All Outputs (108)

Cycling and behaviour change: Using games to improve the experience for families (2012)
Report

Digital games and media are being harnessed for educational purposes, with some now being used to promote sustainable behaviour. Such approaches exploit current trends in technology use and the popularity of digital gaming to encourage new activities... Read More about Cycling and behaviour change: Using games to improve the experience for families.

Exploring a city's potential low carbon futures using Delphi methods: Some preliminary findings (2012)
Journal Article

This paper describes a Delphi methodology to generate a number of broadly consensual low carbon scenarios for 2050. This approach to 'creating' the future, rather than predicting, is useful when dealing with profound and uncertain change over a long... Read More about Exploring a city's potential low carbon futures using Delphi methods: Some preliminary findings.

Territorial attractiveness in EU urban and spatial policy: A critical review and future research agenda (2012)
Journal Article

The paper introduces the concept of territorial assets and discusses their role for regional development. Focusing on European societies and taking into account different strands of the literature on place and territorial capital, we argue that the e... Read More about Territorial attractiveness in EU urban and spatial policy: A critical review and future research agenda.

Dynamic penetration of a sphere in clay (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Towards an integrated modelling framework for sustainable urban development (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

An integrated assessment of utility and industrial sectors contributing to sustainable urban environment development is a complex task. The UK-based 'ReVISIONS' project (Regional Visions of Integrated Sustainable Infrastructure Optimised for Neighbou... Read More about Towards an integrated modelling framework for sustainable urban development.

Gonatodes albogularis (Yellow-headed dwarf gecko). Predation (2012)
Journal Article

Rapidly diffusing innovation: Whether the history of the Internet points the way for hydrogen energy (2012)
Journal Article

This paper identifies conditions for the rapid diffusion of what may be part of the solution for global sustainable energy - hydrogen - by drawing a comparison with the contemporary history of the Internet. The Cold War drove the take-off of the Inte... Read More about Rapidly diffusing innovation: Whether the history of the Internet points the way for hydrogen energy.

Cycle Mapping in the UK and the ‘London Cycle Map’ (2012)
Report

This scoping report explores issues around cycle mapping and the use of maps by cyclists, potential cyclists and organisations seeking to promote cycling, including particularly, local authorities. It also seeks to evaluate the experience of an indi... Read More about Cycle Mapping in the UK and the ‘London Cycle Map’.

Assessment of policies and legislation that affect management of Wetlands in Nigeria (2012)
Journal Article

The beneficial ecosystem services provided by wetlands in Nigeria are continuously subjected to considerable stress that has consequences for human wellbeing. An understanding of the policies and legislation governing wetland can help enhance their m... Read More about Assessment of policies and legislation that affect management of Wetlands in Nigeria.

Projecting and hindcasting potential evaporation for the UK between 1950 and 2099 (2012)
Journal Article

Evaporation estimation is important for the assessment of a wide range of potential impacts of climate change, yet there are significant questions concerning the relevance of alternative methods for climate change studies, and the uncertainty associa... Read More about Projecting and hindcasting potential evaporation for the UK between 1950 and 2099.

Integrating podcast technology effectively into student learning: A reflexive examination (2012)
Journal Article

This paper examines undergraduate student perceptions of the learning utility of video podcasts. The perceived and actual effectiveness of the technology was assessed by written questionnaire, focus groups and assessment results. The podcasts were pe... Read More about Integrating podcast technology effectively into student learning: A reflexive examination.

Examining a typology of fire service-related anti-social behaviour (2012)
Journal Article

The Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) in England and Wales increasingly works alongside the police and other partners to promote safer communities-a key part of which involves tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB). Although definitions of ASB differ and a... Read More about Examining a typology of fire service-related anti-social behaviour.

Evaluation of the cycling city and towns programme: Qualitative research with residents (2012)
Report

Between 2008 and 2011, the Department for Transport , Cycling England and the Department of Health invested over £43m (plus local match funding) to create the twelve Cycling City and Towns (CCTs): Greater Bristol, Blackpool, Cambridge, Chester, Colch... Read More about Evaluation of the cycling city and towns programme: Qualitative research with residents.

Sunderland (2012)
Journal Article

Sunderland, lying on the north east coast of England, is the largest city in the north east of England. Having historically suffered from its proximity to the Tyneside conurbation centred around Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sunderland has a long and illustri... Read More about Sunderland.

Alternatives to private car use by mobile NHS professionals (2012)
Report

From 2009, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust (AWP) introduced a pioneering scheme (Golow) offering electric bicycles and pool cars to employees based in Bristol. One team (the ‘Zero Petrol Team’) now travels almost entirely by electric bike. T... Read More about Alternatives to private car use by mobile NHS professionals.

Equifinality in project management exploring causal complexity in projects (2012)
Journal Article

Surveys reveal that the majority of innovation projects do not achieve their goals and waste resources. Notorious examples are the National Health Service's National Programme for IT project and many multibillion European Union funded projects. Aca... Read More about Equifinality in project management exploring causal complexity in projects.

An exploration of the importance of social influence in the decisions to start bicycling in England. Travel behaviour research: Current foundations, future prospects (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Public attitudes to human rights (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A presentation of our research on UK public attitudes to human rights.

Engaging employers as partners in work-based learning assessment: Proposal for a quality enhancement framework (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper seeks to advance research and practice related to the role of employers in all stages of the assessment process of workbased learning (WBL) within a tripartite relationship of higher education institution (HEI), student and employer. It pr... Read More about Engaging employers as partners in work-based learning assessment: Proposal for a quality enhancement framework.

Flood histories, flood memories and informal flood knowledge in the development of community resilience to future flood risk (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This research emphasises the importance of informal/local/lay flood knowledges, flood memories and shared flood histories/heritage in developing community resilience to flooding. How do these knowledges relate to communities’ capacities to prepare fo... Read More about Flood histories, flood memories and informal flood knowledge in the development of community resilience to future flood risk.