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Estimating water storage from images (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Shahbaz, A., Yunas, S., Smith, L., & Staddon, C. (2024). Estimating water storage from images. In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData) (3375-3379). https://doi.org/10.1109/BigData59044.2023.10386262

This paper introduces a novel approach to estimate domestic water storage within households by leveraging the classical computer vision technique of object detection. Ensuring universal access to safe drinking water is a critical component of achievi... Read More about Estimating water storage from images.

Household water containers: Mitigating risks for improved Modular, Adaptive, and Decentralized (MAD) water systems (2024)
Journal Article
Staddon, C., & Brewis, A. (2024). Household water containers: Mitigating risks for improved Modular, Adaptive, and Decentralized (MAD) water systems. Water Security, 21, Article 100163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100163

While the literature on the design and operation of safe water sources in low-income communities is huge, little attention has been paid to the design of systems for the safe transportation and storage of water by households between source and point... Read More about Household water containers: Mitigating risks for improved Modular, Adaptive, and Decentralized (MAD) water systems.

Household water insecurity in a changing climate: The interplay between distance to water, income, caste and gender in rural Rajasthan, India (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Octavianti, T., Everard, M., Chun, K., Floyd, N., Sharma, O. P., Staddon, C., …Toher, D. (2023, August). Household water insecurity in a changing climate: The interplay between distance to water, income, caste and gender in rural Rajasthan, India. Paper presented at The RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London

Climate change is expected to have a profound impact on Rajasthan’s water resources and consequently on household water security. This study investigates the relationship between socio-economic structures (household income, caste and gender), physica... Read More about Household water insecurity in a changing climate: The interplay between distance to water, income, caste and gender in rural Rajasthan, India.

The fences of Chuschi: The impacts of land enclosure on an Andean indigenous community (2022)
Journal Article
Bell, K., Hermoza, R. T., Staddon, C., Willems, B., Maldonado, F. C., Berrocal, N. T., & Flores, L. P. (2023). The fences of Chuschi: The impacts of land enclosure on an Andean indigenous community. Journal of Rural Studies, 97, 224-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.10.004

In this study of the Andean town of Chuschi and its surrounding district of the same name, we consider the impacts of the proliferation of fencing on once open land. The paper contributes to a growing body of literature on the practice and impact of... Read More about The fences of Chuschi: The impacts of land enclosure on an Andean indigenous community.

Open access and the evolving academic publishing landscape of the water sector (2022)
Journal Article
Stoler, J., & Staddon, C. (2023). Open access and the evolving academic publishing landscape of the water sector. Water International, 48(1), 5-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2022.2139397

The launch of many new water journals in recent years is a testament to the growth and importance of water research as a problematique, that is, as both a problem in and of itself and as an important correlate of other global challenges. As entire re... Read More about Open access and the evolving academic publishing landscape of the water sector.

Modular, adaptive, and decentralised water infrastructure: promises and perils for water justice (2022)
Journal Article
Stoler, J., Jepson, W., Wutich, A., Velasco, C. A., Thomson, P., Staddon, C., & Westerhoff, P. (2022). Modular, adaptive, and decentralised water infrastructure: promises and perils for water justice. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 57, Article 101202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101202

Climate change, ageing infrastructure, and funding shortfalls threaten the sustainability of modern, 20th century centralised water systems by increasing drinking water costs and undermining water security, particularly for underserved populations. M... Read More about Modular, adaptive, and decentralised water infrastructure: promises and perils for water justice.

Evaluation of water‐energy‐food (WEF) nexus research: Perspectives, challenges, and directions for future research (2021)
Journal Article
Sušnik, J., & Staddon, C. (in press). Evaluation of water‐energy‐food (WEF) nexus research: Perspectives, challenges, and directions for future research. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12977

In 2018, Albrecht et al., published a comprehensive review of water-energy-food nexus literature, coming to five main criticisms in nexus research based on their perception of the state-of-the-art. The five central conclusions of that review together... Read More about Evaluation of water‐energy‐food (WEF) nexus research: Perspectives, challenges, and directions for future research.

