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Seasonal and spatial variation of diffuse (non-point) source zinc pollution in a historically metal mined river catchment, UK (2011)
Journal Article
Gozzard, E., Mayes, W., Potter, H., & Jarvis, A. (2011). Seasonal and spatial variation of diffuse (non-point) source zinc pollution in a historically metal mined river catchment, UK. Environmental pollution, 159(10), 3113-3122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.02.010

Quantifying diffuse sources of pollution is becoming increasingly important when characterising river catchments in entirety e a prerequisite for environmental management. This study examines both low and high flow events, as well as spatial variabil... Read More about Seasonal and spatial variation of diffuse (non-point) source zinc pollution in a historically metal mined river catchment, UK.

Spaces, times, and critical moments: a relational time-space analysis of the impacts of AIDS on rural youth in Malawi and Lesotho (2011)
Journal Article
Ansell, N., van Blerk, L., Hajdu, F., & Robson, E. (2011). Spaces, times, and critical moments: a relational time-space analysis of the impacts of AIDS on rural youth in Malawi and Lesotho. Environment & planning. A, 43(3), 525-544. https://doi.org/10.1068/a4363

Southern Africa's AIDS epidemic is profoundly spatially and temporally structured; so too are the lives of the young people whose families it blights. In this paper we draw on qualitative research with AIDS-affected young people in Malawi and Lesotho... Read More about Spaces, times, and critical moments: a relational time-space analysis of the impacts of AIDS on rural youth in Malawi and Lesotho.

Environmental Bargains: Power Struggles and Decision Making over British Columbia's and Tasmania's Old-Growth Forests (2011)
Journal Article
Affolderbach, J. (2011). Environmental Bargains: Power Struggles and Decision Making over British Columbia's and Tasmania's Old-Growth Forests. Economic geography, 87(2), 181-206. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1944-8287.2011.01107.x

Over the past few decades, conflicts over resources have increased in scale and intensity. They are frequently dominated by environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) that fight, boycott, lobby, and negotiate with other interest groups to pr... Read More about Environmental Bargains: Power Struggles and Decision Making over British Columbia's and Tasmania's Old-Growth Forests.

Speciation of contaminant metals in red mud from Ajka, Hungary (2011)
Journal Article
Burke, I. T., Mayes, W. M., Peacock, C. L., Brown, A. P., Jarvis, A. P., & Gruiz, K. (2011). Speciation of contaminant metals in red mud from Ajka, Hungary. Mineralogical Magazine, 75(3), 599 - 599

The catastrophic failure of the sludge dam at the Ajkai Timfoldgyar Zrt alumina plant in Hungary on the 4th October 2010 resulted in the release of 700000 m 3 of caustic metalliferous red mud. Red mud leachate is hyperalkaline (pH 13) has elevated c... Read More about Speciation of contaminant metals in red mud from Ajka, Hungary.

Classical traditions and cultural geographies (2011)
Book Chapter
Atkinson, D. (2011). Classical traditions and cultural geographies. Visual and historical geography: essays in honour of Denis E. Cosgrove (44075). Historical Geography Research Series, Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers

Remediation of Aquatic Post-Industrial Inorganic Pollutants (2011)
Book Chapter
Mayes, W. M., & Jarvis, A. P. (2011). Remediation of Aquatic Post-Industrial Inorganic Pollutants. In J. Nriagu (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Environmental Health (789-800). Amsterdam: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00047-7

Pollution from abandoned mines can be a major and persistent source of degradation to the health of the water environment. This article reviews the nature of these impacts. The most important of these are usually the chemical changes that occur with... Read More about Remediation of Aquatic Post-Industrial Inorganic Pollutants.

REFAME: rain estimation using forward-adjusted advection of microwave estimates (2010)
Journal Article
Behrangi, A., Imam, B., Hsu, K., Sorooshian, S., Bellerby, T. J., & Huffman, G. J. (2010). REFAME: rain estimation using forward-adjusted advection of microwave estimates. Journal of hydrometeorology, 11(6), 1305-1321. https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JHM1248.1

A new multiplatform multisensor satellite rainfall estimation technique is proposed in which sequences of Geostationary Earth Orbit infrared (GEO-IR) images are used to advect microwave (MW)-derived precipitation estimates along cloud motion streamli... Read More about REFAME: rain estimation using forward-adjusted advection of microwave estimates.

