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Flaring And Pollution Detection In The Niger Delta Using Remote Sensing, Barnabas Ojo Morakinyo
Flaring And Pollution Detection In The Niger Delta Using Remote Sensing, Barnabas Ojo Morakinyo
Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses
Abstract Through the Global Gas Flaring Reduction (GGFR) initiative a substantial amount of effort and international attention has been focused on the reduction of gas flaring since 2002 (Elvidge et al., 2009). Nigeria is rated as the second country in the world for gas flaring, after Russia. In an attempt to reduce and eliminate gas flaring the federal government of Nigeria has implemented a number of gas flaring reduction projects, but poor governmental regulatory policies have been mostly unsuccessful in phasing it out. This study examines the effects of pollution from gas flaring using multiple satellite based sensors (Landsat 5 …
Reproducing ‘Geopolitics’ – National Identity Representations Of Foreign Affairs In Moldova, Roxana Adina Huma
Reproducing ‘Geopolitics’ – National Identity Representations Of Foreign Affairs In Moldova, Roxana Adina Huma
Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses
Breaking away from the positivist trend dominating the literature on Moldova’s foreign relations, this thesis analyses the means through which national identity discourses impact on Moldovan societal representation of foreign policy. It contends that national identity perpetuates a Cold War inspired view of foreign affairs. This construction is defined by two main elements, the representation of the civilizational and geopolitical cleavage between East and West and the lack of agency awarded to the Moldovan self. This is achieved through an in-depth study of the national identity debate in Moldova. It focuses on both the two main national identity discourses in …
Walk Like An Egyptian: Belly Dance Past And Present Practice In England, Siouxsie Cooper
Walk Like An Egyptian: Belly Dance Past And Present Practice In England, Siouxsie Cooper
Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses
How Belly Dance practitioners in England construct a sense of self-identity, social-identity and identity-in-practice in a border-crossing Belly Dance ethnoscape is of interest for this research project. What kinds of identities-in-practice do Belly Dancers in England construct in order to authenticate their performance? By applying social theories of education and identity formation, in particular Holland et al’s “figured worlds” (2001), it is possible to critically frame the development of a practitioner’s Belly Dance identity over a period of time. The research presents the case that Belly Dance in England has an identifiable past and present practice, one that continually wrestles …
The Legal Regimes Governing Marine Renewable Energy In England And Wales, Victoria Jane Hamlyn
The Legal Regimes Governing Marine Renewable Energy In England And Wales, Victoria Jane Hamlyn
Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses
This thesis involves an examination of the main international, regional and national legal regimes regulating marine renewable energy in England and Wales. Deriving from a complex patchwork of law and policy, developments have ensued in the absence of a distinct governing ‘legal regime’ and within a number of competing paradigms. This original synthesis attempts to identify lacunae, conflicts and connections within and between the span of legal genres that MRE evokes. Against a backdrop of climate change mitigation, the key findings show that despite the presence of political will for offshore renewable energies, MRE development faces a number of legal …
Rex Whistler (1905-1944) Patronage And Artistic Identity, Nikki Frater
Rex Whistler (1905-1944) Patronage And Artistic Identity, Nikki Frater
Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses
This thesis explores the life and work of Rex Whistler, from his first commissions whilst at the Slade up until the time he enlisted for active service in World War Two. His death in that conflict meant that this was a career that lasted barely twenty years; however it comprised a large range of creative endeavours. Although all these facets of Whistler’s career are touched upon, the main focus is on his work in murals and the fields of advertising and commercial design. The thesis goes beyond the remit of a purely biographical stance and places Whistler’s career in context …
Every Frame Counts: Creative Practice And Gender In Direct Animation, Kayla Parker
Every Frame Counts: Creative Practice And Gender In Direct Animation, Kayla Parker
Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses
This thesis interrogates the ways in which the body-centred practices of women film artists embrace the materiality of direct animation in order to foreground gendered, subjective positions. Through the researcher's own creative practice, it investigates how this mode of film-making, in which the artist works through physical engagement with the film materials and the material processes of film-making, might be understood as feminine and/or feminist. Direct animation foregrounds touch as the primary sense. Its practices are process-based and highly experimental, because images are made through the agency of the body operating within restrictive parameters, making results difficult to predict or …
An Ontology Of Space: Methodological Recursiveness And The Diagram, Rita Cachao
An Ontology Of Space: Methodological Recursiveness And The Diagram, Rita Cachao
Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses
Current debates on space reveal a dichotomy between two apparently conflicting understandings of space: on the one hand, space is understood as a physical, tangible entity that has an impact on how we perceive, feel and emotionally inhabit the world, and on the other hand, space is conceived as an abstract entity, suggesting that space has no active role (a productivity) within everyday life, being solely a conceptual product of intellectual reasoning. As a result, the commonly used word: ‘space’, will be discussed as an ontologically paradoxical, ambiguous and elusive concept; a concept that cannot be captured within a single …
Investigation Of Microplastic Debris In Marine Surface Waters Using Different Sampling Methods, Saeed Seyed Sadri
Investigation Of Microplastic Debris In Marine Surface Waters Using Different Sampling Methods, Saeed Seyed Sadri
Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses
‘Microplastics’ are pieces of plastic debris <5mm in diameter. They are introduced into the marine environment directly for example via release of small pieces of plastics used as abrasives and indirectly through the fragmentation of larger items. The European Marine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/EC (MSFD) regards microplastics as an emerging issue of concern and calls for more data on the quantity, distribution and composition of this debris. This thesis examines the amount, composition and distribution of buoyant microplastic debris in marine waters using different sampling devices and methodologies. To investigate the spatial distribution, abundance and composition of microplastic debris between nearshore and offshore marine subsurface waters a subset of samples from the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) survey were examined. Abundance was generally higher in nearshore coastal waters than the offshore oceanic samples, with the highest mean concentrations observed in the UK’s coastal waters of the northeast Atlantic and the southern North Sea. To validate the accuracy of the presence/absence of microplastic debris reported in the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) samples by analysts at the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) a subset of data was formally analysed using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. This analysis indicated a good level of accuracy (~66%) in the ability of the SAHFOS’ analysts to detect visually microplastic fragments during their normal processing of plankton samples. To compare quantity and composition of buoyant microplastic debris collected by two different approaches (CPR vs. Manta net) samples were collected from a similar body of coastal waters. The results showed significantly higher abundance of microplastic in samples collected by the manta net per unit of distance but no significant difference once the results were standardised per cubic volume of water. To assess the susceptibility of each method to ‘procedural contamination’, repetitive controlled tests were conducted to quantify the amount and composition of contaminants before, during and after the sampling programme. In both methods the highest number of contaminants was found on the net and prior to the deployment to sea. The semi synthetic Rayon fibres were the most abundant type of contaminants in both cases. To compare the abundance and composition of buoyant plastic debris in estuarine waters according to daily and lunar tidal cycles a mensurative experiment was conducted in a macrotidal Estuary. Microplastics comprised 82% of the debris and there was a significant difference in size frequency distribution between the spring and neap tides with more fragments of larger size observed during spring tides. In conclusion, this study shows further evidence of the spatial heterogeneity of microplastic debris distribution in marine waters and therefore also highlights the need for more comparable data from different marine habitats using standardised methodologies.
