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Healthy walking: The role of architecture (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Bornioli, A., Parkhurst, G., & Morgan, P. (2018, January). Healthy walking: The role of architecture. Paper presented at AMPS 2018 Health: The Design, Planning and Politics of How and Where We Live, Bristol, England

Environmental exposure is increasingly recognised as a predictor of human health and psychological wellbeing. In fact, the benefits of nature exposure on psychological wellbeing have received extensive attention from scholars. However, not much atten... Read More about Healthy walking: The role of architecture.

UK coastal governance - Future insights (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Bradshaw, N. (2018, January). UK coastal governance - Future insights. Presented at Coastal Futures (2018), Royal Geographical Society, London

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 UK coastal governance - Future insights.

Young people’s travel – What’s changed and why? Review and analysis (2018)
Report
Chatterjee, K., Goodwin, P., Schwanen, T., Clark, B., Jain, J., Melia, S., …Stokes, G. (2018). Young people’s travel – What’s changed and why? Review and analysis. Bristol: Department for Transport

Young adults in Great Britain and other countries are driving less now than young adults did in the early 1990s. The Department for Transport (DfT) commissioned the Centre for Transport and Society (UWE, Bristol) and the Transport Studies Unit (Unive... Read More about Young people’s travel – What’s changed and why? Review and analysis.

UK coastal governance: Signs of collaborative governance and stewardship? (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Bradshaw, N. (2018, January). UK coastal governance: Signs of collaborative governance and stewardship?. Presented at International Water Security Network Seminar, Bristol, UK

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 UK coastal governance: Signs of collaborative governance and stewardship?.

Bitter gourd reduces elevated fasting plasma glucose levels in an intervention study among prediabetics in Tanzania (2018)
Journal Article
Krawinkel, M. B., Ludwig, C., Swai, M. E., Yang, R. Y., Chun, K. P., & Habicht, S. D. (2018). Bitter gourd reduces elevated fasting plasma glucose levels in an intervention study among prediabetics in Tanzania. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 216, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2018.01.016

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes mellitus have become major health issues even in non-industrialized countries. As access to clinical management is often poor, dietary interventions and alternative medicines are... Read More about Bitter gourd reduces elevated fasting plasma glucose levels in an intervention study among prediabetics in Tanzania.

Application of ENSO and drought indices for water level reconstruction and prediction: A case study in the lower Mekong River estuary (2018)
Journal Article
Fok, H. S., He, Q., Chun, K. P., Zhou, Z., & Chu, T. (2018). Application of ENSO and drought indices for water level reconstruction and prediction: A case study in the lower Mekong River estuary. Water, 10(1), Article 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10010058

Water level monitoring is important for understanding the global hydrological cycle. Remotely-sensed indices that capture localized instantaneous responses have been extensively explored for water level reconstruction during the past two decades. How... Read More about Application of ENSO and drought indices for water level reconstruction and prediction: A case study in the lower Mekong River estuary.

Family formation and everyday travel in Britain since c.1850 (2018)
Journal Article
Pooley, C. G., Jones, T., Jones, H., Spencer, B., & Chatterjee, K. (2018). Family formation and everyday travel in Britain since c.1850. History of the Family, 23(2), 290-306. https://doi.org/10.1080/1081602X.2017.1417146

© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper focuses on the extent to which everyday travel behaviour in Britain changes in relation to family responsibilities, and examines how this has alter... Read More about Family formation and everyday travel in Britain since c.1850.

Autonomous vehicles: Willingness-to-pay and willingness-to-share (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Clayton, W., Paddeu, D., Parkhurst, G., & Gomez de Segura Marauri, M. (2018, January). Autonomous vehicles: Willingness-to-pay and willingness-to-share. Paper presented at Universities' Transport Study Group (UTSG) 2018 Conference, University College London (UCL)

The advent of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) is suggested to represent a significant step in the move towards Mobility as a Service (MaaS) networks, in which private vehicle ownership is largely replaced by fleets of on-demand AVs as a part of a broader,... Read More about Autonomous vehicles: Willingness-to-pay and willingness-to-share.

Qualitative methods for ecologists and conservation scientists (2018)
Journal Article
Sutherland, W. J., Dicks, L. V., Everard, M., & Geneletti, D. (2018). Qualitative methods for ecologists and conservation scientists. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9(1), 7-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12956

© 2018 The Authors. Methods in Ecology and Evolution © 2018 British Ecological Society Conservation of biodiversity involves dealing with problems caused by humans, by applying solutions that comprise actions by humans. Understanding human attitudes,... Read More about Qualitative methods for ecologists and conservation scientists.

Investigation of intrinsic de-bonding in bonded concrete overlays: Material characterisation and numerical study (2018)
Journal Article
Olubanwo, A. O., Karadelis, J. N., Saidani, M., Khorami, M., & Abbey, S. J. (2018). Investigation of intrinsic de-bonding in bonded concrete overlays: Material characterisation and numerical study. https://doi.org/10.5267/j.esm.2018.1.003

© 2018 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved. This study investigates the evolution of intrinsic interfacial de-bonding of Roller Compacted Steel Fibre Reinforced Polymer Modified Concrete (RC-SFR-PMC) bonded on substrate Ordinary Portland Cement... Read More about Investigation of intrinsic de-bonding in bonded concrete overlays: Material characterisation and numerical study.

