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View article: Food waste – engaging diverse and different communities in climate action
Food waste – engaging diverse and different communities in climate action Open
Background Climate change is the largest threat to human health, yet communities have the potential to take significant action. Food waste contributes between 8-10% of all greenhouse gases through the release of methane and wasted resource…
View article: Unlocking peri-urban planning potential through a landscape lens
Unlocking peri-urban planning potential through a landscape lens Open
View article: A systematic quality evaluation of public participation in Environmental Impact Statements (EIS): Reflecting on practice in Nigeria
A systematic quality evaluation of public participation in Environmental Impact Statements (EIS): Reflecting on practice in Nigeria Open
View article: Quantifying the benefits of incorporating biochar in green roof substrates: field study on the highrise rooftop in temperate climate setting
Quantifying the benefits of incorporating biochar in green roof substrates: field study on the highrise rooftop in temperate climate setting Open
Biochar is a promising material with a wide range of applications. One area of application is as an additive in substrates for green roofs. Green roofs are a way of mitigating climate change, with biochar offering an opportunity to further…
View article: SUTTON HOO AND THE ARTISTIC, TRADE AND POLITICAL CONNECTIONS OF EAST ANGLIA IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY
SUTTON HOO AND THE ARTISTIC, TRADE AND POLITICAL CONNECTIONS OF EAST ANGLIA IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY Open
View article: UK cities need greener new builds – and more of them
UK cities need greener new builds – and more of them Open
View article: Social prescribing of urban agriculture: The importance of minimizing risks from soil contamination
Social prescribing of urban agriculture: The importance of minimizing risks from soil contamination Open
The value of Green Social Prescribing (GSP) of Urban Agriculture (UA) is well proven, with many cities witnessing a rise in such activities. However, with burgeoning interest, there comes an increased need to understand the potential risks…
View article: Upscaling Green Social Prescribing and Urban Agriculture in Cities: Reflections on Social and Horticultural Therapy in the United Kingdom
Upscaling Green Social Prescribing and Urban Agriculture in Cities: Reflections on Social and Horticultural Therapy in the United Kingdom Open
Post-COVID policymaking has accelerated investment and support for urban greening initiatives. Even prior to the pandemic, we witnessed across the globe an ever-increasing appetite for the idea of bringing nature into the city through park…
View article: Cities, climate change and the biodiversity crisis
Cities, climate change and the biodiversity crisis Open
View article: Edible Garden Cities: Rethinking Boundaries and Integrating Hedges into Scalable Urban Food Systems
Edible Garden Cities: Rethinking Boundaries and Integrating Hedges into Scalable Urban Food Systems Open
Connecting to and extending recent debates around more-than-human thinking, this paper explores how porous boundary treatments and plot layouts might encourage ecological exchanges within new urban and peri-urban developments. This study t…
View article: Enhancing green infrastructure in cities: Urban car parks as an opportunity space
Enhancing green infrastructure in cities: Urban car parks as an opportunity space Open
Interest in radical solutions to embedding Green Infrastructure (GI) into the built environment are at an all-time high. With land value often preventing more mundane forms of GI, key actors, such as planners, developers, architects and ot…
View article: Advancing GReencare in Europe: a multi-scalar approach to improve Mental health Equity (the GreenME project)
Advancing GReencare in Europe: a multi-scalar approach to improve Mental health Equity (the GreenME project) Open
View article: The climate crisis – can a community-led approach work?
The climate crisis – can a community-led approach work? Open
View article: Research With Marginalized Communities: Reflections on Engaging Roma Women in Northern England
Research With Marginalized Communities: Reflections on Engaging Roma Women in Northern England Open
This article critically explores research with marginalized communities. We provide an insight into our work with the Roma community, reflecting on innovation, opportunities, and barriers, alongside the need for more work in this area. A p…
View article: Exploring the need for innovation in greening urban environments: Reflecting on radical practice in Greater Manchester, UK
Exploring the need for innovation in greening urban environments: Reflecting on radical practice in Greater Manchester, UK Open
The green agenda is high on the list of priorities of local, national, and global governments.
