All Outputs (4)

A satellite image-based analysis of factors contributing to the green-space cool island intensity on a city scale (2014)
Journal Article
Kong, F., Yin, H., Wang, C., Cavan, G., & James, P. (2014). A satellite image-based analysis of factors contributing to the green-space cool island intensity on a city scale. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 13(4), 846-853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2014.09.009

Urban green spaces provide cooler microclimates and create localized urban cool islands and, as part of an adaption strategy to cope with future urban climate change, have been proposed as a means to mitigate the urban heat island effect. Numerous pr... Read More about A satellite image-based analysis of factors contributing to the green-space cool island intensity on a city scale.

Effects of spatial pattern of greenspace on urban cooling in a large metropolitan area of eastern China (2014)
Journal Article
Kong, F., Yin, H., James, P., Hutyra, L., & He, H. (2014). Effects of spatial pattern of greenspace on urban cooling in a large metropolitan area of eastern China. Landscape and Urban Planning, 128, 35-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.04.018

Urban areas will experience the greatest increases in temperature resulting from climate change due to the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Urban greenspace mitigates the UHI and provides cooler microclimates. Field research has established that tempe... Read More about Effects of spatial pattern of greenspace on urban cooling in a large metropolitan area of eastern China.

Low cost (audio) recording (LCR) for advancing soundscape ecology towards the conservation of sonic complexity and biodiversity in natural and urban landscapes (2014)
Journal Article
Farina, A., James, P., Bobryk, C., Pieretti, N., Lattanzi, E., & McWilliam, J. (2014). Low cost (audio) recording (LCR) for advancing soundscape ecology towards the conservation of sonic complexity and biodiversity in natural and urban landscapes. Urban Ecosystems, 17(4), 923-944. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-014-0365-0

Low cost (audio) recorders (LCRs) represent a new opportunity to investigate the sonic complexity of both natural and urban ecosystems. LCRs are inexpensive sampling audio recorders which have the external shape of a universal serial bus (USB) flash... Read More about Low cost (audio) recording (LCR) for advancing soundscape ecology towards the conservation of sonic complexity and biodiversity in natural and urban landscapes.

Can international health programmes be sustained after the end of international funding? The case of eye care interventions in Ghana (2014)
Journal Article
Blanchet, K., & James, P. (2014). Can international health programmes be sustained after the end of international funding? The case of eye care interventions in Ghana. BMC Health Services Research, 14(77), https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-77

There is general agreement amongst major international policy makers that sustainability is a key component of health interventions in developing countries. However, there is little evidence on the factors enabling or constraining sustainability. Dif... Read More about Can international health programmes be sustained after the end of international funding? The case of eye care interventions in Ghana.