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Mediating consultation: insights from private sector consultants involved in air quality consultations (2012)
Journal Article
Weitkamp, E., & Longhurst, J. (2012). Mediating consultation: insights from private sector consultants involved in air quality consultations. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 55(1), 113-125. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2011.583064

Environmental consultants act as intermediaries between clients (public and private sector) and stakeholders (both statutory and non-statutory), presenting information and arguments on behalf of clients to stakeholders and gathering stakeholders' vie... Read More about Mediating consultation: insights from private sector consultants involved in air quality consultations.

Applying behavioural theories to studying the influence of climate change on young people's future travel intentions (2012)
Journal Article
Line, T., Chatterjee, K., & Lyons, G. (2012). Applying behavioural theories to studying the influence of climate change on young people's future travel intentions. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 17(3), 270-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2011.12.004

Transport policy in the UK is seeking to promote the development of low carbon transport technology and to encourage people to choose to use low carbon travel options. This paper draws on existing behavioural theories to study young people's travel b... Read More about Applying behavioural theories to studying the influence of climate change on young people's future travel intentions.

An extreme analysis for the 2010 precipitation event at the south of Saskatchewan prairie (2012)
Journal Article
Chun, K. P., & Wheater, H. S. (2012). An extreme analysis for the 2010 precipitation event at the south of Saskatchewan prairie. Global NEST Journal, 14(3), 311-324. https://doi.org/10.30955/gnj.000890

After a prolonged drought period in the early 2000s, the Canadian prairie experienced a remarkably wet year in 2010. Five stations near the edge of the Saskatchewan boreal forest recorded historically high cumulative precipitation (from April to Sept... Read More about An extreme analysis for the 2010 precipitation event at the south of Saskatchewan prairie.

La actividad trashumante, generadora de lugar y paisaje: una aplicacion geografica del habitar (2012)
Journal Article
paisaje: una aplicacion geografica del habitar. Cuadernos Geográficos, 50(1), 9-35

Transhumant herding practices offer an opportunity to explore certain conceptualisations of dwelling, a notion linked to Heidegger and more recently taken up by various academic currents as a core notion for geographical reflection. A hasty vision of... Read More about La actividad trashumante, generadora de lugar y paisaje: una aplicacion geografica del habitar.

The identification of potential resilient estuary-based enterprises to encourage economic empowerment in South Africa: A toolkit approach (2012)
Journal Article
Bowd, R., Quinn, N. W., Kotze, D. C., Hay, D. G., & Mander, M. (2012). The identification of potential resilient estuary-based enterprises to encourage economic empowerment in South Africa: A toolkit approach. Ecology and Society, 17(3), 15. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04840-170315

It has been argued that ecosystem services can be used as the foundation to provide economic opportunities to empower the disadvantaged. The Ecosystem Services Framework (ESF) approach for poverty alleviation, which balances resource conservation and... Read More about The identification of potential resilient estuary-based enterprises to encourage economic empowerment in South Africa: A toolkit approach.

Flood Risk in Asia's Urban Mega-deltas: Drivers, Impacts and Response (2012)
Journal Article
Chan, F. K. S., Mitchell, G., Adekola, O., & Mcdonald, A. (2012). Flood Risk in Asia's Urban Mega-deltas: Drivers, Impacts and Response. Environment and Urbanization ASIA, 3(1), 41-61. https://doi.org/10.1177/097542531200300103

Asia's urbanized mega-deltas are experiencing increased incidences of flooding. Flood risk is increasing due to urban growth, which makes people more vulnerable and threatens economic assets, and due to factors that increase flood hazard, including r... Read More about Flood Risk in Asia's Urban Mega-deltas: Drivers, Impacts and Response.

Conceptual model to explain turning points in travel behavior: Application to bicycle use (2012)
Journal Article
Chatterjee, K., Sherwin, H., Jain, J., Christensen, J., & Marsh, S. (2012). Conceptual model to explain turning points in travel behavior: Application to bicycle use. Transportation Research Record, 2322(2012/1), 82-90. https://doi.org/10.3141/2322-09

Existing knowledge on cycling behavior, as with travel behavior in general, is based mainly on cross-sectional studies. It is questionable how much can be learned about the reasons for behavioral change from such studies. A major investment program t... Read More about Conceptual model to explain turning points in travel behavior: Application to bicycle use.