Geography Honours Dissertations

GEOGRAPHY HONOURS DISSERTATIONS

The following dissertations are available for short-term loan (maximum 1 week) from the Geography Office

Updated July 2012 Name Year Title

Aird, Holly 2010 A view from the cockpit: pilot opinion on volcanic ash and aviation safety.

Akerman, William M 1993 New times; New Homes? A study of recent design and aesthetic changes in speculative housing

Alexander, A J 1978 Investigations of the vegetation discontinuity at the Gletschervorfeld boundary in front of selected glaciers with particular reference to the concept of a climax community and to the implications for phytometric dating

Anderson, Amy 2006 Perceptions of safety in urban parks: A case study of the Meadows, Edinburgh

Anderton, Thomas 2011 The effects of sea surface temperature and surface temperature on sea-ice variability and subsequent implications for marine and terrestrial ecosystems off the coast of Greenland

Arkley, Michael 2006 Is meander migration rate primarily a function of gradient?

Avis, Hannah L 1996 Creating wonderland. Sense of place at an American summer camp

Baker, Jennifer 2011 Disasters, citizen participation and community empowerment: insights from a Cumbrian flood Ballantyne, Iain K. 2012 An investigation into the physical and social impacts of mountain biking in relation to hiking Barlow, Timothy 2008 The impact of post-remediation stigma on residential property value Barron, Amy J 1992 A study of the harvest migration of Eastern Europeans to Tayside berry farms

Baumber, Sam 2002 Fourth World: Barcelona? Geographical exploration of health inequalities in Fortress Europe

Bedford, Barnaby 2011 To what extent is evidence from the last Stadial a proxy for the long-term pattern of glaciation in ** Scotland?

Beioley, Kate 2011 Scaredy-Cats: fear, gender and agenda in the production of the female parkour body

Bell, Georgina 2010 Islay: The Golden Kingdom. The influence of whisky on the portrayal of an island region. Bell, Rachel 2008 It's all about 'White men saving brown women from brown men' - Cultural Representations of Sati

Bell, Sam 2007 The Exploited(?) Child: An analysis of how socio- cultural perceptions impact upon the practice of exploitative child labour in contemporary London

Bennet, Finlay J 1994 An inquiry into Esker Genesis in the Inner Moray Firth Basin utilising contemporary theory and techniques

Benstead, Katrina 1995 A study of the need for a "disabled geography" Fairtrade: Obstacles Beresford, Anthony D L P 2012 or Opportunities for small-scale Indonesian tuna fisheries.

Berry, John M A 1999 The role of religion in the Highland Clearances

Bertie, Michelle F 1979 Secondary uses of derelict railways; with special reference to the Waverley line

Beveridge, Robin 1992 Flexibility: A regional perspective

Birdsall, Katharine 1995 An investigation into the distribution of sycamore in Swaledale and Wensleydale, North Yorkshire and implications for the conservation debate

Bondi, Elizabeth 1981 An introduction to climatic modelling Remembering Born, Camilla 2012 communism/Forgetting communism: The story of Prague.

Bowen, Wright, Philippa 2007 A study of the social implications of the recent Scottish Smoking Legislation on the Public House

Boyles, Valerie E 1987 An analysis of the marketing and distribution of Spanish fruit and vegetables through the Pyrenees Orientales - competitive and complementary with local production

Bradley, Edward B. M. 2005 Assessing the boundary effects of the London congestion charging scheme: A case study in the City of Westminster

Brady, Mark 2003 Preserving whose heritage? The preservation of Toronto's build heritage as a reflection of national identy

Brodie, Iain 2007 Sites of resistance and the politics of place: Tenant ballots and stock transfer in Edinburgh

Brown, Diane B 1988 Automated name placement: Requirement for communicative clarity and aesthetics

Brown, James 2011 An investigation into ethical selving in a Fairtrade Town

Brown, Marie J 1983 Rehabilitation: The panacea of urban renewal? Bruce, Peter C. 2005 Niddrie Burn Flood Management and River Restoration Project: a critical assessment of sustainability

Bruzzone, Lucy I. 2005 Landslide hazard modelling in Glen Ogle Valley, Scotland

Bryce, Alex 2006 Evidence for a plateau icefield in the Beinn Dearg range, north-west Highlands of Scotland

