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Swansea household survey: Living in the city centre (2001)
Presentation / Conference
Tallon, A. (2001, March). Swansea household survey: Living in the city centre. Paper presented at Chartered Institute of Housing Wales Branch Annual Conference, Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, UK

Turning the car inside out: Transport, equity and environment (2001)
Journal Article
Jain, J., & Guiver, J. (2001). Turning the car inside out: Transport, equity and environment. Social Policy and Administration, 35(5), 569-586. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9515.t01-1-00254

"Turning the car inside out" describes how the environmental damage and social exclusion inflicted by the car can only be seen from outside the car. It explains how car use has reshaped land, time use, social relations and economic patterns. It creat... Read More about Turning the car inside out: Transport, equity and environment.

Air quality management: Evolution of policy and practice in the UK as exemplified by the experience of English local government (2001)
Journal Article
Longhurst, J. W., Beattie, C. I., Longhurst, J., & Woodfield, N. K. (2001). Air quality management: Evolution of policy and practice in the UK as exemplified by the experience of English local government. Atmospheric Environment, 35(8), 1479-1490. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1352-2310%2800%2900311-3

The air quality management (AQM) framework in the UK is designed to be an effects-based solution to air pollutants currently affecting human health. The AQM process has been legislated through The Environment Act 1995, which required the National Air... Read More about Air quality management: Evolution of policy and practice in the UK as exemplified by the experience of English local government.

Why are tropical rain forests so species rich? Classifying, reviewing and evaluating theories (2001)
Journal Article
Hill, R. A., Hill, J. L., Hill, J., & Hill, R. (2001). Why are tropical rain forests so species rich? Classifying, reviewing and evaluating theories. Progress in Physical Geography, 25(3), 326-354. https://doi.org/10.1177/030913330102500302

Two classifications are presented that organize the major processes and theories addressing the high species diversity of tropical rain forests. The first typology organizes environmental and biological processes within a spatio-temporal hierarchy, w... Read More about Why are tropical rain forests so species rich? Classifying, reviewing and evaluating theories.

Progress with implementing local air-quality management in rural areas of England (2001)
Journal Article
Longhurst, J., Beattie, C., Ing, C., Beattie, C., & Longhurst, J. (2001). Progress with implementing local air-quality management in rural areas of England. Journal of Environmental Management, 61(2), 137-147. https://doi.org/10.1006/jema.2000.0391

Air quality in the UK, although vastly improved from the smogs of the 1950s, now faces a new set of challenges from a variety of sources and pollutants. Poor air quality has long been associated with urban areas, but it is becoming clear that many ru... Read More about Progress with implementing local air-quality management in rural areas of England.

Reducing residential carbon intensity: The new role for English local authorities (2001)
Journal Article
Longhurts, J. W., Gilbs, D. C., McEvoy, D., McEvoy, D. W., Gibbs, D., & Longhurst, J. (2001). Reducing residential carbon intensity: The new role for English local authorities. Urban Studies, 38(1), 7-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/00420980123554

The residential sector is a substantial source of CO2 in the UK, accounting for over 25 per cent of all end-use emissions. Improvements in energy efficiency are often cited as important elements of carbon reduction packages, with policy-makers emphas... Read More about Reducing residential carbon intensity: The new role for English local authorities.

Quantifying the potential savings in travel time resulting from parking guidance systems—a simulation case study (2001)
Journal Article
Waterson, B. J., Hounsell, N. B., & Chatterjee, K. (2001). Quantifying the potential savings in travel time resulting from parking guidance systems—a simulation case study. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 52(10), 1067-1077. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601207

Parking Guidance and Information (PGI) signs are thought to enable a more efficient use of the available parking stock. Despite the installation of PGI systems in many cities and their operation for a number of years, there is a lack of reliable evid... Read More about Quantifying the potential savings in travel time resulting from parking guidance systems—a simulation case study.

A review of policy options for delivering air quality objectives in the former Avon area, comprising the four unitary authorities of Bristol City Council, South Gloucestershire Council, Bath and North East Somerset Council and North Somerset Council (2001)
Report
Woodfield, N., Beattie, C., & Longhurst, J. (2001). A review of policy options for delivering air quality objectives in the former Avon area, comprising the four unitary authorities of Bristol City Council, South Gloucestershire Council, Bath and North East Somerset Council and North Somerset Council

Emerging political and collaborative decision making frameworks for designating air quality management areas in the UK: Implications for future air quality action plans (2001)
Book Chapter
Woodield, N., Longhurst, J., Beattie, C., & Laxen, D. (2001). Emerging political and collaborative decision making frameworks for designating air quality management areas in the UK: Implications for future air quality action plans. In G. Lantini, & C. Brebbia (Eds.), Air Pollution IX (285-294). Southampton: WIT Press