Outputs (80)

Investigations into the relationship between changes in internal moisture regimes and rock surface deterioration in cavernous sandstone features (2013)
Journal Article

Cavernous features commonly develop in sandstone, but their development over time remains enigmatic. It has been suggested that moisture movements within the rock mass play a key role in the location, development and dynamics of cavernous features. I... Read More about Investigations into the relationship between changes in internal moisture regimes and rock surface deterioration in cavernous sandstone features.

Energy and social justice (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A presentation as part of 'Big Green Week' in Bristol discussing energy issues in relation to social justice. The key issue, I propose, is the nationalisation of energy since private energy companies are making vast profits while many poor die in the... Read More about Energy and social justice.

Life on a low income in austere times: Precarious budgets (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

An analysis of the everyday ways of coping with poverty by those experiencing the impact of service cuts and economic decline.

Poverty in the UK: Advancing paradata analysis and open access (2014)
Report

This project aimed to provide open access to data from Peter Townsend’s 1967-68 Poverty in the UK (PinUK) landmark UK survey, and to enhance the capacity to use it, through innovative analysis of micro paradata and comparative analysis of macro parad... Read More about Poverty in the UK: Advancing paradata analysis and open access.

Possibilities of paradata: Technologies and social practices - poverty surveys 60 years on (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper discussed the difference between survey methods over the years.

Illuminating twenty-five years of poverty research through paradata and secondary analysis (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper looked at poverty research over the 20th and 21st centuries, focussing on paradata and secondary analysis. In particular it discussed the work of Peter Townsend.

Can the capitalist state deliver environmental justice? (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper disussed the contradictions between capitalism and achieving environmental justice.

International Approaches to Real Estate Development (2014)
Book

Living well within planetary limits
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This workshop discussed the concept of Vivir Bien and how it contributes to sustainability.

Green economy and meeting human needs (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A discussion about the extent to which the sustainable transition paradigm can been human needs.

Sustainable urban drainage: Retrofitting for improved flood mitigation in city centres (2014)
Report

AIM The aim of this research was to examine the potential for mitigation of predominantly pluvial flooding in CBDs through retrofitting of such systems. The research used two case study areas to explore the challenges and opportunities for retrofit... Read More about Sustainable urban drainage: Retrofitting for improved flood mitigation in city centres.

Assessing the value of intangible benefits of property level flood risk adaptation (PLFRA) measures (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Studies in the UK and elsewhere have identified that flooding can result in diverse impacts, ranging from significant financial costs (tangible) to social (intangible) impacts on households. At the s... Read More about Assessing the value of intangible benefits of property level flood risk adaptation (PLFRA) measures.

Defining tafoni: Re-examining terminological ambiguity for cavernous rock decay phenomena (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Cavernous rock decay processes represent a global phenomenon, ubiquitous to all environments, with the viewable-in-landscape form usually being the final descriptor (e.g. “alveoli”), sometimes alluding to the specific de... Read More about Defining tafoni: Re-examining terminological ambiguity for cavernous rock decay phenomena.

Green infrastructure and urban water management (2015)
Book Chapter

This chapter will first outline the many challenges water poses in modern society, considering the increasing frequency and severity of flooding and droughts as inevitable outcomes of potential climate change and increasing impermeable ground-cover t... Read More about Green infrastructure and urban water management.

Delivering green streets: An exploration of changing perceptions and behaviours over time around bioswales in Portland, Oregon (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 The Authors. Journal of Flood Risk Management published by The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Green Infrastructure (GI) is an increasingly popular means of dealing with flooding and wat... Read More about Delivering green streets: An exploration of changing perceptions and behaviours over time around bioswales in Portland, Oregon.

Can the capitalist economic system deliver environmental justice? (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 IOP Publishing Ltd. Can a healthy environment for all social groups be delivered through capitalism via market mechanisms? Or is it the capitalist system, itself, that has been at the root of the environmental and social crises we now face? Th... Read More about Can the capitalist economic system deliver environmental justice?.

Measuring rock hardness in the field (2014)
Book Chapter

Rock surface hardness is often used as an indicator of the degree to which a rock surface has weathered. As the surface deteriorates the loss of cohesion results in crumbling of the surface, increased pore water circulation and dislodging of sections... Read More about Measuring rock hardness in the field.

'Future Flows' and future floods: An exploration of the implications of climate change for high flows in the UK (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Social inclusion and the Green Economy (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper looked at the equity and inclusion aspects of recent interpretations of 'Green Economy' e.g. UNEP 2011.

Trends in hydrological intensification in the UK: Implications for flood risk management (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution