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Prof Kevin Edwards featured in Archaeology Scotland
Archaeology Scotland, a charity involved with promoting archaeology and the historic environment in Scotland, recently featured Kevin Edwards in the ‘60-second Interview’ feature of its magazine. Read it here.
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Aberdeen Transport Debate Brings Together Students and Regional Transport Experts
Fifty 4th year Transport Geography students recently participated in a ‘Question Time’ style debate on transport in the Aberdeen region. Panel members Rab Dickson (Nestrans), Paul Finch (Aberdeenshire Council), Russell Henderson (AECOM), Hugh Murdoch (Aberdeen City Council), and David Phillips (First Aberdeen) responded to student questions on topics ranging from...
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Website Launched for NERC Funded Project
The CORPORATES project builds community understanding of and dialogue about the range of ecosystem services provided by the Firth of Forth marine region in Scotland, UK. This project brings together leading ecological, economic, social-cultural, and legal experts from the University of Aberdeen, the Scottish Association for Marine Science, the James...
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Prof Jillian Anable in The Conversation
Prof Jillian Anable recently penned an article for The Conversation entitled "Can one day without cars really change our travel habits?", in which she explores the impact that initiatives such as 'car-free' days may (or may not) have on our long-term travel behaviours. The full article is available here.
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New Report Released: Supporting Marine Spatial Planning with local socio-economic data
The demand for use of the marine environment and coastal areas has never been greater. With ambitious targets for the development of marine renewable energy, marine protected areas and interactive marine activities, marine planning has risen to the top of the policy agenda. Combining data capture and effective engagement is...
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Two-speed Britain: Major study reveals impact of gap in Internet access between rural and urban area
The gap between urban and rural Internet speeds risks damaging business, adding to farming costs, driving young people away from areas in which they have grown-up, and deterring retirees from moving to some areas of the country.
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Human Geographers present research at XXVI Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology
Research on the contributions of older people to rural communities (Andrew Maclaren), new technologies to support social interaction amongst housebound older rural residents (Gillian Dowds, Lorna Philip and Mags Currie) and enabling Internet connectivity to commercially ‘hard to reach’ very remote rural communities (Fiona Williams, John Farrington and Lorna Philip)...
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The Guardian calls Geography the "must-have A-level"
A Guardian editorial has named Geography the must-have A-level, citing both a recent jump in popularity (up 13% from last year) and a renewed realisation of the benefits the subject can offer. According to the article, '...geography is a subject for our times. It is inherently multidisciplinary in a world...
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New project award: Esprit
CTR staff (John Nelson, Jillian Anable, Richard Mounce) will work on ESPRIT : The Easily diStributed Personal RapId Transit project aims to develop a purpose-built, light weight L category electric vehicle that can be stacked together to gain space. Thanks to pioneering coupling systems, up to 8 ESPRIT vehicles can...
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New project award: SocialCar
CTR staff (John Nelson, Caitlin Cottrill and Steve Wright) will embark on a new 3 year project to develop a new communication network for intelligent mobility, in order to share and integrate car-pooling information with existing transport and mobility information systems.