Fishing rights, property rights, human rights: The problem of legal lock-in in UK fisheries (2018)
Journal Article
Appleby, T., Cardwell, E., & Pettipher, J. (2018). Fishing rights, property rights, human rights: The problem of legal lock-in in UK fisheries. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 6(1), 40. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.295

© 2018 The Author(s). Property rights are a widely advocated policy tool to encourage stewardship over a range of environmental goods. Despite the extent to which property rights are dependent upon law to work, economists rarely consider that propert... Read More about Fishing rights, property rights, human rights: The problem of legal lock-in in UK fisheries.

Developing university-society partnerships with a focus on climate change impact research using the ‘business assist’ model (2018)
Journal Article
Ward, S., Butler, D., Adams, R., O'Callaghan, S., Warren, N., Wickett, M., …Uden, C. (2018). Developing university-society partnerships with a focus on climate change impact research using the ‘business assist’ model. Research for All, 2(1), 163-174. https://doi.org/10.18546/RFA.02.1.14

This article explores the experiences generated through a programme of engaged research with university–society partnerships focused on businesses, climate change impacts and environmental technologies. The programme was co-created through research a... Read More about Developing university-society partnerships with a focus on climate change impact research using the ‘business assist’ model.

Area-based initiatives – a facilitator for participatory governance? (2018)
Book Chapter
Atkinson, R., & Zimmermann, K. (2018). Area-based initiatives – a facilitator for participatory governance?. In H. Heinelt, & S. Münch (Eds.), Handbook on Participatory Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

Area-based initiatives (ABI) emerged in the 1980s and 1990s as a new policy tool in the context of urban regeneration in various European countries, most notably Denmark, the Netherlands, the UK, France and - somewhat later – Germany. The wider appli... Read More about Area-based initiatives – a facilitator for participatory governance?.

European spatial planning policy (2018)
Book Chapter
Atkinson, R., & Zimmermann, K. (2018). European spatial planning policy. In H. Heinelt, & S. Munch (Eds.), Handbook on EU Policies. Edward Elgar

In this chapter we argue that there has been a growing interest in spatial planning policies supported by the European Commission and a limited number of member states across Europe for several decades and that its roots lie in the planning systems a... Read More about European spatial planning policy.

Regenerative landscapes: Rejuvenation of linked livelihoods and catchment ecosystem services (2018)
Report
Everard, M. (2018). Regenerative landscapes: Rejuvenation of linked livelihoods and catchment ecosystem services

This report explores how landscapes and other natural resources have been used in narrow ways that undermine their integrity and capacity to support humanity, but importantly also learns from examples of 'regenerative landscapes' from across the worl... Read More about Regenerative landscapes: Rejuvenation of linked livelihoods and catchment ecosystem services.

Report of the three-day workshop on 'Regeneration of the Banas-Bisalpur Socio-ecological Complex' (2018)
Report
Everard, M., Sharma, O. P., Singh, A. K., Vishwakarma, V., & Pinder, A. (2018). Report of the three-day workshop on 'Regeneration of the Banas-Bisalpur Socio-ecological Complex'

Executive summary The ‘Regeneration of the Banas-Bisalpur Socio-ecological Complex’ workshop (JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur, December 2017) brought together approximately 70 participants from government, NGOs, academia, village governance insti... Read More about Report of the three-day workshop on 'Regeneration of the Banas-Bisalpur Socio-ecological Complex'.

Does transport investment really boost economic growth? (2018)
Journal Article
Melia, S. (2018). Does transport investment really boost economic growth?. World Transport Policy and Practice, 23(3&4), 118-128

The SACTRA (1999) report on Transport and the Economy found strong theoretical grounds for believing that transport investment could boost national economies but that the empirical evidence was “weak and disputed”. This study asks whether a differen... Read More about Does transport investment really boost economic growth?.

Multi-stakeholder collaboration in urban freight consolidation schemes: Drivers and barriers to implementation (2018)
Journal Article
Paddeu, D., Parkhurst, G., Fadda, P., Fancello, G., & Ricci, M. (2018). Multi-stakeholder collaboration in urban freight consolidation schemes: Drivers and barriers to implementation. Transport, 33(4), 913-929. https://doi.org/10.3846/transport.2018.6593

© 2018 The Author(s). Published by VGTU Press. Due to the motivations of climate change, the health impacts of poor air quality, and the importance of cities for economic growth, transport policy at all levels of governance places emphasis on reducin... Read More about Multi-stakeholder collaboration in urban freight consolidation schemes: Drivers and barriers to implementation.

Self-organisation and the co-production of governance: The challenge of local responses to climate change (2018)
Journal Article
Atkinson, R., Dörfler, T., & Rothfuß, E. (2018). Self-organisation and the co-production of governance: The challenge of local responses to climate change. Politics and Governance, 6(1), 169-179. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v6i1.1210

© 2018 by the authors; licensee Cogitatio (Lisbon, Portugal). The arena of locally embedded and engendered responses to climate change offers a particularly fruitful and challenging space in which to scrutinise the encounters between established form... Read More about Self-organisation and the co-production of governance: The challenge of local responses to climate change.