Bryce, Nuala M 1989 An Irish island's sense of place

Buckby, Ben P. 2005 Proposed congestion charge scheme for Edinburgh: A customer's survey of its potential impact on John Lewis Burridge, Rebecca 2009 An investigation into the relationship between Arctic ** sea ice variability and surface temperature 1901 - 2007 Burtton, Oliver 2008 Ecotourism in the Cayman Islands: The physical, economic, social and political potential for ecotourism in Cayman Brac Cairns, Laura J 1997 The relationship between the sporting press and the promotion of national identity - the case of Euro 96 as reported in the Sun and the Scottish Sun

Cameron, Dale 2010 On the prediction of Volcanological Deposition Potential for Europe and the North Atlantic: An Application of Numerical Modelling

Cameron, Ewan 2004 Demography and Power: A critical discourse analysis of the "demographic threat" in the State of Israel from 2000-2004 Campbell, Charis 2008 A study of national identity and nationalism in Post- Genocide Rwanda Campbell, Colin J 2001 The place of popular science: A discursive analysis of popular volcanological knowledge

Campbell, Jennifer 2006 How do investments in spatialised emotional discourses, such as fear or otherwise in public space, contribute to creating gendered identities?

Campbell, Kirsty A 1981 Landscape evaluation - a hazard or a potential attribute?

Carter, Niall 2007 Distorted Space: Cognitive mapping distortions in Edinburgh University students

Casey, Mary G 1980 Recreational carrying capacity. A difficult management technique? Chamberlain, Laura 2008 An investigation of urban village design principles and the construction of a sense of community: A case study of Buckshaw Village Chantrey, Helen K. 2005 The influence of Secondspace? A study of how tourists perceive, produce and reproduce space through guidebooks in Madagascar Cherrie, Mark 2010 Loneliness in a Homeless Day Centre in Edinburgh

Childs, Naomi 2010 Care of the distant ‘other’ through the lens of Child Sponsorship.

Christie, Hazel E 1992 Towards a feminist analysis of the new right: representations of women in contemporary political discourse

Clark, Ian W 1979 Windbreaks and shelterbelts. A study of the vertical transport of momentum and how it is affected by model windbreaks in a wind tunnel.

Coad, Melanie 2002 Psychogeographic analysis of Edinburgh's city centre from a homeless perspective

Coburn, Richard B 1990 The geography of voting behaviour in Northern Ireland 1973-1989: Polarisation or integration?

Colburn, Antonia 2011 Based on case study findings at Kemble Farm, what are the barriers and incentives influencing the further deployment of dairy cattle slurry anaerobic digesters in the UK?

Collie, Nicola J 1993 Environmentally friendly? Women's experiences, perceptions and fears of the Meadow Park, Edinburgh

Colquhoun, Jonathan D 2011 Trump’s golf crusade: an investigation into the current and anticipated economic effects of the Trump International Golf Links Scotland

Connolly, Dominic 1993 The depopulation and repopulation of Malignon

Connolly, Lindsay 2009 Negotiating Life and identity in Leith: A community case study

Cook, Gail F 1986 Bowhouse, Alloa - A perception study

Coppins, Gavin J 1999 The marginal glaciation of the Cairngorm Mountains

Corripio, Javier G 1999

Coulson, Helen 2009 Exploring Women’s Involvement in the 1984/5 Miners’ Strike using Oral History: A case study of Easington Colliery

Cousar, Graham 1993 Initiation of glacial conditions in the North of England using a perfectly plastic ice-sheet model

Cramphorn, Chloe 2007 What are the strengths and weaknesses of community organisations in responding to the AIDS orphan crisis in South Africa, focusing on a community foster care program in Khayelitsha, Cape Town

Cream, Julia 1991 A geographer's tale of a place called Cleveland

Cumming, Craig 2006 Money Talks: Banknotes and national identity in Scotland Darbyshire, Helen 2008 Dam Debate: Does Age Matter? Dargie, Greta 2009 Variations in soil carbon stocks across the tree line at Wayqecha in Andean Peru Davies, Anna E. 2005 Ambivalence in the urban park: a case study of Victoria Park, Edinburgh

Davies, Gillian 2004 A study of the geographic factors controlling temporal and spatial variations in the glacier winds of melting alpine glaciers: A case study of the glaciers of the Chamonix Valley

Dawkins, Helen 2009 Waste not, want not! Household Recycling in Cambridge

Day, Polly 2011 A paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Sarstoon- Temish National Park peatland, southern Belize during the Late Holcocene De Nijs, Patrick J 2012 Is safe enough good enough? Examining Luxembourg’s public risk perception of the nuclear power plant in Cattenom (France) to expose implications for future risk management strategies.