Aligning green infrastructure to sustainable development: A geographical contribution to an ongoing debate (2021)
Journal Article
De Vito, L., Staddon, C., Zuniga‐Teran, A. A., Gerlak, A. K., Schoeman, Y., Hart, A., & Booth, G. (2022). Aligning green infrastructure to sustainable development: A geographical contribution to an ongoing debate. Area, 54(2), 242-251. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12764

Blue and green infrastructure (BGI) is increasingly viewed as a promising solution to promoting a shift beyond traditionally engineered “grey” approaches towards more socially and environmentally sustainable infrastructure systems. The specific insig... Read More about Aligning green infrastructure to sustainable development: A geographical contribution to an ongoing debate.

The Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale: Comparison scores from 27 sites in 22 countries (2021)
Journal Article
Stoler, J., Miller, J. D., Adams, E. A., Ahmed, F., Alexander, M., Asiki, G., …Young, S. L. (2021). The Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale: Comparison scores from 27 sites in 22 countries. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 11(6), 1102-1110. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2021.108

Household survey data from 27 sites in 22 countries were collected in 2017–2018 in order to construct and validate a cross-cultural household-level water insecurity scale. The resultant Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) scale presents a... Read More about The Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale: Comparison scores from 27 sites in 22 countries.

Putting Water Security to Work: Addressing global sustainable development challenges (2021)
Book
Staddon, C., & Scott, C. (2021). C. Staddon, & C. A. Scott (Eds.). Putting Water Security to Work: Addressing global sustainable development challenges. London: Routledge

Over the last decade, water security has replaced sustainability as the key optic for thinking about how we manage water. This reframing has offered benefits (including clear recognition of the link between humans, the environment and the right to wa... Read More about Putting Water Security to Work: Addressing global sustainable development challenges.

The water security discourse and its main actors (2021)
Book Chapter
Varady, R., Albrecht, T., Staddon, C., Gerlak, A., & Zuniga-Teran, A. (2021). The water security discourse and its main actors. In Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples (215-252). Germany: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60147-8_8

This is a chapter about the advent and adoption by water scholars of a new term, "water security. " How did this term appear, how is it defined, in which settings does it apply, what are its different facets and interpretations? Has it impacted water... Read More about The water security discourse and its main actors.

A global agenda for household water security: Measurement, monitoring, and management (2021)
Journal Article
Wutich, A., Jepson, W. E., Stoler, J., Thomson, P., Kooy, M., Brewis, A., …Meehan, K. (2021). A global agenda for household water security: Measurement, monitoring, and management. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 57(4), 530-538. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12926

Water scholarship has advanced considerably in recent decades. Despite this remarkable progress, water challenges may be growing more quickly than our capacity to solve them. While much progress has been made toward achieving Sustainable Development... Read More about A global agenda for household water security: Measurement, monitoring, and management.

A review of 80 assessment tools measuring water security (2021)
Journal Article
Octavianti, T., & Staddon, C. (2021). A review of 80 assessment tools measuring water security. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 8(3), Article e1516. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1516

© 2021 The Authors. WIREs Water published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. Scholars and practitioners have been working on methodologies to measure water security at a variety of scale and focus. In this paper, we critically examine the landscape of water s... Read More about A review of 80 assessment tools measuring water security.

Household water insecurity will complicate the ongoing COVID-19 response: Evidence from 29 sites in 23 low- and middle-income countries (2021)
Journal Article
Stoler, J., Miller, J. D., Brewis, A., Freeman, M. C., Harris, L. M., Jepson, W., …Tutu, R. (2021). Household water insecurity will complicate the ongoing COVID-19 response: Evidence from 29 sites in 23 low- and middle-income countries. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 234, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113715

In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a set of public guidelines for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) prevention measures that highlighted handwashing, physical distancing, and household cleaning. These health behaviors are sev... Read More about Household water insecurity will complicate the ongoing COVID-19 response: Evidence from 29 sites in 23 low- and middle-income countries.

