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Barriers to a better Bristol: Diagnosing city strategic challenges using systems, co-production and interdisciplinary approaches (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Prestwood, E., Calvert, T., Clayton, W., Longhurst, J., Manchester, H., Parkhurst, G., …Townsend, I. (2017, June). Barriers to a better Bristol: Diagnosing city strategic challenges using systems, co-production and interdisciplinary approaches. Paper presented at 9th International Conference on Sustainable Development and Planning, Bristol, England

As European Green Capital 2015 and one of the Rockefeller 100 Resilient Cities, Bristol can legitimately claim to be on the “frontline” of urban sustainability, continually challenging itself to transform into a place where citizens and organisations... Read More about Barriers to a better Bristol: Diagnosing city strategic challenges using systems, co-production and interdisciplinary approaches.

Achieving 100% pass rate and NSS feedback for a module: How we did it (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2017, June). Achieving 100% pass rate and NSS feedback for a module: How we did it. Paper presented at UWE Teaching & Learning Conference, UWE, Bristol

Assessment exercises a major influence on student learning and achievement (Boud 2007). Yet QAA reviews and pedagogic literature identify assessment practices as one of the weakest features of Higher Education (Rust et al. 2005). In terms of the stud... Read More about Achieving 100% pass rate and NSS feedback for a module: How we did it.

"Follow the money": Untangling the complexity of urban regeneration in the UK (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Williams, D. (2017, April). "Follow the money": Untangling the complexity of urban regeneration in the UK. Presented at Valuing and financing the Infrastructure of Cities, Regions and Nations, Leeds, UK

In 2015 I completed my PhD exploring the delivery of sustainable transport initiatives by local authorities. My research was designed to explore whether social practice theory, particularly Shove et al.’s (2012) 3-Elements model could be used to prov... Read More about "Follow the money": Untangling the complexity of urban regeneration in the UK.

The influence of urban built environments and place perceptions on psychological wellbeing and cognition during walking (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Bornioli, A., Parkhurst, G., & Morgan, P. (2017, April). The influence of urban built environments and place perceptions on psychological wellbeing and cognition during walking. Paper presented at American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts

Scholars have identified several elements related to the physical surroundings that positively contribute to psychological wellbeing during walking. Among these, the benefits of natural elements have received extensive attention in the literature. Ho... Read More about The influence of urban built environments and place perceptions on psychological wellbeing and cognition during walking.

Deathscapes and diversity: Making space for minorities' and migrants' bodily remains, ritual and remembrance practice (2017)
Presentation / Conference
McClymont, K., Maddrell, A., & Beebeejaun, Y. (2017, March). Deathscapes and diversity: Making space for minorities' and migrants' bodily remains, ritual and remembrance practice. Paper presented at Transmortality International: Materiality and Spatiality of Death, Burial and Commemoration - See more at: https://transmortality.uni.lu/Conference-2017#sthash.9QeHuxDo.dpuf, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Issues around migration, and the desires and requirements of migrants are especially topical in contemporary UK and European contexts, however there is limited academic or policy consideration of this in relation to death, dying, burial and mourning... Read More about Deathscapes and diversity: Making space for minorities' and migrants' bodily remains, ritual and remembrance practice.

Legal standing for the coast (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Bradshaw, N. (2017, February). Legal standing for the coast

This research was part of a PhD supervised by Dr Thomas Appleby and Dr Enda Hayes at the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK, members of the International Water Security Network: www.watersecuritynetwork.org/uk-coastal-governance/... Read More about Legal standing for the coast.

Research, industry & the academy: Forging links & professionalizing graduates through conference assessment events (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Horswell, M., & West, H. (2017, February). Research, industry & the academy: Forging links & professionalizing graduates through conference assessment events. Paper presented at National Student Satisfaction (NSS) Survey: Best Practice Conference, University of the West of England, Bristol

Ready and able graduates are much more than subject knowledgeable, or equipped with transferable skills. Conference assessment events, using live briefs from researchers and external stakeholders, and that include industry representatives and academi... Read More about Research, industry & the academy: Forging links & professionalizing graduates through conference assessment events.

Air Quality (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Barnes, J. (2017, January). Air Quality. Presented at BRE Healthy Cities Index Expert Workshop

An analytical model to predict soil reaction induced by harmonically loaded piles (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Anoyatis, G., Mylonakis, G., & Lemnitzer, A. (2017, January). An analytical model to predict soil reaction induced by harmonically loaded piles. Paper presented at 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 16WCEE 2017, Santiago, Chile

The theoretical representation of the dynamic horizontal soil reaction to a laterally oscillating pile using an approximate 3D continuum modelling is investigated. The governing elastodynamic equations are reduced by setting the vertical normal stres... Read More about An analytical model to predict soil reaction induced by harmonically loaded piles.