Derrick, Julia 2003 How and why have female undergraduate alcohol consumption patterns changed since twenty-five years ago?

Dickson, Jeanette 2007 The Geography of Adoption; The long term effects on adopted adults in Britain

Dixson, Keith 2006 Can International Remittances Act as a Tool of Development and Reduce Levels of Poverty in Developing Countries?

Dow, Christine 2006 'Hummocky moraines'. Seen one seen 'em all A critical analysis of the leading hummocky moraine genesis theories

Driscoll, Zoe 2009 The past and future of malaria in Britain

Dryden, Chris 2010 Expanding Cinematic Geographies: telling the Firefly and Serenity Story

Earl, Charlotte 2010 Homecoming Scotland 2009: A Homecoming for Whom?

Earle, Ferdia 2011 The ‘place’ of the new Travellers of England and Wales 1997- 2010

Earley, Alice 2011 ‘Benefits of immigration: Scotland wins all ways from influx of new blood’ (The Herald 2006:12): how do media narratives affect the everyday encounters of Polish migrants in Edinburgh?

Easterlow, Donna 1994 Whose responsibility for health: an investigation into regional inequalities in health in England Eccleston, James A 1987 A geographical appraisal of local shopping facilities in Perth: Does the distribution meet the requirements of the local population? Edwards, Sarah E 2012 Urban Green Space, Health and Wellbeing: A Qualitative Study of the Meadows, Edinburgh

Elder, Gemma 2007 (Hetero)sexual dress and space: the fabric of identity performance

Fenton, Rosemary 2007 From Alexandria to Athens: the travel narratives of Edward Daniel Clarke

Fleming, Alastair 1994 Deglaciation and subsequent Late Devensian environmental changes in the Langholm area

Fleming, Samuel ** 2011 Channel change in the College Valley: it is a changing climate, not land-use, which is changing flood risk Fraser, Alexander M 2012 “Back in my own place, my green Cathures”: Poetry, Place and the Presentation of Identity in Post- Devolution Scotland.

Furlong, Anthony 2006 Do geographies of fear mean that gay and straight men use and interpret the space of Edinburgh city centre in differing ways?

Gibbs, Helen M. 2005 Assessing the risk of diffuse phosphorus loss from agricultural fields; can a form of the modified P index be used effectively?

Giffen, Margaret C 1981 Accessibility and planning of Stockholm's public transport system

Gilchrist, Elizabeth A 1996 South African Game Parks: Reconciling conservation and local community needs

Gilchrist, Sarah J L 1999 Palaeoecological and inferred climatic change at Porvenir, Patagonia during the late-glacial and early holocene Gillespie, Clare 2008 The 'Leptogenic' environment: to what extent can an affluent area be considered to reduce the risk of obesity for all its residents? Gillies, Stuart D 1985 A vegetation survey of Arran

Gormley, Lorraine 1993 The effects of homegarden agroforestry systems on soil properties in Kerala, India

Goudie, Martha 2010 Uniting Social and Environmental Aspects of Walking Recreation in the Lake District National Park.

Grant, Hannah 2004 Can small-scale Scottish salmon farms survive against the growing pressures from economies of scale, and the accompanying growth in multinationals?

Gray, David A 1985 Retirement migration: A study in the West Highlands of Scotland Gray-clough, Sophie 2011 Partnerships: an alternative conceptualisation within development

Green, Jessica 2003 Disabling Geography? How inclusive is fieldwork in the Edinburgh University Geography course?

Greene, Deborah 1990 Recreational impacts upon the Scottish hills; the hillwalkers' perspective Greenfield, Zoe 2008 Regeneration and the Politics of the Past: To what extent has Easington's mining history been acknowledged by and incorporated into regeneration of the District?