Water supply in a mega-city: a political ecology analysis of Shanghai: by Michael Webber, Jon Barnett, Brian Finlayson and Mark Wang, UK, Edward Elgar, 2018, 296 pp., £90.00 (hardback), £25.00 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-78643-392-3 (2021)
Journal Article
Staddon, C. (2021). Water supply in a mega-city: a political ecology analysis of Shanghai: by Michael Webber, Jon Barnett, Brian Finlayson and Mark Wang, UK, Edward Elgar, 2018, 296 pp., £90.00 (hardback), £25.00 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-78643-392-3. Water International, 46(1), 130-134. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2020.1868125

Reconnecting society with its ecological roots (2020)
Journal Article
Everard, M., Kass, G., Longhurst, J., zu Ermgassen, S., Girardet, H., Stewart-Evans, J., …Craig, A. (2021). Reconnecting society with its ecological roots. Environmental Science and Policy, 116, 8-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.11.002

Recent high-profile analyses of trajectories and prognoses of ecosystem decline around the world have called for a renewed focus on embedding the values of the natural world across all areas of public policy. This paper reports the results of a UK-b... Read More about Reconnecting society with its ecological roots.

Drinking water security challenges in Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (2020)
Journal Article
Akhter, M., Uddin, S. M. N., Rafa, N., Hridi, S. M., Staddon, C., & Powell, W. (2020). Drinking water security challenges in Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Sustainability, 12(18), Article 7325. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187325

About a million Rohingyas have fled due to the ethnic cleansing in Myanmar and sought refuge in Bangladesh. The refugees are located in temporary settlements on hilly areas of Cox's Bazar with inadequate water and sanitation facilities, giving rise t... Read More about Drinking water security challenges in Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

Water sharing and the right to water: Refusal, rebellion and everyday resistance (2020)
Journal Article
Harris, L. M., Staddon, C., Wutich, A., Budds, J., Jepson, W., Pearson, A. L., & Adams, E. A. (2020). Water sharing and the right to water: Refusal, rebellion and everyday resistance. Political Geography, 82, 102245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2020.102245

In this commentary we draw attention to water sharing as political, highlighting the stakes and concerns around such practices. We engage a broad definition of politics, capturing everyday acts and practices that might be interpreted along a gradient... Read More about Water sharing and the right to water: Refusal, rebellion and everyday resistance.

Water insecurity compounds the global coronavirus crisis (2020)
Journal Article
Staddon, C., Everard, M., Mytton, J., Octavianti, T., Powell, W., Quinn, N., …Mizniak, J. (2020). Water insecurity compounds the global coronavirus crisis. Water International, 45(5), 416-422. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2020.1769345

In recent weeks, people all over the world have been settling into a ‘new normal’ of restricted mobility, online working, social distancing and enhanced hand hygiene. As part of the global fight against the spread of COVID-19 (the illness caused by S... Read More about Water insecurity compounds the global coronavirus crisis.

The role of ecosystems in mitigation and management of Covid-19 and other zoonoses (2020)
Journal Article
Everard, M., Johnston, P., Santillo, D., & Staddon, C. (2020). The role of ecosystems in mitigation and management of Covid-19 and other zoonoses. Environmental Science and Policy, 111, 7-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.05.017

There is rising international concern about the zoonotic origins of many global pandemics. Increasing human-animal interactions are perceived as driving factors in pathogen transfer, emphasising the close relationships between human, animal and envir... Read More about The role of ecosystems in mitigation and management of Covid-19 and other zoonoses.

Is household water insecurity a link between water governance and well-being? A multi-site analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Miller, J. D., Vonk, J., Staddon, C., & Young, S. L. (2020). Is household water insecurity a link between water governance and well-being? A multi-site analysis. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 10(2), 320-334. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2020.165

Improving water governance is a top priority for addressing the global water crisis. Yet, there is a dearth of empirical data examining whether better water governance is associated with lower water insecurity and improved well-being. We, therefore,... Read More about Is household water insecurity a link between water governance and well-being? A multi-site analysis.

Multidimensional benefits of improved sanitation: Evaluating 'PEE POWER®' in Kisoro, Uganda (2020)
Journal Article
You, J., Staddon, C., Cook, A., Walker, J., Boulton, J., Powell, W., & Ieropoulos, I. (2020). Multidimensional benefits of improved sanitation: Evaluating 'PEE POWER®' in Kisoro, Uganda. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), Article 2175. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072175

With 2.3 billion people around the world lacking adequate sanitation services, attention has turned to alternative service provision models. This study suggests an approach for meeting the sanitation challenge, especially as expressed in Sustainable... Read More about Multidimensional benefits of improved sanitation: Evaluating 'PEE POWER®' in Kisoro, Uganda.

