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Airborne microplastic monitoring: developing a simplified outdoor sampling approach using pollen monitoring equipment (2024)
Journal Article
Chapman, E., Liddle, C. R., Williams, B., Hilmer, E., Quick, L. J., Garcia, A. G., Suárez, D. C., White, D., Bunting, M. J., Walker, P., Cabaneros, S. M. S., Kinnersley, R., Hansen, M. F., Atherall, C. A., & Rotchell, J. M. (2024). Airborne microplastic monitoring: developing a simplified outdoor sampling approach using pollen monitoring equipment. Journal of hazardous materials, 480, Article 136129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136129

A novel, yet simple, airborne microplastic (MP) sampling approach using global pollen monitoring equipment was applied to identify, characterise and quantify outdoor airborne MPs for the first time. Modification of Burkard spore trap tape adhesive pr... Read More about Airborne microplastic monitoring: developing a simplified outdoor sampling approach using pollen monitoring equipment.

Modeling the Tilt of Bend-Traversing Turbidity Currents: Implications for Sinuous Submarine Channel Development (2024)
Journal Article
Crisóstomo-Figueroa, A., Dorrell, R. M., Amy, L., McArthur, A. D., & McCaffrey, W. D. (2024). Modeling the Tilt of Bend-Traversing Turbidity Currents: Implications for Sinuous Submarine Channel Development. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(10), Article e2023JC020131. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020131

The controls on the development of submarine channel sinuosity are contested: slope gradient and Coriolis forcing have both been recognized as key governing factors: gradient via an inverse relationship (low sinuosity at high slope and vice versa), a... Read More about Modeling the Tilt of Bend-Traversing Turbidity Currents: Implications for Sinuous Submarine Channel Development.

Apparent Joint Swarms Formed by the Crack-Jump Process (2024)
Journal Article
Peacock, D. C., Leiss, B., & Anderson, M. W. (online). Apparent Joint Swarms Formed by the Crack-Jump Process. Terra Nova, https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12747

Joint swarms can be important components of fractured reservoirs. They are often explained as damage around faults or related to mechanical differences between layers, although this does not explain the close spacing of the joints. Joint swarms aroun... Read More about Apparent Joint Swarms Formed by the Crack-Jump Process.

Culture-led regeneration and the contestation of local discourses and meanings: the case of European maritime port cities (2024)
Journal Article
Tommarchi, E., & Jonas, A. E. (online). Culture-led regeneration and the contestation of local discourses and meanings: the case of European maritime port cities. Urban Geography, https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2024.2387944

Culture-led regeneration, understood as a range of policies using cultural activity as a catalyst for urban regeneration, has been widely implemented by many European cities. The interest of local businesses and politicians in these processes seems u... Read More about Culture-led regeneration and the contestation of local discourses and meanings: the case of European maritime port cities.

Lively commodities and endemic diseases: Shifting commodity situations and nonhuman disability in cattle and sheep on UK farms (2024)
Journal Article
Holloway, L., Mahon, N., Clark, B., & Proctor, A. (2024). Lively commodities and endemic diseases: Shifting commodity situations and nonhuman disability in cattle and sheep on UK farms. Journal of rural studies, 110, Article 103367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103367

The concept of ‘lively commodities’ captures how aspects of the life of certain entities affect their commodification and exchange within capitalist economic systems. Their status as being, or comprised of, living things matters to their commodificat... Read More about Lively commodities and endemic diseases: Shifting commodity situations and nonhuman disability in cattle and sheep on UK farms.

Socio-Spatial Dimensions of a Circular Economy (2024)
Book Chapter
Deutz, P., Jonas, A. E., Brullot, S., Friant, M. C., Pusz, M., Newsholme, A., Perez, S., Rogers, H. A., & Thapa, K. (2024). Socio-Spatial Dimensions of a Circular Economy. In P. Deutz, W. J. Vermeulen, R. J. Baumgartner, T. B. Ramos, & A. Raggi (Eds.), Circular Economy Realities: Critical Perspectives on Sustainability (123-148). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003295631-6

Interest in the transformative potential of a circular economy (CE) has emphasised economic and environmental benefits with relatively little attention paid to how the changes anticipated might be distributed either spatially or socially. This chapte... Read More about Socio-Spatial Dimensions of a Circular Economy.

