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This chapter considers the centrality of human perceptions, and so behaviour, to the sustainability of SuDS. Research shows a lack of engagement with flood preparedness and flood risk mitigation (FRM) in the public as a whole, and many... more
This chapter considers the centrality of human perceptions, and so behaviour, to the sustainability of SuDS. Research shows a lack of engagement with flood preparedness and flood risk mitigation (FRM) in the public as a whole, and many people are averse to installing defences because of the clear acknowledgement of risk they represent. It is posited that sustainable approaches to FRM may represent a way around this seeming impasse, green spaces less self-evidently symbolising flood risk management techniques and further being generally favoured within neighbourhoods. Portland, Oregon is considered as a case study, demonstrating the positive potentialities of sustainable FRM techniques, but also the importance of working with communities to ensure good understanding of the devices’ nature, purpose and appropriate behaviour regarding them. A dialogic co-construction approach between experts and publics is advocated as the best way to ensure appropriate behaviour that will encourage the sustainability of SuDS devices.
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This book considers the the changing shape of ‘knowledge'', ‘development'' and global institutions of socio-economic governance, within the context of shifts in discursive practices surrounding the notion of our entering a... more
This book considers the the changing shape of ‘knowledge'', ‘development'' and global institutions of socio-economic governance, within the context of shifts in discursive practices surrounding the notion of our entering a ‘knowledge economy''. The work approaches these changes as relatively new variations upon a number of older struggles around understandings of property and wealth and the means by which claims upon them are made. The work''s focus is provided by the World Bank''s engagement with knowledge economy discourse through a major rhetorical shift in self-image in 1995 when it became the Knowledge Bank. The Bank is approached as a great story-teller playing a number of roles within and housing a range of perspectives upon what development is and can be. Yet the organisation is argued to be made both less useful and more dangerous through an organisational preoccupation with normalising discursive practices around its one officially-approved vision of development. Later chapters consider how engagement with the organisation''s reproduction as a Knowledge Bank could potentially be used in opening it up to other voices and other understandings.
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... In this paper Ann Bruce, Catherine Lyall, Joyce Tait and Robin Williams outline the findings of their investigations into 'interdisciplinary integration' under the EU Fifth ... University of Southampton: The Higher Education... more
... In this paper Ann Bruce, Catherine Lyall, Joyce Tait and Robin Williams outline the findings of their investigations into 'interdisciplinary integration' under the EU Fifth ... University of Southampton: The Higher Education Academy, Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning Group. ...
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Climate change-related extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and severe, requiring urgent action to effectively plan for them. While disabled women are one group likely to be disproportionately and negatively affected by... more
Climate change-related extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and severe, requiring urgent action to effectively plan for them. While disabled women are one group likely to be disproportionately and negatively affected by disasters, they are often not included in disaster planning. This commentary paper utilizes McRuer’s Crip Theory as a lens to explore this topic, where the strength of disabled women’s capacity to positively contribute to effective disaster planning becomes evident. Their lived understandings of negotiating often unacknowledged barriers can act as useful tools to assuage the impacts of disasters. Their experiences are recognized under the rubric of crip theory as neither deviant nor “other”, but as capabilities worthy of mainstreaming. Disaster situations that may be seen as chaotic to those accustomed to services and environments that closely match their requirements, could be perceived as both familiar and resolvable to a disabled woman. In this way, d...
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IntroductionThere is increasing acceptance of the desirability of involving communities in stewardship activities around urban blue-green infrastructure (BGI) to generate acceptance, reduce vandalism and decrease the maintenance burden on... more
IntroductionThere is increasing acceptance of the desirability of involving communities in stewardship activities around urban blue-green infrastructure (BGI) to generate acceptance, reduce vandalism and decrease the maintenance burden on authorities. However, little is yet known about the willingness of communities to engage in such stewardship, or the drivers to participate in activities.MethodsThis research adopted a practice lens and firstly defined three variants of BGI stewardship associated with passive acceptance, active care for and ownership of BGI. Secondly, the research conceptualized these practices within a complex of pro-environmental practices communities could perform. Through a face-to-face household survey in a dense UK urban area, the research sought to identify the prevalence of these variants of practice, their associations with other pro-environmental practices and the meanings, resources and competencies that drive a household's willingness to engage.Resu...
