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Solar Farms as Potential Future Refuges for Bumblebees Open
Solar farms offer an opportunity for habitat creation for wildlife, including insect pollinators, potentially simultaneously contributing to both low‐carbon energy and nature recovery. However, it is unknown whether cobenefits would persis…
ECOBRIDGE: An expert system for spatial downscaling of land use/land cover change scenario outputs Open
Present day mapping captures fine land cover/land use (LC/LU) details, but future/alterative LC/LU scenarios are typically constructed at coarser spatial resolution, hindering comparisons. ECOBRIDGE (Ecology and Biodiversity Integrated Dow…
Shedding light on land use change for solar farms Open
To address the climate and ecological crises, land-based mitigation efforts are required, with the deployment of renewable energy infrastructure playing a significant role. Land use change for solar farms has been rapidly accelerating worl…
Scoping potential dams: utilising remote sensing products to analyse topographic characteristics, runoff-to-storage ratio, and sedimentation—a Port Sudan case study Open
When assessing sites for water harvesting structures, it is common to evaluate multiple locations using earth observation datasets before committing to detailed assessments. Traditionally, this practice relies on limited metrics, primarily…
Classifying early apple scab infections in multispectral imagery using convolutional neural networks Open
Multispectral imaging systems combined with deep learning classification models can be cost-effective tools for the early detection of apple scab (Venturia inaequalis) disease in commercial orchards. Near-infrared (NIR) imagery can display…
HRRTLE (High Resolution Runoff and Transmission Loss Estimator): a novel tool for mapping connectivity of runoff in ephemeral stream networks to aid the siting of water harvesting structures Open
Water harvesting is predominantly carried out in arid and semi-arid regions. Site selection studies often rely on a methodology that calculates runoff using curve numbers to generate runoff maps. These maps, typically used as part of a mul…
The Geographical Analysis of Megacities Through Changes in Their Individual Urban Objects Open
This research utilized global coverage, annual, high‐quality land cover time‐series data to explore the urban growth process in the core area, and in several buffer zones, of Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Tokyo. We developed a conceptu…
On‐site floral resources and surrounding landscape characteristics impact pollinator biodiversity at solar parks Open
There is increasing land use change for solar parks and growing recognition that they could be used to support insect pollinators. However, understanding of pollinator response to solar park developments is limited and empirical data are l…
Estimating background concentrations of PM2.5 for urban air quality modelling in a data poor environment Open
Atmospheric dispersion models are widely applied to simulate pollutant concentrations such as PM2.5 for use in long- and short-term health studies. A significant proportion of PM2.5 originates outside urban areas in which many people live.…
Spatially targeting national-scale afforestation for multiple ecosystem services Open
The potential for large-scale afforestation, as a climate change mitigation strategy, has led to national afforestation targets being proposed. These targets raise many questions, including how to optimise carbon storage, whilst enhancing …
Fuzzy Bayesian inference for mapping vague and place-based regions: a case study of sectarian territory Open
The problem of mapping regions with socially-derived boundaries has been a topic of discussion in the GIS literature for many years. Fuzzy approaches have frequently been suggested as solutions, but none have been adopted. This is likely d…
Downscaling future land use maps to predict land use change impacts on bumble bee populations inside solar parks Open
Solar parks could support insect pollinators in present day landscapes if located and managed appropriately. However, the role of solar parks under future land use change has not been explored. We use a GIS and pollinator model to predict …
Appropriate solar park management enhances bumble bee populations under different land use scenarios Open
Land use change for solar parks could provide a unique opportunity to support insect pollinators, such as bumble bees, if located and managed appropriately. Vegetation management can provide floral and nesting resources for bumble bees and…
Navigating the divided city: Place identity and the time-geography of segregation Open
Research on segregation has expanded beyond its traditional focus on the residential demography of cities to explore how, why and with what consequences segregation manifests within activity spaces outside the home. As part of this shift, …
Factors affecting real-world applications of HEPA purifiers in improving indoor air quality Open
Increasing air change rate can reduce the performance of air purifiers by acting as a source of outdoor PM into the indoors. Use of multiple air purifiers in a residence reduces PM at a greater rate than use of a single more powerful air p…
Feasibility of detecting apple scab infections using low-cost sensors and interpreting radiation interactions with scab lesions Open
Apple scab is a disease caused by the fungus Venturia inaequalis (Cke.) Wint. which can spread rapidly throughout orchards diminishing tree productivity and causing huge losses in marketable fruit. Efficient orchard reconnaissance and earl…
Going solo: students’ strategies for coping with an independent GIS project Open
A GIS project is an effective means of linking learning about GIS and learning with GIS, and it can enhance students' employability. However, individual project work creates challenges that could result in failed assessment. Here we adopt …
On-site floral resources and surrounding landscape characteristics impact pollinator biodiversity on solar parks Open
As solar photovoltaic make a greater contribution to the energy mix, there will be increasing land use change for solar parks. Land use change can affect biodiversity across spatial scales and opportunities to incorporate biodiversity bene…
Solar park management and design to boost bumble bee populations Open
Solar photovoltaics is projected to become the dominant renewable, with much capacity being installed as ground-mounted solar parks. Land use change for solar can affect ecosystems across spatial scales and solar parks offer a unique oppor…
Honeybee pollination benefits could inform solar park business cases, planning decisions and environmental sustainability targets Open
Renewable energy deployment has accelerated exponentially, taking up a growing area of land at a time of increasing land use pressure and environmental degradation. Land use change for renewable energy can have positive and negative enviro…
Opportunities to enhance pollinator biodiversity in solar parks Open
Renewable power capacity is increasing globally in response to energy decarbonisation, with solar photovoltaic (PV) projected to be the dominant renewable. A significant proportion of solar PV is deployed as ground-mounted solar parks with…
Empirical Agent-Based Modelling for exploring Intergroup Contact in a Segregated Society Open
Agent-based modelling has a long history of application in the study of segregation, but is rarely deployed beyond the examination of residential segregation. This study leverages multiple datasets: including census, survey, PGIS and GPS t…
Economic benefits of establishing honeybee hives on solar parks in agricultural landscapes Open
To mitigate climate change, land take for renewable energy is accelerating at a time of increasing land use pressure and environmental degradation. Given land use change is the dominant driver of nature decline, over and above that of clim…