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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 ... -
Cultural geographies of the contact zone: Gaels, Galls and overlapping territories in late medieval Ireland
(2005)In writing about the social and cultural geographies of the past, we frequently reinforce notions of difference by using neatly delineated ethnic terms of reference that often superscribe the complexities of reality on the ... -
Designing real-world laboratories for the reduction of residential energy use: Articulating theories of change
(Oekom Verlag, 2018-01-01)Reducing residential energy use and carbon dioxide emissions is a policy concern across Europe. One of the approaches to address this problem, real-world laboratories (RwLs), has recently gained prominence as a means to ... -
Developing a sustainable food strategy for large organizations: The importance of context in shaping procurement and consumption practices
(Wiley, 2018-02-08)Organizations such as hospitals, educational institutions and workplaces feed thousands of people every day and are key intermediaries in the food system. They are in a position to significantly shape the production, ... -
The distribution of economic well-being within the Northwest region
(De Gruyter Open, 1989)For many years, geographers have concerned themselves with the spatial dimension of economic development and with the fact that the pattern of development, whether it occurs under capitalist or socialist regimes, tends ... -
Dynamics of sediment storage and release on aeolian dune slip faces: A field study in Jericoacoara, Brazil
(Journal of Geophysical Research, 2015-09-25)Sediment transport on the lee sides of aeolian dunes involves a combination of grain-fall deposition on the upper portion of the slip face until a critical angle is exceeded, transport of a portion of those sediments down ... -
Economic well-being in the Ballymote rural area: myth and reality
(Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, 1996)Despite the many negative indicators such as falling population and high emigration which are characteristic of the Northwest, the town of Ballymote appears to be booming. In explaining this apparent contradiction, ... -
The emerging dynamic structure of national innovation studies: a bibliometric analysis
(Springer Verlag, 2016-10-26)The state is still the significant unit for innovative studies during the age of R&D globalization and innovation regionalization. Using the bibliometric method, this paper attempts to provide a comprehensive picture of ... -
Employment and population, 1996-2016: growth, recession and delayed recovery
(Geography Publications, 2018)Introduction The two decades from 1996 to 2016 included a period of rapid economic growth internationally, until about 2008, followed by a deep recession from which many countries are still recovering.1 These changes ... -
Energy demand challenges in Europe: Implications for policy, planning and practice
(Palgrave Pivot imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature, 2019)This open access book examines the role of citizens in sustainable energy transitions across Europe. It explores energy problem framing, policy approaches and practical responses to the challenge of securing clean, affordable ... -
Envisioning human security – commentary to Gill
(Geographical Society of Finland, 2018)Prompted by Nick Gill’s review essay, ‘The suppression of welcome’, this commentary additionally reflects on attendant questions of security and responsibility in seeking to conceptualize a more human-centred vision of ... -
Envisioning security for a more-than-human world
(United Nations Development Programme, 2024-01-03)This paper considers a key securitization challenge that the world faces in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a challenge that centres on discursively envisioning the kind of security required in tackling a ... -
The event of space: geographic allusions in the phenomenological tradition
(SAGE Publications, 1998-02)n this essay I analyse the role of space in key texts belonging to the tradition of phenomenology. Starting from the assumption that phenomenology is uniquely positioned to answer the epistemological challenges posed by ... -
Exploiting information and communication technologies for rural development
(Elsevier, 1992-07)This paper examines how information technology (IT) might be exploited to promote rural development; it also considers how IT impacts on the rural periphery. The appropriate adaptation of this technology for indigenous ... -
‘Farmers don’t retire’: Re-evaluating how we engage with and understand the ‘Older’ farmer’s perspective
(MDPI, 2022-02-22)Globally, policy aimed at stimulating generational renewal in agriculture is reported to pay meagre regard to the mental health and wellbeing of an older farmer, overlooking their identity and social circles, which are ...