Geography & Sustainable Development Theses: Recent submissions
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Seeing the wood for the trees. Rethinking 700 years of vegetation change in Iceland using meta-analysis of palaeoecological datasets and landscape scale model reconstructions
(2023-11-28) - ThesisThe colonisation of Iceland around 870 A.D. saw the influx of Norse settlers to a previously uninhabited island, resulting in large-scale ecological changes. Human impacts on the landscape vary in time and are spatially ... -
A study of the population burden of cognitive impairment in the US
(2023-11-28) - ThesisThis doctoral thesis investigates novel facets of cognitive health dynamics in the older US population. Prior research on partnership status and cognitive impairment has mainly focused on their association. No study has ... -
Ageing in an increasingly smart world : an ethnography of ageing at home with smart and assistive devices
(University of St Andrews, 2022-06-15) - ThesisWith increasing desires to live at home for longer and have more control of one's healthcare, coupled with rises in smart technology use and affordability, the drive for healthcare smart homes (HSH) from certain policymakers ... -
Governing the High Seas : effective institutional arrangements for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction.
(2023-06-14) - ThesisForming almost two-thirds of the global ocean, the High Seas and seabed areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) support some of the highest levels of biodiversity on the planet. However, these vital areas are increasingly ... -
An interdisciplinary study on Scottish saltmarsh blue carbon : data uncertainty and values in policy design
(2023-06-14) - ThesisThe potential of saltmarshes to store carbon has recently been gaining increasing interest in the Scottish policy arena, particularly in the face of the recently declared climate emergency. Yet, while there are first ...