Emerging Indications of Employment in a Circular Economy: A synthesis of European case studies (2024)
Book Chapter
Deutz, P., Rogers, H. A., Diaz, A., Klein, N., Opferkuch, K., Newsholme, A., Jonas, A. E., & Ramos, T. B. (2024). Emerging Indications of Employment in a Circular Economy: A synthesis of European case studies. In P. Deutz, W. J. Vermeulen, R. J. Baumgartner, T. B. Ramos, & A. Raggi (Eds.), Circular Economy Realities: Critical Perspectives on Sustainability (149-172). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003295631-7

The potential for job creation is widely assumed to follow from the greening of the economy by means such as a circular economy (CE). There have been efforts to quantify the number of jobs potentially arising from a CE, but the nature, distribution a... Read More about Emerging Indications of Employment in a Circular Economy: A synthesis of European case studies.

Conclusions: Emerging understandings of circular economy realities (2024)
Book Chapter
Deutz, P., Vermeulen, W. J., Baumgartner, R. J., Ramos, T. B., & Raggi, A. (2024). Conclusions: Emerging understandings of circular economy realities. In P. Deutz, W. J. Vermeulen, R. J. Baumgartner, T. B. Ramos, & A. Raggi (Eds.), Circular Economy Realities: Critical Perspectives on Sustainability (203-213). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003295631-9

Following the findings and discussions presented in the previous chapters, this concluding chapter sums up the emerging reality of circular economy (CE) development. The research indicates that while there have been widespread efforts to implement as... Read More about Conclusions: Emerging understandings of circular economy realities.

Policy Considerations for a Circular Economy (2024)
Book Chapter
Vermeulen, W. J., Friant, M. C., Campbell-Johnston, K., Deutz, P., Newsholme, A., Pusz, M., Klein, N., Ramos, T. B., Tena, A. D., & Thapa, K. (2024). Policy Considerations for a Circular Economy. In P. Deutz, W. J. Vermeulen, R. J. Baumgartner, T. B. Ramos, & A. Raggi (Eds.), Circular Economy Realities: Critical Perspectives on Sustainability (173-202). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003295631-8

Circular economy (CE) policies have been developed at all levels of government and address key actors in diverse ways. Some of the policies have a longer history initiated as elements of predecessors of the current CE policies, while others were impl... Read More about Policy Considerations for a Circular Economy.

Introduction: Exploring the sustainability implications of a circular economy (2024)
Book Chapter
Deutz, P., Vermeulen, W. J., Baumgartner, R. J., Ramos, T. B., & Raggi, A. (2024). Introduction: Exploring the sustainability implications of a circular economy. In P. Deutz, W. J. Vermeulen, R. J. Baumgartner, T. B. Ramos, & A. Raggi (Eds.), Circular Economy Realities: Critical Perspectives on Sustainability (1-12). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003295631-1

This chapter introduces the understandings of a circular economy (CE) and sustainability that guided the research. A CE is considered a resource efficiency measure that has evolved from a number of previous approaches to gain policy prominence as an... Read More about Introduction: Exploring the sustainability implications of a circular economy.

Exploring the Role of Companies in Transitioning to a Sustainable and Circular Future: Insights and Reflections (2024)
Book Chapter
Baumgartner, R. J., Deutz, P., Delgadillo, E., Tena, A. D., Newsholme, A., Lindgreen, E. R., Santa-Maria, T., Walker, A. M., & Reyes, T. (2024). Exploring the Role of Companies in Transitioning to a Sustainable and Circular Future: Insights and Reflections. In Circular Economy Realities: Critical Perspectives on Sustainability (64-95). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003295631-4

This chapter explores the pivotal role of companies in driving the transition towards a sustainable and circular economy (CE). It focuses on how companies, as unique social systems aimed at generating economic value, can and have to shoulder social a... Read More about Exploring the Role of Companies in Transitioning to a Sustainable and Circular Future: Insights and Reflections.

Peri-urban transformations : Changing land markets and (in)security in peri-urban Accra, Ghana (2024)
Book Chapter
Asafo, D. (2024). Peri-urban transformations : Changing land markets and (in)security in peri-urban Accra, Ghana. In Living the urban periphery : infrastructure, everyday life and economic change in African city-regions (186-206). Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526171221

This chapter analyses recent transitions within Accra’s peri-urban land market. It explores pressures on peripherally located land in the context of significant affordability issues in wider Accra and the ways in which land originally owned and manag... Read More about Peri-urban transformations : Changing land markets and (in)security in peri-urban Accra, Ghana.

