed slope dependency and existi... Read More about Understanding the influence of slope on the threshold of coarse grain motion: Revisiting critical stream power.

Environmental justice in Cuba (2011)
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'Environmental justice' refers to the human right to a healthy and safe environment, a fair share of natural resources, access to environmental information and participation in environmental decision-making. Some analysts have argued that environment... Read More about Environmental justice in Cuba.

Systems thinking in innovation project management: A match that works (2011)
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This paper discusses why conventional project management practices lead to the failure of publicly funded innovation deployment projects, and investigates how the use of systems thinking in project management can help projects be more successful. Bas... Read More about Systems thinking in innovation project management: A match that works.

Older people’s attitudes to road charging: are they distinctive and what are the implications for policy? (2011)
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In an ageing society older people have a growing influence on politics in general, and potentially on the acceptability of road charging in particular. They face specific types of risk of transport-related social exclusion which may influence their v... Read More about Older people’s attitudes to road charging: are they distinctive and what are the implications for policy?.

Older people's attitudes to road charging: Are they distinctive and what are the implications for policy? (2011)
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In an ageing society older people have a growing influence on politics in general, and potentially on the acceptability of road charging in particular. They face specific types of risk of transport-related social exclusion which may influence their v... Read More about Older people's attitudes to road charging: Are they distinctive and what are the implications for policy?.

Grounded: Impacts of and insights from the volcanic ash cloud disruption (2011)
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This paper presents the preliminary findings of a survey of over 500 people whose travel was affected. Stranded passengers used various support networks and means of contact. While travel providers were most likely to be able to help, they were less... Read More about Grounded: Impacts of and insights from the volcanic ash cloud disruption.

Evaluating the perceived effectiveness of video podcasts as a learning resource for geography (2011)
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This paper examines undergraduate student perceptions of the learning utility of video podcasts, with particular reference to their understanding of exotic ecosystems. The podcasts were made accessible to students through a virtual learning environme... Read More about Evaluating the perceived effectiveness of video podcasts as a learning resource for geography.