Alec Thornton
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View article: Trapped or staying put: Governing immobility in the context of climate change
Trapped or staying put: Governing immobility in the context of climate change Open
By presenting a range of outcomes which result from the impacts of a changing environment on human mobility patterns, the Foresight Report on Migration and Global Environmental Change emphasized that, whereas some people choose to stay in …
View article: Urban Planning for the Future Gulu City: Snapshot Report July 2019
Urban Planning for the Future Gulu City: Snapshot Report July 2019 Open
View article: Urban resilience building in modern development: a case of Phnom Penh City, Cambodia
Urban resilience building in modern development: a case of Phnom Penh City, Cambodia Open
Although the process of building urban resilience is increasingly and globally promoted, we consider this concept, and the approaches to achieve it, as particularly challenging for cities in developing countries. We argue that current mark…
View article: Impacts on the Urban Environment: Land Cover Change Trajectories and Landscape Fragmentation in Post-War Western Area, Sierra Leone
Impacts on the Urban Environment: Land Cover Change Trajectories and Landscape Fragmentation in Post-War Western Area, Sierra Leone Open
An influential underlying driver of human-induced landscape change is civil war and other forms of conflict that cause human displacement. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) increase environmental pressures at their destination locations …