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Investigation Of Policies, Environmental Impacts, Consumption And Fate Of Plastic Bags, Kam Lun Kwong
Investigation Of Policies, Environmental Impacts, Consumption And Fate Of Plastic Bags, Kam Lun Kwong
The Plymouth Student Scientist
Shopping with plastic bags in supermarkets is an indispensable part of life for citizens in many developed countries. There are not only 10 billion plastic bags given out in the UK but also huge amounts consumed in other countries. However, this great consumption poses adverse impacts on the environment. Due to the characteristics of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) bags, bags deposited in landfill sites are not degraded naturally. Plastic bags are also photo permeable and highly transparent, making it easy for them to mimic jelly fish. Marine organisms may consider them as jellyfish for food, Moreover, seabirds may be trapped by …
Synthesis Of H-Branch Alkanes, Michael Wilde
Synthesis Of H-Branch Alkanes, Michael Wilde
The Plymouth Student Scientist
The complex composition of petroleum and the chromatographic challenge it presents has led to its study becoming a key field in contemporary scientific research. Rising concerns over the impact of petroleum within the environment have spurred the need to fingerprint and identify individual oils in order to understand its fate within the environment. The complexity of petroleum lies solely in its origins and thermal processes it undergoes during formation, resulting in it containing hundreds of thousands of different, unknown organic compounds. The majority of petroleum is observed in GC analysis as a ‘hump’ of unresolvable peaks; this characteristic hump is …
The After Caring Service: Interim Evaluation Report, Hl Donnellan, G Giarchi
The After Caring Service: Interim Evaluation Report, Hl Donnellan, G Giarchi
School of Health Professions
No abstract provided.
Tracing The Impact Of Market Reform On Productivity Growth Of Rice At The Farm Level In Bangladesh, Mj Alam, Ia Begum, S Rahman, J Buysse, Gv Huylenbroeck
Tracing The Impact Of Market Reform On Productivity Growth Of Rice At The Farm Level In Bangladesh, Mj Alam, Ia Begum, S Rahman, J Buysse, Gv Huylenbroeck
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
The paper measures the total factor productivity (TFP), technical change (TC) and technical efficiency change (TEC) in rice production, and traces the impact of market reform policies of the 1990s on these indices at the farm level in Bangladesh using a unique cohort of three-period panel data (1987, 2000 and 2004) of 73 farms by applying stochastic production frontier approach. Results reveal that the TFP index has increased by 27% largely due to an upward shift of the technology frontier. Although TC has increased by an impressive 57%, TEC declined by 30.1% during the post-reform period, thereby depressing overall TFP …
Identifying The Provenance Of Leach's Storm Petrels In The North Atlantic Using Polychlorinated Biphenyl Signatures Derived From Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography With Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry., David Megson, Thomas A. Brown, Glenn W. Johnson, Gwen O'Sullivan, Anthony W.J. Bicknell, Stephen C. Votier, Maeve C. Lohan, Sean Comber, Robert Kalin, Paul J. Worsfold
Identifying The Provenance Of Leach's Storm Petrels In The North Atlantic Using Polychlorinated Biphenyl Signatures Derived From Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography With Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry., David Megson, Thomas A. Brown, Glenn W. Johnson, Gwen O'Sullivan, Anthony W.J. Bicknell, Stephen C. Votier, Maeve C. Lohan, Sean Comber, Robert Kalin, Paul J. Worsfold
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
PCB signatures can be used for source identification, exposure studies, age dating and bio-monitoring. This study uses comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC-ToFMS) to produce a PCB signature comprised of over 80 PCBs for individual Leach's storm petrels (Oceanodroma leucorhoa). The Leach's storm petrel is a relatively small, elusive, understudied pelagic bird, which only returns to remote islands under darkness during the breeding season. Samples were obtained from 25 Leach's storm petrels found dead in Canada and the UK following storm events in 2006 and 2009. Tissue samples were extracted and analysed by GCxGC-ToFMS and results showed …