Griffiths, Paul W 2012 Aerotropolis: an emerging urban future, but for whom? Deconstructing and detourining the narratives of modernity as performed by Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi. Gyte, Neil 2004 Late-glacial landforms and climate change in the Monadhliath Mountains, Scotland

Haigh, Tania I 1981 Enclosure of common land in the Doncaster area 1750-1850

Hale, Sophie E 1992 A simulation of the patterns of snow accumulation in the Eastern Highlands of Scotland Harley-Jepson, Beth R 2012 Conceptualising Community in Community Land Ownership, and Example form the North Harris Estate, Scotland Domestic microgeneration – Who is investing? Who is Hall, Joana 2012 benefiting? Hall, Katherine 2008 Animal Geographies: Ethnocynology of the Musher- Sled Dog Bond Hall, Margaret A 1983 A vegetation and soil study in the Mosedale

Hampson, Holly I. A. 2005 Natural Remedies: How is the Battersea Garden Project constructed as a therapeutic landscape? Hanlon, Cara 2012 Places of Well-being: A Case Study of the Manx Foundation for the physically disabled

Hanshaw, Heather 2007 Does environmental stress caused by a change in weather conditions have an affect on reindeer population dynamics? A study of the Cairngorm reindeer herd

Hardwick, Mark 2009 The Hottentot & The Discursive Impact of The Linnaean Watershed

Harman, Rebecca 1994 How grain size and sorting vary with distance inland and on different dune surfaces on coastal dunes, Sandwood Bay, North West Scotland

Harrison, Mary E 1992 Turkish migration: A case study of Hisar Village Harrison, Philip J 2009 The Economic, Environmental and Socio-Cultural Impacts of Viticulture and Wine Tourism on Rural Areas: a study of England and Wales

Hasler, Anna K 1995 Marching for Bavaria. An examination of the link between Processional Forms of the Munich Oktoberfest and the Formation of a Bavarian Identity in the Nineteenth Century

Hasson, Ian R 1988 Deregulation of public transport in Tyne and Wear: On the right track or off the rails? Hayden, Marie 2008 How do English-born students living in Scotland negotiate their identity? Does this differ between locations in Scotland namely the University of Edinburgh and the University of Aberdeen, and to what extent has it changed these students' attitudes towards the prospect of Scottish independence? Hennessy, Mary 2011 Lessons of charity: the importance of moving beyond the tangible rights of the child Herron, Kathryn 2011 A comparison of legacy suds and those designed in accordance with sewers for Scotland (2nd Edition) Hewett, David 2011 An investigation on Scottish Temperature Extremes: In a relationship with Global Warming? Hicks, Christopher 2011 Should a reduction in residential segregation be policy-centred or community-led? A Belfast Case Study Hicks, Lettice 2011 How much carbon have Scottish soils sequestered, and how will carbon stocks change under the Scottish Forestry Commission’s afforestation proposals? Higson, John 2009 An investigation into the prediction of lowering rates, through the recorded transport distances of tracer pebbles; within a small Scottish upland river

Hogg, Anna 2010 Remote Sensing variation in the spatial distribution of red snow algae on the Harding Icefield, Alaska, using Landsat 7 ETM+ and SPOT4 imagery.

Holmes, George 2004 An analysis of Little Ice Age climatic change in the Iberian Peninsula, through a study of viticultural variations in Valladolid

Hope-Jones, David R. H. 2005 Further hints to Travellers? 174 years of expeditionary support from the Royal Geographical Society

Howat, Linda 1984 The use of malt whisky distillery effluents as fertilisers

Howie, Jennifer 1993 Aspects of place naming Hull, Deborah 2008 The Africa Fund: A case study analysis of exploring Moral Geographies in development organisations Ikkala, Ninni M E 2002 Organising sustainable agriculture in Cuba: Redefining the state - local relationship Inman, Megan 2010 A credit union conundrum: An investigation in to the social performances of credit unions in Edinburgh.

Irvine, Stuart J F 1988 A critical examination of the proposed existence of an ice cap in the South East Grampians during the Loch Lomond Stadial

Isherwood, Paul 2003 Survival strategies for independent convenience retailers: Pressures and responses in Edinburgh

Jackson, Samantha F. 2009 An assessment of the value of terrestrial carbon payback calculations to the development of Scotland’s renewable industry: a case study of Onshore Wind

Janson, Emma C K 1993 Water pollution from abandoned coal mines

Jarosz, Sophie 2011 The vegetation history of a tropical coastal peatland, southern Belize, in relation to plant succession and climatic influences: a pollen study

Johnston, James 2011 Snow business or no business? Factors that affected the technical viability of the short-lived 1960s Mar Lodge Ski Centre, with particular regard to the potential influence of technological limitations

Jones, Hazel D 1996 Macro-scale drainage development in the Himalayas

Jones, Sarah 2007 The regeneration of Calluna vulgaris on lowland heathland: The Shropshire Hills, England

Jones, Vanessa 2011 One Place, Many Stories: A neighbourhood’s response to the Calthorpe Project, a Community Garden in London’s King’s Cross

Kallin, Hamish 2010 Fighting for Dalston’s future: The junction of regeneration and gentrification in the neoliberal city.

