New Delhi: The last imperial city by David A. Johnson. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
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Legg, S. (2017). New Delhi: The last imperial city by David A. Johnson. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, 18(2), https://doi.org/10.1353/cch.2017.0034
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Improving representation of riparian vegetation shading in a regional stream temperature model using LiDAR data (2017)
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Loicq, P., Moatar, F., Jullian, Y., Dugdale, S. J., & Hannah, D. M. (2018). Improving representation of riparian vegetation shading in a regional stream temperature model using LiDAR data. Science of the Total Environment, 624, 480-490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.129Modelling river temperature at the catchment scale is needed to understand how aquatic communities may adapt to current and projected climate change. In small and medium rivers, riparian vegetation can greatly reduce maximum water temperature by prov... Read More about Improving representation of riparian vegetation shading in a regional stream temperature model using LiDAR data.
Towards an international standard: the ISO/DIS 18504 Sustainable remediation (2017)
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Nathanail, C. P., Bakker, L. M., Bardos, P., Furukawa, Y., Nardella, A., Smith, G., …Goestsche, G. (in press). Towards an international standard: the ISO/DIS 18504 Sustainable remediation. Remediation Journal, 28(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/rem.21538Sustainable remediation is the elimination and/or control of unacceptable risks in a safe and timely manner while optimizing the environmental, social, and economic value of the work. Forthcoming International Organization for Standardization (ISO) S... Read More about Towards an international standard: the ISO/DIS 18504 Sustainable remediation.
Culture, tradition, and taboo: understanding the social shaping of fuel choices and cooking practices in Nigeria (2017)
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Akintan, O., Jewitt, S., & Clifford, M. (2018). Culture, tradition, and taboo: understanding the social shaping of fuel choices and cooking practices in Nigeria. Energy Research and Social Science, 40, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2017.11.019Wood fuel remains the most widely used domestic fuel amongst resource poor groups in many low-income countries, despite the environmental and health problems associated with exposure to wood smoke. Studies on household air pollution concentrate predo... Read More about Culture, tradition, and taboo: understanding the social shaping of fuel choices and cooking practices in Nigeria.
Additional new insights into Biometeorology (2017)
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Gosling, S. N. (2018). Additional new insights into Biometeorology. International Journal of Biometeorology, 62(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-017-1478-y
From barriers to enablers: where next for Improved cookstoves? (2017)
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The 'Barriers to the introduction and uptake of improved cookstoves (ICS) in East and Southern Africa' is a three year research project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Department for International Development... Read More about From barriers to enablers: where next for Improved cookstoves?.
Applying geomorphological principles and engineering science to develop a phased sediment management plan for Mount St Helens, Washington (2017)
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Sclafani, P., Nygaard, C., & Thorne, C. R. (2018). Applying geomorphological principles and engineering science to develop a phased sediment management plan for Mount St Helens, Washington. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43(5), https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4277Thirty-seven years post-eruption, erosion of the debris avalanche at Mount St. Helens continues to supply sediment to the Toutle-Cowlitz River system in quantities that have the potential to lower the Level of Protection (LoP) against flooding unacce... Read More about Applying geomorphological principles and engineering science to develop a phased sediment management plan for Mount St Helens, Washington.
Soil and land use research in Europe: lessons learned from INSPIRATION bottom-up strategic research agenda setting (2017)
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Bartke, S., Boekhold, A. E., Brils, J., Grimski, D., Ferber, U., Gorgon, J., …Schröter-Schlaack, C. (2018). Soil and land use research in Europe: lessons learned from INSPIRATION bottom-up strategic research agenda setting. Science of the Total Environment, 622-623, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.335We introduce the INSPIRATION bottom-up approach for the development of a strategic research agenda for spatial planning, land use and soil-sediment-water-system management in Europe. Research and innovation needs were identified by more than 500 Euro... Read More about Soil and land use research in Europe: lessons learned from INSPIRATION bottom-up strategic research agenda setting.
Supervised methods of image segmentation accuracy assessment in land cover mapping (2017)
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Costa, H., Foody, G. M., & Boyd, D. S. (2018). Supervised methods of image segmentation accuracy assessment in land cover mapping. Remote Sensing of Environment, 205, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.11.024Land cover mapping via image classification is sometimes realized through object-based image analysis. Objects are typically constructed by partitioning imagery into spatially contiguous groups of pixels through image segmentation and used as the bas... Read More about Supervised methods of image segmentation accuracy assessment in land cover mapping.
Africa's urban adaptation transition under a 1.5° climate (2017)
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Pelling, M., Leck, H., Pasquini, L., Ajibade, I., Osuteye, E., Parnell, S., …Boubacar, S. (2018). Africa's urban adaptation transition under a 1.5° climate. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 31, 10-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.11.005For cities in sub-Saharan Africa a 1.5 °C increase in global temperature will bring forward the urgency of meeting basic needs in sanitation, drinking water and land-tenure, and underlying governance weaknesses. The challenges of climate sensitive ma... Read More about Africa's urban adaptation transition under a 1.5° climate.
Invasive cordgrass (Spartina spp.) in south-eastern Australia induces island formation, salt marsh development, and carbon storage (2017)
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Kennedy, D. M., Konlechner, T., Zavadil, E., Mariani, M., Wong, V., Ierodiaconou, D., & Macreadie, P. (2018). Invasive cordgrass (Spartina spp.) in south-eastern Australia induces island formation, salt marsh development, and carbon storage. Geographical Research, 56(1), 80-91. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12265Invasive vegetation species can lead to major changes in the geomorphology of coastal systems. Within temperate estuaries in the southern hemisphere, especially Australia and New Zealand, the cordgrass Spartina spp. has become established. These spec... Read More about Invasive cordgrass (Spartina spp.) in south-eastern Australia induces island formation, salt marsh development, and carbon storage.