Cash water expenditures are associated with household water insecurity, food insecurity, and perceived stress in study sites across 20 low- and middle-income countries (2019)
Journal Article
Stoler, J., Pearson, A. L., Staddon, C., Wutich, A., Mack, E., Brewis, A., …Zinab, H. (2020). Cash water expenditures are associated with household water insecurity, food insecurity, and perceived stress in study sites across 20 low- and middle-income countries. Science of the Total Environment, 716, Article 135881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135881

Billions of people globally, living with various degrees of water insecurity, obtain their household and drinking water from diverse sources that can absorb a disproportionate amount of a household's income. In theory, there are income and expenditur... Read More about Cash water expenditures are associated with household water insecurity, food insecurity, and perceived stress in study sites across 20 low- and middle-income countries.

Regulating Water Security in Unconventional Oil and Gas: Common Challenges, Trade-Offs, and Best Practices from Around the Globe (2019)
Book Chapter
Staddon, C., Buono, R., Lopez-Gunn, E., & McKay, J. (2020). Regulating Water Security in Unconventional Oil and Gas: Common Challenges, Trade-Offs, and Best Practices from Around the Globe. In R. M. Buono, E. López-Gunn, J. McKay, & C. Staddon (Eds.), Regulating Water Security in Unconventional Oil and Gas: a complex nexus. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18342-4

Resilient Water Services and Systems (2019)
Book
Juuti, P., Mattila, H., Rajala, R., Schwartz, K., & Staddon, C. (Eds.). (2019). Resilient Water Services and Systems. London: IWA Publishing

Provides an over-arching framework for water and sanitation services and how they are coping with resilience, aging infrastructure and climate change

Urban water management challenges and achievements in Windhoek, Namibia (2019)
Journal Article
Lewis, E. W., Staddon, C., & Sirunda, J. (2019). Urban water management challenges and achievements in Windhoek, Namibia. Water Practice and Technology, 14(3), 703-713. https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2019.055

This paper gives an overview of the main challenges and achievements faced by Windhoek’s water management sector. The paper highlights pertinent issues arising from increased water demand, and also explores current and future water supply augmentatio... Read More about Urban water management challenges and achievements in Windhoek, Namibia.

Embedding social inclusiveness and appropriateness in engineering assessment of green infrastructure to enhance urban resilience (2019)
Journal Article
Ward, S., Staddon, C., De Vito, L., Zuniga-Teran, A., Gerlak, A., Schoeman, Y., …Booth, G. (2019). Embedding social inclusiveness and appropriateness in engineering assessment of green infrastructure to enhance urban resilience. Urban Water Journal, 16(1), 56-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/1573062X.2019.1633674

Urban resilience emerges not only from ‘what’ is done in relation to critical infrastructure systems, but in the ‘how’ of their conception, co-creation and integration into complex socio-ecological-technical systems. For green infrastructure, where o... Read More about Embedding social inclusiveness and appropriateness in engineering assessment of green infrastructure to enhance urban resilience.

Challenges of mainstreaming green infrastructure in built environment professions (2019)
Journal Article
Zuniga-Teran, A. A., Staddon, C., de Vito, L., Gerlak, A. K., Ward, S., Schoeman, Y., …Booth, G. (2020). Challenges of mainstreaming green infrastructure in built environment professions. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 63(4), 710-732. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2019.1605890

© 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Green infrastructure (GI) has been identified as a promising approach to help cities adapt to climate change through the provision of multiple ecosyst... Read More about Challenges of mainstreaming green infrastructure in built environment professions.

Challenges of researching showering routines: From the individual to the socio-material (2019)
Journal Article
Simpson, K., Staddon, C., & Ward, S. (2019). Challenges of researching showering routines: From the individual to the socio-material. Urban Science, 3(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci3010019

In the UK, water supplies are under pressure from climate, population and lifestyle change. Showering is the largest component of domestic water consumption. Young adults are high water-users at a transitional life-stage, when practices are dynamic,... Read More about Challenges of researching showering routines: From the individual to the socio-material.