Keighren, Innes M 2002 The imaginary worlds of John Kirtland Wright

Kelly, Sarah 2009 The Great Organic Gimmick?

Kemp, Ian 2010 How has the ‘changing state of gentrification’ been demonstrated on Tyneside?

Kirkby, Asha 1997 "I couldn't believe it was little old me." A case study of single parent social support and empowerment in Longhampton, Australia Langford, Zoe C. 2012 Mapping Red Squirrel [Sciurus vulgaris] Habitat using NDVI

Laucht, Richard 2003 A study into palaeoclimatic information produced through moraine analysis

Lawson, William 2006 The Younger Dryas Stadial and Moraine Mound Complexes: analysis of 'moraine mound complexes' and associated landforms in the Coire Ardair, Creag Meagaidh, Scotland Lea, Benedict N 1994 The tension between local and central government as manifest in the "capping" of local authority revenue budgets

Leahy, Isabel 2010 The impact of coal mine abandonment on the water quality of the River Ore, Fife.

Lee, Alexander G G 1994 Holocene glaciation and moraine formation at Gigjökull and Steinholtsjökull, Southern Iceland

Lee, Katharine 1995 An analysis of images of the city of Sheffield and its people in the paintings and narratives of George Cunningham and Joe Scarborough

Len, Michal 2009 Controlling Surface Access Carbon Emissions: A case study of BBA Edinburgh

Lester, Sarah 2007 An analysis of discourse themes and visions in Glasgow’s urban regeneration policy

Leveson, Ian D H 1981 An account of the spread of pea production and pea processing in Eastern Scotland, 1969-79 Liddle, Keith K J 2012 Media in the classroom: Teachers’ sources of knowledge on climate change and its effects on teachers’ understanding of climate change

Little, Amy 2003 Containing and constructing the next generation: Can a boarding school community be regarded as an intensely patriarchal society? Lowne, Frances E 2012 Abnormal/Normal: the experiences of women in the spaces of bra consumption

Lund, Mathew F 1996 An evaluation of two models describing the effect of debris upon the rate of melting of covered ice, tested on Storglaciären, Sweden and Gigjökull, Iceland

Luther, Emily 2007 'This is our Poland' Ilford Resettlement Camp and perceptions of 'national' belonging

Lutyens, Miki 2011 The role of men in women empowerment initiatives a case study analysis with send a cow Uganda

MacInnes, Iain I 1981 The internal marketing of foodstuffs in Belize, with particular reference to the Belize River Valley

MacLeod, Helen 2004 Performing the Soundscape of the Edinburgh International Festival and its Connecting Cultures Concert Series: Investigating music as a medium to connect cultures

Macleod, Kirsty 2010 A Study of Macroinvertebrate Recolonisation on a Restored Section of the Braid Burn, Edinburgh

MacMillan, Gordon J 1989 Analysis of vegetation disturbance associated with trampling on a moorland footpath MacNamara, Anne 1992 "The Trust serves the Nation …" An exploration of the meaning of contemporary conservation. A case study of the National Trust for Scotland in its Diamond Jubilee year

Maguire, Matthew 2006 The consequences of the relocation of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary: an integrated multimodal approach to accessibility studies

Mainwaring-Burton, 2009 An investigation into the social and economic impacts Archie of excessive second homeownership in Burnham Market, North Norfolk

Manning, Adrian 1995 The effect of Roman occupation on vegetation in the north British frontier zone: a palynological study of ditch deposits at Vindolanda Roman Fort, Northumberland

Mansley, Colin E 1980 Applications of the distribution of an architectural style to the historical geography of England

Marsh, Emily 2009 An Assessment of Soil Organic Carbon Fluxes due to Cultivation in Upland Grasslands

Marshall, Fiona 2007 An analysis of the process of nation-building at the scale of policy making: The St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Bill

Marshall, Katherine J 1986 The diffusion of microtechnology into both primary and secondary comprehensive schools in Scotland and particularly into schools in Edinburgh

Martin, Laura M R 2007 Atmospheric circulation and the distribution of volcanic ash in the North Atlantic

Mason, Lawrence 2011 Elvis has left the building but is he leading pilgrims to Porthcawl?