An Early Cambrian Agglutinated Tubular Lophophorate With Brachiopod Characters., Z-F Zhang, G. X. Li, L. E. Holmer, G. A. Brock, U. Balthasar, C. B. Skovsted, D. J. Fu, X-L Zhang, H. Z. Wang, A. Butler, Z-L Zhang, C. Q. Cao, J. Han, J. N. Liu, D. G. Shu
An Early Cambrian Agglutinated Tubular Lophophorate With Brachiopod Characters., Z-F Zhang, G. X. Li, L. E. Holmer, G. A. Brock, U. Balthasar, C. B. Skovsted, D. J. Fu, X-L Zhang, H. Z. Wang, A. Butler, Z-L Zhang, C. Q. Cao, J. Han, J. N. Liu, D. G. Shu
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
The morphological disparity of lophotrochozoan phyla makes it difficult to predict the morphology of the last common ancestor. Only fossils of stem groups can help discover the morphological transitions that occurred along the roots of these phyla. Here, we describe a tubular fossil Yuganotheca elegans gen. et sp. nov. from the Cambrian (Stage 3) Chengjiang Lagerstätte (Yunnan, China) that exhibits an unusual combination of phoronid, brachiopod and tommotiid (Cambrian problematica) characters, notably a pair of agglutinated valves, enclosing a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, supported by a lower bipartite tubular attachment structure with a long pedicle with coelomic space. The terminal bulb of …
Can Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometric Identification Of Bicyclic Aromatic Acids In Petroleum Fractions Help To Reveal Further Details Of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Biotransformation Pathways?, Charles E. West, Jos Pureveen, Alan G. Scarlett, Sabine K. Lengger, Michael J. Wilde, Frans Korndorffer, Erik W. Tegelaar, Steven J. Rowland
Can Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometric Identification Of Bicyclic Aromatic Acids In Petroleum Fractions Help To Reveal Further Details Of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Biotransformation Pathways?, Charles E. West, Jos Pureveen, Alan G. Scarlett, Sabine K. Lengger, Michael J. Wilde, Frans Korndorffer, Erik W. Tegelaar, Steven J. Rowland
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
RATIONALE: The identification of key acid metabolites ('signature' metabolites) has allowed significant improvements to be made in our understanding of the biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons, in reservoir and in contaminated natural systems, such as aquifers and seawater. On this basis, anaerobic oxidation is now more widely accepted as one viable mechanism, for instance. However, identification of metabolites in the complex acid mixtures from petroleum degradation is challenging and would benefit from use of more highly resolving analytical methods. METHODS: Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC/TOFMS) with both nominal mass and accurate mass measurement was used to study the complex …
Strategizing Britain's Role In The World, J Gaskarth
Strategizing Britain's Role In The World, J Gaskarth
School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences
No abstract provided.
'Writing My First Academic Article Feels Like Dancing Around Naked': Research Development For Higher Education Lecturers Working In Further Education Colleges, Rebecca Turner, Tony Brown, Andrew Edwards-Jones
'Writing My First Academic Article Feels Like Dancing Around Naked': Research Development For Higher Education Lecturers Working In Further Education Colleges, Rebecca Turner, Tony Brown, Andrew Edwards-Jones
Plymouth Institute of Education
Growing emphasis on research output has spawned initiatives to enhance writing practices, often targeted at groups less familiar with academic research practices. This paper discusses a collaborative writing group project for higher education lecturers working in further education colleges. Participants had previously undertaken funded pedagogic research projects. The authors analyse participants' writing during the initiative and data to review the design, operation and impact of the writing group. They discuss challenging preconceptions and normalising the practice of writing, consider how academic developers can support lecturers' writing practices and identify recommendations to promote the longer term impact of such work.
