All Outputs (7)

The importance of biodiversity in cities and ecosystem services (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In 1984 E. O. Wilson described the word “biophilia” as “the connections that human beings subconsciously seek with the rest of life”. Had Wilson written this text post 1992 he might have replaced the phrase “the rest of life” with a single word: Bio... Read More about The importance of biodiversity in cities and ecosystem services.

Fresh air: people cannot get enough of it (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Applying the concept of ecosystem services, a core concept in the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and explored more fully in the recent UK National Ecosystem Assessment, asks that the relationship between people and the natural environme... Read More about Fresh air: people cannot get enough of it.

Why don’t you go for a walk at lunchtime when you know it’s good for you? (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Health ecology, an emerging discipline, considers human health and well-being, including psychosocial issues such as
perception of and attitudes towards wellbeing, in the context of human interaction with their environment (Bhasin, Shampa Nag, 2011)... Read More about Why don’t you go for a walk at lunchtime when you know it’s good for you?.

Changes in the values of ecosystem services along a rural-urban gradient (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The degradation and loss of vital ecosystem functions and services have been an uncontested result of urbanisation. An understanding of how ecosystem services are provided along rural-urban gradients is crucial in the task of conserving and enhancing... Read More about Changes in the values of ecosystem services along a rural-urban gradient.

The value of naturalistic urban planting in Runcorn, UK (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

“Ecosystem services” is increasingly recognised as a concept that can aid sustainability of ecosystems, and there is a drive to include this concept into planning and policy practices. The aim of this research is to identify the ecosystem services of... Read More about The value of naturalistic urban planting in Runcorn, UK.

People watching nature: “it’s all in the umwelt!” and “how do we value a view?” (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In response to the invitation to deliver a “provocation” as part of the “As Yet Impossible: in human performance” symposium I wrote three short essays. I was unsure what a provocation was, and if my thoughts and subsequent presentation would be prov... Read More about People watching nature: “it’s all in the umwelt!” and “how do we value a view?”.

How to do (or not to do) . . . a social network analysis in health systems research (2011)
Journal Article

The main challenges in international health are to scale up effective health interventions in low- and middle-income countries in order to reach a higher proportion of the population. This can be achieved through better insight into
how health syste... Read More about How to do (or not to do) . . . a social network analysis in health systems research.