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Genetic technologies and the transformation of the geographies of UK livestock agriculture: a research agenda (2008)
Journal Article
Morris, C., & Holloway, L. (2009). Genetic technologies and the transformation of the geographies of UK livestock agriculture: a research agenda. Progress in human geography, 33(3), 313-333. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132508096033

This paper presents an agenda for research into the geographies of UK livestock agriculture as these are being reconfigured through the increasing intervention of genetic techniques and technologies. After discussing three particular techniques, four... Read More about Genetic technologies and the transformation of the geographies of UK livestock agriculture: a research agenda.

Industrial ecology and regional development: Eco-industrial development as cluster policy (2008)
Journal Article
Deutz, P., & Gibbs, D. (2008). Industrial ecology and regional development: Eco-industrial development as cluster policy. Regional studies, 42(10), 1313-1328. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400802195121

Industrial ecology and regional development: eco-industrial development as cluster policy, Regional Studies. Aspects of industrial ecology fit closely with work in regional development investigating clustering, networking, and local economic developm... Read More about Industrial ecology and regional development: Eco-industrial development as cluster policy.

Implementing Pillar II of the Common Agricultural Policy in England: geographies of the Rural Enterprise Scheme and Processing and Marketing Grant (2008)
Journal Article
Watts, D., Ilbery, B., Maye, D., & Holloway, L. (2009). Implementing Pillar II of the Common Agricultural Policy in England: geographies of the Rural Enterprise Scheme and Processing and Marketing Grant. Land use policy, 26(3), 683-694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.09.004

This paper examines the geography of two policy instruments - the Rural Enterprise Scheme (RES) and the Processing and Marketing Grant (PMG) - that formed part of the second 'pillar' of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in England between 2000 and... Read More about Implementing Pillar II of the Common Agricultural Policy in England: geographies of the Rural Enterprise Scheme and Processing and Marketing Grant.

Stable isotope records of Late Quaternary climate and hydrology from Mediterranean lakes : the ISOMED synthesis (2008)
Journal Article
Roberts, N., Jones, M. D., Benkaddour, A., Eastwood, W. J., Filippi, M. L., Frogley, M. R., Lamb, H. F., Leng, M. J., Reed, J. M., Stein, M., Stevens, L., Valero-Garcés, B., & Zanchetta, G. (2008). Stable isotope records of Late Quaternary climate and hydrology from Mediterranean lakes : the ISOMED synthesis. Quaternary science reviews, 27(25-26), 2426-2441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.09.005

Lake isotope records can be used to assess the spatial coherency of Late Quaternary climate change across the circum-Mediterranean region. We place modern and palaeo-data within a simple conceptual lake response model to show that the isotope hydrolo... Read More about Stable isotope records of Late Quaternary climate and hydrology from Mediterranean lakes : the ISOMED synthesis.

Distal volcanic impacts on peatlands: palaeoecological evidence from Alaska (2008)
Journal Article
Payne, R., & Blackford, J. (2008). Distal volcanic impacts on peatlands: palaeoecological evidence from Alaska. Quaternary science reviews, 27(21-22), 2012-2030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.08.002

Despite the fact that volcanic ash (tephra) layers are found preserved in peat deposits around the world, comparatively little research has investigated the impacts of distal volcanic emissions on peatlands. This study investigates the impacts of sev... Read More about Distal volcanic impacts on peatlands: palaeoecological evidence from Alaska.

Reconnecting Consumers, Producers and Food: Exploring Alternatives (2008)
Book
Holloway, L., Cox, R., Dowler, E., Kneafsey, M., Tuomainen, H., & Venn, L. (2008). Reconnecting Consumers, Producers and Food: Exploring Alternatives. Berg Publishers. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350047631

Reconnecting Consumers, Producers and Food presents a detailed and empirically grounded analysis of alternatives to current models of food provision. The book offers insights into the identities, motives and practices of individuals engaged in reconn... Read More about Reconnecting Consumers, Producers and Food: Exploring Alternatives.

Understanding Modern Warfare (2008)
Book
Tuck, C., Jordan, D., Walton, D., Speller, I., Kiras, J., & Lonsdale, D. (2008). Understanding Modern Warfare. Cambridge University Press.

The radiocarbon reservoir effect: new evidence from the cemeteries of the middle and lower Dnieper basin, Ukraine (2008)
Journal Article
Lillie, M., Budd, C., Potekhina, I., & Hedges, R. (2009). The radiocarbon reservoir effect: new evidence from the cemeteries of the middle and lower Dnieper basin, Ukraine. Journal of archaeological science, 36(2), 256-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2008.09.005

This paper presents preliminary results of new radiocarbon dating of human, faunal and fish skeletal remains from a number of the cemeteries from the Middle and Lower Dnieper Basin, Ukraine. The results appear to demonstrate the presence of a radioca... Read More about The radiocarbon reservoir effect: new evidence from the cemeteries of the middle and lower Dnieper basin, Ukraine.

Extending the late holocene tephrochronology of the central Kenai Peninsula, Alaska (2008)
Journal Article
Blackford, J. J., & Payne, R. J. (2008). Extending the late holocene tephrochronology of the central Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Arctic, 61(3), 243-254. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic22

Tephrochronology, the reconstruction of past volcanic ash deposition, provides a valuable method for dating sediments and determining long-term volcanic history. Tephra layers are highly numerous in Alaska, but knowledge of their occurrence and distr... Read More about Extending the late holocene tephrochronology of the central Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.

Relevant Source Area of Pollen in patchy cultural landscapes and signals of anthropogenic landscape disturbance in the pollen record: a simulation approach (2008)
Journal Article
Hellman, S., Bunting, M. J., & Gaillard, M. J. (2009). Relevant Source Area of Pollen in patchy cultural landscapes and signals of anthropogenic landscape disturbance in the pollen record: a simulation approach. Review of palaeobotany and palynology, 153(3-4), 245-258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.08.006

Using the HUMPOL simulation computer model we explored the effects of various factors characteristic of mosaic cultural landscapes on the Relevant Source Area of Pollen (RSAP sensu Sugita) of small lakes (50 m radius), and the representation of NAP a... Read More about Relevant Source Area of Pollen in patchy cultural landscapes and signals of anthropogenic landscape disturbance in the pollen record: a simulation approach.

Wetland treatment at extremes of pH: A review (2008)
Journal Article
Mayes, W. M., Batty, L. C., Younger, P. L., Jarvis, A. P., Kõiv, M., Vohla, C., & Mander, U. (2009). Wetland treatment at extremes of pH: A review. Science of the Total Environment, 407(13), 3944-3957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.06.045

Constructed wetlands are an established treatment technology for a diverse range of polluted effluents. There is a long history of using wetlands as a unit process in treating acid mine drainage, while recent research has highlighted the potential fo... Read More about Wetland treatment at extremes of pH: A review.

Hydrogeochemistry of alkaline steel slag leachates in the UK (2008)
Journal Article
Mayes, W. M., Younger, P. L., & Aumônier, J. (2008). Hydrogeochemistry of alkaline steel slag leachates in the UK. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 195(1-4), 35-50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-008-9725-9

Drainage from steel slag disposal sites can be extremely alkaline and a source of pollution to surface and ground waters. Data is presented detailing the hydrogeochemistry of seven highly alkaline (pH > 10) steel slag surface discharges in the UK. Wh... Read More about Hydrogeochemistry of alkaline steel slag leachates in the UK.

Novel approach to zinc removal from circum-neutral mine waters using pelletised recovered hydrous ferric oxide (2008)
Journal Article
Mayes, W. M., Potter, H. A. B., & Jarvis, A. P. (2009). Novel approach to zinc removal from circum-neutral mine waters using pelletised recovered hydrous ferric oxide. Journal of hazardous materials, 162(1), 512-520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.05.078

Data are presented which evaluate the performance of a pilot-scale treatment system using pelletised hydrous ferric oxide (HFO; a waste stream from coal mine water treatment) as a high surface area sorbent for removing zinc (Zn) from a metal mine wat... Read More about Novel approach to zinc removal from circum-neutral mine waters using pelletised recovered hydrous ferric oxide.

Constructing sustainability through reconnection: The case of 'alternative' food networks (2008)
Book Chapter
Cox, R., Kneafsey, M., Venn, L., Holloway, L., Dowler, E., & Tuomainen, H. (2008). Constructing sustainability through reconnection: The case of 'alternative' food networks. In G. Robinson (Ed.), Sustainable rural systems : sustainable agriculture and rural communities (pp. 67-82). Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315611556

This chapter examines two particular environmental programmes in Canada, one in the Atlantic provinces and one in Ontario, with a view to assessing how the process of 'bottom up' planning has worked in these two instances and what lessons may be lear... Read More about Constructing sustainability through reconnection: The case of 'alternative' food networks.

Boosted bodies: genetic techniques, domestic livestock bodies and complex representations of life (2008)
Journal Article
Holloway, L., & Morris, C. (2008). Boosted bodies: genetic techniques, domestic livestock bodies and complex representations of life. Geoforum, 39(5), 1709-1720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.03.006

This paper focuses on the burgeoning application of genetic techniques in livestock agriculture, examining how these are changing livestock breeding knowledge-practices and the representation of animal life. Conventional livestock breeding relies on... Read More about Boosted bodies: genetic techniques, domestic livestock bodies and complex representations of life.

Modelling and testing the vertical axis, impulse rotor tidal power pontoon (2008)
Journal Article
Hardisty, J. (2008). Modelling and testing the vertical axis, impulse rotor tidal power pontoon. Proceedings of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science, and Technology. Part A, Journal of marine engineering and technology, (A11), 15 - 23, K007.

The specification of a new tidal power pontoon is described. The device consists of a 500kW asynchronous generator connected through gearbox and drive shaft to a twelve bladed, vertical axis rotor 4.00m x 4.00m mounted at the impact point of a jet in... Read More about Modelling and testing the vertical axis, impulse rotor tidal power pontoon.

Characterisation of the environmental impact of the Rodalquilar mine, Spain by ground-based reflectance spectroscopy (2008)
Journal Article
Ferrier, G., Hudson-Edwards, K. A., & Pope, R. J. (2009). Characterisation of the environmental impact of the Rodalquilar mine, Spain by ground-based reflectance spectroscopy. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 100(1), 11-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2008.03.001

This study has investigated the utility of using field-based reflectance spectroscopy to characterise the distribution and nature of the dispersion of tailings material from the Rodalquilar mine, Spain. Field spectral measurements covering the visibl... Read More about Characterisation of the environmental impact of the Rodalquilar mine, Spain by ground-based reflectance spectroscopy.

Common ground? Motivations for participation in a community-supported agriculture scheme (2008)
Journal Article
Cox, R., Holloway, L., Venn, L., Dowler, L., Hein, J. R., Kneafsey, M., & Tuomainen, H. (2008). Common ground? Motivations for participation in a community-supported agriculture scheme. Local environment, 13(3), 203-218. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549830701669153

Direct marketing strategies of different kinds are often central to so-called "alternative food networks", which tend to be underpinned by a central principle of somehow "reconnecting" food producers and consumers. This paper uses a case study of a c... Read More about Common ground? Motivations for participation in a community-supported agriculture scheme.

Industrial ecosystems? The use of tropes in the literature of industrial ecology and eco-industrial parks (2008)
Journal Article
McManus, P., & Gibbs, D. (2008). Industrial ecosystems? The use of tropes in the literature of industrial ecology and eco-industrial parks. Progress in human geography, 32(4), 525-540. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132507088118

Industrial ecology is often promoted as a practice to close industrial production loops and reduce waste, thereby making better use of resources and preventing the overuse of raw materials. Eco-industrial parks (ElPs) are the spatial concentrations o... Read More about Industrial ecosystems? The use of tropes in the literature of industrial ecology and eco-industrial parks.