\nIn the UK, a new £40 million scheme aims to encourage a sustainable recovery alongside
\npolicies - such as the 25 Year Environment Plan - and…
View article: Mobility as a Service: Defining a Transport Utopia
Mobility as a Service: Defining a Transport Utopia Open
Having been widely acknowledged as enabling access to education, employment, leisure and social activities, transport choices are also the cause of many challenges cities face. Recognising that change is needed, planners and policymakers a…
View article: Mainstreaming Urban Agriculture: Opportunities and Barriers to Upscaling City Farming
Mainstreaming Urban Agriculture: Opportunities and Barriers to Upscaling City Farming Open
Urban Agriculture (UA), i.e., the production of crops or rearing of livestock in cities, is growing in popularity. Upscaled UA is increasingly gaining support from policy makers, funders, local authorities and other key actors across the g…
View article: The School Farms Network in the UK
The School Farms Network in the UK Open
Alongside recent renewed interest in urban agriculture, there has been an increased focus on school farming. The School Farms Network has a large membership base and interest from other green space organisations across the UK. Using contri…
View article: Enabling Urban Social Farming: the need for radical green infrastructure in the city
Enabling Urban Social Farming: the need for radical green infrastructure in the city Open
With the global population projected to continue growing, there are concerns that health services are beginning to be stretched beyond working limits, particularly in the Global North, where many nations face ageing populations and similar…
View article: Using games in geographical and planning-related teaching: Serious games, edutainment, board games and role-play
Using games in geographical and planning-related teaching: Serious games, edutainment, board games and role-play Open
View article: What is the evidence for the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being: a scoping review and evidence-based logic model to guide healthcare strategy decision making on the use of gardening approaches as a social prescription
What is the evidence for the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being: a scoping review and evidence-based logic model to guide healthcare strategy decision making on the use of gardening approaches as a social prescription Open
Objective To systematically identify and describe studies that have evaluated the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being. A secondary objective was to use this evidence to build evidence-based logic models to guide health…
View article: Ecosystem (Dis)benefits Arising from Formal and Informal Land-Use in Manchester (UK); a Case Study of Urban Soil Characteristics Associated with Local Green Space Management
Ecosystem (Dis)benefits Arising from Formal and Informal Land-Use in Manchester (UK); a Case Study of Urban Soil Characteristics Associated with Local Green Space Management Open
Urban soils are subject to anthropogenic influences and, reciprocally, provide benefits and disbenefits to human wellbeing; for example carbon storage, nutrient cycling and the regulation trace element and contaminant mobility. Collective …
View article: Urban Agriculture in shared spaces: The difficulties with collaboration in an age of austerity
Urban Agriculture in shared spaces: The difficulties with collaboration in an age of austerity Open
The expanding critical literature on Urban Agriculture (UA) makes links between the withdrawal of state services and the institutionalisation of volunteering, while observing that challenging funding landscapes can foster competitive envir…
View article: Intentional/Incidental learning Capabilities of Retarded Children
Intentional/Incidental learning Capabilities of Retarded Children Open
Mentally retarded subjects were compared to non-retarded subjects in two experiments on intentional and incidental learning.Experiment I examined intentional and incidental learning capabilities of retarded and non-retarded subjects of equ…
View article: Sites of learning: Exploring political ecologies and visceral pedagogies of surplus food redistribution in the UK
Sites of learning: Exploring political ecologies and visceral pedagogies of surplus food redistribution in the UK Open
Drawing on ethnographic research with organisations redistributing wasted food, this paper explores potentials for political and ethical learning by comparing different approaches to food handling and teaching. Food acts as instigator and …
View article: In Pursuit of Excellence: The Past as Prologue to a Brighter Future for Special Education
In Pursuit of Excellence: The Past as Prologue to a Brighter Future for Special Education Open
View article: In Pursuit of Excellence: The Past as Prologue to a Brighter Future for Special Education
In Pursuit of Excellence: The Past as Prologue to a Brighter Future for Special Education Open
Any attempt to speculate about the future is likely to be hindered by an imprecise and inadequate understanding of the past, and predicting the future of special education is no exception.Nonetheless, various authors have undertaken that c…
View article: Mainstreaming ecosystem science in spatial planning practice: Exploiting a hybrid opportunity space
Mainstreaming ecosystem science in spatial planning practice: Exploiting a hybrid opportunity space Open
This paper develops a framework for improved mainstreaming of ecosystem science in policy and decision-making within a spatial planning context. Ecosystem science is advanced as a collective umbrella to capture a body of work and approache…
View article: Guerrilla gardening and green activism: Rethinking the informal urban growing movement
Guerrilla gardening and green activism: Rethinking the informal urban growing movement Open
View article: What evidence is there to support the impact of gardens on health outcomes? A systematic scoping review of the evidence
What evidence is there to support the impact of gardens on health outcomes? A systematic scoping review of the evidence Open
According to the World Health Organisation Global
\nHealth Observatory (2017), non-communicable diseases
\n(NCD’s) present a significant cause of death through
\ncardiovascular disease, respiratory conditions and type
\n2 diabetes. The imp…