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Governing Future Emergencies: Lived Relations to Risk in the UK Fire and Rescue Service (2018)
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O'Grady, N. (2018). Governing Future Emergencies: Lived Relations to Risk in the UK Fire and Rescue Service. London: Palgrave Macmillan

The 21st century has born witness to myriad changes in the way the world is secured from the many emergencies that continually threaten to disrupt it. This book concentrates on two such changes. First, it takes stock of the ever-increasing developmen... Read More about Governing Future Emergencies: Lived Relations to Risk in the UK Fire and Rescue Service.

Ecosystem Services: Key Issues (2017)
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Everard, M. (2017). Ecosystem Services: Key Issues. London: Routledge

This is an academic volume produced on invitation from Earthscan/Routledge as a summation of the evolution and current status of the science, policy and practice of ecosystem services. It is broad in scope, covering underpinning science, history, ec... Read More about Ecosystem Services: Key Issues.

The Essential Guide to Planning Law: Decision-Making and Practice in the UK also viewed (2017)
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Sheppard, A., Peel, D., Ritchie, H., & Berry, S. (2017). The Essential Guide to Planning Law: Decision-Making and Practice in the UK also viewed. Bristol: Policy Press

This comprehensive yet concise textbook provides a focused, subject specific guide to planning practice and law. Giving students essential background and contextual information to planning's statutory basis, the information is supported by practical... Read More about The Essential Guide to Planning Law: Decision-Making and Practice in the UK also viewed.

Working with paradata, marginalia and fieldnotes: The centrality of by-products of social research (2017)
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Edwards, R., Phoenix, A., O'Connor, H., Goodwin, J., Fahmy, E., & Bell, K. (2017). A. Phoenix, H. O'Connor, J. Goodwin, & R. Edwards (Eds.), Working with paradata, marginalia and fieldnotes: The centrality of by-products of social research. Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784715250

© Rosalind Edwards, John Goodwin, Henrietta O'Connor and Ann Phoenix 2017. All rights reserved. This book asks the important question; Can the by-products of research activity be treated as data and of research interest in themselves? This groundbrea... Read More about Working with paradata, marginalia and fieldnotes: The centrality of by-products of social research.

The City is a Thinking Machine: Patrick Geddes and Cities in Evolution: Volume 4: The Talks (2016)
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Holm, L., Gopinath, D., Jarron, M., & McEwan, C. (2016). The City is a Thinking Machine: Patrick Geddes and Cities in Evolution: Volume 4: The Talks. Dundee: University of Dundee

Volume 4 The Talks - documents the program of public lectures that contextualised the exhibition. The contributors were chosen because each – in different ways – has been an activist for change in the social and material environments of the city. Ged... Read More about The City is a Thinking Machine: Patrick Geddes and Cities in Evolution: Volume 4: The Talks.

The City is a Thinking Machine: Patrick Geddes and Cities in Evolution: Volume 3: The Geddes Institute (2016)
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Holm, L., Gopinath, D., Jarron, M., & McEwan, C. (2016). The City is a Thinking Machine: Patrick Geddes and Cities in Evolution: Volume 3: The Geddes Institute. University of Dundee

Volume 3 The Geddes Institute - reproduces the panels by the 8 affiliates of the Geddes Institute whose projects were included in the exhibition, plus the introductory panels that accompanied each project.

Know Your Freshwater Fishes (2016)
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Everard, M. (2016). Know Your Freshwater Fishes. Sheffield, England: Old Pond Publishing

This pocket-sized book provides information about the 54 native, invasive and naturalised species found today in the fresh waters of the British Isles. These fresh waters range from torrential hill streams to powerful rivers and wide, meandering low... Read More about Know Your Freshwater Fishes.