Approaches to Circular Economy Research (2024)
Book Chapter
Deutz, P., Caeiro, S., Lindgreen, E. R., Thapa, K., Walker, A. M., & Pusz, M. (2024). Approaches to Circular Economy Research. In P. Deutz, W. J. Vermeulen, R. J. Baumgartner, T. B. Ramos, & A. Raggi (Eds.), Circular Economy Realities: Critical Perspectives on Sustainability (13-44). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003295631-2

Understanding and developing a circular economy (CE) and the implications for doing so involves communication and collaboration across a wide variety of stakeholders. Research has a key role to play in providing the relevant evidence and well-founded... Read More about Approaches to Circular Economy Research.

Circular Economy Realities: Critical Perspectives on Sustainability (2024)
Book
Deutz, P., Vermeulen, W. J., Baumgartner, R. J., Ramos, T. B., & Raggi, A. (Eds.). (2024). Circular Economy Realities: Critical Perspectives on Sustainability. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003295631

This book addresses the realities of the circular economy, a resource efficiency concept that has risen to global prominence in academic, policy and business circles over the last decade. Considered an approach to sustainable growth, the volume criti... Read More about Circular Economy Realities: Critical Perspectives on Sustainability.

Neoliberalism and the splintering of city-regionalism: the case of Denver’s regional transit agency in times of COVID-19 urban austerity (2024)
Journal Article
Chestnut, J., Goetz, A. R., & Jonas, A. E. (online). Neoliberalism and the splintering of city-regionalism: the case of Denver’s regional transit agency in times of COVID-19 urban austerity. Urban Geography, https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2024.2367389

Public transit service provision is fraught with contradictions and tensions, which today tend to converge around the city-regional scale of planning and governance. The promise of public transit is to promote economic development and improve regiona... Read More about Neoliberalism and the splintering of city-regionalism: the case of Denver’s regional transit agency in times of COVID-19 urban austerity.

Carbon dioxide removal could result in the use of lower-grade iron ore in a decarbonized net-negative emission steel industry (2024)
Journal Article
Renforth, P., Campbell, J., Foteinis, S., Cosgun, E., Young, J., Strunge, T., Riley, A. L., Mayes, W. M., & van der Spek, M. W. (2024). Carbon dioxide removal could result in the use of lower-grade iron ore in a decarbonized net-negative emission steel industry. Journal of cleaner production, 468, Article 142987. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142987

Reducing the emissions from steel production is essential in meeting climate targets while maintaining economic prosperity. Here we show that applying deep emissions mitigation to the steel industry together with the reaction of by-product slag with... Read More about Carbon dioxide removal could result in the use of lower-grade iron ore in a decarbonized net-negative emission steel industry.

Making a mark on the farm: the marks and traces of farm animals and infectious diseases in northern England (2024)
Journal Article
Mahon, N., Finan, S., Holloway, L., Clark, B., & Proctor, A. (in press). Making a mark on the farm: the marks and traces of farm animals and infectious diseases in northern England. Scottish Geographical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2024.2343951

Farmed animals are expected to move through farmed spaces in certain ways to maximise their productivity. These spaces are also designed to limit the movement of disease-causing organisms. However, both types of lifeforms do not always move in expect... Read More about Making a mark on the farm: the marks and traces of farm animals and infectious diseases in northern England.

Using U–Pb carbonate dating to constrain the timing of extension and fault reactivation within the Bristol Channel Basin, SW England (2024)
Journal Article
Connolly, J., Anderson, M., Mottram, C., Price, G. D., Parrish, R., & Sanderson, D. (2024). Using U–Pb carbonate dating to constrain the timing of extension and fault reactivation within the Bristol Channel Basin, SW England. Journal of the Geological Society, 181(5), Article jgs2024-021. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2024-021

The Bristol Channel Basin is a Mesozoic continental rift basin. The basin is an important analogue for offshore reservoirs. Relative cross-cutting relationships and correlation with adjacent sedimentary basins have previously been used to constrain t... Read More about Using U–Pb carbonate dating to constrain the timing of extension and fault reactivation within the Bristol Channel Basin, SW England.

Artificial Intelligence in Education: An automatic Rule-Based Chatbot to generate guidance from lecture recordings (2024)
Journal Article
Hing, W., Gordon, N., & Al Jaber, T. (2024). Artificial Intelligence in Education: An automatic Rule-Based Chatbot to generate guidance from lecture recordings. Acta Scientific Computer Sciences, 6(7), 64-74

In a new era of educational and research-based chatbots, implementing personalised interactive learning resources is critical in enhancing students' academic experiences. Whilst general purpose chatbots are now available with a range of platforms, th... Read More about Artificial Intelligence in Education: An automatic Rule-Based Chatbot to generate guidance from lecture recordings.