Matthews, Ali 2006 Dating the 'Little Ice Age' in Southern Norway

Maughan, Judith M 1983 Northumbrian Villages Mayes, William 2012 Green Roofs: An assessment of hydrological behavior

McBain, William H 1992 Bowes Moor. The environmental aspects of the management of an Upland Heather Common

McConkey, Jill 2006 A comparative study to assess the factors which

influence the dispersion of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution from street canyons in Edinburgh, November-December 2005

McDonnell, Anthony P 1991 Fluctuation of water quality in an upland catchment Vols 1 and 2

McDowell, Richard R 1991 A spark in the dark. Electromagnetic environmental pollution McIntosh, Rebecca 2007 Is a palm a tree? An investigation into the life history, growth, AGLB and productivity of palms in western Amazonia

McQuistan, Sean 2006 The application of the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in reducing carbon dioxide emissions by member states Mellor, Phillip 2012 A Buzz About Town: An investigation of the appropriation of space and reshaping or urban environmentalist movements through beekeeping in New York City

Mercer, Simon 2005 An investigation into the location of facilities releasing air toxins in the city of Leeds and the extent to which observed patterns reflect environmentally racist policies

Messerli, Alexandra 2010 What can be inferred from changes in the quantity and quality of the meltwater in the proglacial stream over the course of a melt season at Steingletscher, in the Swiss Alps?

Metherell, Oliver P J 1998 Live at the Witch Trials - Discourses of masculinity and their relationship with constructions of environment in Dinorwig and Craig Gogarth

Miller, Helen 2007 What is the estuarine sedimentation history of Waiwera river estuary since the early Holocene Epoch

Miller, Stacy 2004 Bordering the Public? A case study of women at Selkirk Common Riding

Moffat, Wendy E 1982 An investigation into the problem of lead poisoning in sheep grazing a former lead mining area of Scotland

Morgan, Gareth 2003 Origin of the Martian Gullies

Morrison, Christopher 2004 Perceptions of Island Identity, the Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides

Mottram, Ruth 2000 Evidence of late-glacial fluctuations around the North Patagonian Icefield

Muir, Pauline F 1981 Office location and the communications factor in Edinburgh

Muir, Ruth P 1979 Assessing environmental quality: field study techniques tested in Edinburgh Munro, Jamie 2008 The Cairngorm Climate, 1964-2006, and its impact ** on local tourism Musgrave, Elena 2007 An enquiry into the extent to which bats can be used as Indicators of Human Disturbance in Cusuco National Park, Honduras

Mustard, Harry 2010 The need for Speed? An investigation into the impacts of a high-speed rail link on Edinburgh Neill, Sarah 2010 An Investigation into the role of community engagement and participation in the proposed Stobhill wind energy development in North East England

Nicoll, Kirsty 2006 An investigation into the effect WestQuay Shopping Centre has had on the existing retail area in Southampton

Ogilvie, Rhianne 2010 Monitoring the nitrogen status of winter wheat through the use of canopy spectral reflectance responses.

O'Keefe, Liam 2007 A reflective study on 'European Identity' for Scottish People in Edinburgh: A 'Scottish-European' Experience …?

Owens, Jillian C 2007 Comparing indirect methods of Leaf Area Index estimation Palfrey, Elizabeth J 2012 Nuclear Energy in Scotland: Public Perceptions and Media Representations

Park, Laura A 1998 An examination of Late Quaternary environmental change in the Upper Lerma Basin, Central Mexico, using evidence from the diatom record

Parsons, Joseph Steven 2011 The Angry Sister: Numerical Modelling of Tephra Dispersal and Deposition from Katla, Iceland

Paskell, William 2010 Assessing the past and predicting the future extent and associated implications of cliff retreat along the North Norfolk coast. Paterson, Sarah 2008 Does urban greenspace provide social and cultural values? A case study of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Paul, Andrew 2009 Environmental performance of small and medium sized enterprises in Cambridge

Paul, Steven 2012 “I wanna dance with somebody…”: ‘Doing’ race and masculinity, and its impact on spatiality in the dance spaces of Edinburgh

Pearse, Ruth 2007 The gender politics of credit control. Social appropriation of the mobile phone in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Pickard, Helen 2007 Kerbside recycling schemes in rural areas: Two case studies

