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Information and empowerment: The keys to achieving sustainable tourism (2006)
Journal Article
Cole, S. (2006). Information and empowerment: The keys to achieving sustainable tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 14(6), 629-644. https://doi.org/10.2167/jost607.0

Sustainable tourism is a sub-branch of sustainable development that was put on the world agenda with the publication of the Bruntland report. The report focused on environmental issues and the natural environment has remained a central theme. Socio-c... Read More about Information and empowerment: The keys to achieving sustainable tourism.

Private home, public cultural asset: The maintenance behaviour of listed building owner-occupiers (2006)
Journal Article
Hills, S., & Worthing, D. (2006). Private home, public cultural asset: The maintenance behaviour of listed building owner-occupiers. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 21(2), 203-213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-006-9043-8

This article examines the maintenance behaviour of listed building owner-occupiers. In particular it evaluates the degree to which owners are aware of and undertake maintenance of their building from a conservation perspective, which emphasises maxim... Read More about Private home, public cultural asset: The maintenance behaviour of listed building owner-occupiers.

Regional innovation systems and the labour market: A comparison of five regions (2006)
Journal Article
De Laurentis, C. (2006). Regional innovation systems and the labour market: A comparison of five regions. European Planning Studies, 14(8), 1059-1084. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654310600852373

This paper reviews the concept of Regional Innovation Systems with particular attention on the labour market dimension. It argues that the labour force as a repository of skills and knowledge plays a key role in generating knowledge flows within Regi... Read More about Regional innovation systems and the labour market: A comparison of five regions.

Maternal cultural participation and child health status in a Middle Eastern context: evidence from an urban health study (2006)
Journal Article
Khawaja, M., Barazi, R. A., & Linos, N. (2007). Maternal cultural participation and child health status in a Middle Eastern context: evidence from an urban health study. Child: Care, Health and Development, 33(2), 117-125. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00660.x

Background: The negative effect of poverty on child health has been well established. However, rapid urbanization in developing countries prompts new research questions relating to socio-cultural practices and other related variables in these setting... Read More about Maternal cultural participation and child health status in a Middle Eastern context: evidence from an urban health study.

Use of multi-proxy flood records to improve estimates of flood risk: Lower River Tay, Scotland (2006)
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Werritty, A., Paine, J. L., Macdonald, N., Rowan, J. S., & McEwen, L. J. (2006). Use of multi-proxy flood records to improve estimates of flood risk: Lower River Tay, Scotland. CATENA, 66(1-2), 107-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2005.07.012

Proxy flood records from sediment stacks in floodplain palaeochannels provide an opportunity to extend short instrumental records and thus improve current estimates of flood risk. The 'Bloody Inches' (a meander cutoff on the lower River Tay, Scotland... Read More about Use of multi-proxy flood records to improve estimates of flood risk: Lower River Tay, Scotland.

Planning for an unpredictable future: Transport in Great Britain in 2030 (2006)
Journal Article
Chatterjee, K., & Gordon, A. (2006). Planning for an unpredictable future: Transport in Great Britain in 2030. Transport Policy, 13(3), 254-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2005.11.003

This paper describes a research study, which explores alternative future scenarios for Great Britain in the year 2030 and the implications these have for travel demand and transport provision. Five alternative future scenarios are represented in the... Read More about Planning for an unpredictable future: Transport in Great Britain in 2030.

Regional collaborative urban air quality management: Case studies across Great Britain (2006)
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Woodfield, N. K., Longhurst, J., Beattie, C. I., Chatterton, T., & Laxen, D. P. (2006). Regional collaborative urban air quality management: Case studies across Great Britain. Environmental Modelling and Software, 21(4), 595-599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2004.05.010

Almost a third of local authorities across Great Britain have declared air quality management areas (AQMAs), which are the focus of concerted actions to reduce unacceptably high concentrations of prescribed air pollutants by a date specified in regul... Read More about Regional collaborative urban air quality management: Case studies across Great Britain.

Assessment of the relationship between industrial and traffic sources contributing to air quality objective exceedences: A theoretical modelling exercise (2006)
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Irwin, J. G., Fisher, B. E., Leksmono, N. S., Chatterton, T. J., Longhurst, J., & Ling, K. (2006). Assessment of the relationship between industrial and traffic sources contributing to air quality objective exceedences: A theoretical modelling exercise. Environmental Modelling and Software, 21(4), 494-500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2004.07.012

In the UK, local government is under a statutory duty to undertake scientific review and assessment of air quality and designate Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) in locations with identified air quality problems. This paper investigates, from a t... Read More about Assessment of the relationship between industrial and traffic sources contributing to air quality objective exceedences: A theoretical modelling exercise.

