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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 ... -
A national-scale assessment of land use change in peatlands between 1989 and 2020 using Landsat data and Google Earth Engine: a case study of Ireland
(Springer Nature, 2023)Maps accompanying Habib, Wahaj, 'A national-scale assessment of land use change in peatlands between 1989 and 2020 using Landsat data and Google Earth Engine: a case study of Ireland', Springer Nature, 2023 -
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 ... -
Networked Geographies of Digital Contention in Post‐Financial Crisis Ireland
(2019)The language of networks has become a common conceptual framework for describing contemporary, digitally-engaged social movements. In this paper I addresses the subject of digital contention from a geographical perspective, ... -
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 ... -
Overcoming the social stigma of consuming food waste by dining at the Open Table
(2021)Stigma is often encountered by recipients who receive food donations from charities, while the consumption of wasted food, also traditionally considered to be a stigmatized practice, has recently become part of a popular ... -
Participating in food waste transitions: Exploring surplus food redistribution in Singapore through the ecologies of participation framework
(2021)Food waste is a global societal meta-challenge requiring a sustainability transition involving everyone, including publics. However, to date, much transitions research has been silent on the role of public participation ... -
Past, current and future Interactions between pressures, chemicaL status and bioLogical qUality eleMents for lakes IN contrAsting catchmenTs in IrEland (ILLUMINATE)
(2010-10-17)The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ireland-funded project `Past, current and future interactions between pressures, chemical status and biological quality elements for lakes in contrasting catchments in Ireland? ... -
Planetary Aeolian Geomorphology
(Wiley, 2019)Aeolian processes play an essential role not only in the dynamics of beaches and deserts on the Earth, but also contribute to surface landforms on several bodies in our solar system. -
Post-glacial relative sea-level observations from Ireland and their role in glacial rebound modelling
(John Wiley, 2008)The British Isles have been the focus of a number of recent modelling studies owing to the existence of a high-quality sea-level dataset for this region and the suitability of these data for constraining shallow earth ... -
The power of platforms—precarity and place
(2023)The expanding scale and scope of digital platforms in our lives seem undeniable as they restructure commerce, communication, work, finance, popular culture, and private and public services. However, despite their ubiquity ... -
Practical Measures for Reducing Irregular Migration: Ireland
(Report prepared for the European Commission Directorate-General Home Affairs and published by the ES, 2012-03-30)This study investigates practical measures for reducing irregular migration in Ireland. Irish policy towards irregular migration is influenced by the State?s geographical position, at the north-western periphery of Europe, ... -
Progress Report. Sea levels: resolution and uncertainty
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Public awareness and performance relating to the implementation of a low-carbon economy in China: a case study from Zhengzhou
(2011)This paper aims to examine levels of awareness and performance relating to the promotion of a Low-carbon economy (LCE) among the general public in Zhengzhou, China. The data and information used were derived from 300 ... -
[Re]Valuing Surplus: Transitions, technologies and tensions in redistributing prepared food in San Francisco
(2018)Attention to value, exchange and circulation has long been a central feature of trade flow analyses. More recently, scholars have sought to extend these frames to examine the ongoing movements of end-of-life goods; essentially ...