Pite, Ben 2003 With particular reference to the Political Officials Accountability System (POAS) in Hong Kong, discuss how political accountability is socially and politically constructed

Pite, Sophie 2006 Graffiti's place in public space: the empowering potential of 'spaces for representation' Pollock, Emma 2007 The Big Bad Wolf? A study of attitudes and representations of the Gray Wolf (Canis Lupus) in the Greater Yellowstone Area Pospelova, Anna I 2012 Impacts of wildfire on the species diversity of the undergrowth in the mixed forest of Central European Russia

Poulter, Edward N 2004 Challenging the epidemiological transition: An investigation into the influence of urban slum environments on health within Kibera Slum, Nairobi

Pringle, Trevor R 1981 A geographical perspective on the history of the Royal Observer Corps within England

Pritchard, Hamish D 1997 Avalanche geomorphology in the Cairngorm Mountains - a significant slope process?

Quinton, Tessa 2009 Hydrochemical investigations to infer the drainage structure of Russell Glacier, Greenland

Raeched, Natalie 2006 Dancing (in) Thirdspace? A study of the Edinburgh salsa scene

Ratnage, Mark 2011 Drainage density, channel profiles, and slope characteristics used as tools to investigate the morphology of, and processes within, channel networks and hillslope structure, on four uplifting ridges in Central Otago, N.Z.

Richardson, Pamela E 2004 Tourism and agriculture in Barbados: understanding linkages

Ritchie, Alastair J 1981 An analysis of fluted moraine formation at Storbreen, Jotunheimen, Norway

Robertson, Andrew R B 2006 Grinding to a halt? Skateboarders' experiences of Edinburgh's city centre Robinson, Daniel 2012 Remote sensing of thermokarst lake dynamics in the Gulf of Ob region, Siberia: 1986-2010

Robinson, J 1979 The relationship between weather and the growth rates of nestlings: A case study of jackdaws, swallows and starlings

Robson, Guy 2010 An investigation into spatial and temporal variations in velocity on a land-terminating glacier in West Greenland over two weeks of the summer melt season

Robson, Thomas 2009 The experience of the urban MP3 player user: a study into the impact of listening to music via MP3 players on the urban experience of users aged 18-23 Rootes, Camilla M 2012 Identifying and Analysing Recent Change in the Glacier – Climate Relationship at Nigradsbreen an Outlet Glacier of Jostedalsbreen, Norway

Rose, Thomas 2003 The impact of foot-and-mouth disease on Dittisham Rowlinson, Peter 2008 An investigation into the use of Green Roofs: Their ** potential in urban flood mitigation Ryder, Michael J. 2005 An investigation into the existence of secondary currents in a river meander bend during medium to low flow conditions Saddington, William 2008 Environmental responsibility and SMEs: Perceptions, Actions and Assistance within Yorkshire Sampson, Simon 2009 Evolution of water quality characteristics over a proglacial fluvial system in a high-latitude glacierised catchment

Sanderson, Nicholas 2011 The production of critical mass: cyclists’ encounters in road-space

Saunders, Emma L 2012 Homes on the Margins: Eastern European Roma Migrants in Seine-Saint-Denis Savage, Corina J 1992 National Parks for Scotland

Scott, Christine H 1988 An evaluation of the models of rift margin formation with respect to geomorphic evidence

Scowen, James 1996 A study in the historical geography of ideas: Darwinism in Edinburgh 1859-75

Selby, Sarah L 1997 An assessment of the effects of mennonite agriculture on wetland ecology in Northern Belize

Selwood, Jan R 1988 A case study of a route to scientific enquiry

Semmence, Joanna 1987 Flooding in Bangkok and its mitigation. A case study

Sencicle, Kirsty J 1997 Sites of knowledge: A study into Edinburgh's reception of The Glacier Theory, 1838-1855

Seward, Victoria E 2002 Forest management and avalanche protection; an experimental approach

Sharples, Camilla V 2004 Problematising the North American 'Ecological Indian' debate: Motives, complications and implications for indigenous minorities in Canada

Sharpley, Edward 2010 British Expansion in South West Nigeria and its relation to the development of an export based economy

Sheldrake, Thomas 2010 Glacier processes and moraine formation: A case study of the Arkle Corrie complex, Sutherland, North West Scotland. Shepherd, Laura J 2012 Dirty Benefit Scroungers? Disablement and Construction of Disability in the Context of Cuts

