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Glacial Processes and Sediments (2020)
Book Chapter
Chandler, B. M., & Evans, D. J. (2020). Glacial Processes and Sediments. In Encyclopedia of Geology: Volume 2 (830-856). (Second Edition). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11902-5

Glaciers progressively modify the landscape through a complex spatial and temporal mosaic of processes, and they produce majestic landscapes that contain a remarkable range of sediments and landforms. As glaciers covered as much as 30% of the Earth's... Read More about Glacial Processes and Sediments.

Integrating Biodiversity, Remote Sensing, and Auxiliary Information for the Study of Ecosystem Functioning and Conservation at Large Spatial Scales (2020)
Book Chapter
Schrodt, F., De La Barreda Bautista, B., Williams, C., Boyd, D. S., Schaepman-Strub, G., & Santos, M. J. (2020). Integrating Biodiversity, Remote Sensing, and Auxiliary Information for the Study of Ecosystem Functioning and Conservation at Large Spatial Scales. In Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity (449-484). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33157-3_17

© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020. Assessing patterns and processes of plant functional, taxonomic, genetic, and structural biodiversity at large scales is essential across many disciplines, including ecosystem management, agricu... Read More about Integrating Biodiversity, Remote Sensing, and Auxiliary Information for the Study of Ecosystem Functioning and Conservation at Large Spatial Scales.

Greenways and Sustainable Urban Mobility Systems (2020)
Book Chapter
Zawawi, A. A., Porter, N., & Ives, C. D. (2020). Greenways and Sustainable Urban Mobility Systems. In R. M. Doheim, A. A. Farag, & E. Kamel (Eds.), Humanizing cities through car-free city development and transformation (32-71). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3507-3.ch002

This chapter describes how greenways can be a constituent of sustainable urban mobility (SUM) systems that reduce automobile dependence while simultaneously having positive environmental and social co-benefits. It begins by providing a brief backgrou... Read More about Greenways and Sustainable Urban Mobility Systems.

Energy and the environment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Household perceptions of improved cookstoves (2020)
Book Chapter
Jewitt, S., Atagher, P., Clifford, M., Ray, C., & Sesan, T. (2020). Energy and the environment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Household perceptions of improved cookstoves. In T. Haller, & C. Zingerli (Eds.), Towards Shared Research: Participatory and Integrative Approaches in Researching African Environments – Opportunities, Challenges, Actualities in Natural and Social Sciences (91-124). Transcript Verlag

Around 2.7 billion people globally and 80% of households in Sub-Saharan Africa rely on solid biomass fuels for cooking and heating. This results in high levels of exposure to household air pollution (HAP); the second most common cause of death in eas... Read More about Energy and the environment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Household perceptions of improved cookstoves.

Historical Geography, Evolution of (2019)
Book Chapter
Martin, P. (2020). Historical Geography, Evolution of. In A. Kobayashi (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Human Geography (15-19). (2nd). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-102295-5.10474-3

Historical geography is the branch of scholarly research which situates itself at the point of intersection between geography and history. Although emerging as a defined academic field in the early 20th Century, the subdiscipline in fact has a much l... Read More about Historical Geography, Evolution of.

Feminism/feminist geography (2019)
Book Chapter
Calkin, S., & Freeman, C. (2019). Feminism/feminist geography. In International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. (2). Elsevier

Seeing more flatly: The Regional Book (2019)
Book Chapter
Matless, D. (2019). Seeing more flatly: The Regional Book. In C. Forsdick, A. Leak, & R. Phillips (Eds.), Georges Perec's Geographies (170-185). UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787354418

‘Hun Sen Won’t Die, Workers Will Die’: The Geopolitics of Labour in the Cambodian Crackdown (2019)
Book Chapter
Lawreniuk, S. (2019). ‘Hun Sen Won’t Die, Workers Will Die’: The Geopolitics of Labour in the Cambodian Crackdown. In I. Franceschini, & N. Loubere (Eds.), Dog Days: Made in China Yearbook. ANU Press. https://doi.org/10.22459/MIC.04.2019.37

Assets and Poverty Dynamics: The Methodological Challenges of Constructing Longitudinal Surveys in Tanzania (2019)
Book Chapter
Brockington, D., Howland, O., Loiske, V.-M., Mnzava, M., & Noe, C. (2019). Assets and Poverty Dynamics: The Methodological Challenges of Constructing Longitudinal Surveys in Tanzania. In D. Potts (Ed.), Tanzanian Development: A Comparative Perspective. Cambridge University Press

Colonial and nationalist truth regimes: empire, Europe and the latter Foucault (2018)
Book Chapter
Legg, S. (2018). Colonial and nationalist truth regimes: empire, Europe and the latter Foucault. In S. Legg, & D. Heath (Eds.), South Asian Governmentalities: Michel Foucault and the Question of Postcolonial Orderings. Cambridge University Press

