Browsing Geography (Theses and Dissertations) by Title
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Karstification and groundwater-surface water interactions in the Meath-Westmeath lakeland region
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2010)This thesis investigates the degree of karstification and the characteristics of groundwater - surface water interactions in the Meath-Westmeath Lakeland region. In particular, groundwater - lake interactions in the region ... -
Lake sediment-based reconstructions of variations in levels of deposition of atmospheric pollutants from the industrial-scale combustion of fossil fuels and ecosystem response at three remote Irish lake sites
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2009)Humans have greatly manipulated the environment over the last 200 years through processes of industrialisation, urbanisation and agricultural intensification. As a result, levels of anthropogenic air pollution have increased ... -
The Land of the Chiefs and the Land of the State - What happens after an acquisition in Ghana?
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2020)In Africa the importance of land cannot be overstated given that many rural livelihoods depend on farming for subsistence. Yet, where international land acquisitions are concerned, the majority take place on the African ... -
Landforms and hydrology of the lowland karst of County Roscommon, Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2009)Karst is a significant aspect of the landscape of Ireland as more the half the island is underlain by limestone. Roscommon is located in Ireland's western karstic lowlands. The majority of Roscommon is underlain by clean, ... -
Late Devensian and holocene relative sea-level change around Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2007)Late Devensian and Holocene Relative Sea-Level Change Around Ireland. All records of Irish sea level since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) reflect the interplay of both glacio-isostatic and eustatic components with the ... -
Lifeworlds : literary geographies in 1930s Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2006)This study examines the various representations of place by Irish writers who published English language novels between 1929-1939. The aim of the study was to explore the various affective and subjective dimensions of place ... -
Managing Ireland's visual amenity : an evaluation of visual impact assessment practice and local authority management policies for the visual amenity in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2005)The EU Directive (85/337/EEC) introduced the requirement to conduct EIA for major developments in 1988 and the new Planning and Development Act in 2000 introduced the requirement that all planning applications be evaluated ... -
Micro-enterprises and their supporting organisations
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2004)This study endeavours to develop a model which will present the characteristics of entrepreneurs, their micro-enterprises and their interaction with external enterprise promoting organisations. The research aim is to ... -
Modelling ecological pressures and responses in a west of Ireland lake
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2013)Effective lake management requires an understanding of aquatic ecological pressure response relationships. Deciphering the aquatic effects of multiple ecological pressures, such as climate variability and human activity, ... -
Modelling the response of freshwaters to catchment-scale phosphorus loading and mitigation in the Irish Ecoregion
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2012)Freshwater eutrophication, caused by over-enrichment by P as a result of anthropogenic activity, is increasing worldwide. In response, ROMs that seek to reduce and reverse eutrophication and its effects through the mitigation ... -
Nation, empire and identity : monumental landscapes of the Duke of Wellington in nineteenth-century Ireland, Scotland and Wales
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2012)This work comprises an analysis of the symbolic landscapes created by all the publicly placed, free-standing monuments dedicated to Sir Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, in Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Through ... -
National education and the state : an historical geography of the emergence of national education in pre-Famine Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2014)This thesis examines the geography of the national education system in pre-Famine Ireland. Foucault's theory of governmentality and Jessop's strategic-relational approach have been utilised to situate this study in a broader ... -
Neighbourhood regeneration in the neoliberal era : Dublin and Paris, a comparative perspective
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2010)This thesis is centrally concerned with changes in state policies. The research aims to trace the evolution of urban regeneration policies in two different geographical contexts, paying attention to both temporal and ... -
Neoliberalism and the Irish welfare state : public private partnerships in the delivery of schools and social-housing regeneration
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2009)This project examines the policy background and decision-making process that led to the introduction of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the delivery of public services and infrastructure in Ireland. It draws on ... -
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 ...
