All Outputs (424)

Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) and other adaptations – external review (2018)
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A review of the operation of the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) in England. The aim is to keep people living independently for longer and make the case for more joined-up action across housing, health and social care. It is a practical review that... Read More about Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) and other adaptations – external review.

Section 2: Status and trends. In: Gardner, R.C and Finlayson, C.M. (eds), Global Wetland Outlook: State of the World’s Wetlands and their Services to People. Gland, Switzerland: Ramsar Convention Secretariat (2018)
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Conservation and wise use of wetlands are vital for human livelihoods. The wide range of ecosystem services wetlands provide means that they lie at the heart of sustainable development. Yet policy and decision-makers often underestimate the value of... Read More about Section 2: Status and trends. In: Gardner, R.C and Finlayson, C.M. (eds), Global Wetland Outlook: State of the World’s Wetlands and their Services to People. Gland, Switzerland: Ramsar Convention Secretariat.

Policy brief for law enforcement and policy making agencies in Jamaica May 2018: Organized crime control in Jamaica: A small island country’s dilemma (2018)
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Re-conceptualising organized crime control in Jamaica requires an evidence informed strategy which must be more suited to local conditions and variations than the present structure. Jamaica, like other indebted countries, has reduced tariff revenu... Read More about Policy brief for law enforcement and policy making agencies in Jamaica May 2018: Organized crime control in Jamaica: A small island country’s dilemma.

Qualitative assessment of links between exposure to noise and air pollution and socioeconomic status (2018)
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The scope of the work requested under this specific contract is to provide a report/assessment text that may be directly incorporated into EEA’s 2018 report exploring the linkages between socioeconomic status (SES) in Europe and exposure to air and n... Read More about Qualitative assessment of links between exposure to noise and air pollution and socioeconomic status.

A comparison of data collection methods for spatial analysis (2018)
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This report looks at three methods for capturing the geometry of buildings and their elements to be used in the generation of energy models of those buildings. A heritage building in Salford, UK, is used as a case study, receiving each data collectio... Read More about A comparison of data collection methods for spatial analysis.

Report of the three-day workshop on 'Regeneration of the Banas-Bisalpur Socio-ecological Complex' (2018)
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Executive summary The ‘Regeneration of the Banas-Bisalpur Socio-ecological Complex’ workshop (JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur, December 2017) brought together approximately 70 participants from government, NGOs, academia, village governance insti... Read More about Report of the three-day workshop on 'Regeneration of the Banas-Bisalpur Socio-ecological Complex'.

Regenerative landscapes: Rejuvenation of linked livelihoods and catchment ecosystem services (2018)
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This report explores how landscapes and other natural resources have been used in narrow ways that undermine their integrity and capacity to support humanity, but importantly also learns from examples of 'regenerative landscapes' from across the worl... Read More about Regenerative landscapes: Rejuvenation of linked livelihoods and catchment ecosystem services.

The role of home adaptations in improving later life (2017)
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This report summarises the findings of a systematic review of the best, available scientific evidence on how home adaptations can contribute to improving later life. Living in a suitable home is crucially important to a good later life. The right h... Read More about The role of home adaptations in improving later life.

MOToring along: The lives of cars seen through licensing and test data (2017)
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For the past few years, the authors of this report have applied their expertise in transport studies, mathematical modelling, emissions analytics, statistics and geography to undertake innovative analysis of a dataset consisting of all registered lig... Read More about MOToring along: The lives of cars seen through licensing and test data.

Heating controls: International evidence base and policy experiences (2017)
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This report presents a synthesis in the form of narrative summaries of the international evidence base and policy experiences on heating controls in the domestic sector. The research builds on the former Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)... Read More about Heating controls: International evidence base and policy experiences.

A guide for monitoring the effects of climate change on heritage building materials and elements (2017)
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This report is concerned with advanced tools and methods for monitoring the effects of climate change in buildings. It addresses the expected changes, the effects on the fabric of a heritage building, and the mechanisms of deterioration. This will be... Read More about A guide for monitoring the effects of climate change on heritage building materials and elements.

A review of the evidence assessing impact of social prescribing on healthcare demand and cost implications (2017)
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The bio-psycho-social model of illness encourages healthcare practitioners to think beyond anatomy and physiology to consider how the interplay of mind, body and social circumstances affect health and wellbeing. Medicine has much to offer in treating... Read More about A review of the evidence assessing impact of social prescribing on healthcare demand and cost implications.

Ensuring the confidentiality of statistical outputs from the ADRN (2017)
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This technical report discusses potential risks to confidentiality from publication of statistical results based on confidential data, and what we can do to minimise that risk while still ensuring that useful research gets published.

Annex III - In-depth analysis evaluating the legal, political and institutional framework concerning offshore practices related to tax evasion, money laundering and tax transparency in the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) of the United Kingdom, as defined in Annex II of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and the relations of the United Kingdom with those OCTs (2017)
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This report focuses on the OCTs of the UK; and especially those located within the Caribbean and West Atlantic. Relations between the UK and its so-called Overseas Territories have been shaped by many centuries of history. More contemporary relations... Read More about Annex III - In-depth analysis evaluating the legal, political and institutional framework concerning offshore practices related to tax evasion, money laundering and tax transparency in the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) of the United Kingdom, as defined in Annex II of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and the relations of the United Kingdom with those OCTs.

Global green infrastructure: How is green infrastructure research translated into practice outside the UK? (2017)
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The Centre for Sustainable Planning and Environments at the University of the West of England, Bristol have been commissioned by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to conduct a review of how the evidence base for Green Infrastructure (G... Read More about Global green infrastructure: How is green infrastructure research translated into practice outside the UK?.

Supporting the uptake of low cost resilience: Summary of technical findings (FD2682) (2016)
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This report summarises evidence collected by the Defra research project FD2682 regarding technical aspects of low cost flood repairable approaches designed to limit damage to buildings. It is derived from a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) that is rep... Read More about Supporting the uptake of low cost resilience: Summary of technical findings (FD2682).

We heard you: Analysis of the service users' feedback of the adult substance misuse services in South Gloucestershire (2016)
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A qualitative analysis on service users’ feedback of the adult Substance Misuse Services in South Gloucestershire to understand the service users’ stories behind their recovery journey and to determine their level of engagement with the treatment sys... Read More about We heard you: Analysis of the service users' feedback of the adult substance misuse services in South Gloucestershire.

Valuing the urban trees in Bridgend county borough (2016)
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Urban forests provide a range of services, often termed ecosystem services, that help alleviate problems associated with urbanisation. Trees improve local air quality, capture carbon, reduce flooding and cool urban environments. They provide habitat... Read More about Valuing the urban trees in Bridgend county borough.

Understanding interactions between autonomous vehicles and other road users: A literature review (2016)
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This review draws on literature relating to the interactions of vehicles with other vehicles, interactions between vehicles and infrastructure, and interactions between autonomous vehicles and cyclists and autonomous vehicles and pedestrians. The ava... Read More about Understanding interactions between autonomous vehicles and other road users: A literature review.

What works in encouraging the take up of low carbon products and services in households? (2016)
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A report based on rapid evidence assessment outlining the approaches which have been used to encourage greater uptake of energy efficiency and low carbon products/services amongst householders. Focusing on UK households, the report draws on evidence... Read More about What works in encouraging the take up of low carbon products and services in households?.