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One aspect that characterises the twenty-first century is its accomplishments such as better health-care systems, improved economies, a reduction in infant mortality and a growing number of adults living longer. However, these... more
One aspect that characterises the twenty-first century is its accomplishments such as better health-care systems, improved economies, a reduction in infant mortality and a growing number of adults living longer. However, these accomplishments can have a downside. For example, people are living longer while at the same time dementia rates are increasing significantly. With the increase in demand for high-dependency-related services, while at the same time costs are spiralling possibly out of control of societal budgets, there is a need for a shift in the care model. Additionally, difficulties in defining a clear dividing line between normal ageing and pathological ageing have led to a stigmatisation of older adults as a social and economic burden. This type of segregation and stigmatisation must be addressed to ensure future care delivery is inclusive. The positive benefits of an inclusive care system are both social and economic, and at an individual level it can positively impact u...
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This book considers the the changing shape of ‘knowledge'', ‘development'' and global institutions of socio-economic governance, within the context of shifts in discursive practices surrounding the notion of our entering a... more
This book considers the the changing shape of ‘knowledge'', ‘development'' and global institutions of socio-economic governance, within the context of shifts in discursive practices surrounding the notion of our entering a ‘knowledge economy''. The work approaches these changes as relatively new variations upon a number of older struggles around understandings of property and wealth and the means by which claims upon them are made. The work''s focus is provided by the World Bank''s engagement with knowledge economy discourse through a major rhetorical shift in self-image in 1995 when it became the Knowledge Bank. The Bank is approached as a great story-teller playing a number of roles within and housing a range of perspectives upon what development is and can be. Yet the organisation is argued to be made both less useful and more dangerous through an organisational preoccupation with normalising discursive practices around its one officially-a...
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This chapter considers the centrality of human perceptions, and so behaviour, to the sustainability of SuDS. Research shows a lack of engagement with flood preparedness and flood risk mitigation (FRM) in the public as a whole, and many... more
This chapter considers the centrality of human perceptions, and so behaviour, to the sustainability of SuDS. Research shows a lack of engagement with flood preparedness and flood risk mitigation (FRM) in the public as a whole, and many people are averse to installing defences because of the clear acknowledgement of risk they represent. It is posited that sustainable approaches to FRM may represent a way around this seeming impasse, green spaces less self-evidently symbolising flood risk management techniques and further being generally favoured within neighbourhoods. Portland, Oregon is considered as a case study, demonstrating the positive potentialities of sustainable FRM techniques, but also the importance of working with communities to ensure good understanding of the devices’ nature, purpose and appropriate behaviour regarding them. A dialogic co-construction approach between experts and publics is advocated as the best way to ensure appropriate behaviour that will encourage th...
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Mental illness affects one in four people at some point in their lives, and the incidence is increasing. Yet institutions are still responsible for preventing mentally ill people from having integrated lives in the community. Existing... more
Mental illness affects one in four people at some point in their lives, and the incidence is increasing. Yet institutions are still responsible for preventing mentally ill people from having integrated lives in the community. Existing planning legislation might contribute to this. A potential mechanism is the requirement for non-residential use of land for mental health accommodation and the consequent characterisation of accommodation as ‘special buildings’. However, change in mental health accommodation planning and licensing legislation could be more enabling for people’s social integration. This paper explores the planning legislation of Greece, a country with an extensive network of community-based mental health facilities, the consequences of planning legislation for the actual integration of its mentally ill people and how alterations to the change of use legislation for accommodation for mental health affected the national integration outcome. The research was top-down, led ...
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Natural history has a long tradition in the UK, dating back to before Charles Darwin. Developing from a principally amateur pursuit, natural history continues to attract both amateur and professional involvement. Within the context of... more
Natural history has a long tradition in the UK, dating back to before Charles Darwin. Developing from a principally amateur pursuit, natural history continues to attract both amateur and professional involvement. Within the context of citizen science and public engagement, we examine the motivations behind citizen participation in the national survey activities of the Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) programme, looking at: people's experiences of the surveys as 'project-based leisure'; their motivations for taking part and barriers to continued participation; where they feature on our continuum of engagement; and whether participation in an OPAL survey facilitated their movement between categories along this continuum. The paper focuses on a less-expected but very significant outcome regarding the participation of already-engaged amateur naturalists in citizen science. Our main findings relate to: first, how committed amateur naturalists (already-engaged) have also enjoyed c...
