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Causes and consequences of fertility decline
(De Gruyter Open, 1993)While there is widespread concern throughout Europe during the current period of economic recession with high levels of unemployment and the recent upsurge in refugee movements associated with the serious ethnic conflict ... -
Challenges for coastal management in Ireland. Case study: The Maharees, Castlegregory, County Kerry
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The challenges of protecting rural coastal communities from climate change impacts. A Case Study: Maharees Conservation Association CLG
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Challenging conventions towards energy sufficiency: ruptures in laundry and heating routines in Europe
(eceee Summer Study, 2019-06-03)This contribution proposes to address a central question in social science approaches to household energy studies: how do conventions around energy services evolve, how do they alter over time, and how can they be changed ... -
Challenging practices: experiences from community and individual living lab approaches
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-05-20)In this article, we examine a change initiative designed to involve households in testing ways to transform two everyday practices heating and doing laundry. The research design included an examination of the challenges ... -
Challenging social norms to recraft practices: A Living Lab approach to reducing household energy use in eight European countries
(Elsevier, 2021-02-10)ENERGISE is the first large-scale European effort to reduce household energy use through a change initiative that adopted a ‘living lab’ approach informed by social practice theory. Two challenges were introduced to 306 ... -
Challenging the political economies of injustice: An interview with David Harvey
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China's emerging role in the global semiconductor value chain
(Elsevier, 2020-04-18)The global model of semiconductor development has resulted in an asymmetric and interdependent relationship between China's critical role in semiconductor production and those regions such as the US which control the key ... -
China's evolving role in Apple's global value chain
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-07-27)Using Apple s 2015 published list of supplier companies and their subsidiaries, this paper analyses how one of the world s most significant lead technology companies and its network of core and non-core suppliers have ... -
China's increasing participation in ICT's global value chain: A firm level analysis
(Elsevier, 2015-07-07)This paper synthesises evidence from international trade data of China-based ICT companies in order to map their involvement in the ICT global value chain (GVC). The ICT GVC is divided into three types of companies: Own ... -
Closing the neoliberal gap: risk and regulation in the long war of securitization
(Wiley, 2010)When US military commanders refer today to the “long war”, they could more instructively refer to the “long war of securitization”, involving both practices of war and reconstruction that have always been based on a ... -
Comment on ‘Was Scotland deglaciated during the Younger Dryas?’ by Small and Fabel (2016)
(Elsevier, 2016-10-04)The course of climatic events in Scotland and the broader North Atlantic region during the glacial termination has important implications for our understanding of the causes and mechanisms of abrupt climate change but ... -
Comments on marine litter in oceans, seas and beaches: Characteristics and impacts
(JSciMed Central, 2015-06-11)Abstract Marine litter is observed along shorelines, pelagic, benthic marine and lake systems all around the globe. On beaches, litter creates aesthetic and related economic problems because a clean beach is one of the ... -
A comprehensive roadmap to 50 years of (Satellite) earth observation resources for the island of Ireland (1972 – 2023)
(Geographical Society of Ireland, 2019)A comprehensive review of optical (panchromatic, multispectral and hyperspectral) and synthetic aperture radar satellite imagery coverage for terrestrial and near-shore areas of interest on the island of Ireland. The review ... -
Conclusion: Comparing household energy use across Europe uncovering opportunities for sustainable transformation
(Palgrave Pivot, Cham, 2019-06-08)This chapter considers the similarities and differences between ten European countries in relation to meso-level considerations when it comes to household energy usage. We uncover the governing frameworks and policies ... -
Consideration of coastal risk in the Irish spatial planning process
(Elsevier, 2014-11-29)The vulnerability of coastal areas to associated hazards is increasing due to population growth, development pressure and climate change. It is incumbent on coastal governance regimes to address the vulnerability of coastal ... -
Contours of colonialism: Gaelic Ireland and the early colonial subject
(2004)The sixteenth century is critical to our reading of Ireland's subsequent colonial and indeed postcolonial geographies, yet has frequently evaded considered scrutiny for a variety of reasons, including the deficiencies of ... -
Cost competitive places: shifting fortunes and the closure of Dell's manufacturing facility in Ireland
(2011)In the early days of 2009 the city of Limerick in the mid-west region of Ireland was dealt a massive blow by the PC manufacturer Dell. After months, if not years, of speculation, the company had finally decided to move all ... -
Creating context for corridors of consumption: the case of Ireland
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-01-25)Global consumption levels are significant contributors to detrimental environmental change and the current climate crisis. Across Ireland, domestic consumption levels have increased dramatically during the past three ...