A Biogeochemical Study Of Nutrient Dynamics In Artificial Soil, Kate Schofield
A Biogeochemical Study Of Nutrient Dynamics In Artificial Soil, Kate Schofield
Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses
Artificial soils have been employed within the Biomes of the Eden Project since its construction in 2000. Produced from sand, bark, composted green waste and lignite clay, these soils were designed to have their nutrient concentrations controlled through careful fertiliser applications. However, following variable environmental conditions, management practices and planting, the soils across the site are performing variably with regard to nutrient retention and storage. Experiments were conducted to assess the performances of an artificial soil in terms of nutrient cycling. This was carried out in three phases: Firstly, soils from the Humid Tropics and Outdoor biomes were sampled and …
Attitudes Towards Marine Energy: Understanding The Values, Jiska Reinarda De Groot
Attitudes Towards Marine Energy: Understanding The Values, Jiska Reinarda De Groot
Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses
Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) in the form of wave, tidal and offshore wind has emerged as a potentially major component of strategies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and combat climate change. One factor influencing the implementation of MRE technologies is acceptance by people living near developments. This study investigated (i) attitudes towards MRE in small island communities as likely host communities for MRE developments; (ii) the underlying factors and values shaping these attitudes; (iii) how communities viewed MRE with regard to their place attachments; (iv) the inclusion of communities attitudes into MRE decision-making; and (v) contributions to policy and practice …
Reanimating The Wound: Dermatilliomanic Practice And The First World War, Camilla Nock
Reanimating The Wound: Dermatilliomanic Practice And The First World War, Camilla Nock
Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses
This research project uses an exploratory painting practice to examine a melancholic shadow cast by the First World War. The mode of inquiry is predicated upon the persistence of the past in the present, and upon a personal need to purge a persisting familial grief. To inform this stance there is systematic engagement with cathartic and redemptive artworks of the twentieth century, and with the poetry of the First World War. Developments of process and emotional register are specifically prompted by the writings of William Morris, Edmund Blunden, and Ivor Gurney, and reflections on practice are sub-divided accordingly. Wilfred Owen’s …
Ecological Understanding Through Transdisciplinary Art And Participatory Biology, Brandon Ballengée
Ecological Understanding Through Transdisciplinary Art And Participatory Biology, Brandon Ballengée
Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses
In this study evidence is presented that suggests transdisciplinary art practices and participatory biology programs may successfully increase public understanding of ecological phenomenon. As today’s environmental issues are often complex and large-scale, finding effective strategies that encourage public awareness and stewardship are paramount for long-term conservation of species and ecosystems. Although artists and biologists tend to stay confined to their professional boundaries, and their discourses largely remain inaccessible to larger audiences, arguments here are presented for a combined approach, which may disseminate knowledge about ecology to non-specialists through novel art-science participatory research and exhibitions. Moreover, historically several scientists utilized varied …
What Remains Of The Intersubjective?: On The Presencing Of Self And Other, Paul Simpson
What Remains Of The Intersubjective?: On The Presencing Of Self And Other, Paul Simpson
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Icts And Technical Agency: A Case Study Of A Rural Brazilian Community, Lorena Melgaço, Katharine S. Willis
Icts And Technical Agency: A Case Study Of A Rural Brazilian Community, Lorena Melgaço, Katharine S. Willis
School of Art, Design and Architecture
This paper explores the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in rural, marginalised communities. We explore Feenberg's concept of technical agency in order to understand the ways in which technological capacity might contribute to community development. We discuss three conditions of technical agency as outlined by Feenberg: power, knowledge and appropriate occasion. We consider how this framework might enable an approach to understanding the role of ICTS in the particular socio-spatial contexts in marginalised communities. In order to test Feenberg's approach, we discuss a case study of a village in rural Brazil: Noiva do Cordeiro. The community is recognised …
Eastern Mediterranean Hydroclimate Over The Late Glacial And Holocene, Reconstructed From The Sediments Of Nar Lake, Central Turkey, Using Stable Isotopes And Carbonate Mineralogy, Jonathan R. Dean, Matthew D. Jones, Melanie J. Leng, Stephen R. Noble, Sarah E. Metcalfe, Hilary J. Sloane, Diana Sahy, Warren J. Eastwood, C. Neil Roberts
Eastern Mediterranean Hydroclimate Over The Late Glacial And Holocene, Reconstructed From The Sediments Of Nar Lake, Central Turkey, Using Stable Isotopes And Carbonate Mineralogy, Jonathan R. Dean, Matthew D. Jones, Melanie J. Leng, Stephen R. Noble, Sarah E. Metcalfe, Hilary J. Sloane, Diana Sahy, Warren J. Eastwood, C. Neil Roberts
More Faculty of Science and Engineering Research
No abstract provided.
Developing Students’ Energy Literacy In Higher Education, D Cotton, W Miller, J Winter, I Bailey, S Sterling
Developing Students’ Energy Literacy In Higher Education, D Cotton, W Miller, J Winter, I Bailey, S Sterling
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
No abstract provided.
