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Late Glacial to Holocene climate change and human impact in the Mediterranean: The last ca. 17ka diatom record of Lake Prespa (Macedonia/Albania/Greece) (2014)
Journal Article
Cvetkoska, A., Levkov, Z., Reed, J. M., & Wagner, B. (2014). Late Glacial to Holocene climate change and human impact in the Mediterranean: The last ca. 17ka diatom record of Lake Prespa (Macedonia/Albania/Greece). Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 406, 22-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.04.010

Lake Prespa (Macedonia/Albania/Greece) occupies an important location between Mediterranean and central European climate zones. Although previous multi-proxy research on the Late Glacial to Holocene sequence, core Co1215 (320 cm; ca. 17 cal ka BP to... Read More about Late Glacial to Holocene climate change and human impact in the Mediterranean: The last ca. 17ka diatom record of Lake Prespa (Macedonia/Albania/Greece).

Can comprehensive specialised end-of-life care be provided at home? Lessons from a study of an innovative consultant-led community service in the UK (2014)
Journal Article
Noble, B., King, N., Woolmore, A., Hughes, P., Winslow, M., Melvin, J., Brooks, J., Bravington, A., Ingleton, C., & Bath, P. A. (2015). Can comprehensive specialised end-of-life care be provided at home? Lessons from a study of an innovative consultant-led community service in the UK. European Journal of Cancer Care, 24(2), 253-266. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12195

© 2014 The Authors. European Journal of Cancer Care published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The Midhurst Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Service (MMSPCS) is a UK, medical consultant-led, multidisciplinary team aiming to provide round-the-clock adv... Read More about Can comprehensive specialised end-of-life care be provided at home? Lessons from a study of an innovative consultant-led community service in the UK.

Why place matters: imaginative geography and international student mobility (2014)
Journal Article
Beech, S. E. (2014). Why place matters: imaginative geography and international student mobility. Area, 46(2), 170-177. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12096

This paper develops and extends the recent work on international student mobility by expanding beyond the traditional push–pull factors of migration to show that students are influenced by more than the economic in their decision of where to study. I... Read More about Why place matters: imaginative geography and international student mobility.

Blending scales of governance: land-use policies and practices in the small state of Luxembourg (2014)
Journal Article
Affolderbach, J., & Carr, C. (2016). Blending scales of governance: land-use policies and practices in the small state of Luxembourg. Regional studies, 50(6), 944-955. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2014.893057

© 2014 Regional Studies Association. Affolderbach J. and Carr C. Blending scales of governance: land-use policies and practices in the small state of Luxembourg, Regional Studies. While multilevel governance is helpful in understanding the logics beh... Read More about Blending scales of governance: land-use policies and practices in the small state of Luxembourg.

Rethinking sociotechnical transitions and green entrepreneurship : the potential for transformative change in the green building sector (2014)
Journal Article
O'Neill, K., & Gibbs, D. (2014). Rethinking sociotechnical transitions and green entrepreneurship : the potential for transformative change in the green building sector. Environment & planning. A, 46(5), 1088-1107. https://doi.org/10.1068/a46259

This paper explores the development of green entrepreneurship and its potential role in transformative change towards a green economy. It achieves this through a study of the green building sector in England and Wales, based on qualitative empirical... Read More about Rethinking sociotechnical transitions and green entrepreneurship : the potential for transformative change in the green building sector.

Food for thought: seeking the essence of Industrial Symbiosis (2014)
Book Chapter
Deutz, P. (2014). Food for thought: seeking the essence of Industrial Symbiosis. In R. Salomone, & G. Saija (Eds.), Pathways to Environmental Sustainability : Methodologies and Experiences (3-11). Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03826-1_1

Researchers and practitioners would benefit from a definition of industrial symbiosis which clearly distinguishes essential from contingent characteristics. The definition also needs to be translatable between both language and policy contexts. Indus... Read More about Food for thought: seeking the essence of Industrial Symbiosis.

Urban fiscal austerity, infrastructure provision and the struggle for regional transit in 'Motor City' (2014)
Journal Article
Hall, S., & Jonas, A. E. G. (2014). Urban fiscal austerity, infrastructure provision and the struggle for regional transit in 'Motor City'. Cambridge journal of regions economy and society, 7(1), 189-206. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rst031

Studies suggest that urban fiscal crises trigger the institutional separation of strategic services from general purpose municipal functions. Traditional reformists have highlighted the economic benefits of regional approaches. Global austerity has c... Read More about Urban fiscal austerity, infrastructure provision and the struggle for regional transit in 'Motor City'.