Remotely sensed spatial heterogeneity as an exploratory tool for taxonomic and functional diversity study (2017)
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Rocchini, D., Bacaro, G., Chirici, G., Da Re, D., Feilhauer, H., Foody, G. M., …Rugani, B. (in press). Remotely sensed spatial heterogeneity as an exploratory tool for taxonomic and functional diversity study. Ecological Indicators, 85, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.09.055Assessing biodiversity from field-based data is difficult for a number of practical reasons: (i) establishing the total number of sampling units to be investigated and the sampling design (e.g. systematic, random, stratified) can be difficult; (ii) t... Read More about Remotely sensed spatial heterogeneity as an exploratory tool for taxonomic and functional diversity study.
Assessing the impacts of 1.5 °C global warming–simulation protocol of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP2b) (2017)
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Frieler, K., Lange, S., Piontek, F., Reyer, C. P., Schewe, J., Warszawski, L., …Yamagata, Y. (2017). Assessing the impacts of 1.5 °C global warming–simulation protocol of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP2b). Geoscientific Model Development, 10(12), https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-4321-2017In Paris, France, December 2015, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) invited the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to provide a "special report in 2018 on the impact... Read More about Assessing the impacts of 1.5 °C global warming–simulation protocol of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP2b).
Assessing the impacts of 1.5°C global warming -- simulation protocol of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP2b) (2017)
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Frieler, K., Betts, R., Burke, E., Ciais, P., Denvil, S., Deryng, D., …Zhao, F. (2017). Assessing the impacts of 1.5°C global warming -- simulation protocol of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP2b). Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, 10(12), 4321-4345. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2016-229In Paris, France, December 2015, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) invited the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to provide a special report in 2018 on the impacts... Read More about Assessing the impacts of 1.5°C global warming -- simulation protocol of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP2b).
Identifying species from the air: UAVs and the very high resolution challenge for plant conservation (2017)
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Baena, S., Moat, J., Whaley, O., & Boyd, D. S. (2017). Identifying species from the air: UAVs and the very high resolution challenge for plant conservation. PLoS ONE, 12(11), Article e0188714. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188714The Pacific Equatorial dry forest of Northern Peru is recognised for its unique endemic biodiversity. Although highly threatened the forest provides livelihoods and ecosystem services to local communities. As agro-industrial expansion and climatic va... Read More about Identifying species from the air: UAVs and the very high resolution challenge for plant conservation.
Effects of dam construction and increasing pollutants on the ecohydrological evolution of a shallow freshwater lake in the Yangtze floodplain (2017)
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Zeng, L., McGowan, S., Cao, Y., & Chen, X. (2018). Effects of dam construction and increasing pollutants on the ecohydrological evolution of a shallow freshwater lake in the Yangtze floodplain. Science of the Total Environment, 621, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.181Large river-floodplain systems which provide a variety of societal, economic and biological benefits are undergoing extensive and intensive human disturbance. However, floodplain lakes responses to multiple stressors are poorly understood. The Yangtz... Read More about Effects of dam construction and increasing pollutants on the ecohydrological evolution of a shallow freshwater lake in the Yangtze floodplain.
Learning and Action Alliance framework to facilitate stakeholder collaboration and social learning in urban flood risk management (2017)
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O’Donnell, E. C., Lamond, J. E., & Thorne, C. R. (2018). Learning and Action Alliance framework to facilitate stakeholder collaboration and social learning in urban flood risk management. Environmental Science and Policy, 80, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2017.10.013Flood and water management governance may be enhanced through partnership working, intra- and cross-organisational collaborations, and wide stakeholder participation. Nonetheless, barriers associated with ineffective communication, fragmented respons... Read More about Learning and Action Alliance framework to facilitate stakeholder collaboration and social learning in urban flood risk management.
Monitoring thermal pollution in rivers downstream of dams with Landsat ETM+ thermal infrared images (2017)
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Ling, F., Foody, G., Du, H., Ban, X., Li, X., Zhang, Y., & Du, Y. (2017). Monitoring thermal pollution in rivers downstream of dams with Landsat ETM+ thermal infrared images. Remote Sensing, 9(11), Article 1175. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9111175Dams play a significant role in altering the spatial pattern of temperature in rivers and contribute to thermal pollution, which greatly affects the river aquatic ecosystems. Understanding the temporal and spatial variation of thermal pollution cause... Read More about Monitoring thermal pollution in rivers downstream of dams with Landsat ETM+ thermal infrared images.
Connecting qualitative research on exercise and environment to public health agendas requires an equity lens (2017)
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Coen, S. E. (2018). Connecting qualitative research on exercise and environment to public health agendas requires an equity lens. Health and Place, 53, 264-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.09.005In this commentary, I respond to the special section in Health & Place (vol. 46) on “Exercise and environment: new qualitative work to link popular practice and public health” edited by Hitchings and Latham. I argue that if qualitative research is to... Read More about Connecting qualitative research on exercise and environment to public health agendas requires an equity lens.
Sensitivity of the early life stages of a mayfly to fine sediment and orthophosphate levels (2017)
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Everall, N. C., Johnson, M. F., Wood, P., & Mattingley, L. (2018). Sensitivity of the early life stages of a mayfly to fine sediment and orthophosphate levels. Environmental Pollution, 237, 792-802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.10.131The ecological effects of interacting stressors within lotic ecosystems have been widely acknowledged. In particular, the ecological effects of elevated fine sediment inputs and phosphate have been identified as key factors influencing faunal communi... Read More about Sensitivity of the early life stages of a mayfly to fine sediment and orthophosphate levels.