Geography & Geosciences Theses: Recent submissions
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Does area regeneration improve residents' health and well-being?
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06-25) - ThesisThis thesis investigates the implications of area-based regeneration for residents’ health and well-being. The last three decades have seen significant investment in area-based initiatives in the UK to regenerate declining ... -
Assessing Arctica islandica as a proxy for Scottish marine climate change
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06-25) - ThesisThis thesis investigates the potential of the bivalve Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767) from fjordic sites in NW Scotland for reconstructing past marine environmental /climatic variability. Using dendrochronological and ... -
The East Sands, St Andrews : beach dynamics, harbour development and major shipwrecks
(University of St Andrews, 2005) - ThesisThe coastline is a dynamic and constantly changing environment with processes that continually work and modify the coastal margin. This research was initiated in an attempt to understand the changes along the coastline ... -
Geographically weighted spatial interaction (GWSI)
(University of St Andrews, 2013-11-30) - ThesisOne of the key concerns in spatial analysis and modelling is to study and analyse similarities or dissimilarities between places over geographical space. However, ”global“ spatial models may fail to identify spatial ... -
A price not worth paying : using causal effect modelling to examine the relationship between worklessness and mortality for male individuals in Scotland
(University of St Andrews, 2012) - ThesisThe research conducted in this thesis examines the relationship between forms of worklessness (both active unemployment and inactivity due to sickness and disability) and mortality for working age men. Previous research ...