Greater than the sum of the parts? Unpacking ethics of care within a community supported agriculture scheme (2014)
Book Chapter
Cox, R., Kneafsey, M., Holloway, L., Dowler, E., & Venn, L. (2014). Greater than the sum of the parts? Unpacking ethics of care within a community supported agriculture scheme. In M. K. Goodman, & C. Sage (Eds.), Food Transgressions: Making Sense of Contemporary Food Politics (61-81). Farnham: Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315582702

The concept of the moral economy directs attention to the moral and ethical frameworks through which everyday decisions are framed and enacted. This chapter shows that by exposing the very real differences in the priorities and actions of EarthShare... Read More about Greater than the sum of the parts? Unpacking ethics of care within a community supported agriculture scheme.

Making meat collectivities : entanglements of geneticisation, integration and contestation in livestock breeding (2014)
Book Chapter
Gibbs, D., Holloway, L., Gilna, B., & Morris, C. (2014). Making meat collectivities : entanglements of geneticisation, integration and contestation in livestock breeding. In M. K. Goodman, & C. Sage (Eds.), Food Transgressions : Making Sense of Contemporary Food Politics (155-180). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315582702

To explore some of the contours of this meat ‘supply chain integration’ - ‘the phrase of the moment’ according to Farmers Weekly - this chapter draws on research conducted as part of a project exploring the effects of the emergence of particular type... Read More about Making meat collectivities : entanglements of geneticisation, integration and contestation in livestock breeding.

Long-term flood controls on semi-arid river form: Evidence from the Sabie and Olifants rivers, eastern South Africa (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Heritage, G., Tooth, S., Entwistle, N., & Milan, D. Long-term flood controls on semi-arid river form: Evidence from the Sabie and Olifants rivers, eastern South Africa

Rivers in the Kruger National Park, eastern South Africa, are characterised by bedrock-influenced ‘macrochannels’ containing variable alluvial thicknesses and riparian vegetation assemblages. Evidence from the Sabie and Olifants rivers suggests that... Read More about Long-term flood controls on semi-arid river form: Evidence from the Sabie and Olifants rivers, eastern South Africa.

Anastomosing reach control on hydraulics and sediment distribution on the Sabie River, South Africa (2014)
Journal Article
Entwistle, N., Heritage, G., Tooth, S., & Milan, D. (2014). Anastomosing reach control on hydraulics and sediment distribution on the Sabie River, South Africa. Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 367, 215-219. https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-367-215-2015

Rivers in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, have variable degrees of bedrock and alluvial influence. Pre-2000 aerial imagery for the Sabie River (catchment area 6320 km2) reveals downstream alternations from alluvial single thread or braided, t... Read More about Anastomosing reach control on hydraulics and sediment distribution on the Sabie River, South Africa.

Magnetic tracing of fine-sediment over pool-riffle morphology (2013)
Journal Article
Milan, D. J., & Large, A. R. (2014). Magnetic tracing of fine-sediment over pool-riffle morphology. CATENA, 115, 134-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2013.11.003

Field studies documenting fine-sediment (< 2 mm) transport in gravel-bed rivers are rare. For the first time in a fluvial environment, a technique that enhances the magnetic susceptibility of sand is used to trace its longitudinal dispersion and stor... Read More about Magnetic tracing of fine-sediment over pool-riffle morphology.

Centennial-scale climate change in Ireland during the Holocene (2013)
Journal Article
Swindles, G. T., Lawson, I. T., Matthews, I. P., Blaauw, M., Daley, T. J., Charman, D. J., Roland, T. P., Plunkett, G., Schettler, G., Gearey, B. R., Turner, T. E., Rea, H. A., Roe, H. M., Amesbury, M. J., Chambers, F. M., Holmes, J., Mitchell, F. J., Blackford, J., Blundell, A., Branch, N., …Armit, I. (2013). Centennial-scale climate change in Ireland during the Holocene. Earth-Science Reviews, 126, 300-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.08.012

We examine mid- to late Holocene centennial-scale climate variability in Ireland using proxy data from peatlands, lakes and a speleothem. A high degree of between-record variability is apparent in the proxy data and significant chronological uncertai... Read More about Centennial-scale climate change in Ireland during the Holocene.