Why doesn’t every family practice rainwater harvesting? Factors that affect the decision to adopt rainwater harvesting as a household water security strategy in central Uganda (2018)
Journal Article
Staddon, C., Rogers, J., Warriner, C., Ward, S., & Powell, W. (2018). Why doesn’t every family practice rainwater harvesting? Factors that affect the decision to adopt rainwater harvesting as a household water security strategy in central Uganda. Water International, 43(8), 1114-1135. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2018.1535417

© 2018, © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This article investigates the reasons householders do, and don’t, adopt domestic rainwater harvesting (DRWH). Using a mixed-methods research approach,... Read More about Why doesn’t every family practice rainwater harvesting? Factors that affect the decision to adopt rainwater harvesting as a household water security strategy in central Uganda.

Household water sharing: A review of water gifts, exchanges, and transfers across cultures (2018)
Journal Article
Wutich, A., Budds, J., Jepson, W., Harris, L. M., Adams, E., Brewis, A., …Young, S. (2018). Household water sharing: A review of water gifts, exchanges, and transfers across cultures. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 5(6), e1309. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1309

Water sharing offers insight into the everyday and, at times, invisible ties that bind people and households with water and to one another. Water sharing can take many forms, including so-called “pure gifts,” balanced exchanges, and negative reciproc... Read More about Household water sharing: A review of water gifts, exchanges, and transfers across cultures.

Challenges of researching showering routines – from the individual to the socio-material (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, K., Staddon, C., Spotswood, F., & Ward, S. (2018, September). Challenges of researching showering routines – from the individual to the socio-material. Paper presented at 5th Annual Water Efficiency Conference, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Water supplies are under threat from climate change, population growth and modern lifestyles. Excessive demand wastes money, energy and carbon. Evidence indicates that young adults are particularly high water-users. This population segment is at a tr... Read More about Challenges of researching showering routines – from the individual to the socio-material.

Contributions of green infrastructure to enhancing urban resilience (2018)
Journal Article
Staddon, C., Ward, S., De Vito, L., Zuniga-Teran, A., Gerlak, A. K., Schoeman, Y., …Booth, G. (2018). Contributions of green infrastructure to enhancing urban resilience. Environment Systems and Decisions, 38(3), 330-338. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-018-9702-9

© 2018, The Author(s). After briefly reviewing key resilience engineering perspectives and summarising some green infrastructure (GI) tools, we present the contributions that GI can make to enhancing urban resilience and maintaining critical system f... Read More about Contributions of green infrastructure to enhancing urban resilience.

Sea of possibilities: Old and new uses of remote sensing data for the enforcement of the Ascension Island marine protected area (2018)
Journal Article
Appleby, T., Studley, M., Moorhouse, B., Brown, J., Staddon, C., & Bean, E. (2021). Sea of possibilities: Old and new uses of remote sensing data for the enforcement of the Ascension Island marine protected area. Marine Policy, 127, Article 103184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.06.012

Very large marine protected areas are in danger of becoming 'paper parks'. This paper uses an interdisciplinary team to investigate the use of remote sensing technologies to provide sufficient evidence for effective fisheries management. It uses the... Read More about Sea of possibilities: Old and new uses of remote sensing data for the enforcement of the Ascension Island marine protected area.

Resilience learning for water sector culture change (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Baker, K., Tang, S., Sweetapple, C., Ward, S., Staddon, C., Bishop, T., …Butler, D. (2018, May). Resilience learning for water sector culture change. Presented at 6th Joint EWA/JSWA/WEF Conference: Resilience of the Water Sector, Munich, Germany

This paper investigates barriers to creating a resilient water sector, focussing on the workforce. Firstly, it explores the definition of resilience and whether the workforce and customers are ready for a culture shift to create a more resilient sect... Read More about Resilience learning for water sector culture change.

