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Engaging People with Carbon and Climate Change Using Landscape Scale Conservation and Biodiversity Monitoring (2017)
Book Chapter
Moolna, A., Knott, C., Wallis, D., Crawshaw, D., Brierley-Moore, J., Simons, J., & Selby, A. (2018). Engaging People with Carbon and Climate Change Using Landscape Scale Conservation and Biodiversity Monitoring. In Handbook of Climate Change Communication: Vol. 1 (293-308). (1). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69838-0_16

Climate change due to anthropogenic increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide is a global phenomenon with a recognised high public profile. The impacts of climate change, however, are mostly felt at a local level. Communicating climate change relevance... Read More about Engaging People with Carbon and Climate Change Using Landscape Scale Conservation and Biodiversity Monitoring.

An Ambient Intelligence System for Assisted Living (2017)
Book Chapter
Ortolani. (2017). An Ambient Intelligence System for Assisted Living. In 2017 AEIT International Annual Conference, Cagliari, Italy, 20-22 Sep (1 -6). https://doi.org/10.23919/AEIT.2017.8240559

Nowadays, the population's average age is constantly increasing, and thus the need for specialized home assistance is on the rise. Smart homes especially tailored to meet elderly and disabled people's needs can help them maintaining their autonomy, w... Read More about An Ambient Intelligence System for Assisted Living.

Insights into Online Reviews of Hotel Service Attributes: A Cross-National Study of Selected Countries in Africa (2017)
Book Chapter
Ukpabi, D., Olaleye, S., Mogaji, E., & Karjaluoto, H. (2018). Insights into Online Reviews of Hotel Service Attributes: A Cross-National Study of Selected Countries in Africa. In Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2018 (243-256). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72923-7_19

Online travel reviews are paramount to trip planning because they help consumers’ form images of destinations. Despite ample studies on hotel service attributes, knowledge is scarce regarding culturally nuanced attributes, including security percepti... Read More about Insights into Online Reviews of Hotel Service Attributes: A Cross-National Study of Selected Countries in Africa.

Displacement, failure and friction in the media ecologies of radical food activism. (2017)
Book Chapter
(2017). Displacement, failure and friction in the media ecologies of radical food activism. In Digital Food Activism

This chapter conceptualises the dynamics of digital food activism in an anti-capitalist context, and explores the specific frictions surrounding this form of protest. It focuses on autonomous movements: non-hierarchical, leaderless, groups of activis... Read More about Displacement, failure and friction in the media ecologies of radical food activism..

The limits of austerity: The fiscal multiplier and the ‘debt Laffer curve’ (2017)
Book Chapter
Tsoukis. (2017). The limits of austerity: The fiscal multiplier and the ‘debt Laffer curve’. In Political Economy Perspectives on the Greek Crisis: Debt, Austerity and Unemployment. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63706-8_10

We consider the maximum public debt-GDP ratio that is serviceable when one allows for the fiscal effects of the required primary surpluses (the ‘fiscal multiplier’). This simple but novel approach yields a debt Laffer Curve that defines the debt and... Read More about The limits of austerity: The fiscal multiplier and the ‘debt Laffer curve’.

Chemical Ecology (2017)
Book Chapter
Bruce. (2017). Chemical Ecology. In Aphids as Crop Pests (148-172)

'A Living Set' (2017)
Book Chapter
Price, H. (2017). 'A Living Set'. In Vivien Leigh Actress and icon. Manchester University Press

Transnational repertoires (2017)
Book Chapter
Devadason, R. (2017). Transnational repertoires. In Re-Living the Global City (80-96). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315717586-6

In this chapter I draw on Dürrschmidt’s concept of ‘extended milieux’ in Living the global city (1997) to explore how transnational professionals actively construct a sense of being at home whilst on the move. They self-consciously develop – what I c... Read More about Transnational repertoires.

Environmental economics (2017)
Book Chapter
Fernandez, R. M. (2017). Environmental economics. In The Business Student's Guide to Sustainable Management (227-258). (2). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351216500-8

This chapter discusses basic concepts related to environmental economics and a reasonable overview of the policies and instruments more widely used to tackle environment-related issues such as risks to human health from the point of view of the neces... Read More about Environmental economics.