Geography (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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Holocene environmental change in the Albertine Rift : sediment-based evidence from Virunga volcanoes
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2012)The Albertine Rift is one of the most important conservation areas in tropical Africa, with exceptionally high levels of biodiversity (including rare and endemic montane flora and fauna) and high human population densities. ... -
An analysis of urban public space in three European cities : London, Dublin and Amsterdam
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2009)This thesis sets out to enquire into the relationship between recent urban transformation and urban public space in three European cities: London, Dublin and Amsterdam. This involves an analysis of the manner in which ... -
Biodiversity politics : policy, planning and public understandings
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2010)The past fifty years have seen dramatic losses in biodiversity and associated ecosystem services despite increased environmental policy at global, EU, national and local scales. Increasingly, biodiversity policy has moved ... -
Of mines and markets : Labour regimes and agency in Chinese-structured GPNs in Zambia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2013)Over the last ten years, the presence of Chinese capital on the African continent has vastly increased. Investors are creating thousands of jobs in a variety of sectors, integrating African workers and consumers into ... -
Garden tourism in Ireland : an exploration of product group co-operation, links and relationships
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2010)This thesis explores the use of co-operative approaches, links and relationships that exist (or not) in the garden tourism sector, and whether the sector constitutes sustainable tourism provision. A brief history of gardens ... -
Irish community-based social enterprises : an investigation into their rationale, activities and motivations
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2010)The subject of this thesis was community-based social enterprises in Ireland, especially relating to two questions - why were social enterprises established and why did social enterprises continue to exist? The outcomes ... -
Incorporating dissent in the renewal of Dublin's inner city : engagements between the local state and inner-city communities in Dublin's Liberties
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2011)This research addresses a crucial silence in the Irish neoliberal discourse, the voices and struggles of working-class communities resident in those areas in which the state pursued its neoliberal urban-development agenda ... -
Neighbourhood regeneration in the neoliberal era : Dublin and Paris, a comparative perspective
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2010)This thesis is centrally concerned with changes in state policies. The research aims to trace the evolution of urban regeneration policies in two different geographical contexts, paying attention to both temporal and ... -
Sustainable development and dispersed rural housing : an analysis of policy and practices
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2012)Building on analyses of the merits/drawbacks of employing a strategic spatial planning agenda to promote the sustainable development of rural areas (Hadjmichalis, 2003; Scott 2005), this research conducts an in-depth ... -
Historical geographies of Dublin's public green spaces, from their origins to 1756
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2005)The remit of this work is to provide a model of analysis for the evolution of public green spaces in an urban environment, through space and time. The geographical region examined in this thesis is Dublin, and the time ... -
Uneven development and the third space in the urban system : evidence from Dublin
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2001)The objective of this study is to contribute to the understanding of urban social change through theoretical-empirical exploration of the third space in the city. To achieve this, the research examines some aspects of the ... -
Correspondence, power and the state : an historical geography of the Irish Postal Service, 1784-1831
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2006)An Historical Geography of the Irish Postal Service, 1784-1831 Summary The aim of this thesis is to outHne an historical geography of the Irish postal service during the period of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth ... -
The Great Famine : a geography of distress and relief in County Donegal, 1845-50
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2004)The aim of this thesis is to provide an explanatory narrative for the geography of distress and relief in Co. Donegal during the Great Famine. A further critical component seeks to set Donegal within a western seaboard and ... -
Urban conservation in a comparative perspective : Dublin and Stockholm
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2003)This thesis explores differing approaches to urban conservation in the cities of Dublin and Stockholm. It examines the impact of Central Government policies that have addressed directly or had indirect impact upon urban ... -
On constructing urban travel scales for analysing daily travel patterns : the case of the Greater Dublin Area, Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2006)Over the last decade the Greater Dublin Area has witnessed significant land use and spatial restructuring. This has forced a distinct change in the spatial organisation of the built environment. Dublin has been transformed ... -
The development of alternative farm enterprises : a study of organisations and farm businesses involved in the process of farm diversification
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2002)This Thesis examined the process of farm diversification. In particular, it focused on the development of 'on-farm' alternative enterprises (AFEs). These were defined as non-traditional enterprises which involved the ... -
From corporations to commissioners : municipal government and urban change in Leinster, 1835-65
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2009)Following an 1835 report, a process of reform of Irish town government took place. This thesis examines the process and the major shift which occurred in the government of market towns in Leinster between 1835 and 1865. ... -
Neoliberalism and the Irish welfare state : public private partnerships in the delivery of schools and social-housing regeneration
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2009)This project examines the policy background and decision-making process that led to the introduction of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the delivery of public services and infrastructure in Ireland. It draws on ... -
The impact of the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) on the diversity of flora and Carabidae fauna within the Republic of Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2002)The Republic of Ireland’s Rural Environment Protection Scheme, or REPS, is one of a suite of agri-environment schemes around the EU that aim to mitigate the negative environmental impacts of farming. Approximately 40% of ... -
An examination of public attitudes and behaviour towards waste management: the case of Galway
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2006)An examination of public attitudes and behaviour towards waste management: The case of Galway. In recent years waste and general environmental issues have become an area of prime concern for national governments, policymakers ...
