Field experiments were conducted to investigate the seed attributes, movements and fates of dispersal units, and seedling establishment of Chrysopogon aucheri and Cymbopogon jwarancusa in a representative grassland ecosystem in upland Balochistan, Pakistan. Cymbopogon jwarancusa…
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This dissertation is a study of the visual culture and aesthetic discourses of Zionism between 1890 and 1918. By focusing on Max Nordau's fraught invention of the “muscle Jew” and his paradoxical aesthetics of regeneration, I show how Zionism made use of the domain of the visual…
This thesis assesses the implications of current urban planning and business district regeneration policies and practices for small retailers in the city of Khulna, Bangladesh. Through a mixed-method embedded case study strategy, it explores the problems and opportunities affect…
In recent years increasing attention has been given to urban tourism research, and Tourism, Leisure and Recreation (TLR) have become critical tools in revitalising the economic, social and cultural fabrics and image of a number of British traditional manufacturing cities. The fo…
This thesis explores the operation of third sector politics within the changing context of local governance. Throughout the history of urban policy the concept of community has fonned a recurrent, if fluctuating theme (Eisenschitz and Gough, 1993; Raco, 1998a). Recent literature…
The objective of this research is to produce a critical case study of the European Union's modus operandi in approaching urban issues through an analysis of the formulation and operationalisation of its Structural Fund Initiative for deprived neighbourhoods, URBAN (1994-1999). T…
Regeneration, the replacement of lost or damaged body parts, and biomineralisation, the biologically controlled formation of minerals, are important and widespread abilities in the animal kingdom. Both phenomena have a complex evolutionary history; thus their study benefits from…
The relationship between vegetation change and rehabilitation management is investigated at a severely degraded cut-over lowland raised mire on the Wales/England border, managed by Natural England and The Countryside Council for Wales. Positive responses are confirmed 11 years a…
Regeneration of colonising species following disturbance of primary tropical rain forest in Malaysia was studied in artificial gaps ranging in size up to 30% canopy openness. Effects of gap size on soil temperature and water status were investigated. Spatial variation in density…
Building on recent scholarship in (a) theological retrieval of the Christian tradition, and (b) Protestant developments in theological aesthetics, this project is concerned with the exploration and development of soteriology’s aesthetic dimension. Specifically, it examines the r…