Determining Riverine Sediment Storage Mechanisms Of Biologically Reactive Phosphorus In Situ Using Dgt, Emily E. Burns, Sean Comber, William Blake, Rupert Goddard, Laurence Couldrick
Determining Riverine Sediment Storage Mechanisms Of Biologically Reactive Phosphorus In Situ Using Dgt, Emily E. Burns, Sean Comber, William Blake, Rupert Goddard, Laurence Couldrick
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
No abstract provided.
Review Of Consenting Processes For Ocean Energy In Selected European Union Member States, T Simas, Am O’Hagan, J O’Callaghan, S Hamawi, D Magagna, I Bailey, Dm Greaves, J-B Saulnier, D Marina, J Bald, C Huertas, J Sundberg
Review Of Consenting Processes For Ocean Energy In Selected European Union Member States, T Simas, Am O’Hagan, J O’Callaghan, S Hamawi, D Magagna, I Bailey, Dm Greaves, J-B Saulnier, D Marina, J Bald, C Huertas, J Sundberg
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
No abstract provided.
Community Resilience And Land Degradation In Forest And Shrubland Socio-Ecological Systems: Evidence From Gorgoglione, Basilicata, Italy, Claire Kelly, Agostino Ferrara, Geoff A. Wilson, Francesco Ripullone, Angelo Nolè, Nichola Harmer, Luca Salvati
Community Resilience And Land Degradation In Forest And Shrubland Socio-Ecological Systems: Evidence From Gorgoglione, Basilicata, Italy, Claire Kelly, Agostino Ferrara, Geoff A. Wilson, Francesco Ripullone, Angelo Nolè, Nichola Harmer, Luca Salvati
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Assessing the resilience of communities is assuming greater importance at a time of global economic upheaval, climatic and socio-demographic changes. The past 10–15 years have seen a significant increase in the number of studies addressing resilience issues at community level from a variety of perspectives,and although the resilience of communities in dealing with disturbance feature strongly in these studies, less work appears to have been undertaken at the interface between community resilience and land degradation. In addition, little attention has been paid to land degradation, desertification risk and community resilience at the forest–community interface, despite the fact that forest ecosystems …
Rapid And Slow: Varying Magma Ascent Rates As A Mechanism For Vulcanian Explosions, Mike Cassidy, Paul D. Cole, Kelby E. Hicks, Nick R. Varley, Nial Peters, Allan H. Lerner
Rapid And Slow: Varying Magma Ascent Rates As A Mechanism For Vulcanian Explosions, Mike Cassidy, Paul D. Cole, Kelby E. Hicks, Nick R. Varley, Nial Peters, Allan H. Lerner
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
No abstract provided.
Isotopic Analysis Of Jurassic (Callovian) Mollusks From The Christian Malford Lagerstatte (Uk): Implications For Ocean Water Temperature Estimates Based On Belemnoids, Gregory D. Price, Malcolm B. Hart, Philip R. Wilby, Kevin N. Page
Isotopic Analysis Of Jurassic (Callovian) Mollusks From The Christian Malford Lagerstatte (Uk): Implications For Ocean Water Temperature Estimates Based On Belemnoids, Gregory D. Price, Malcolm B. Hart, Philip R. Wilby, Kevin N. Page
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
No abstract provided.
Lost And Hound: The More-Than-Human Networks Of Rural Policing, Richard Yarwood
Lost And Hound: The More-Than-Human Networks Of Rural Policing, Richard Yarwood
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
No abstract provided.
The Relational Geographies Of Policing And Security, Richard Yarwood, Till Paasche
The Relational Geographies Of Policing And Security, Richard Yarwood, Till Paasche
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
AbstractThis paper considers the roles of policing and security in the geographies of everyday public and semi‐public space. We contend that while security is concerned with territory, policing relates to place. We consider the relationship between security and territory before examining the relationship between policing and place. In the final section, we argue that a relational view of space is needed to understand how practices of policing and security shape space and, in turn, the lives of people using it.