Governing a shared hidden resource: A review of governance mechanisms for transboundary groundwater security (2017)
Journal Article
Albrecht, T. R., Varady, R. G., Zuniga-Teran, A. A., Gerlak, A. K., & Staddon, C. (2017). Governing a shared hidden resource: A review of governance mechanisms for transboundary groundwater security. Water Security, 2, 43-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2017.11.002

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Globally, groundwater is by far the largest store of liquid freshwater, making it a key component of a secure water supply. However, over the past few decades the amount of usable groundwater available around the world has rapidl... Read More about Governing a shared hidden resource: A review of governance mechanisms for transboundary groundwater security.

Advancing methods for research on household water insecurity: Studying entitlements and capabilities, socio-cultural dynamics, and political processes, institutions and governance (2017)
Journal Article
L. Young, S., Teodoro, M. P., Stoler, J., Simpson, K., Shinn, J., H. Shah, S., …Staddon, C. (2017). Advancing methods for research on household water insecurity: Studying entitlements and capabilities, socio-cultural dynamics, and political processes, institutions and governance. Water Security, 2, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2017.09.001

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Household water insecurity has serious implications for the health, livelihoods and wellbeing of people around the world. Existing methods to assess the state of household water insecurity focus largely on water quality, quantity... Read More about Advancing methods for research on household water insecurity: Studying entitlements and capabilities, socio-cultural dynamics, and political processes, institutions and governance.

Advancing human capabilities for water security: A relational approach (2017)
Journal Article
Jepson, W., Budds, J., Eichelberger, L., Harris, L., Norman, E., O'Reilly, K., …Young, S. (2017). Advancing human capabilities for water security: A relational approach. Water Security, 1, 46-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2017.07.001

We argue that a relational water security framework informed by the capabilities approach offers new ways to consider politics and cultures of water. Each dimension allows us to better contextualize water security beyond just an object (H2O) to be se... Read More about Advancing human capabilities for water security: A relational approach.

Issues and challenges of reclaimed water usage: a case study of the dragon-shaped river in the Beijing Olympic Park (2017)
Journal Article
Song, H., Zhou, X., Li, Z., Staddon, C., Wu, X., & Han, S. (2017). Issues and challenges of reclaimed water usage: a case study of the dragon-shaped river in the Beijing Olympic Park. Water International, 42(4), 486-494. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2017.1331409

© 2017 International Water Resources Association. Increased use of reclaimed water could be one of the solutions to Beijing’s growing water shortage, particularly for non-potable (e.g. landscaping) purposes. The dragon-shaped river, a large artificia... Read More about Issues and challenges of reclaimed water usage: a case study of the dragon-shaped river in the Beijing Olympic Park.

Competing epistemologies of community-based groundwater recharge in semi-arid North Rajasthan: Progress and lessons for groundwater dependent areas (2017)
Book Chapter
Staddon, C., & Everard, M. (2017). Competing epistemologies of community-based groundwater recharge in semi-arid North Rajasthan: Progress and lessons for groundwater dependent areas. In R. Baghel, L. Stepan, & J. Hill (Eds.), Water, Knowledge and the Environment in Asia: Epistemologies, Practices and Locales (87-108). Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge

Holding back the tide: An exploration of the possible legal basis for a claim of a right to be protected from flooding (2016)
Journal Article
Bean, E., Staddon, C., & Appleby, T. (2016). Holding back the tide: An exploration of the possible legal basis for a claim of a right to be protected from flooding. Journal of Water Law, 25(2), 61-68

As there is no general right to be defended from flooding, any measures taken to protect communities from flooding would appear to be motivated by political considerations. This article explores the possibilities open to a party seeking to benefit fr... Read More about Holding back the tide: An exploration of the possible legal basis for a claim of a right to be protected from flooding.

Developing and applying water security metrics in China: experience and challenges (2016)
Journal Article
Sun, F., Staddon, C., & Chen, M. (2016). Developing and applying water security metrics in China: experience and challenges. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 21, 29-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2016.10.006

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. In recent years the ‘water security’ concept has gained both increased public profile and also traction in policy-making circles in China. Moreover its strategic significance for the country has been more frequently addressed by... Read More about Developing and applying water security metrics in China: experience and challenges.