Geographical imaginations, public education and the everyday worlds of Fascist Italy (2013)
Journal Article
Atkinson, D. (2013). Geographical imaginations, public education and the everyday worlds of Fascist Italy. Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 18(5), 561-579. https://doi.org/10.1080/1354571X.2013.839487

This article explores the phenomena of geographical imaginations and their seldom-noted promotion within various corners of Fascist Italy. Imagined geographies are socially constructed understandings of other places and regions and, as such, they are... Read More about Geographical imaginations, public education and the everyday worlds of Fascist Italy.

Robotic milking technologies and renegotiating situated ethical relationships on UK dairy farms (2013)
Journal Article
Holloway, L., Wilkinson, K., & Bear, C. (2014). Robotic milking technologies and renegotiating situated ethical relationships on UK dairy farms. Agriculture and human values, 31(2), 185-199. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-013-9473-3

Robotic or automatic milking systems (AMS) are novel technologies that take over the labor of dairy farming and reduce the need for human-animal interactions. Because robotic milking involves the replacement of 'conventional' twice-a-day milking mana... Read More about Robotic milking technologies and renegotiating situated ethical relationships on UK dairy farms.

Ensemble representation of uncertainty in Lagrangian satellite rainfall estimates (2013)
Journal Article
Bellerby, T. J. (2013). Ensemble representation of uncertainty in Lagrangian satellite rainfall estimates. Journal of hydrometeorology, 14(5), 1483-1499. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-12-0121.1

A new algorithm called Lagrangian Simulation (LSIM) has been developed that enables the interpolation uncertainty present in Lagrangian satellite rainfall algorithms such as the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) morphing technique (CMORPH) to be charac... Read More about Ensemble representation of uncertainty in Lagrangian satellite rainfall estimates.

Viewing animal bodies : truths, practical aesthetics and ethical considerability in UK livestock breeding (2013)
Journal Article
Holloway, L., & Morris, C. (2014). Viewing animal bodies : truths, practical aesthetics and ethical considerability in UK livestock breeding. Social & cultural geography, 15(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2013.851264

This paper focuses on the production of aesthetic ‘truths’ in UK livestock breeding, drawing on detailed qualitative research with breeders and breed societies. It extends emerging interest in the aesthetic in human geographical research, examining h... Read More about Viewing animal bodies : truths, practical aesthetics and ethical considerability in UK livestock breeding.

Reconceptualising temporality in young lives: exploring young people's current and future livelihoods in AIDS-affected southern Africa (2013)
Journal Article
Ansell, N., Hajdu, F., van Blerk, L., & Robson, E. (2014). Reconceptualising temporality in young lives: exploring young people's current and future livelihoods in AIDS-affected southern Africa. Transactions - Institute of British Geographers, 39(3), 387-401. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12041

In recent years, anxieties have been expressed that the impacts of southern Africa's AIDS pandemic on young people today will damage their future livelihood prospects. Geographers have been remarkably reluctant to explore young people's future liveli... Read More about Reconceptualising temporality in young lives: exploring young people's current and future livelihoods in AIDS-affected southern Africa.

The role of sea ports in end-to-end maritime transport chain emissions (2013)
Journal Article
Gibbs, D., Rigot-Muller, P., Mangan, J., & Lalwani, C. (2014). The role of sea ports in end-to-end maritime transport chain emissions. Energy policy, 64, 337-348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.09.024

This paper's purpose is to investigate the role of sea ports in helping to mitigate the GHG emissions associated with the end-to-end maritime transport chain. The analysis is primarily focused on the UK, but is international in application. The paper... Read More about The role of sea ports in end-to-end maritime transport chain emissions.

Late Mesolithic and early Neolithic forest disturbance: a high resolution palaeoecological test of human impact hypotheses (2013)
Journal Article
Innes, J. B., Blackford, J. J., & Rowley-Conwy, P. A. (2013). Late Mesolithic and early Neolithic forest disturbance: a high resolution palaeoecological test of human impact hypotheses. Quaternary science reviews, 77, 80-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.07.012

The transition in north-west Europe from the hunter-gatherer societies of the Late Mesolithic to the pioneer farming societies of the early Neolithic is not well understood, either culturally or palaeoecologically. In Britain the final transition was... Read More about Late Mesolithic and early Neolithic forest disturbance: a high resolution palaeoecological test of human impact hypotheses.