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Retrofitting for food security : the case of urban food quarters
Parham, Susan (2012-04)This paper and presentation focus on recent research in London on the renewal of food centred space around revived markets. These spaces combine elements of traditional urbanism and new forms of socio-spatial practice that ... -
A revisit to previous research into the current and potential climate change mitigation effects of environmental stewardship (BD5007)
Warner, Douglas; Tzilivakis, John; Lewis, Kathleen (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), 2011-11-29)Environmental Stewardship was introduced to build on the already successful Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA) scheme and the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS). Although primarily engaged with resource protection ... -
Role of inoculum sources in Rhynchosporium population dynamics and epidemics on barley.
Fitt, Bruce D.L.; Atkins, Simon D.; Fraaije, B. A.; Lucas, John A.; Newton, A. C.; Looseley, M. E.; Werner, Peter; Harrap, D.; Ashworth, M.; Southgate, James; Phillips, Huw; Gilchrist, Andrew (HGCA, 2012-04)Rhynchosporium leaf blotch of barley, caused by the fungus Rhynchosporium secalis, is of increasing importance in world agriculture. It is the most serious disease of winter and spring barley in the UK, causing substantial ... -
The Socio-Cultural Benefits of Urban Agriculture: A Review of the Literature
Ilieva, Rositsa T.; Cohen, Nevin; Israel, Maggie; Specht, Kathrin; Fox-Kämper, Runrid; Fargue-Lelièvre, Agnès; Poniży, Lidia; Schoen, Victoria; Caputo, Silvio; Kirby, Caitlin K.; Goldstein, Benjamin; Newell, Joshua P.; Blythe, Chris (2022-04-23)Despite extensive literature on the socio-cultural services of urban open spaces, the role of food-producing spaces has not received sufficient attention. This hampers advocacy for preserving and growing urban agricultural ... -
Spatial and temporal controls on hydro-geomorphic processes in the French pre-Alps
Crook, Darren; Chiverrell, Richard; Dearing, John; Jones, Richard; Welsh, Katherine (2011)Integration of paleoenvironmental reconstructions, environmental history and cellular modeling sheds light on the likely impacts of climate change on hydrological and geomorphological processes in the French Prealps. -
A study of the role of silicon in strawberries and it's possible role in control of strawberry powdery mildew
Fatema, Kaneez; Hall, Avice (2011) -
Trophic links between functional groups of arable plants and beetles are stable at a national scale
Brooks, D. R.; Storkey, Jonathan; Clark, S. J.; Firbank, L. G.; Petit, S.; Woiwood, I. P. (2012-01)1. There is an urgent need to accurately model how environmental change affects the wide-scale functioning of ecosystems, but advances are hindered by a lack of knowledge of how trophic levels are linked across space. It ... -
Veterinary Substances DataBase (VSDB)
Health & Human Sciences Research Institute; School of Life and Medical Sciences; Department of Human and Environmental Sciences; Geography, Environment and Agriculture; Agriculture and Environment Research Unit; Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Sciences; Agriculture; Lewis, Kathleen; Tzilivakis, John; Green, Andrew; Warner, Douglas (2011)