Potential environmental impacts of ‘fracking’ in the UK (2016)
Journal Article
Staddon, C., Hayes, E. T., & Brown, J. (2016). Potential environmental impacts of ‘fracking’ in the UK. Geography, 101(2), 60-69

Hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking’, involves the extraction of natural gas from shale formations deep underground using vertical and horizontal drilling technologies and vast quantities of chemically treated water injected into the wells under high... Read More about Potential environmental impacts of ‘fracking’ in the UK.

Geographical and temporal dimensions of Bulgarian attitudes towards the rural environment (2013)
Journal Article
Staddon, C., & Genchev, S. (2013). Geographical and temporal dimensions of Bulgarian attitudes towards the rural environment

This paper explores certain dimensions of the transformation since 1989 in attitudes towards the environment in one largely rural locality of southwest Bulgaria. There is something of a paradox apparent in rural attitudes and behaviours to the enviro... Read More about Geographical and temporal dimensions of Bulgarian attitudes towards the rural environment.

Air as a common good (2013)
Journal Article
Longhurst, J. W., Hayes, E. T., Staddon, C., Appleby, T., Pontin, B., Everard, M., …Longhurst, J. (2013). Air as a common good. Environmental Science and Policy, 33, 354-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2012.04.008

Ecosystem services provide a framework for integrated assessment of the societal benefits provided by air, the largest ecosystem on the planet, which has been substantially overlooked in former management frameworks. Many attributes of air are 'commo... Read More about Air as a common good.

Thinking like a wetland (2012)
Journal Article
Dillon, P., Gross, P., Irvine, R., Price, V. C., & Staddon, C. (2012). Thinking like a wetland. Journal of Arts and Communities, 4(1), 100-126. https://doi.org/10.1386/jaac.4.1-2.100_1

This article is an invitation to therapeutic deconstruction: a call to reconsider our assumptions about land, water and the relationship between the wet and the dry. It takes the form of a dialogue in which poetry (Gross) and visual art (Price) promp... Read More about Thinking like a wetland.

Geographical Perspectives on Water Management (2012)
Report
Staddon, C., Toole, S., Battarbee, R., Heathwaite, L., Lane, S., & Newson, M. (2012). Geographical Perspectives on Water Management. London: Royal Geographical Society

A right to water - A geographico-legal perspective (2011)
Book Chapter
Staddon, C., Appleby, T., & Grant, E. (2011). A right to water - A geographico-legal perspective. In F. Sultana, & A. Loftus (Eds.), The right to water: Politics, governance and social struggles (61-77). Abingdon, Oxon: Earthscan

Bottled beverages (water) (2010)
Book Chapter
Staddon, C., & Fox, A. (2010). Bottled beverages (water). In J. Mansvelt (Ed.), Green Consumerism: an A-to-Z guide (30-35). Los Angeles, US: SAGE

Towards a critical political ecology of human-forest interactions: Collecting herbs and mushrooms in a Bulgarian locality (2009)
Journal Article
Staddon, C. (2009). Towards a critical political ecology of human-forest interactions: Collecting herbs and mushrooms in a Bulgarian locality. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 34(2), 161-176. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2009.00339.x

This paper presents a critical political ecology of human-forest interactions in a Bulgarian locality. Based on primary fieldwork carried out annually since 1992, the argument is advanced that even in a relatively small space, environment-society rel... Read More about Towards a critical political ecology of human-forest interactions: Collecting herbs and mushrooms in a Bulgarian locality.

The New Imperialism (2006)
Journal Article
Staddon, C. (2006). The New Imperialism. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 87(3),

Theorizing transition: The political economy of post-communist transformations (2005)
Book
Smith, A., Pickles, J., & Staddon, C. (2005). J. Pickles, & A. Smith (Eds.), Theorizing transition: The political economy of post-communist transformations. London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203982907

© 1998 John Pickles and Adrian Smith. All rights reserved. Theorizing Transition provides a comprehensive examination of the economic, political, social and cultural transformations in post-Communist countries and an important critique of transition... Read More about Theorizing transition: The political economy of post-communist transformations.