A Record Of Fossil Shallow-Water Whale Falls From Italy, S Danise, S Dominici
A Record Of Fossil Shallow-Water Whale Falls From Italy, S Danise, S Dominici
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Twenty-five Neogene-Quaternary whales hosted in Italian museum collections and their associated fauna were analysed for evidence of whale-fall community development in shallow-water settings. The degree of bone articulation, completeness of the skeleton and lithology of the embedding sediments were used to gather information on relative water depth, water energy, sedimentation rate and overall environmental predictability around the bones. Shark teeth and hard-shelled invertebrates with a necrophagous diet in close association with the bones were used as evidence of scavenging. Fossil bone bioerosion, microbially mediated cementation and other mollusc shells in the proximity of the remains informed on past biological activity …
Energy Productivity And Efficiency Of Wheat Farming In Bangladesh, S Rahman, Mk Hasan
Energy Productivity And Efficiency Of Wheat Farming In Bangladesh, S Rahman, Mk Hasan
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Wheat is the second most important cereal crop in Bangladesh and production is highly sensitive to variations in the environment. We estimate productivity and energy efficiency of wheat farming in Bangladesh by applying a stochastic production frontier approach while accounting for the environmental constraints affecting production. Wheat farming is energy efficient with a net energy balance of 20,596MJ per ha and energy ratio of 2.34. Environmental constraints such as a combination of unsuitable land, weed and pest attack, bad weather, planting delay and infertile soils significantly reduce wheat production and its energy efficiency. Environmental constraints account for a mean energy …
Seismic Anisotropy Of The Archean Crust In The Minnesota River Valley, Superior Province, Ec Ferré, A Gébelin, Ja Conder, Et Al
Seismic Anisotropy Of The Archean Crust In The Minnesota River Valley, Superior Province, Ec Ferré, A Gébelin, Ja Conder, Et Al
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Minnesota River Valley (MRV) subprovince is a well-exposed example of late Archean lithosphere. Its high-grade gneisses display a subhorizontal layering, most likely extending down to the crust-mantle boundary. The strong linear fabric of the gneisses results from high-temperature plastic flow during collage-related contraction. Seismic anisotropies measured up to 1 GPa in the laboratory, and seismic anisotropies calculated through forward-modeling indicate ΔVP ~5–6% and ΔVS ~3%. The MRV crust exhibits a strong macroscopic layering and foliation, and relatively strong seismic anisotropies at the hand specimen scale. Yet the horizontal attitude of these structures precludes any substantial contribution of the MRV …
Chinese International Students’ Perspective And Strategies In Preparing For Their Future Employability, Rong Huang, Rebecca Turner, Qian Chen
Chinese International Students’ Perspective And Strategies In Preparing For Their Future Employability, Rong Huang, Rebecca Turner, Qian Chen
Plymouth Business School
Graduate employability and the contribution graduates make to the UK economy have been widely debated by policy-makers; however, little attention has been paid to the employability of international students. Given the growing significance of international students to the UK economy this is an interesting oversight; this article addresses this issue. Students from the Mainland China currently represent nearly 16% of the international student population; therefore, we focused on this group; firstly, to examine their perspectives on their future employability; and then, to examine how they prepared for their future careers. Given that internationalisation is a priority for many UK universities, …
Exploring The Potential And Performance Of Maize Production In Bangladesh, S Rahman, Ms Rahman
Exploring The Potential And Performance Of Maize Production In Bangladesh, S Rahman, Ms Rahman
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Maize is gaining importance in recent years as a promising crop aimed at boosting agricultural growth in Bangladesh. The present study explores the potential of maize expansion by examining its profitability and economic efficiency using a survey data of 300 farmers from three regions. Maize ranks first in terms of yield (7.98 t/ha) and return (BCR=1.63) as compared with rice and wheat. The economic efficiency of maize production is also estimated at a high 87%, although a substantial 15% [(100-87)/87)] cost reduction is still possible while maintaining current output level by eliminating technical and allocative inefficiency. Education positively contributes towards …
Extra- And Intra-Cellular Accumulation Of Platinum Group Elements By The Marine Microalga, Chlorella Stigmatophora., Leyla Shams, Andrew Turner, Geoffrey E. Millward, Murray T. Brown
Extra- And Intra-Cellular Accumulation Of Platinum Group Elements By The Marine Microalga, Chlorella Stigmatophora., Leyla Shams, Andrew Turner, Geoffrey E. Millward, Murray T. Brown
