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School choice and school catchment: Post‐primary education in Galway city
(Taylor & Francis, 1984)While research to date at the national level has adequately illustrated the nature and extent of class bias in Irish education, there has been little attempt to examine the spatial organisation of the system at the local ... -
Securitizing instability: The US military and full spectrum operations
(SAGE Publications, 2015-01-01)This paper examines the recent broadening of the US military’s overseas mission into what it calls ‘full spectrum operations’ and critiques how it is being enabled by what I term ‘full spectrum law’. The paper explores the ... -
Social spatiality: some rudimentary thoughts on the epistemology of Benno Werlen
(Copernicus Publications, 2014)Benno Werlen requires no introduction to readers of Geographica Helvetica: arguably the most internationally resonating of names amongst Swiss human geographers writing today, the Jena-based social geographer has not ... -
Spatio-temporal evolution of urban innovation structure based on zip code geodatabase: An empirical study from Shanghai and Beijing
(Springer Verlag, 2016-11-11)In today's world, the innovation of science and technology has become the key support for improving comprehensive national strength and changing the mode of social production and lifestyle. The country that possesses ... -
Stakeholder perceptions of recreational and management impacts on protected coastal dune systems: A comparison of three European countries
(2013)Coastal dune systems are particularly susceptible to destabilisation through recreational pressure and because of this, conflicts frequently arise between those who want to use the dunes for recreational purposes and ... -
Steering demand? Exploring the intersection of policy, practice and lives in energy systems change in Ireland
(Elsevier, 2019-11-07)Recent advances in sociological investigations of energy-systems-change highlight the influence of a wide rangeof policies, beyond those typically considered relevant to energy, on energy demand. To this, a newfield of( ... -
A strategic approach to protecting the sustainability of a natural heritage and tourism resource: the River Moy, Ireland
(Société Géographique de Liège, 2017)This paper discusses the natural heritage of the River Moy salmon fishery in western Ireland and methods of protecting the resource from negative innovations. The latter are associated, mainly, with changes in agricultural ... -
Structure and event, networks and nodes in human geography: the 1960s revisited
(Copernicus Publications, 2013-05-30)In search of transnational scholarship and languages within human geography, the so-called “Quantitative Revolution” of the 1960s arguably holds considerable pride of place. More than previous innovations within geography, ... -
Subaltern learnings: climate resilience and human security in the Caribbean
(Routledge, 2020-11-05)The United Nations’ invocation of ‘human security’ a generation ago promised a world increasingly governed by a ‘people-centred’ security agenda. In this paper we focus on arguably the most vital global security challenge ... -
Successful implementation of community-led nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation on the Maharees, Co. Kerry, Ireland. A case study identifying the barriers and enablers of community-led partnerships to sustainably deliver nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation and biodiversity conservation in Ireland
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The sustainability of rural systems: global and local challenges and opportunities
(Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems of the International Geographical Union and the Whitaker Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, 2013)The chapters in this volume were among papers presented at the 19th Colloquium of the Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems (CSRS) of the International Geographical Union, held at the National University of ... -
Sustainable transitions in residential energy use: Characteristics and governance of urban-based initiatives across Europe
(Elsevier, 2019-07-25)Reducing domestic energy use in cities has become a key focus in achieving sustainability goals. Recent and on-going efforts to address excessive residential energy use have taken various forms and have been initiated by ... -
The Sydney Irish: a hidden ethnic group
(Geographical Society of Ireland, 1988)The relative position of the Irish immigrant population in Australia has been radically transformed during the present century, from being the largest non-British ethnic group to one of the smallest immigrant minorities. ... -
The task of envisioning security for the Anthropocene
(Royal Irish Academy, 2023)Our Anthropocene age is defined by a wide array of anthropogenic pressures on planet Earth, which have produced multiple human and environmental insecuri ties. From climate change to population displacements, from ecosystem ... -
Temperature calibration of Mg/Ca ratios in the intermediate water benthic foraminifer Hyalinea balthica
(American Geophysical Union, 2011-04-01)Core top samples from Indonesian and northeast Atlantic depth transects were used to calibrate Mg/Ca and δ18O in tests of the calcitic benthic foraminifer Hyalinea balthica to bottom water temperature between 4°C and 13°C. ... -
Tourist expectations and experiences in County Mayo
(Geography Publications, 2014)This chapter reports findings relating to tourist expectations and experiences in the central and western coastal and mountainous areas of County Mayo, based on survey work which has not been published previously in the ... -
Towards a human security vision of global climate action
(Elsevier, 2019-09-02)This commentary piece considers how smart climate action and effective climate resilience can be productively advanced via a securitization discourse that recalls the earlier emphases of the UN’s ‘human security’ concept ... -
Towards a practice-theoretical classification of sustainable energy consumption initiatives: Insights from social scientific energy research in 30 European countries
(Elsevier, 2018-07-03)Reducing residential energy use and related CO2 emissions across society requires approaches that understand energy demand as dependent on the performance of a range of interconnected social practices, which includes aspects ...