Air Pollution XXIV (2016)
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Longhurst, J., Brebbia, C., & Barnes, J. (2016). J. Barnes, C. Brebbia, & J. Longhurst (Eds.), Air Pollution XXIV. Southampton and Boston: WIT Press

In these proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution, international academics and air pollution practitioners contribute to the evolving understanding of the science and policy contexts of... Read More about Air Pollution XXIV.

The Ecology of Everyday Things (2015)
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Everard, M. (2015). The Ecology of Everyday Things. Kent, UK: Cultured Llama

This book explores in a reader-friendly the ecology of a range of 'everyday things' that we take largely for granted. Chapters range from a cup of tea to a cotton tee-shirt, a newspaper and even space travel, also touching on the ecological roots of... Read More about The Ecology of Everyday Things.

Urban Transport Without the Hot Air, Volume 1: Sustainable Solutions for UK cities (2015)
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Melia, S. (2015). Urban Transport Without the Hot Air, Volume 1: Sustainable Solutions for UK cities. Cambridge: UIT Cambridge

Everyone is a transport user, and most of us live in towns or cities, but how much of what we take for granted about transport is true? This book begins with ten questions, revealing some of the myths that have influenced politicians and transport pl... Read More about Urban Transport Without the Hot Air, Volume 1: Sustainable Solutions for UK cities.

River Habitats for Coarse Fish: How Fish Use Rivers and How We Can Help Them (2015)
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Everard, M. (2015). M. Everard (Ed.), River Habitats for Coarse Fish: How Fish Use Rivers and How We Can Help Them. UK: Old Pond Publishing

This book: • Everard, M. (2015). River Habitats for Coarse Fish: How Fish Use Rivers and How We Can Help Them. Old Pond Publishing. is in three parts: 1. How Britain’s diverse coarse fish species use river habitats throughout their life cycles... Read More about River Habitats for Coarse Fish: How Fish Use Rivers and How We Can Help Them.

Sacred Mobilities: Journeys of Belief and Belonging (2015)
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Maddrell, A., Terry, A., & Gale, T. (2015). A. Maddrell, A. Terry, & T. Gale (Eds.), Sacred Mobilities: Journeys of Belief and Belonging. Farnham: Routledge

A collection of papers that draws upon the Mobilities Approach to look afresh at notions of sacred where they intersect with people, objects and other things on the move. Considerations of a wide range of spiritual meanings and practices also sheds l... Read More about Sacred Mobilities: Journeys of Belief and Belonging.

Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage: Journeying to the Sacred (2014)
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Maddrell, A., della Dora, V., Scafi, A., & Walton, H. (2014). Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage: Journeying to the Sacred. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

This volume provides a theoretically and empirically-grounded study of the significance of landscape in the experience of Christian pilgrimage across different denominations and its intersection with cultural heritage and tourism. The book focuses on... Read More about Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage: Journeying to the Sacred.

Alternative water supply systems (2014)
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Memon, F., & Ward, S. (2014). Alternative water supply systems. London: IWA Publishing

Owing to climate change related uncertainties and anticipated population growth, different parts of the developing and the developed world (particularly urban areas) are experiencing water shortages or flooding and security of fit-for-purpose supplie... Read More about Alternative water supply systems.

Achieving Environmental Justice: A Cross National Analysis (2014)
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Bell, K. (2014). Achieving Environmental Justice: A Cross National Analysis. Bristol, UK: Policy Press

This book addresses the topic of environmental justice, conceptualised as the aspiration for a healthy environment for all social groups, as well as fair and inclusive processes of environmental decision making. The work connects the global and the... Read More about Achieving Environmental Justice: A Cross National Analysis.

Geographies of tourism: European research perspectives (2013)
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Wilson, J. (2013). J. Wilson, & S. Anton Clavé (Eds.), Geographies of tourism: European research perspectives. Bingley: Emerald Insight

Geographies of Tourism: European Research Perspectives maps out the past and present of the tourism geography (geographies of tourism) field in different European contexts by moving beyond the most visible English-language contributions in the Anglo-... Read More about Geographies of tourism: European research perspectives.