A case study of activities to enhance undergraduate recruitment into geography
(2008)
Journal Article
Outputs (395)
Flood insurance in the UK: A survey of the experience of floodplain residents (2008)
Book Chapter
Flood insurance, or the lack of it, is one of the factors that determine whether building on floodplains is sustainable. Availability of insurance can provide flood victims with the financial security to restore, maintain and sell their property b... Read More about Flood insurance in the UK: A survey of the experience of floodplain residents.
The barriers to resilient reinstatement of flood damaged homes (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The current debate about flood management in the UK involves the notion of making space for water, recognising the fact that it is impractical to defend large floodplains to a standard which excludes any possibility of flooding. Coupled with developm... Read More about The barriers to resilient reinstatement of flood damaged homes.
The impact of flood insurance on residential property prices: Towards a new theoretical framework for the United Kingdom market (2007)
Journal Article
The supposition that the availability and cost of insurance will have an effect on house prices is often accepted as fact. However the mechanism for this supposed impact has not been clearly articulated and the hypothesis is far from proven in the UK... Read More about The impact of flood insurance on residential property prices: Towards a new theoretical framework for the United Kingdom market.
Beyond authenticity and commodification (2007)
Journal Article
Authenticity and commodification are central to academic debates in tourism. Previous analyses suggest that the commercialization of local identities leads to negative consequences. Based on a long-term study in Eastern Indonesia, this paper examines... Read More about Beyond authenticity and commodification.
Dealing with terrorist threats through a crime prevention and community safety approach (2007)
Journal Article
This paper is based on discussion from the first of a series of five seminars organized by the European Forum for Urban Security. The seminar took place in Bristol on 28 and 29 September 2006. Over the 2 days, it was attended by 30 people, including... Read More about Dealing with terrorist threats through a crime prevention and community safety approach.
The UK construction industry: A review of the black country skills demand (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Exploring housing patterns and dynamics in low demand neighbourhoods using geographically weighted regression (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Simulating physical weathering of basalt on Earth and Mars (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Background Despite its importance as a surficial rock type on Earth and other planets, few studies have been made of the response of basalt to physical weathering. Heating and cooling, with or without salts and moisture, may have severe impacts on b... Read More about Simulating physical weathering of basalt on Earth and Mars.
Integrating biological conservation and community development through ecotourism: A case study from Tambopata, Peru (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Evaluating the impact of multiskilling on total value of work done (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Insecurity of traditional land tenure and land registration in Ghana (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Implementing and evaluating a code of conduct for visitors (2007)
Journal Article
Codes of conduct have been produced for tourists to educate them about societies they visit, and how to behave without causing offence. While numerous codes of conduct have been developed, very little research has been carried out to evaluate their e... Read More about Implementing and evaluating a code of conduct for visitors.
Conserving tropical rainforest: A role for ecological education? (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The impact of multiskilling on UK's construction manpower (2008)
Journal Article
The overall significance of the construction and building services sector internationally cannot be overemphasised. In the UK, the industry currently accounts for 10% gross domestic product (GDP) and employs 2 million people, which is more than 1 in... Read More about The impact of multiskilling on UK's construction manpower.
'The Muckle Spate of 1829': The physical and societal impact of a catastrophic flood on the River Findhorn, Scottish Highlands (2007)
Journal Article
On 3 August 1829, north-east Scotland recorded one of the most severe catastrophic floods in modern UK history. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder's An account of the great floods of August 1829 in the province of Moray and adjoining districts (1830) provides a... Read More about 'The Muckle Spate of 1829': The physical and societal impact of a catastrophic flood on the River Findhorn, Scottish Highlands.
Evaluation of the hospital at home advice service (2007)
Report
This project looked at the hospital at home advice service run by North Bristol Advice Centre.