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Heritage in the crossfire: Developing novel field-based methods for assessing ballistic impact driven deterioration of heritage stone (2023)
Thesis
Gilbert, O. Heritage in the crossfire: Developing novel field-based methods for assessing ballistic impact driven deterioration of heritage stone. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10611589

This PhD project aims to advance current understanding of the damage caused by ballistic impact into stone-built heritage monuments in arid Middle Eastern and North African climates. Damage was assessed through the development of novel rapid, non-des... Read More about Heritage in the crossfire: Developing novel field-based methods for assessing ballistic impact driven deterioration of heritage stone.

Towards a socio-material approach to reducing the water demand of cleanliness (2023)
Thesis
Simpson, K. Towards a socio-material approach to reducing the water demand of cleanliness. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9642880

In the UK, water supplies are under pressure from climate, population, and lifestyle change, and showering is the largest component of domestic water consumption. Students are high water-users, in part due to pressure to conform to high standards of... Read More about Towards a socio-material approach to reducing the water demand of cleanliness.

Sustainable stabilisation of expansive road pavement foundations, pavement thickness optimisation and defects analysis (2023)
Thesis
Amakye, S. Sustainable stabilisation of expansive road pavement foundations, pavement thickness optimisation and defects analysis. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10267642

Expansive road subgrade has been in existence for decades resulting in major road pavement defects, high maintenance/construction costs and detrimental environmental effects associated with using traditional cement and lime in subgrade stabilisation.... Read More about Sustainable stabilisation of expansive road pavement foundations, pavement thickness optimisation and defects analysis.

The spatio-temporal influence of atmospheric circulations on hydroclimate in Great Britain (2023)
Thesis
West, H. The spatio-temporal influence of atmospheric circulations on hydroclimate in Great Britain. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9700950

Atmospheric circulations have an important influence on regional climate. Understanding the relationships between circulations, rainfall and streamflow at a regional and catchment scale is therefore of interest to water and environmental managers. Ho... Read More about The spatio-temporal influence of atmospheric circulations on hydroclimate in Great Britain.

An investigation of interventions for the reduction of traffic-related air pollution at schools in England (2023)
Thesis
Brown, L. An investigation of interventions for the reduction of traffic-related air pollution at schools in England. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10194429

Children are particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of air pollution exposure due to their developing lungs and their greater respiratory rate than adults. The school commute presents a period of particular threat because children are expose... Read More about An investigation of interventions for the reduction of traffic-related air pollution at schools in England.

Hotels and the human right to water: Prospect and challenges in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2022)
Thesis
Sandang, Y. Hotels and the human right to water: Prospect and challenges in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7562679

This study examines how the use of water by the tourism industry affects local communities, within the Yogyakarta region of Java, Indonesia as a case study. This study takes into account the business and human rights (to water) framework. Such a fram... Read More about Hotels and the human right to water: Prospect and challenges in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

A legal geography of the right to fish in English coastal waters: The contribution of the public trust (2021)
Thesis
Bean, E. A legal geography of the right to fish in English coastal waters: The contribution of the public trust. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6706313

The health of oceanic fish stocks is a cause for concern. In UK waters, just under half of monitored stocks are being harvested at or beyond sustainable levels. This thesis seeks to identify the potential role for the legal doctrine of the public rig... Read More about A legal geography of the right to fish in English coastal waters: The contribution of the public trust.

Application of environmental process engineering for pollutants reduction and energy savings in crude oil production processes (2020)
Thesis
Ngene, S. Application of environmental process engineering for pollutants reduction and energy savings in crude oil production processes. (Thesis). University of the West of England, Bristol. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/3499915

Crude oil production generates pollutants whose management require capital and recurrent investment in energy intensive treatment facilities. Produced water is the main pollutant and the volume generated increases as the oil wells get older. Benzene,... Read More about Application of environmental process engineering for pollutants reduction and energy savings in crude oil production processes.

An exploratory study of the contributions to low carbon policy making in Bristol using WEF Nexus as a heuristic device (2020)
Thesis
Michalec, A. O. An exploratory study of the contributions to low carbon policy making in Bristol using WEF Nexus as a heuristic device. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1490777

Cities around the world have taken up the challenge to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by designing policies to bring about low carbon futures. Research on climate change suggests that we are not only facing an issue of increased emissions but... Read More about An exploratory study of the contributions to low carbon policy making in Bristol using WEF Nexus as a heuristic device.

Older people and out-of-home mobility: Is discretionary travel undervalued in current policy? (2019)
Thesis
Shergold, I. Older people and out-of-home mobility: Is discretionary travel undervalued in current policy?. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1491023

In accordance with the UWE regulations for DPhil degrees, this thesis incorporates a body of published academic material supported by a critical commentary of the work. The work collected in this DPhil portfolio reflects a long-standing interest in,... Read More about Older people and out-of-home mobility: Is discretionary travel undervalued in current policy?.

The material dimensions of renewable energy deployment: Understanding spatially uneven processes at the regional level in Italy and the UK (2018)
Thesis
De Laurentis, C. The material dimensions of renewable energy deployment: Understanding spatially uneven processes at the regional level in Italy and the UK. (Thesis). Cardiff University. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9642500

This thesis examines the processes of transformation underway within energy systems, specifically the move towards a higher share of renewable energy technologies. It aims to improve our understanding of the regional level and its role in shaping the... Read More about The material dimensions of renewable energy deployment: Understanding spatially uneven processes at the regional level in Italy and the UK.

The influence of city centre environments on the affective walking experience (2018)
Thesis
Bornioli, A. The influence of city centre environments on the affective walking experience. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/861698

The current PhD thesis explores the influence of the built environment on the affective walking experience. In fact, while urbanisation trends are increasing, levels of walking in urban settings are decreasing, despite to the important health, social... Read More about The influence of city centre environments on the affective walking experience.

A participatory modelling approach to developing a numerical sediment dynamics model (2017)
Thesis
Jones, N. A participatory modelling approach to developing a numerical sediment dynamics model. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/883372

Despite the recognition of fluvial geomorphology as an important scientific input to the management of river catchments, limited knowledge exchange has occurred between scientific researchers and river management stakeholders. An example of this issu... Read More about A participatory modelling approach to developing a numerical sediment dynamics model.

Holocene sea-level change at the Steart Peninsula, Somerset: Development and application of a multi-proxy sea-level transfer function for the Severn Estuary region (2015)
Thesis
Elliott, E. Holocene sea-level change at the Steart Peninsula, Somerset: Development and application of a multi-proxy sea-level transfer function for the Severn Estuary region. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/828640

This thesis presents a multi-proxy reconstruction of Holocene sea-level change at the Steart Peninsula in Bridgwater Bay, Somerset. Single- and multi-proxy transfer functions were developed from diatom and foraminifera training data from two sites on... Read More about Holocene sea-level change at the Steart Peninsula, Somerset: Development and application of a multi-proxy sea-level transfer function for the Severn Estuary region.

Terra incognita: Women on Royal Geographical Society-supported expeditions 1913-1970 (2015)
Thesis
Evans, S. L. Terra incognita: Women on Royal Geographical Society-supported expeditions 1913-1970. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/835062

Women’s expeditionary work, in common with women’s geographical work more broadly, has been comparatively understudied within the history of geographical thought and practice, and within the wider discipline, until relatively recently (Domosh 1991a,... Read More about Terra incognita: Women on Royal Geographical Society-supported expeditions 1913-1970.

Developing dwelling as an approach to landscape and place: The cases of long-distance transhumance and Easter processions (2015)
Thesis
Pardoel, H. J. Developing dwelling as an approach to landscape and place: The cases of long-distance transhumance and Easter processions. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/839406

Approaches to place and landscape have concerned geographers, at least throughout Modern history. In geographical place and landscape writings, notions of dwelling have been taken up and developed since the 1970s to indicate the lived and practised c... Read More about Developing dwelling as an approach to landscape and place: The cases of long-distance transhumance and Easter processions.

An exploration of the urban pedestrian experience, including how it is affected by the presence of motor traffic (2014)
Thesis
Calvert, T. An exploration of the urban pedestrian experience, including how it is affected by the presence of motor traffic. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/806552

The experience of urban walking is one that can form an important package of time in people’s daily routine, with 8 million hours being spent daily walking in urban areas in the UK. This study explores urban walking experience as a holistic and multi... Read More about An exploration of the urban pedestrian experience, including how it is affected by the presence of motor traffic.

Towards understandings of visitor experiences and practices that shape new meanings of place at National Trust sites (2014)
Thesis
Cope, G. Towards understandings of visitor experiences and practices that shape new meanings of place at National Trust sites. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/806615

The National Trust face a new set of challenges in recent years; as one of the most influential heritage bodies in the UK, it is responsible for the preservation and protection of a large number of diverse sites from historic buildings to woodland.... Read More about Towards understandings of visitor experiences and practices that shape new meanings of place at National Trust sites.

Mobility practices of the urban poor in Ahmedabad (India) (2014)
Thesis
Joshi, R. Mobility practices of the urban poor in Ahmedabad (India). (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/810291

Abstract Urban poverty, a prominent issue in the rapidly urbanising developing world, consists of many interrelated aspects in poor people’s lives. One such aspect is accessibility, which determines the crucial links between housing, labour markets... Read More about Mobility practices of the urban poor in Ahmedabad (India).

Creative rural places: A study of cultural industries in Stroud, UK (2014)
Thesis
Conefrey, C. M. Creative rural places: A study of cultural industries in Stroud, UK. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/812236

This thesis explores how different geographical places and space shape the way cultural industries work. In a departure from much of the existing literature, this study focuses on rurally based industries. In particular, it seeks to identify the wa... Read More about Creative rural places: A study of cultural industries in Stroud, UK.