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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Geography and Environmental Studies"”.
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Planning future pasts: using historic landscape characterisation in strategic and spatial planning.
Historic Landscape Characterisation (HLC) began with the desire to create a tool for the management of the historic landscape, with specific goals of informing strategic and spatial planning decisions. However, in the years since its initial development, HLC has changed its focus away from planning …
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A Critical evaluation of the application of marine citizenship in sustainable marine management in the UK.
… that with a greater level of public involvement and responsibility, marine management could be developed at a more sustainable, long-term level. Following an extensive systematic literature review examining the role of citizenship in environmental management, and its potential applicability for …
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Predicting ecological impacts of climate change and species introductions on a temperate chalk stream in Southern Britain - a dynamic food web model approach.
… of future disturbances such a climate change and introduction of non-native species on ecosystems, it is important to understand how disturbances may affect community composition. This is inherently diffcult since species may be expected to respond differently to disturbances such as elevated …
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Swan-plant interactions in a chalk river catchment.
… importance to the structure, functioning and service provision of many ecosystems. However, herbivores can have negative ecological and socioeconomic effects on plant communities through consumption, trampling and alteration of nutrient cycles. In this thesis I address a particular …
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Validation and application of the MERIS Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index.
… ecosystems at local to global scales. How and to what extent vegetation responds to climate variability is a challenging topic for global change analysis. Earth observation provides an opportunity to study temporal ecosystem dynamics, providing much needed information about the response of …
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Spatial and temporal scales of the morphodynamic evolution within the Studland complex.
This research has analysed the large sandy beach at Studland Peninsula over a range of spatial and temporal scales, recording a range of geomorphic features and the processes by which they evolve. The aim was to understand better the morphodynamic evolution of the coastal system over different …
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Road traffic accidents and their implications for management
… data as an aid to the decision making process and to assist with objective setting. Studies warning of deficiencies in the accuracy of Stats 19 police data show confusing and often differing levels of inaccuracy. Due to the atypical nature of Road Traffic Accident typology the thesis sets out …
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Sediment circulation in mixed gravel and shingle bayhead beaches on the South East Dorset coast.
This thesis investigates and attempts to clarify the morphological characteristics, processes and sedimentology of five local mixed gravel and shingle beaches. A conceptual framework of process response has been adopted which considers energy inputs, sediment transport and coastal morphology, under …
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The Use of visitor management techniques to protect a fragile environment.
… in terms of increasing visitors' experience and level of enjoyment, as well as modifying their on-site behaviour to be more appropriate. Through a combination of various techniques, visitors are provided with controlled access to experience the tourism resources. In so doing, visitors' …
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Distict element numerical modelling of volcanic debris avalanche emplacement geomechanics.
… record, representing the largest subaeriallandsliding events on Earth. Subsequent volcanic debris avalanche (VDA) runout lengths often exceed 50 km and inundated areas may be greater than 1,000 km2. The geomechanical processes that occur during emplacement, however, remain poorly understood …
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Automated interpretation of digital images of hydrographic charts.
… by the passing of goals from SAFE to the IKBS and the return of a certainty factor by the IKBS for each goal submitted. The SAFE system can make additional feature building decisions on the basis of collected sets of certainty factors, thus reducing the need for user interaction. This thesis …
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Sediment geochemistry - a case study approach.
… geochemistry of sediments is a very wide field and several important aspects must be taken into account, including, but not limited to, various methodological questions, the analysis of distribution patterns, determination of origins and the assessment of risks. Therefore, this research project …
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Habitat suitablity modelling in the New Forest National Park.
… Forest National Park is a unique semi-natural landscape which contains many species and habitats which are rare and/or threatened. In order to effectively aid in the conservation of these species, particularly in the face of climate change, there is a requirement to know their habitat …
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An Investigation into the successful establishment of a hay meadow community on clay capped landfill.
… species threatened by loss of existing natural and semi-natural habitats. Decommissioned landfill presents excellent opportunities for the creation of a number of habitat types. However, landfills are often sealed with a compacted clay cap which not only creates harsh growing conditions and poor …
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The interaction of Sika deer (Cervus nippon Temminck 1838) with lowland heath mosaics.
… in many parts of the world. In the south of England large populations appear to be concentrated in landscapes comprising of mosaics of lowland heath, woodlands and grassland. Despite the association between the distribution of Sika deer and that of lowland heath, little is known regarding the …
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An Evaluation of downland turf re-creation, using invertebrates as indicators.
Seven study sites within the South Wessex Downs Environmentally Sensitive Area (SWD ESA) were used to evaluate re-created downland turf, a habitat created under one of the scheme management options. The novel habitat was compared to adjacent areas of established downland and to the edges of arable …
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An Investigation into the importance of propagule provenance in restoration ecology
… schemes may influence the success of grassland restoration. This research programme investigated the importance of propagule provenance in restoration schemes. In particular the work focused on two areas. Firstly, the study investigated the significance of propagule provenance for plant …