Shimmin, Ann-Louise 2006 Problematising the 'Natural-ness' of organic food consumption Shipp, Paul 2007 Does river sinuosity depend primarily on stream power? A comparative study of rivers east and west of the main Scottish watershed

Silverman, Joseph 2011 Recovering everyday life from ‘Britain’s most dangerous street’: they call it going down Stapes’ Simpson, Faye 2011 I am educated therefore I am…? An ethnographic examination of the incoherencies in education for equality in a post-conflict landscape of difference. Simpson, Gemma 2008 How do areas of mixed-income housing affect the life chances of, and level of social integration between residents of different socio-economic backgrounds? A case study of St John's Wood, NW London? Simpson, Karen 1986 An assessment of the impact of epidemic cholera in nineteenth century Perth

Simpson, Karen A 1981 The study of micro-topographical influences on vegetation succession in front of glaciers

Slater, Jane L 1993 Tourists and their maps: An investigation into the relationships between culture, tourism and mapping in the Scottish Highlands

Smith, Katherine E 2002 Translating the Mandarian Dialect: has contemporary geographical writing progressed from Billinge’s Criticisms of 1983?

Smith, Kirsty 2010 How do Kenya’s development policies produce landscapes of confliction and ultimately negate their intent? The Tana Delta: A conflicted landscape

Sole, Andrew J. 2005 Examining spatial and temporal variations in snow and ice melt at Haut Glacier d'Arolla using enhanced temperature index models

Souness, Colin 2004 P-forms as a product of Fluvial Erosion: a re- assessment of the popular hypothesis with case studies at Kangerlussua in West Greenland and Scarisdale on the Isle of Mull, West Scotland

Sparks, Sophie 2006 Formations of nationalism in post-devolution Scotland: Using visual methodologies to explore how children construct national identities

Spencer, Poppy 2009 Immigration to the United Kingdom: representations in the newspaper press from 2000-2007 Sproson, Christopher 2008 The effects of climate change on the Scottish snow sports industry St John, Robert 2008 What controls transpiration in a Peruvian montane ** cloud forest? Stedham, Rebecca 2010 Identification and assessment of potential pumped hydro storage sites in Scotland

Stewart, G 1981 Investigation on medial moraines in the Jotunheimen mountains, Norway Stewart, James M 1997 CCTV and the geography of crime: an investigation into the impact, effects, and importance of CCTV within Britain’s town centres

Stewart, Laura J 2001 Can Geographical Information Systems be used to propose areas for storage of floodwater? Stichbury, John-Paul 2012 The Farmers’ Market: A Nostalgic Placebo for the Middle Classes or a Sustainable Solution for Future Food Security? Glacial Quarrying: The Role of Pre-existing Bedrock Smith, Emma 2012 Joints Strachan, Cressida K O 2007 ‘ In search of Pura Vida’. A study of expatriates in Costa Rica

Streeter, Richard T 2007 Population’s control in determining the course of history in the North Atlantic Islands. A comparative study using modelling of the Norse populations of the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

Sweeney, Joanna C 2010 Deconstructing ‘Difference’: A visually impaired perspective

Sweeney, Patrick J 1987 The state and property capital: the housing renewal of Leith

Symon, Peter W 1983 The mobility of the blind in the urban environment

Tams. Catherine 2010 A Western vision: Volunteering as an ‘alternative’ development practice?

Taylor, Charlotte 2011 Vaulx-en-Velin: the complexity of removing stigma from a French Banlieue

Taylor, Emma 2010 Teenage Kicks? Young people and their perceptions of urban space.

Tenzer, Janine 2006 Integrating the senses into the geography of women's fear

Thistlethwaite, Gillian K I 1998 Creating enabling environments: a visually impaired perspective

Thompson, Sarah 2007 An investigation into the relationship between climatic variation and glacial volume change: Massif du Mont Blanc, European Alps

Thomson, Penny J 1997 Dye-tracer tests in a pro-glacial stream: implications for the use of dye in investigating subglacial drainage conditions

Thomson-Glover, James 2010 How successful has the management of Nyika National Park, Malawi been, and how has it impacted on land cover changes in and around the forest reserve?

Tomlinson, Lesley G 1985 From barges to container ships – the development of the Port of Ipswich Townshend, Arabella 2010 ‘ Opposition to wind farms’: Developing a new typology

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