Publications

Hydrological responses to managed burning and grazing in an upland blanket bog

Research article by Gareth Clay, Fred Worrall, Emma Clark, Evan Fraser on 23 Jul 2009

Clay, G.D., Worrall, F., Clark, E., and Fraser, E.D.G. October 2009. Journal of Hydrology, v.376, pp.486-495.

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Economic policy when models disagree

Working paper by on 1 Jul 2009

We propose a general way to craft public policy when there is no consensual account of the situation of interest. The design builds on an extension … read more »

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A Blueprint for a Safer Planet

Book by Nicholas Stern on 1 Apr 2009

A Blueprint for a Safer Planet – from Random House Group. Nicholas Stern, April 2009. Random House, London.

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Economic crises, land use vulnerabilities, climate variability, food security and population declines: will history repeat itself or will our society adapt to climate change?

Working paper by Evan Fraser on 1 Mar 2009

Abstract of Working Paper 1 Although many of today’s ecological, climatic and socio-economic problems seem unprecedented, similar events have occurred in the past. Western Europe’s ‘middle ages’ (circa 11 to 14th century) may be one such case. By the 12th century, medieval Europe had shifted from the subsistence agrarian economy that emerged following the collapse […]

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Carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas fluxes from cropland soils ? climate opportunities and threats

Book by P. Falloon, P. Smith, R. Betts, C.D. Jones, J. Smith, D. Hemming, Andy Challinor on 25 Feb 2009

Falloon, P., Smith, P., Betts, R., Jones, C.D., Smith, J., Hemming, D., and Challinor, A.J. 2009. In S.N. Singh (Ed.), Climate Change and Crops, Environmental Science and Engineering, Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp.81-111.

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Governing long-term socio-ecological change: What can resilience and transitions approaches learn from each other?

Research article by Tim Foxon, Mark Reed, Lindsay Stringer on 23 Jan 2009

Foxon, T.J., Reed, M.S., and Stringer, L.C. January 2009. Environmental Policy and Governance, v.19, pp.3-20.

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. Adaptation to climate change: threats and opportunities for the insurance industry

Research article by Bob Ward on 19 Jan 2009

Herweijer, C., Ranger, N. and Ward, R.E.T. 2009. In: ‘The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice’, v.34, p.360-380.

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Explaining agricultural collapse: macro-forces, micro-crises and the emergence of land use vulnerability in southern Romania.

Research article by Evan Fraser, Lindsay Stringer on 4 Jan 2009

Fraser, E.D.G., and Stringer, L.C. February 2009. Global Environmental Change, v.19, pp.45-53.

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Do We Need Better Predictions to Adapt to a Changing Climate?

Research article by Suraje Dessai on 1 Jan 2009

Dessai S; Hulme M; Lempert R; Plelke R (2009). In: Eos, 90, pp.111-112.

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Trace elements contamination of soils around gold mine tailings dams at Obuasi, Ghana

Research article by Philip Antwi-Agyei, Jonathan N. Hogarh, Gordon Foli on 1 Jan 2009

Antwi-Agyei, P., Hogarh, J.N., and Foli, G. 2009. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, v.3, pp.353-359.

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