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
To better understand the marine biogeochemistry of the platinum group elements (PGE), Rh(III), Pd(II) and Pt(IV) were added in combination and at ppb concentrations to cultures of the marine microalga, Chlorella stigmatophora, maintained in sea water at 15 °C and under 60 μmol m(-2) s(-1) PAR. The accumulation of PGE was established in short-term (24-h) exposures, and under varying conditions of algal biomass and PGE concentration, and in a longer-term exposure (156-h) by ICP-MS analysis of sea water and nitric acid digests and EDTA washes of the alga. In short-term exposures, and under all conditions, the extent of accumulation by …
Traces Of Ancient Mafic Layers In The Tethys Oceanic Mantle, Ds Sergeev, Ah Dijkstra, T Meisel, G Brügmann, Sa Sergeev
Traces Of Ancient Mafic Layers In The Tethys Oceanic Mantle, Ds Sergeev, Ah Dijkstra, T Meisel, G Brügmann, Sa Sergeev
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Oceanic basalts are formed by melting of a chemically and isotopically heterogeneous mantle source. The oceanic mantle probably resembles a marble cake containing layers of mafic rock - perhaps recycled ocean crust - stored in the mantle for >1 billion years. Many questions about the nature and distribution of these mantle heterogeneities remain. Here we show that lithological and isotopic traces of ancient mafic layers can still be seen in mantle rocks that have melted to form oceanic crust at a spreading centre in the Tethys Ocean. We have found centimetre-scale heterogeneity in initial osmium isotope ratios in mantle rocks …
Magnetic Properties Of Variably Serpentinized Peridotites And Their Implication For The Evolution Of Oceanic Core Complexes, M Maffione, A Morris, O Plumper, Hinsbergen D Van
Magnetic Properties Of Variably Serpentinized Peridotites And Their Implication For The Evolution Of Oceanic Core Complexes, M Maffione, A Morris, O Plumper, Hinsbergen D Van
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
No abstract provided.
Driving Factors For Occupant-Controlled Space Heating In Residential Buildings, S Wei, R Jones, P De Wilde
Driving Factors For Occupant-Controlled Space Heating In Residential Buildings, S Wei, R Jones, P De Wilde
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Occupant behaviour has a large impact on the energy consumption of buildings, and therefore a better understanding can assist in many building-related applications, such as facility management, building performance simulation and occupant guidance. As occupant space-heating operation has a significant influence on the energy consumption of residential buildings in winter, an investigation of drivers for this behaviour was undertaken and the result is expressed in this paper. From the analysis, 27 drivers have been evaluated in previous behavioural studies and at present none of them can be identified confidently as having no influence. Following the identification of these key drivers, …
Lack Of 13c-Label Incorporation Suggests Low Turnover Rates Of Thaumarchaeal Intact Polar Tetraether Lipids In Sediments From The Iceland Shelf, Sk Lengger, Ya Lipsewers, H De Haas, Js Sinninghe Damsté, S Schouten
Lack Of 13c-Label Incorporation Suggests Low Turnover Rates Of Thaumarchaeal Intact Polar Tetraether Lipids In Sediments From The Iceland Shelf, Sk Lengger, Ya Lipsewers, H De Haas, Js Sinninghe Damsté, S Schouten
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Abstract. Thaumarchaeota are amongst the most abundant microorganisms in aquatic environments, however, their metabolism in marine sediments is still debated. Labeling studies in marine sediments have previously been undertaken, but focused on complex organic carbon substrates which Thaumarchaeota have not yet been shown to take up. In this study, we investigated the activity of Thaumarchaeota in sediments by supplying different 13C-labeled substrates which have previously been shown to be incorporated into archaeal cells in water incubations and/or enrichment cultures. We determined the incorporation of 13C-label from bicarbonate, pyruvate, glucose and amino acids into thaumarchaeal intact polar lipid-glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraethers …
Primitive Layered Gabbros From Fast-Spreading Lower Oceanic Crust, Km Gillis, Je Snow, A Klaus, N Abe, Ab Adriao, N Akizawa, G Ceuleneer, Mj Cheadle, K Faak, Tj Falloon, Sa Friedman, M Godard, G Guerin, Y Harigane, Aj Horst, T Hoshide, B Ildefonse, Mm Jean, Be John, J Koepke, S Machi, J Maeda, Ne Marks, Am Mccaig, R Meyer, A Morris, T Nozaka, M Python, A Saha, Rp Wintsch
Primitive Layered Gabbros From Fast-Spreading Lower Oceanic Crust, Km Gillis, Je Snow, A Klaus, N Abe, Ab Adriao, N Akizawa, G Ceuleneer, Mj Cheadle, K Faak, Tj Falloon, Sa Friedman, M Godard, G Guerin, Y Harigane, Aj Horst, T Hoshide, B Ildefonse, Mm Jean, Be John, J Koepke, S Machi, J Maeda, Ne Marks, Am Mccaig, R Meyer, A Morris, T Nozaka, M Python, A Saha, Rp Wintsch
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
No abstract provided.
