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Water management, urban development and health (2015)
Book Chapter
Lamond, J. (2015). Water management, urban development and health. In H. Barton, S. Thompson, . M. Grant, & S. Burgess (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being, (293-313). Routledge

Delivering healthy places: The role of the private sector (2015)
Book Chapter
de Havilland, J., & Burgess, S. (2015). Delivering healthy places: The role of the private sector. In H. Barton, S. Thompson, S. Burgess, & M. Grant (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being: Shaping a Sustainable and Healthy Future (333-342). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge

The chapter provides a critique of how the private sector can contribute to healthy sustainable communities.

Active travel: Its fall and rise (2015)
Book Chapter
Davis, A., & Parkin, J. (2015). Active travel: Its fall and rise. In H. Barton, S. Thompson, S. Burgess, & M. Grant (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being (108-120). Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge

Transport, by definition, involves movement; and different methods of movement require different levels of physical activity on the part of the traveller. The intensity of activity may also vary, for example depending on the speed of cycling. A usefu... Read More about Active travel: Its fall and rise.

Schizotypy: A creative advantage? (2015)
Book Chapter
Holt, N. J. (2015). Schizotypy: A creative advantage?. In O. Mason, & G. Claridge (Eds.), Schizotypy: New Dimensions (197-214). Oxford: Routledge

Considering different types of creativity and different traits of schizotypy, this chapter reviews the evidence for a link between the two. It is argued that there are multiple connections between schizotypy and creativity, some direct and some indir... Read More about Schizotypy: A creative advantage?.

Freiburg: Green capital of Europe (2015)
Book Chapter
Grant, M., & Barton, H. (2015). Freiburg: Green capital of Europe. In H. Barton, S. Thompson, S. Burgess, & M. Grant (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being: Shaping a Sustainable and Healthy Future (540-551). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge

The spatial configuration of Freiburg is examined with respect to how land use and transport policies have been developed that have achieved a good quality of life across the life-course, whilst also minimising global footprint. A systemic analys... Read More about Freiburg: Green capital of Europe.

Retrofitting suburbia for health: Scenarios for neighbourhood planning (2015)
Book Chapter
Barton, H., & Grant, M. (2015). Retrofitting suburbia for health: Scenarios for neighbourhood planning. In H. Barton, S. Thompson, S. Burgess, & M. Grant (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being: Shaping a Sustainable and Healthy Future (225-238). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge

Barton and Grant, discuss neighbourhood design in depth. The concept and importance of the ‘neighbourhood’ as a setting for health is presented. Spatial patterning of urban growth fits into a number of archetypes, dictated by either market forces or... Read More about Retrofitting suburbia for health: Scenarios for neighbourhood planning.

The right to be impaired and the legacy of eugenics: A critical reading of the UN convention on ‘disability’ rights (2015)
Book Chapter
van den Anker, C. (2015). The right to be impaired and the legacy of eugenics: A critical reading of the UN convention on ‘disability’ rights. In D. E. Meacham (Ed.), Medicine and Society, New Continental Perspectives. Dordrecht: Springer

This chapter traces the ongoing effects of eugenics on discourses of ‘disability’, analysing in particular the 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. I use the sociological methodology of grounded theory-building based on live... Read More about The right to be impaired and the legacy of eugenics: A critical reading of the UN convention on ‘disability’ rights.

Of (auto-)immune life: Derrida, Esposito, Agamben (2015)
Book Chapter
Lewis, M. (2015). Of (auto-)immune life: Derrida, Esposito, Agamben. In D. E. Meacham (Ed.), Medicine and Society, New Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. New York: Springer

Chapter: https://www.academia.edu/3776661/Of_Auto-_Immune_Life_Derrida_Esposito_Agamben_draft_of_a_text_to_be_published_in_a_volume_entitled_Medicine_and_Society_edited_by_D._Meacham_

Using e-assessment to promote engagement in engineering mathematics (2015)
Book Chapter
Henderson, K., Gwynllyw, R., Hooper, A. P., & Palipana, A. (2015). Using e-assessment to promote engagement in engineering mathematics. In M. A. Hersh, & M. Kotecha (Eds.), Conference Proceedings - IMA International Conference on Barriers and Enablers to Learning Maths: Enhancing Learning and Teaching for All Learners. IMA

The number of engineering students at the University of the West of England has increased substantially over the last few years and this has in part led to challenges in the delivery and monitoring of students taking the Engineering Mathematics modul... Read More about Using e-assessment to promote engagement in engineering mathematics.