Working with the grain? (2005)
Book Chapter
Staddon, C. (2005). Working with the grain?. In D. Turnock (Ed.), Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development in East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union: a collection of essays in memory of Professor Francis ''Frank'' Carter. Ashgate Press

Restructuring the Bulgarian wood processing sector: Linkages between resource exploitation, capital accumulation and transition in a post-communist locality (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Staddon, C. (2002, January). Restructuring the Bulgarian wood processing sector: Linkages between resource exploitation, capital accumulation and transition in a post-communist locality. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society/ Institute of British Geographers, Queens University of Belfast

Using cinema as a tool in undergraduate geography teaching (2002)
Book Chapter
Staddon, C., Taylor, P., Beard, P., Curtis, C., Dunn, N., & Kendall, R. (2002). Using cinema as a tool in undergraduate geography teaching. In D. Dixon, & T. Cresswell (Eds.), Engaging Film: Geographies of Mobility and Identity (271-296). Rowman and Littlefield

Human geography (2002)
Book Chapter
Staddon, C., Terry, A., Brown, K., Spalding, R., & Burton, R. (2002). Human geography. In D. Fisher (Ed.), Information Sources in the Social Sciences. Munchen: KG Saur

Bulgaria (2001)
Book Chapter
Pickles, J., Nikolova, M., Staddon, C., Velev, S., Mateeva, Z., & Popov, A. (2001). Bulgaria. In F. Carter, & D. Turnock (Eds.), Environmental Problems of East Central Europe (305-329). Routledge

Think global act local? Negotiating sustainable development under postcommunist transformation (2001)
Journal Article
Staddon, C., & Turnock, D. (2001). Think global act local? Negotiating sustainable development under postcommunist transformation. GeoJournal, 55(2-4), 477-484. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1021761125416

These essays are offered as a contribution to the ongoing scholarly discourse concerned with environmental problems in East Central Europe (ECE). In this volume we concentrate on the local through papers that indicate the nature of environmental chal... Read More about Think global act local? Negotiating sustainable development under postcommunist transformation.

Bulgaria's nuclear energy sector in context (2001)
Book Chapter
Staddon, C., & Taylor, P. (2001). Bulgaria's nuclear energy sector in context. In D. Turnock (Ed.), Environment and Society in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union (207-215). Edward Arnold

Restitution of forest property in post-communist Bulgaria (2000)
Journal Article
Staddon, C. (2000). Restitution of forest property in post-communist Bulgaria. Natural Resources Forum, 24(3), 237-246. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-8947.2000.tb00947.x

After ten years of post-communist transformation, the current Bulgarian Government has only recently initiated the task of wholesale reform of the communist-era structures extant within the forestry sector. This is an unavoidably complex process, inv... Read More about Restitution of forest property in post-communist Bulgaria.

Localities, natural resources and transition in Eastern Europe (1999)
Journal Article
Staddon, C. (1999). Localities, natural resources and transition in Eastern Europe. Geographical Journal, 165(2), 200-208. https://doi.org/10.2307/3060418

This paper develops the claim that an emergent 'transition model of development' is resulting in the (re)marginalization of rural localities in post-communist countries. The specific case study of local development in a rural Bulgarian locality, sinc... Read More about Localities, natural resources and transition in Eastern Europe.

Who Cares about the Environment? Popular Attitudes to Pollution and Environmental Reconstruction: two case studies from Bulgaria and Czech Republic (1998)
Book Chapter
Staddon, C., Pavlinek, P., & Pickles, J. (1998). Who Cares about the Environment? Popular Attitudes to Pollution and Environmental Reconstruction: two case studies from Bulgaria and Czech Republic. In K. Paskaleva, P. Shapira, J. Pickles, & B. Koulov (Eds.), Bulgaria in Transition: environmental consequences of political and economic transformation, (229-258). Ashgate

The hidden histories and geographies of neotraditional town planning: The case of Seaside, Florida (1997)
Journal Article
Falconer Al-Hindi, K., & Staddon, C. (1997). The hidden histories and geographies of neotraditional town planning: The case of Seaside, Florida. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 15(3), 349-372. https://doi.org/10.1068/d150349

The neotraditional resort development of Seaside, Florida merits special attention from geographers and urban planners because of the normative claims made by its designers and because it has garnered widespread attention from practising architects,... Read More about The hidden histories and geographies of neotraditional town planning: The case of Seaside, Florida.