What happens to travel behaviour when parking is removed? (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Melia, S., & Clark, B. (2017, January). What happens to travel behaviour when parking is removed?. Paper presented at 49th University Transport Studies Group Conference, Dublin, Eire

What happens to travel behaviour when the right to park is removed? This controversial question, fundamental to travel demand management and land-use planning, has only been partially addressed by the literature so far. The impacts on travel to the... Read More about What happens to travel behaviour when parking is removed?.

Who is responsible for incorporating the notion of 'public interest' into sustainable urban developments? A case study of three sites in the south-west of England (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Williams, D., Atkinson, R., & Tallon, A. (2017, January). Who is responsible for incorporating the notion of 'public interest' into sustainable urban developments? A case study of three sites in the south-west of England. Paper presented at 49th Annual UTSG Conference, Dublin, Eire

Public-private partnership agreements between local authorities and government agencies and developers have become the modus operandi in the UK since the 1990s for the regeneration of brownfield sites in UK towns and cities. This paper explores these... Read More about Who is responsible for incorporating the notion of 'public interest' into sustainable urban developments? A case study of three sites in the south-west of England.

A spatial typology of car usage and its local determinants in England (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Phillips, I., Anable, J., Cairns, S., Emmerson, P., & Chatterton, T. (2017, January). A spatial typology of car usage and its local determinants in England. Paper presented at 49th University Transport Studies Group Conference, Dublin, Eire

This paper presents an initial classification of Middle layer Super Output Areas (MSOAs) in England based on their car ownership, car usage and relevant local characteristics. Whilst a long lineage of widely used geodemographic classifications exist... Read More about A spatial typology of car usage and its local determinants in England.

Greening the fleet: A spatial analysis of the local and global emission factors of the car fleet of the United Kingdom (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Morton, C., Anable, J., Wadud, Z., & Chatterton, T. (2017, January). Greening the fleet: A spatial analysis of the local and global emission factors of the car fleet of the United Kingdom. Paper presented at 49th University Transport Studies Group Conference, Dublin, Eire

This paper provides a spatial comparison of the carbon dioxide (mean grams of CO2 per kilometre) and the nitrogen oxide (mean grams of NOx per kilometre) emissions factors of the car fleets registered across the local authorities of the United Kingdo... Read More about Greening the fleet: A spatial analysis of the local and global emission factors of the car fleet of the United Kingdom.

Developing an index of vulnerability to motor fuel price increases in England (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Mattioli, G., Philips, I., Anable, J., & Chatterton, T. (2017, January). Developing an index of vulnerability to motor fuel price increases in England. Paper presented at 49th University Transport Studies Group Conference, Dublin, Eire

As the outlook for oil prices remains uncertain, this paper develops a method to assess which areas of England would be most vulnerable to future motor fuel price increases. Building on previous research, we define and operationalise three dimensions... Read More about Developing an index of vulnerability to motor fuel price increases in England.

Geomorphology, conflict and heritage; the new frontier? (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Mol, L. (2016, December). Geomorphology, conflict and heritage; the new frontier?. Presented at Invited lecture hosted by Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland

Projectile damage to building stone is a widespread phenomenon; sites damaged during World War I still see daily use while contemporary reports show damage to buildings in Palmyra and Mosul. Despite an ever-growing body of weathering research documen... Read More about Geomorphology, conflict and heritage; the new frontier?.

Improving the student experience through feedforward dialogic assessment (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2016, December). Improving the student experience through feedforward dialogic assessment. Paper presented at Journal of Geography in Higher Education - Celebration of Learning & Teaching in HE Geography, Royal Geographical Society

Assessment exercises a major influence on student learning and achievement (Boud 2007). Yet QAA subject reviews identify assessment practices as one of the weakest features of Higher Education (Rust et al. 2005). In terms of the student learning expe... Read More about Improving the student experience through feedforward dialogic assessment.

A comparison of public-private partnership development of previously used land in the UK (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Williams, D., Atkinson, R., & Tallon, A. (2016, November). A comparison of public-private partnership development of previously used land in the UK. Paper presented at RSA Winter Conference 2016, London

In the UK public-private partnerships are currently the only method of developing previously used land. How these partnerships are formed and how they work can differ considerably however, depending on the approach taken by the partners. Through inte... Read More about A comparison of public-private partnership development of previously used land in the UK.