RSS 1.0Geography (Theses and Dissertations)
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From the Smart City to Urban Artificial Intelligence: the Case of Guangzhou, China
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, Department of Geography, 2025)The thesis investigates the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and smart city initiatives within the urban governance framework of Guangzhou, China, with a focus on their influence on healthcare services and the ... -
Biogeochemical patterns during cold-water coral growth and their potential application for environmental interpretation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2016)In the light of changing marine environments as a consequence of climatic shifts it is essential to gain a better understanding of such vulnerable habitats especially when they are located out of sight in the deep sea. The ... -
Financialisation, West European banking groups and postsocialist transformation in East-Central Europe: Geographies of subnational banking in Croatia
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2024)The overarching aim of this dissertation is to examine the main drivers and manifestations of financialisation in the East-Central European periphery after the collapse of state socialism. To do this, the dissertation takes ... -
High-resolution remote sensing data and machine learning approaches for mapping and monitoring habitats
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2024)The increasing decline in the status of habitats, mainly due to anthropogenic stressors, has spurred the development and implementation of many conservation-related legislation. This legislation involves mapping, a critical ... -
Multi-spatial-temporal remote sensing and machine learning for mapping management impacts on peatlands in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2024)Peatlands, constituting over half of terrestrial wetland ecosystems across the globe, hold critical ecological significance and are large stores of Carbon (C). In Ireland, the wetland landscape is dominated by rare oceanic ... -
Interrogating the Poverty Impact of Gold Mining at the Community Level in Ghana.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2023)Many studies show a negative correlation at the national level between natural resource wealth and poverty reduction ? the so-called 'resource curse'. However, this may not hold at the local level. For example, the incidence ... -
Social media and housing activism in post-crisis Dublin: Geographies of digital/material contention
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2022)This thesis focuses on housing contention in Dublin since the global financial crisis. More specifically, it is an empirically grounded socio-technical investigation of the relation between contention and the digital?s ... -
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. ... -
Identifying the determinants of Brazilian migration to and from Ireland: a micro-level cross-country analysis
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2022)Brazilian migration since the 1990s has given rise to what is now the largest non-EU immigrant group residing in Ireland (CSO, 2016). However, the determinants of Brazilian migration to Ireland have been considered only ... -
Trust in Transboundary Water Negotiations and Cooperation
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2022)Issues of trust are relevant in several domains of society, from digitalisation, multinational companies, medical technology, human resource management, to food safety. However, there remains a dearth of studies that examine ... -
Effect of groundwater-surface interactions on coastal areas hosting aquaculture activities
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2022)Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) is crucial for the nutrient budgets of coastal areas and global oceans. However, its role in the function of coastal ecosystems is still poorly characterised. This study aimed to (1) ... -
Contribution of submarine groundwater discharge(SGD) to the marine carbonate biogeochemistry of the Western Irish Coastal Sea
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2022)The main objective of this study was to investigate the coastal carbonate chemistry in the Irish coastal seas, and specifically to understand the role of Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) in the coastal biogeochemical ... -
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 ... -
Environmental offsets in Colombia: Policy, practice and conflict
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2021)Environmental offsets aim to find a balance between economic growth and biodiversity conservation by compensating for the adverse environmental impacts of development. In Colombia, environmental offsets are being put forward ... -
ICT mediated food sharing and food transitions towards sustainable food systems in Singapore
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2021)With projected population growth of 9.1 billion people by 2050, and accelerated planetary urbanization quickly approaching, there is growing concern regarding the unsustainability of cities. Urban food systems are a focal ... -
Are UN Innovation Labs effective innovation models to meet the needs of communities in the humanitarian sector - Case Study Kosovo
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2020)Humanitarian action involves the provision of goods and services such as food, water, sanitation, disasters medical care, shelter and protection, during and soon after natural and human-made disasters (Sphere, 2004, p. 6). ... -
A 'Bandung' View of the World: The Political Economy of Sino-South African Megaprojects
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2020)China's emergence as a significant actor in Africa's political economy has become a major topic in both academic and popular circles. Precipitated by a confluence of domestic politico-economic factors and an increasingly ... -
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 ... -
Utilizing Papal Taxation Records for Geographical, Economic, and Cultural Analysis: A Study of Early Fourteenth Century Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geography, 2020)This project explores the economic, physical, political, and cultural geography of medieval Ireland by mapping the 1302-20 papal tax valuations of ecclesiastical benefices, with parish incomes being used as proxies for ... -
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 ...