Should we teach students to theorize? Classical Greek philosophy and the learning journey (2015)
Book Chapter
Gaggiotti, H., & Simpson, P. (2015). Should we teach students to theorize? Classical Greek philosophy and the learning journey. In C. Mabey, & W. Mayrhofer (Eds.), Developing Leadership. Questions Business Schools Don’t Ask. London: Sage

In this chapter we reflect on theorizing using Plato’s allegory of the Cave as a mythical representation of the journey to see the eidos, the Forms or Ideas, which Plato considered the most fundamental reality. The philosopher-as-theoros was not taug... Read More about Should we teach students to theorize? Classical Greek philosophy and the learning journey.

Entre état et marche: Une brève histoire de la régénération urbaine en Angleterre (Between state and market : A brief history of urban regeneration in England) (2015)
Book Chapter
Hall, S. (2015). Entre état et marche: Une brève histoire de la régénération urbaine en Angleterre (Between state and market : A brief history of urban regeneration in England). In T. Kirszbaum (Ed.), En finir avec les banlieues? Le désenchantement de la politique de la ville (117-129). Paris: Les Editions de l’aube

Generating solidarity around human rights, equality and social justice (2015)
Book Chapter
Cemlyn, C., & Bell, K. (2015). Generating solidarity around human rights, equality and social justice. In E. Equality and Diversity Forum (Ed.), Beyond 2015 - Shaping the Future of Equality, Human Rights and Social Justice (42-52). London: Equality and Diversity Forum

Although human rights, equality and social justice are closely aligned, the relationship between them is rarely analysed or articulated. This paper considers this relationship and argues that strengthening their connections and generating solidarity... Read More about Generating solidarity around human rights, equality and social justice.

Machine Seeing (2015)
Book Chapter
Schuman, A. (2015). Machine Seeing. In C. Traub, & A. Bell (Eds.), Visions Anew: The Lens and Screen Arts. (1). University of California: University of California Press

On the origins of illness and the hiddenness of health: A Hermeneutic approach to the history of a problem (2015)
Book Chapter
Keane, N. (2015). On the origins of illness and the hiddenness of health: A Hermeneutic approach to the history of a problem. In D. Meacham (Ed.), Medicine and Society, New Perspectives in Continental Philosophy (57-72). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9870-9_4

If health is definable as a dynamic equilibrium, then there needs to be some criterion for its re-establishment or restoration. For centuries this criterion has been identified as nature, a criterion which is not altogether unproblematic. It must be... Read More about On the origins of illness and the hiddenness of health: A Hermeneutic approach to the history of a problem.

Selfies and Selfie Sticks (2015)
Book Chapter
Stiegler, C. (2015). Selfies and Selfie Sticks. In C. Stiegler, P. Breitenbach, & T. Zorbach (Eds.), New Media Culture (67-82). Bielefeld: Transcript

Digital Media Theories (2015)
Book Chapter
Stiegler, C. (2015). Digital Media Theories. In C. Stiegler, P. Breitenbach, & T. Zorbach (Eds.), New Media Culture (11-28). Bielefeld: Transcript

Mediated Realities (2015)
Book Chapter
Stiegler, C. (2015). Mediated Realities. In C. Stiegler, P. Breitenbach, & T. Zorbach (Eds.), New Media Culture (181-194). Bielefeld: Transcript

Bourdieu and the application of habitus across the social sciences (2015)
Book Chapter
Costa, C., & Murphy, M. (2015). Bourdieu and the application of habitus across the social sciences. In M. Murphy, & C. Costa (Eds.), Bourdieu, Habitus and Social Research: The Art of Application (3-20). Palgrave Macmillan

This collection brings together for the first time a set of researchers whose research methodologies centre on Bourdieu's concept of habitus. Full of insight and innovation, the book is an essential read for anyone wanting to know more about approach... Read More about Bourdieu and the application of habitus across the social sciences.

Money supply (2015)
Book Chapter
Michell, J., & Stockhammer, E. (2015). Money supply. In L. Rochon (Ed.), The Encyclopedia Of Central Banking (368-369). Edward Elgar