A White Nile Megalake During The Last Interglacial Period, Tt Barrows, Maj Williams, Sc Mills, Gat Duller, Et Al
A White Nile Megalake During The Last Interglacial Period, Tt Barrows, Maj Williams, Sc Mills, Gat Duller, Et Al
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
The eastern Sahara Desert of Africa is one of the most climatically sensitive areas on Earth, varying from lake-studded savannah woodland to hyperarid desert over the course of a glacial-interglacial cycle. In currently semiarid Sudan there is widespread evidence that a very large freshwater lake once filled the White Nile River valley. Here we present the first quantitative estimate for the dimensions of the lake and a direct age for the emplacement of its shoreline. Using a profile dating approach with the cosmogenic nuclide 10Be, we estimate an exposure age of 109 ± 8 ka for this megalake, indicating that …
Linking Research And Teaching: Context, Conflict And Complementarity, W Pan, D Cotton, P Murray
Linking Research And Teaching: Context, Conflict And Complementarity, W Pan, D Cotton, P Murray
Plymouth Institute of Education
Although research and teaching have often been regarded as complementary in enhancing the quality of student learning, little previous research has explored the conflicts associated with linking the two activities. This paper aims to examine specific issues arising within the environmental building disciplines at a UK university, and to explore strategies for achieving optimal research-teaching links. The results reveal that research-teaching linkages within these disciplines were interrelated and dynamic, but could be controversial, evidenced in coexisting multifaceted conflicts and complementarities. The research pointed towards a number of potential strategies for achieving optimal research-teaching linkages. In particular, it is critical to …
Molluscs From A Shallow-Water Whale-Fall And Their Affinities With Adjacent Benthic Communities On The Swedish West Coast, S Danise, S Dominici, Ag Glover, Tg Dahlgren
Molluscs From A Shallow-Water Whale-Fall And Their Affinities With Adjacent Benthic Communities On The Swedish West Coast, S Danise, S Dominici, Ag Glover, Tg Dahlgren
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
We conducted a species-level study of molluscs associated with a 5-m long carcass of a minke whale at a depth of 125 m in the Kosterfjord (North Sea, Sweden). The whale-fall community was quantitatively compared with the community commonly living in the surrounding soft-bottom sediments. Five years after the deployment of the dead whale at the sea floor, the sediments around the carcass were dominated by the bivalve Thyasira sarsi, which is known to contain endosymbiotic sulphur-oxidizing bacteria, while background sediments were dominated by another thyasirid, T. equalis, less dependent on chemosynthesis for its nutrition. The Kosterfjord samples were further …
Impact Of Rural Infrastructure On Farm And Non-Farm Enterprise Choice And Income In Bangladesh, S Rahman
Impact Of Rural Infrastructure On Farm And Non-Farm Enterprise Choice And Income In Bangladesh, S Rahman
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Impact of rural infrastructure on economic development is indirect and complex. The present study jointly determines the impact of rural infrastructure on the decision to choose between farm and non-farm enterprises vis-à-vis income by Bangladeshi rural households (4,195 households from 139 villages) using a bivariate Tobit model. The model diagnostic reveals that the decision to choose enterprises is significantly correlated, justifying use of a bivariate approach. Rural infrastructure has a significant but opposite impact on enterprise choices vis-àvis income. Other major determinants with varying level of influences are farm size, livestock resources, education, farming experience and household assets. However, female-headed …
Seismic Stratigraphy And Tectonic Evolution Of A Transform Continental Margin, Offshore Sierra Leone, Chinwendu A Elenwa
Seismic Stratigraphy And Tectonic Evolution Of A Transform Continental Margin, Offshore Sierra Leone, Chinwendu A Elenwa