Characterisation and quantification of the sources of PM10 during air pollution episodes in the UK (2006)
Journal Article
Muir, D., Longhurst, J., & Tubb, A. (2006). Characterisation and quantification of the sources of PM10 during air pollution episodes in the UK. Science of the Total Environment, 358(1-3), 188-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.04.019

Data for concentrations of PM10 and gaseous pollutants from sites in the UK Automatic Urban and Rural Network have been examined during periods of elevated concentrations of PM10. The ratios of concentrations of PM10 to those of the other pollutants... Read More about Characterisation and quantification of the sources of PM10 during air pollution episodes in the UK.

Historical and pooled flood frequency analysis for the River Tay at Perth, Scotland (2006)
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Macdonald, N., Werritty, A., Black, A. R., & McEwen, L. J. (2006). Historical and pooled flood frequency analysis for the River Tay at Perth, Scotland. Area, 38(1), 34-46. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4762.2006.00673.x

Improved estimates of UK flood risk during a period of increased climatic variability place challenges on existing methods that rely on short instrumental records. This paper examines the value of using historical data (both documentary and epigraphi... Read More about Historical and pooled flood frequency analysis for the River Tay at Perth, Scotland.

Flood seasonality and generating conditions in the Tay catchment, Scotland from 1200 to present (2006)
Journal Article
McEwen, L. J. (2006). Flood seasonality and generating conditions in the Tay catchment, Scotland from 1200 to present. Area, 38(1), 47-64. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4762.2006.00659.x

The new maximum recorded river flows in Scotland since 1988 have triggered widespread interest in whether floods are becoming more frequent and in the conditions that generate floods of different magnitudes and frequencies. There are questions about... Read More about Flood seasonality and generating conditions in the Tay catchment, Scotland from 1200 to present.

Co-learning: Re-linking research and teaching in geography (2006)
Journal Article
Le Heron, R., Baker, R., & McEwen, L. (2006). Co-learning: Re-linking research and teaching in geography. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 30(1), 77-87. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098260500499659

What might geography in 'the universities' look like if geographers seriously confronted the growing dichotomy between research and teaching? This challenge goes to the heart of 'the university' as a site of learning. The authors argue that the globa... Read More about Co-learning: Re-linking research and teaching in geography.

Testing the applicability of the SASS5 scoring procedure for assessing wetland health: A case study in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, South Africa (2006)
Journal Article
Quinn, N., Bowd, R., Kotze, D. C., & Morris, C. D. (2006). Testing the applicability of the SASS5 scoring procedure for assessing wetland health: A case study in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 31(2), 229-246. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085910609503893

A study was undertaken between 29th January and 17th February 2004 to test the applicability of the South African Scoring System Version 5 (SASS5) scoring and calculation procedure in nutrient-enriched palustrine wetlands in the midlands of KwaZulu-N... Read More about Testing the applicability of the SASS5 scoring procedure for assessing wetland health: A case study in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, South Africa.

Assessing how organizations approach the maintenance management of listed buildings (2006)
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Dann, N., Hills, S., & Worthing, D. (2006). Assessing how organizations approach the maintenance management of listed buildings. Construction Management and Economics, 24(1), 97-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190500249510

Preventative maintenance has been identified as a key intervention in protecting built cultural heritage. How organizations approach the maintenance management of listed buildings in their care is explored using a framework which integrates best prac... Read More about Assessing how organizations approach the maintenance management of listed buildings.

Examining the experiences of sight-impaired travellers: The next station stop? (2006)
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Jones, T., & Jain, J. (2006). Examining the experiences of sight-impaired travellers: The next station stop?. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 24(3), 141-144. https://doi.org/10.1177/0264619606066198

In acknowledging and reflecting upon the infrastructure barriers faced by blind and partially sighted travellers at UK train stations, this article focuses on the unique interplay between infrastructure and experience, and how the opportunities and l... Read More about Examining the experiences of sight-impaired travellers: The next station stop?.

Towards the development of a macroinvertebrate sampling technique for palustrine wetlands in South Africa: A pilot investigation in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands (2006)
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Quinn, N., Bowd, R., Kotze, D. C., & Morris, C. D. (2006). Towards the development of a macroinvertebrate sampling technique for palustrine wetlands in South Africa: A pilot investigation in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 31(1), 15-23. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085910609503867

A study was undertaken in November 2003 to derive a suitable sampling technique for collecting a representative sample of aquatic macroinvertebrates from a selected emergent vegetation biotope in a palustrine wetland, Melmoth Vlei, KwaZulu-Natal, Sou... Read More about Towards the development of a macroinvertebrate sampling technique for palustrine wetlands in South Africa: A pilot investigation in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands.