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Urban agriculture : established and emerging projects in Hull and Copenhagen (2019)
Thesis
Wright, L. R. (2019). Urban agriculture : established and emerging projects in Hull and Copenhagen [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221392

Communities and organisations are increasingly appropriating urban land for food production. Claims are made that urban agriculture (UA) projects "are reclaiming food production and consumption from the market” (McClintock 2014: 19), can address food... Read More about Urban agriculture : established and emerging projects in Hull and Copenhagen.

Blurring the boundaries: Prosumption, circularity and online sustainable consumption through Freecycle (2015)
Journal Article
Eden, S. (2017). Blurring the boundaries: Prosumption, circularity and online sustainable consumption through Freecycle. Journal of Consumer Culture, 17(2), 265-285. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469540515586871

© The Author(s) 2015. This article explores the digital exchange and moral ordering of sustainable and ethical consumption in online Freecycle groups. Through interactive exchanges in digital (online posts) and material (consumer items) modes, Freecy... Read More about Blurring the boundaries: Prosumption, circularity and online sustainable consumption through Freecycle.

Out of the comfort zone: Enhancing work-based learning about employability through student reflection on work placements (2014)
Journal Article
Eden, S. (2014). Out of the comfort zone: Enhancing work-based learning about employability through student reflection on work placements. Journal of geography in higher education, 38(2), 266-276. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2014.911826

This paper examines the work-based learning about employability reported by 26 undergraduate Geography and Environmental Management students on part-time, unpaid work placements. The students' “reflective essays” emphasized their learning more in ter... Read More about Out of the comfort zone: Enhancing work-based learning about employability through student reflection on work placements.

Examining business perceptions of flood risk in relation to the governance of flood mitigation on the Humber Estuary (2012)
Thesis
Lewis, C. A. R. (2012). Examining business perceptions of flood risk in relation to the governance of flood mitigation on the Humber Estuary [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214982

This thesis explores the reconciliation of economic development and flood risk mitigation on the Humber Estuary, England. As sea level-rise is increasing due to suspected anthropogenic climate change, the Environment Agency has taken a lead role in m... Read More about Examining business perceptions of flood risk in relation to the governance of flood mitigation on the Humber Estuary.

The good, the bad, and the hands-on: constructs of public participation, anglers, and lay management of water environments (2012)
Journal Article
Eden, S., & Bear, C. (2012). The good, the bad, and the hands-on: constructs of public participation, anglers, and lay management of water environments. Environment & planning. A, 44(5), 1200-1218. https://doi.org/10.1068/a4495

We use a qualitative study of recreational anglers in northern England to explore constructions of ‘the public' in environmental management. We examine good and bad constructs of ‘the public' and show how they emphasise knowledge over practice. We ar... Read More about The good, the bad, and the hands-on: constructs of public participation, anglers, and lay management of water environments.

Models of equilibrium, natural agency and environmental change: lay ecologies in UK recreational angling (2011)
Journal Article
Eden, S., & Bear, C. (2011). Models of equilibrium, natural agency and environmental change: lay ecologies in UK recreational angling. Transactions - Institute of British Geographers, 36(3), 393-407. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2011.00438.x

This paper studies how anglers in northern England invoke models of equilibrium and ‘the balance of nature' in making sense of the water environments where they regularly fish, and how they use these models as norms or ideals when designing environme... Read More about Models of equilibrium, natural agency and environmental change: lay ecologies in UK recreational angling.

Thinking like a fish? Engaging with nonhuman difference through recreational angling (2011)
Journal Article
Bear, C., & Eden, S. (2011). Thinking like a fish? Engaging with nonhuman difference through recreational angling. Environment and planning. D, Society & space, 29(2), 336-352. https://doi.org/10.1068/d1810

This paper investigates how recreational anglers make sense of, and engage with, fish behaviour over space and time. Drawing on fieldwork conducted around rivers in Yorkshire, UK, it explores how anglers differently categorise and differentiate betwe... Read More about Thinking like a fish? Engaging with nonhuman difference through recreational angling.

Hybrid climbing bodies: the climbing assemblage and the technologically mediated engagements and ascensions of rock climbers (2010)
Thesis
Barratt, P. R. (2010). Hybrid climbing bodies: the climbing assemblage and the technologically mediated engagements and ascensions of rock climbers [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4211457

This thesis contributes an Actor Network Theory inspired approach to the study of rock climbing to argue that climbers are more-than-human fusions comprised of the human and non-human. The research explores this notion of hybrid climbers, which I te... Read More about Hybrid climbing bodies: the climbing assemblage and the technologically mediated engagements and ascensions of rock climbers.

Birds and people in towns and cities : an exploration of human-bird relations in urban areas (2010)
Thesis
Pedley, D. J. (2010). Birds and people in towns and cities : an exploration of human-bird relations in urban areas [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4209813

Urban nature conservation and sustainability discourses regularly state a desire to bring more ‘nature’ and wildlife into towns and cities - for the perceived good of both people and wildlife. Yet many wildlife species that already live in urban area... Read More about Birds and people in towns and cities : an exploration of human-bird relations in urban areas.

Sustainability, the voluntary sector and local governance in East Yorkshire (2009)
Thesis
Kythreotis, A. P. (2009). Sustainability, the voluntary sector and local governance in East Yorkshire [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4209219

This dissertation examines the role played by Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) groups in contributing to the governance of sustainable development. The research involves an intensive case study of VCS groups in Hull and East Riding, East Yorkshir... Read More about Sustainability, the voluntary sector and local governance in East Yorkshire.

Being fieldworthy: Environmental knowledge practices and the space of the field in forest certification (2008)
Journal Article
Eden, S. (2008). Being fieldworthy: Environmental knowledge practices and the space of the field in forest certification. Environment and planning. D, Society & space, 26(6), 1018-1035. https://doi.org/10.1068/d3208

This paper considers how environmental knowledge practices and learning are coproduced through heterogeneous assemblages of inscriptions, devices, skills, ecologies, and people in the field. Drawing on concepts from science and technology studies, I... Read More about Being fieldworthy: Environmental knowledge practices and the space of the field in forest certification.

Social issues in regional planning (2006)
Thesis
Powell, F. I. (2006). Social issues in regional planning [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222225

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The thesis is broadly concerned with critically analysing how social issues have been dealt with in the emerging systems for regional planning in England using two case study regions to provide alternative perspectives, Yorkshire a... Read More about Social issues in regional planning.

Sustainable livelihoods of forest fringe communities: forests, trees and household livelihood strategies in southern Ghana (2003)
Thesis
Acheampong, E. (2003). Sustainable livelihoods of forest fringe communities: forests, trees and household livelihood strategies in southern Ghana [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212199

Forests play fundamental roles in supporting rural livelihoods in Ghana. They form an integral part of the rural economy, providing subsistence goods and services as well as items of trade. Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) contribute in many ways t... Read More about Sustainable livelihoods of forest fringe communities: forests, trees and household livelihood strategies in southern Ghana.