Outputs (260)

Working class involvement in the Green Party (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A speech given to the Green Party national conference on how to be more inclusive of working class people.

La Justicia Ambiental (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A talk given to an open university in Cochabamba, Bolivia, regarding environmental inequality,the concept of environmental justice, and environmental injustices in different parts of the world.

Reconstructing multi-decadal variations in fluvial flood risk using atmospheric circulation patterns (2013)
Journal Article

Conventional techniques for quantifying and then managing flood risks are invalid under 'non-stationary' climate conditions. Trend detection and attribution are problematic given that the outcome depends on the start and end date of the record, choic... Read More about Reconstructing multi-decadal variations in fluvial flood risk using atmospheric circulation patterns.

Flood histories, flood memories and informal flood knowledge in the development of community resilience to future flood risk (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This research emphasises the importance of informal/local/lay flood knowledges, flood memories and shared flood histories/heritage in developing community resilience to flooding. How do these knowledges relate to communities’ capacities to prepare fo... Read More about Flood histories, flood memories and informal flood knowledge in the development of community resilience to future flood risk.

Public attitudes to human rights (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A presentation of our research on UK public attitudes to human rights.

Examining a typology of fire service-related anti-social behaviour (2012)
Journal Article

The Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) in England and Wales increasingly works alongside the police and other partners to promote safer communities-a key part of which involves tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB). Although definitions of ASB differ and a... Read More about Examining a typology of fire service-related anti-social behaviour.

Urban and environmental economics: An introduction (2012)
Book

Investigating the multi-causal and complex nature of the accident causal influence of construction project features (2012)
Journal Article

Construction project features (CPFs) are organisational, physical and operational attributes that characterise construction projects. Although previous studies have examined the accident causal influence of CPFs, the multi-causal attribute of this ca... Read More about Investigating the multi-causal and complex nature of the accident causal influence of construction project features.

Inequity and the ecological crisis (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Climate justice, energy justice, environmental justice

Tax increment finance (TIF) and alternative financing instruments for urban regeneration in the UK and the Netherlands (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Public attitudes to human rights - Data synthesis (2012)
Report

This report identifies, summarises, evaluates and analyses the data that currently exist on British public attitudes to human rights, in general, and minority rights, in particular. Human rights will be considered in a broad sense, to include economi... Read More about Public attitudes to human rights - Data synthesis.

Public attitudes to human rights - Literature review (2012)
Report

n the UK, human rights have, for some time, been susceptible to difficulties of misunderstanding, lack of public awareness, misleading and inaccurate media coverage and political manipulation. The Human Rights Act, 1998 (HRA), in particular, has been... Read More about Public attitudes to human rights - Literature review.

Is socially-just degrowth compatible with a market economy? (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A discussion of economic growth, sustainability and equity. The paper highlighted the sustainability issues inherant within capitalism.

The Mohawk traditional council (2012)
Journal Article

This work discusses environmental justice issues in Kahnawake, one of the eight communities that make up the Mohawk Nation. The traditional territory of the Mohawk extends through vast regions of what is currently referred to as Quebec, Ontario, and... Read More about The Mohawk traditional council.

Neighbourhood accessibility and active travel (2012)
Journal Article

Neighbourhoods are advocated in UK planning policy in order to foster social capital, combat obesity and reduce transport greenhouse emissions. The new agenda of localism reinforces this move. Yet travel behaviour trends, and the continuing decline o... Read More about Neighbourhood accessibility and active travel.

'Dear Prudence’: An overview of tax increment financing (2012)
Journal Article

This paper looks at the use of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) as a tool for levering regeneration and renewal within a wider policy framework. The paper introduces TIF in an era of low economic growth, while finance is both straitened and increasingl... Read More about 'Dear Prudence’: An overview of tax increment financing.

2050: Sustainable oceans in a changing climate Cabot Institute Position Paper (2012)
Journal Article

The world’s oceans are a potentially hugely productive resource. Against a backdrop of climate change, ocean acidification, population growth and poor governance and regulation, it is vital that we change our management strategies to maximise marin... Read More about 2050: Sustainable oceans in a changing climate Cabot Institute Position Paper.

Changing deserts: Integrating people and their environment (2012)
Book

Deserts—vast, empty places where time appears to stand still. The very word conjures images of endless seas of sand, blistering heat, and a virtual absence of life. However, deserts encompass a large variety of landscapes and life beyond our stereoty... Read More about Changing deserts: Integrating people and their environment.

Conserving history in changing arid environments: A geomorphological approach (2012)
Book Chapter

One brief glance at the UNESCO World Heritage List (August 2010) shows that currently 18 cultural sites are ‘under severe threat’. Of these, 14 are situated in arid environments. The harsh nature of these climates in combination with the often inacce... Read More about Conserving history in changing arid environments: A geomorphological approach.

A preliminary investigation into the potential of construction project features to influence accident occurrence (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The UK Construction industry has persistently been associated with unwanted ‘costs’ in the form of deaths, injuries, and ill-health. Previous studies in trying to address the health and safety (H&S) performance have highlighted the need to pay attent... Read More about A preliminary investigation into the potential of construction project features to influence accident occurrence.