Marine Spatial Planning And Good Environmental Status: A Perspective On Spatial And Temporal Dimensions, Alison J. Gilbert, Karen Alexander, Rafael Sardá, Raminta Brazinskaite, Christian Fischer, Kira Gee, Mark Jessopp, Peter Kershaw, Hans J. Los, Morla D March, Cathal O'Mahony, Mia Pihlajamäki, Siân Rees, Riku Varjopuro
Marine Spatial Planning And Good Environmental Status: A Perspective On Spatial And Temporal Dimensions, Alison J. Gilbert, Karen Alexander, Rafael Sardá, Raminta Brazinskaite, Christian Fischer, Kira Gee, Mark Jessopp, Peter Kershaw, Hans J. Los, Morla D March, Cathal O'Mahony, Mia Pihlajamäki, Siân Rees, Riku Varjopuro
School of Biological and Marine Sciences
No abstract provided.
Seaweed Fails To Prevent Ocean Acidification Impact On Foraminifera Along A Shallow-Water Co2 Gradient, Laura R. Pettit, Christopher W. Smart, Malcolm B. Hart, Marco Milazzo, Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Seaweed Fails To Prevent Ocean Acidification Impact On Foraminifera Along A Shallow-Water Co2 Gradient, Laura R. Pettit, Christopher W. Smart, Malcolm B. Hart, Marco Milazzo, Jason M. Hall-Spencer
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
No abstract provided.
Capturing The City: Part Of The Portfolio Memory City, B Momchedjikova, I Rae, T Milbrandt
Capturing The City: Part Of The Portfolio Memory City, B Momchedjikova, I Rae, T Milbrandt
School of Art, Design and Architecture
Introduction to the book Capturing the City translated by Jorge De La Barre, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio, Brazil Antropolítica: Revista Contemporânea de Antropologia, n. 38 (2015) http://www.revistas.uff.br/index.php/antropolitica/article/view/333/pdf
Entrepreneurship In The Knowledge Based Economy: A Spatial Analysis Of Great Britain 2008-2010, Daniel Shilcof
Entrepreneurship In The Knowledge Based Economy: A Spatial Analysis Of Great Britain 2008-2010, Daniel Shilcof
Plymouth Business School Theses
Entrepreneurship is increasingly recognised as an important component of the contemporary knowledge based economy and crucial to the attainment of economic growth and development. However, entrepreneurial activity varies significantly across space within countries. This thesis makes an original contribution by examining the determinants of spatial variations in entrepreneurship across sub-regions of Great Britain from 2008-2010. Through utilising newly available data on firm births and applying exploratory spatial data analysis and spatial econometric techniques, two prominent theories of entrepreneurship are examined. First, the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship posits that underutilised knowledge by incumbent firms creates entrepreneurial opportunities. The appropriation of …
A Multidimensional Statistical Framework To Explore Seasonal Profile, Severity And Land-Use Preferences Of Wildfires In A Mediterranean Country, L Salvati, A Ferrara, G Mancino, Cl Kelly, F Chianucci, P Corona
A Multidimensional Statistical Framework To Explore Seasonal Profile, Severity And Land-Use Preferences Of Wildfires In A Mediterranean Country, L Salvati, A Ferrara, G Mancino, Cl Kelly, F Chianucci, P Corona
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
No abstract provided.
The Acute Toxicity Of Thallium To Freshwater Organisms: Implications For Risk Assessment, Kristi Tatsi, Andrew Turner, Richard D. Handy, Benjamin J. Shaw
The Acute Toxicity Of Thallium To Freshwater Organisms: Implications For Risk Assessment, Kristi Tatsi, Andrew Turner, Richard D. Handy, Benjamin J. Shaw
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
No abstract provided.
Foraminifera Of The Fal Estuary (Cornwall), Including Taxa Associated With Maerl Beds, Mb Hart, K Cartwright, B Fisk, Cw Smart, C Consolaro, Jm Hall-Spencer
Foraminifera Of The Fal Estuary (Cornwall), Including Taxa Associated With Maerl Beds, Mb Hart, K Cartwright, B Fisk, Cw Smart, C Consolaro, Jm Hall-Spencer
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
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