Browsing Geography (Theses and Dissertations) by Title
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Of mines and markets : Labour regimes and agency in Chinese-structured GPNs in Zambia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2013)Over the last ten years, the presence of Chinese capital on the African continent has vastly increased. Investors are creating thousands of jobs in a variety of sectors, integrating African workers and consumers into ... -
Office suburbanisation in Dublin : user-demand, urban planning and property development
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2004)This thesis explores the underlying dynamics which have brought about the geographical shift of office development to new suburban sites during Dublin’s fourth office development boom (1995 -2001). The role of end-user ... -
On constructing urban travel scales for analysing daily travel patterns : the case of the Greater Dublin Area, Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2006)Over the last decade the Greater Dublin Area has witnessed significant land use and spatial restructuring. This has forced a distinct change in the spatial organisation of the built environment. Dublin has been transformed ... -
RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY TRANSITIONS: UK & IRELAND 1995-2015
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2021)A radical departure from existing socio-technical pathways is required across the world’s energy systems if we are to achieve sustainability and low-carbon goals. This transformation is being driven by the ... -
The Role of Contemporary CO2 Sublimation as a Geomorphic Agent on Mars
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2019)The Martian surface is geomorphologically active, with a variety of mass?wasting, erosional and depositional features that form and change in the current climate. Many of these features have analogues on Earth (e.g. ... -
Shaping the symbolic landscape : public monuments in Nairobi, 1899-1992
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2007)Geography is centrally concerned with the landscape. Landscape, in this thesis, is viewed and analysed as a cultural product, shaped by human processes and ideologies. Informed, primarily, by the cultural-historical ... -
A study of Rock Coast Erosion on the Atlantic coast of Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2019)The rate and processes of erosion on a coastal rock cliff on the west coast of Ireland are investigated. The links between site characteristics (wave climate, nearshore bathymetry, foreshore characteristics (platform ... -
Sustainable bogs: Challenges in transition
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2022)In January 2021, Bord na Móna chief executive Tom Donnellan announced that the company had ended its peat production business. The closure of the industrial bogs has led to calls for a just transition for those affected. ... -
Sustainable development and dispersed rural housing : an analysis of policy and practices
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2012)Building on analyses of the merits/drawbacks of employing a strategic spatial planning agenda to promote the sustainable development of rural areas (Hadjmichalis, 2003; Scott 2005), this research conducts an in-depth ... -
Taking Liberties : entrepreneurial governance and gentrification in inner Dublin
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2008)This thesis is centrally concerned with the relationship between capital, the state and disadvantaged inner-city communities. The overall objective of this research is to review the structural forces underlying the recent ... -
Tenant participation and estate management : empowering tenants?
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The application of high temporal resolution data in the management of eutrophic water-bodies in agricultural catchments
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2015)Additions of phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N), from anthropogenic sources, enrich freshwaters and promote the growth of algae, reducing water quality. Despite the implementation of remediation measures in a number of ... -
The changing role of Irish urban planning under a neoliberal agenda : evidence from Dublin
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2012)This research is concerned with Irish urban planning; in particular, it investigates how the neoliberal consensus was adopted on the political agenda in the 1980s by infusing economic policy at the central state ... -
The development of alternative farm enterprises : a study of organisations and farm businesses involved in the process of farm diversification
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2002)This Thesis examined the process of farm diversification. In particular, it focused on the development of 'on-farm' alternative enterprises (AFEs). These were defined as non-traditional enterprises which involved the ... -
The effects of human-wildlife conflict on conservation and development : a case study of Volcanoes National Park, northern Rwanda
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2014)Rising global population pressure and associated increases in demands for natural resources have resulted in heightened pressure on areas containing valued biodiversity. Efforts to assist the development of marginalised ... -
The Great Famine : a geography of distress and relief in County Donegal, 1845-50
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2004)The aim of this thesis is to provide an explanatory narrative for the geography of distress and relief in Co. Donegal during the Great Famine. A further critical component seeks to set Donegal within a western seaboard and ... -
The impact of the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) on the diversity of flora and Carabidae fauna within the Republic of Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2002)The Republic of Ireland’s Rural Environment Protection Scheme, or REPS, is one of a suite of agri-environment schemes around the EU that aim to mitigate the negative environmental impacts of farming. Approximately 40% of ... -
The provision of public planning information and services on the Internet by Irish Local Authorities : a user centric perspective
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2007)The Internet is increasingly used to disseminate local government information and to provide public services. Although this is still a developing area of research, the needs of users of local government information are ... -
The role of housing associations in the housing market in the Republic of Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2005)Housing associations have played an increasingly prominent role in the delivery of social housing in recent years. The early 1990s marked a shift in government policy away from reliance on direct local-authority provision ... -
Towards a future of sustainable consumption : a practice oriented, participatory backcasting approach for sustainable washing and heating practices in Irish households
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2013)How to encourage a shift to more sustainable practices of household water and energy consumption and what these practices might involve is at the heart of this thesis. While production processes and resource efficiency ...