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Rapid industrialization and urbanization in developing countries have created serious problems in municipal solid waste (MSW) management. New case studies can shed light on these problems and point the way to potential solutions for... more
Rapid industrialization and urbanization in developing countries have created serious problems in municipal solid waste (MSW) management. New case studies can shed light on these problems and point the way to potential solutions for improving the overall eco-efficiency of MSW management. This paper employs a case study approach, analyzing MSW management in Inner Mongolia. This study encompasses all aspects of
Research Interests: Business, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Sustainable Development, Municipal Solid Waste Management, and 12 moreChina, Environmental Planning, Urbanization, Solid Waste Management, Municipal Solid Waste, Developing Country, Enforcement, Case Study, Industrialisation, Inner Mongolia, Rural Area, and Urban Area
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... Glyn Everett and Alex Wilks ... 1999 Terschelling Island meeting on 'Questioning the World Bank, IMF Growth Model' and in the October 1999 Yale University conference on 'The... more
... Glyn Everett and Alex Wilks ... 1999 Terschelling Island meeting on 'Questioning the World Bank, IMF Growth Model' and in the October 1999 Yale University conference on 'The Cost-Benefit Analysis Dilemma: Strategies and Alternatives', especially Joan Martinez-Alier and ...
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Feeling thermometers investigating how safe, attractive and tidy respondents believe public open greenspace with and without SuDS to be.
Individual respondent scores in the Implicit Association Test (IAT) and Feeling Thermometer tests. D scores = IAT scores, TD = Thermometer Difference, NGP = Newcastle Great Park.
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Images of public greenspace that contain SuDS (sustainable drainage systems) that were shown to respondents before they completed the feeling thermometers and IAT (Implicit Association Test). These images were also used as target-concepts... more
Images of public greenspace that contain SuDS (sustainable drainage systems) that were shown to respondents before they completed the feeling thermometers and IAT (Implicit Association Test). These images were also used as target-concepts (SuDS) in the IATs.
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A Blue-Green City aims to recreate a naturally-oriented water cycle while contributing to the amenity of the city by bringing water management and green infrastructure together. The Blue-Green approach is more than a stormwater management... more
A Blue-Green City aims to recreate a naturally-oriented water cycle while contributing to the amenity of the city by bringing water management and green infrastructure together. The Blue-Green approach is more than a stormwater management strategy aimed at improving water quality and providing flood risk benefits. It can also provide important ecosystem services, socio-cultural benefits and adaptability to future (uncertain) changes in climate and landuse. However, quantitative evaluation of the benefits, their spatial distribution and co-dependencies are not well understood. The Blue-Green Cities Research Consortium has adopted an interdisciplinary approach to quantitatively evaluate the benefits of Blue-Green infrastructure (BGI) and their relative significance. A new ArcGIS evaluation tool has been developed which can identify the spatial distribution of different benefits and normalise benefits onto a uniform scale. This allows the local impact of multiple benefit types, benefit...
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Images of public greenspace that do not contain SuDS that were shown to respondents before they completed the feeling thermometers and IAT. These images were also used as target-concepts (no-SuDS) in the IATs.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore perceptions of the advantages and disadvantages of green roofs for commercial real estate building owners/occupiers in a UK city and consider how these might affect the chances of their... more
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore perceptions of the advantages and disadvantages of green roofs for commercial real estate building owners/occupiers in a UK city and consider how these might affect the chances of their adoption. Design/methodology/approach Two sets of semi-structured interviews were conducted with purposively selected respondents, 10 with and 25 without green roofs, to compare and contrast differing perspectives. A grounded theory approach was taken to data analysis, allowing themes to emerge directly from the data. Findings Low awareness and understanding were observed amongst those without green roofs, which positively affected perceived costs whilst negatively affecting perceived benefits. Green roof owners gave weight to wider societal and ecosystem services benefits, whilst those without focussed much more upon building-level benefits and costs. Research limitations/implications Because of the restricted sample size, the findings in themselves ar...
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Sustainable drainage systems or ‘Suds’ are increasingly accepted as an effective means of ‘making space for water’, adapting to possible climate change and helping communities become more flood and drought resilient. This study explores... more
Sustainable drainage systems or ‘Suds’ are increasingly accepted as an effective means of ‘making space for water’, adapting to possible climate change and helping communities become more flood and drought resilient. This study explores potential shifts in perception and attitude through Suds installation, development and habituation. Attitudes and awareness in communities in the USA and UK, where Suds have been in place for some time, were compared and contrasted, examining any evolution of beliefs and practices and wider community resilience. The principal finding was that there existed a lack of understanding about the existence and function of Suds. The paper concludes that consultation regarding solutions during Suds planning and installation, and ongoing dialogue afterwards, could usefully be explored as a means to improve local awareness of and satisfaction with Suds and promote greater understanding of their function. This may in turn encourage behaviour change to improve lo...