Blue Nile runoff sensitivity to climate change (2010)
Journal Article
Nawaz, R., Bellerby, T., Sayed, M., & Elshamy, M. (2010). Blue Nile runoff sensitivity to climate change. The open hydrology journal, 4(Special issue), 137 - 151. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874378101004010137

This study describes implementation of hydrological climate change impact assessment tool utilising a combination of statistical spatiotemporal downscaling and an operational hydrological model known as the Nile Forecasting System. A spatial rainfall... Read More about Blue Nile runoff sensitivity to climate change.

Choosing and rejecting cattle and sheep: changing discourses and practices of (de)selection in pedigree livestock breeding (2010)
Journal Article
Holloway, L., Morris, C., Gilna, B., & Gibbs, D. (2011). Choosing and rejecting cattle and sheep: changing discourses and practices of (de)selection in pedigree livestock breeding. Agriculture and human values, 28(4), 533-547. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-010-9298-2

This paper examines the discourses and practices of pedigree livestock breeding, focusing on beef cattle and sheep in the UK, concentrating on an under-examined aspect of this – the deselection and rejection of some animals from future breeding popul... Read More about Choosing and rejecting cattle and sheep: changing discourses and practices of (de)selection in pedigree livestock breeding.

Income-generating activities for young people in southern Africa: exploring AIDS and other constraints (2010)
Journal Article
Hajdu, F., Ansell, N., Robson, E., Van Blerk, L., & Chipeta, L. (2011). Income-generating activities for young people in southern Africa: exploring AIDS and other constraints. The Geographical journal, 177(3), 251-263. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4959.2010.00381.x

This paper reports on a study with rural young people (aged 10-24 years) in Malawi and Lesotho, focusing on their opportunities to learn skills and access capital and assets to engage in income-generating activities (IGAs). Participatory group exerci... Read More about Income-generating activities for young people in southern Africa: exploring AIDS and other constraints.

Filtering spatial error from DEMs: implicatons for morphological change estimation (2010)
Journal Article
Milan, D. J., Heritage, G. L., Large, A. R. G., & Fuller, I. C. (2011). Filtering spatial error from DEMs: implicatons for morphological change estimation. Geomorphology, 125(1), 160-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.09.012

Scour and fill estimation from digital elevation model (DEM) subtraction or differencing is an increasingly common technique in morphological and sediment transport investigations. The technique is commonly used to estimate scour and fill volumes and... Read More about Filtering spatial error from DEMs: implicatons for morphological change estimation.

Effect of vegetation data collection strategies on estimates of relevant source area of pollen (RSAP) and relative pollen productivity estimates (relative PPE) for non-arboreal taxa (2010)
Journal Article
Bunting, M. J., & Hjelle, K. L. (2010). Effect of vegetation data collection strategies on estimates of relevant source area of pollen (RSAP) and relative pollen productivity estimates (relative PPE) for non-arboreal taxa. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 19(4), 365-374. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-010-0246-2

Thirteen surface moss samples were collected for pollen analysis from an area of heathland in western Norway. Vegetation composition at different distances around the sampling locations was measured using three different survey methods; rooted freque... Read More about Effect of vegetation data collection strategies on estimates of relevant source area of pollen (RSAP) and relative pollen productivity estimates (relative PPE) for non-arboreal taxa.

Evaluation of extraction methods for use with NMR-based metabolomics in the marine polychaete ragworm, Hediste diversicolor (2010)
Journal Article
del Carmen Alvarez, M., Donarski, J. A., Elliott, M., & Charlton, A. J. (2010). Evaluation of extraction methods for use with NMR-based metabolomics in the marine polychaete ragworm, Hediste diversicolor. Metabolomics, 6(4), 541-549. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-010-0222-y

The sediment-dwelling polychaete, Hediste diversicolor, is commonly found in Northern temperate estuaries. Its limited mobility and tolerance to polluted conditions makes it a good candidate for biological monitoring. Moreover, its importance in the... Read More about Evaluation of extraction methods for use with NMR-based metabolomics in the marine polychaete ragworm, Hediste diversicolor.

Integrating sustainable waste management into product design: Sustainability as a functional requirement (2010)
Journal Article
Deutz, P., Neighbour, G., & McGuire, M. (2010). Integrating sustainable waste management into product design: Sustainability as a functional requirement. Sustainable Development, 18(4), 229 - 239. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.469

Municipal waste management is, by definition, spatially organized. In the United Kingdom the national government designates waste collection and disposal responsibilities to the various scales of local government. However, whilst the highest aim of w... Read More about Integrating sustainable waste management into product design: Sustainability as a functional requirement.

The last glacial-interglacial cycle in Lake Ohrid (Macedonia/Albania): testing diatom response to climate (2010)
Journal Article
Reed, J. M., Cvetkoska, A., Levkov, Z., Vogel, H., & Wagner, B. The last glacial-interglacial cycle in Lake Ohrid (Macedonia/Albania): testing diatom response to climate. Biogeosciences Discussions, 7(10), 4689-4714. https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-7-4689-2010

Lake Ohrid is a site of global importance for palaeoclimate research. This study presents results of diatom analysis of a ca. 136 ka sequence, Co1202, from the northeast of the lake basin. It offers the opportunity to test diatom response across two... Read More about The last glacial-interglacial cycle in Lake Ohrid (Macedonia/Albania): testing diatom response to climate.

Moving young lives: Mobility, immobility and inter-generational tensions in urban Africa (2010)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Abane, A., Robson, E., Munthali, A., Mashiri, M., & Tanle, A. (2010). Moving young lives: Mobility, immobility and inter-generational tensions in urban Africa. Geoforum, 41(5), 796-804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2010.05.001

This paper explores young people's experiences and perceptions of mobility and mobility constraints in poorer urban areas of Ghana, Malawi and South Africa within the specific context of inter-generational relations. Drawing principally on qualitativ... Read More about Moving young lives: Mobility, immobility and inter-generational tensions in urban Africa.

Inventory of aquatic contaminant flux arising from historical metal mining in England and Wales (2010)
Journal Article
Mayes, W. M., Potter, H. A. B., & Jarvis, A. P. (2010). Inventory of aquatic contaminant flux arising from historical metal mining in England and Wales. The Science of the total environment, 408(17), 3576-3583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.04.021

The impact of discharges from abandoned metal and ironstone mines has been a much studied form of aquatic pollution in recent decades. Few attempts however, have been made to accurately determine the overall contaminant mass flux arising from abandon... Read More about Inventory of aquatic contaminant flux arising from historical metal mining in England and Wales.

Competitive global city regions and 'sustainable development': an interpretive institutionalist account in the South East of England (2010)
Journal Article
Krueger, R., & Gibbs, D. (2010). Competitive global city regions and 'sustainable development': an interpretive institutionalist account in the South East of England. Environment & planning. A, 42(4), 821-837. https://doi.org/10.1068/a42111

This paper presents an argument and empirical case study to draw out additional nuance in the social construction of institutions. Adapting the conceptual work of political scientists Mark Bevir and Roderick Rhodes to recent accounts in economic geog... Read More about Competitive global city regions and 'sustainable development': an interpretive institutionalist account in the South East of England.

The effects of training set selection on the relationship between pollen assemblages and climate parameters: Implications for reconstructing past climate (2010)
Journal Article
Bunting, M. J., Li, Y., Liu, J., Tian, F., & Xu, Q. (2010). The effects of training set selection on the relationship between pollen assemblages and climate parameters: Implications for reconstructing past climate. Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 289(1-4), 123-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.02.024

494 surface soil pollen samples were collected from forests, steppes, deserts, shrubs and meadows in the northern China, and compared with modern climate data. Two approaches for estimating climate parameters from pollen data were tested independentl... Read More about The effects of training set selection on the relationship between pollen assemblages and climate parameters: Implications for reconstructing past climate.