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Theses
The offshore Sierra Leone basin is an exploration frontier area with commercial hydrocarbon potential. The basin is located at the northernmost end of the equatorial Atlantic margin in the South Atlantic; it is bound to the South by the Gulf of Guinea Petroleum province. The Sierra Leone margin has not had the exploration attention like most basins in the equatorial Atlantic, such lack of attention may be explained by the structural complexity of the basin. Despite the recent successful petroleum activities in the basin, very little geological information have been placed in the public domain by the operators. This research …
Occupational Exposure To Anti-Cancer Drugs: A Review Of Effects Of New Technology., Nitin Vyas, Dennis Yiannakis, Andrew Turner, Graham J. Sewell
Occupational Exposure To Anti-Cancer Drugs: A Review Of Effects Of New Technology., Nitin Vyas, Dennis Yiannakis, Andrew Turner, Graham J. Sewell
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Because anti-cancer drugs are non-selective, they affect both cancerous and non-cancerous cells. Being carcinogenic and mutagenic, many anticancer drugs therefore present a major health risk to healthcare staff working with them. This paper reviews the means by which exposure to anti-cancer drugs in the workplace may be monitored, assessed and reduced. Both biological monitoring, using non-selective methods or compound-selective methods, and environmental monitoring have provided information on the nature and degree of exposure in the workplace. Pharmaceutical isolators, used for the compounding of cytotoxic IV infusions and the preparation of injectable drugs, provide a physical barrier between pharmacists and cytotoxic …
Habitat Characterisation Of Infralittoral Pebble Beds In The Maltese Islands, Julian Evans
Habitat Characterisation Of Infralittoral Pebble Beds In The Maltese Islands, Julian Evans
School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses
The Mediterranean biocoenosis of infralittoral pebbles has been poorly studied and very little information is available on the physical characteristics of pebble beds, on the diversity of the associated assemblages, on the spatial and temporal variation in assemblage structure, or on interactions between the physical and biotic components. The present study was therefore carried out to characterise pebble-bed assemblages as a first step towards understanding the ecological dynamics of these habitats. Preliminary surveys were made along the low-lying coasts of the Maltese Islands to map the occurrence of pebble-bed habitats. Fifteen locations with pebble coverage >25 m² were chosen for …
Implications Of Localism In Educational Policy On The Aspirations Of Young People In Cornwall, Ra Boyask, T Rees, C Gristy, H Knowler
Implications Of Localism In Educational Policy On The Aspirations Of Young People In Cornwall, Ra Boyask, T Rees, C Gristy, H Knowler
Plymouth Institute of Education
The physical location of Cornwall, England impacts upon its social and economic development and is evident in the aspirations ascribed to and held by young people within the region. Schools have been set the task of raising aspirations, as low expectations are perceived to be a barrier to high attainment in schooling. We draw upon research in two Cornish secondary schools that attempted to raise aspirations through school change and by entering into the Academy schools programme. What we found was that their location was generally perceived as a disadvantage to aspiration. We suggest that within the current climate of …
The Importance Of Sub-Peat Carbon Storage As Shown By Data From Dartmoor, Uk, R. M. Fyfe, R. Coombe, H. Davies, L. Parry
The Importance Of Sub-Peat Carbon Storage As Shown By Data From Dartmoor, Uk, R. M. Fyfe, R. Coombe, H. Davies, L. Parry
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
No abstract provided.
Community Resilience, Transitional Corridors And Macro-Scalar Lock-In Effects, Ga Wilson
Community Resilience, Transitional Corridors And Macro-Scalar Lock-In Effects, Ga Wilson
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
No abstract provided.