Epilogue: Placing politics and power within the making of global cities (2018)
Book Chapter
Hall, S. (2018). Epilogue: Placing politics and power within the making of global cities. In Global City Makers: Economic Actors and Practices in the World City Network (192-198). Edward Elgar Publishing

Geology, physiography and glaciology of SE Iceland (2018)
Book Chapter
Chandler, B. M., & Evans, D. J. (2018). Geology, physiography and glaciology of SE Iceland. In D. Evans (Ed.), Glacial Landsystems of Southeast Iceland: Quaternary Applications (1-19). Quaternary Research Association

Glacial landsystem development at Skálafellsjökull and moraine-climate change linkages (2018)
Book Chapter
Chandler, B. M., Evans, D. J., & Roberts, D. H. (2018). Glacial landsystem development at Skálafellsjökull and moraine-climate change linkages. In D. Evans (Ed.), Glacial Landsystems of Southeast Iceland – Quaternary Applications (243–258). Quaternary Research Association

The Agriculture Gallery: displaying modern farming in the Science Museum (2018)
Book Chapter
Matless, D. (2018). The Agriculture Gallery: displaying modern farming in the Science Museum. In J. Agar, & J. Ward (Eds.), Histories of technology, the environment, and modern Britain (101-122). UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781911576570

Landscape Management (2017)
Book Chapter
Watkins, C. (2017). Landscape Management. In Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows exhibited 1831 by John Constable. Tate Research

The viewpoint taken for Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows exhibited 1831 (Tate T13896) obscures the city and emphasises the rural landscape; much of the middle ground consists of trees, shrubs and grassland. This allows us to explore the way Const... Read More about Landscape Management.

(Post)graduate Education Markets and the Formation of Mobile Transnational Economic Elites (2017)
Book Chapter
Hall, S. (2017). (Post)graduate Education Markets and the Formation of Mobile Transnational Economic Elites. In J. Glückler, E. Lazega, & I. Hammer (Eds.), Knowledge and Networks (103-116). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45023-0_6

Undergraduate and postgraduate education has increasingly been framed by policymakers and employers in advanced economies as an important way of improving graduate employability and enhancing economic growth within knowledge-based economies. This is... Read More about (Post)graduate Education Markets and the Formation of Mobile Transnational Economic Elites.

Writing Regional Cultural Landscape: Cultural Geography on the Norfolk Broads (2017)
Book Chapter
Matless, D. (2017). Writing Regional Cultural Landscape: Cultural Geography on the Norfolk Broads. In J. Riding, & M. Jones (Eds.), Reanimating regions: culture, politics and performance (9-25). Routledge

C/N ratios and carbon isotope composition of organic matter in estuarine environments (2017)
Book Chapter
Leng, M. J., & Lewis, J. P. (2017). C/N ratios and carbon isotope composition of organic matter in estuarine environments. In K. Weckström, K. Saunders, P. Gell, & G. Skilbeck (Eds.), Applications of Paleoenvironmental Techniques in Estuarine Studies. Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0990-1_9

The sediments that are preserved in estuarine environments (saltmarsh, riverine estuaries, mangrove habitats, lagoons, isolation basins and fjords) contain organic matter that allows investigation of the provenance of that material. These data can th... Read More about C/N ratios and carbon isotope composition of organic matter in estuarine environments.

The Cedar of Lebanon in England: the introduction and reception of a sacred tree (2016)
Book Chapter
Watkins, C. (2016). The Cedar of Lebanon in England: the introduction and reception of a sacred tree. In M. Guest, & M. M. Le Mon (Eds.), Death, life and laughter: essays on religion in honour of Douglas Davies. Routledge

Douglas Davies (1988: 33-34) argued in his paper on ‘evocative symbolism’ that trees had a practical symbolism that derived ‘both literally and metaphorically’ from their being living entities ‘spanning many generations’. He saw trees as ‘historical... Read More about The Cedar of Lebanon in England: the introduction and reception of a sacred tree.

On the physical and operational rationality of data-driven models for suspended sediment prediction in rivers (2016)
Book Chapter
Mount, N., Abrahart, R., & Dawson, C. (2016). On the physical and operational rationality of data-driven models for suspended sediment prediction in rivers. River System Analysis and Management (31-46). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1472-7_3

Suspended sediment remains an important variable for prediction in river studies. Knowledge of suspended sediment concentration or load at different downstream locations within a channel allows the temporal and spatial patterns of catchment sediment... Read More about On the physical and operational rationality of data-driven models for suspended sediment prediction in rivers.