Piran C L White
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 253121 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Piran C L White |
| PRENOMES | Piran C L |
| SOBRENOME | White |
| ASSINATURA | WHITE P C L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of York |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7496-5775 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 40 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 64 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 40 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Biodiversity as a Social–Ecological Capability
Biodiversity loss is an increasingly critical sustainability challenge; yet, within the Natural Resource‐Based View (NRBV), it remains undertheorised and is often treated as a generic environmental factor rather than a structuring social–ecological mechanism. This study reconceptualises biodiversity as shaping how environmental capabilities emerge and create strategic value. Drawing on an inductive qualitative approach supported by Fuzzy Cognitiv…
Combined storytelling and mapping approaches for increasing community engagement with woodland creation and expansion projects
Forests and woodlands are important for biodiversity, climate change mitigation and the provision of services including recreation, timber and non‐timber forest products. Land use policies currently aim to increase forest cover while also maximising the benefits of forests for people and improving community engagement with the process of creation, restoration and expansion. However, these initiatives often suffer from a lack of public support bec…
Craftwell
Background: There has been increasing interest in creativity, heritage and nature to improve health-related outcomes. However, limited research has examined the intersection of heritage crafting in the context of natural spaces. This study aims to explore the feasibility and acceptability of an archaeologically informed outdoor heritage crafting intervention. Methods: A mixed-methods single group before and after feasibility study was conducted. …
Introducing Heritage Connectedness
Humans have a deep desire for connectedness. A sense of relationship with heritage potentially stands as an important form of connectedness that matters for both personal and planetary wellbeing. Exploring the concept of heritage connectedness is the overarching aim of this paper. Focus groups and interviews were used to understand what heritage connectedness means to people. Then, using a new heritage connectedness measurement approach, a large-…
How are nature exposures and nature connectedness related to well‐being and environmentalism in the population of England
The twin crises of mental and planetary health can benefit from understanding how visiting nature and nature connectedness are related to well‐being and environmentalism. These relationships are complicated by (1) the quality of neighbourhood nature, which can influence both nature visit behaviour and nature connectedness, as well as well‐being and environmentalism; (2) the interplay between visiting nature and nature connectedness in these relat…
Green pathways to mental health
We aimed to evaluate the mental health benefits and possible mechanisms of objective and subjective treescape exposures whilst also accounting for relationships with residential area greenspace in general. Independent variables were objective measures of residential neighbourhood tree cover density and woody linear features, and a subjective measure of perceived neighbourhood treescape richness. Outcome variables were four standard measures of po…
Green Social Prescribing
There is a strong body of evidence that points to the mental health and well‐being benefits of nature alongside a growing evidence based on the health and well‐being benefits of green social prescribing. Central to the UK government’s commitment to transform mental health services, seven successful ‘test and learn’ green social prescribing sites were identified across England, including the Humber and North Yorkshire green social prescribing prog…
Reflections and practical tips from co-producing an intervention with neurodiverse children, their families, and professional stakeholders
Transdisciplinary co-produced health research and co-designed interventions have the capacity to improve research quality and the relevance, acceptability, and accessibility of healthcare. This approach also helps researchers to address power imbalances to share decision-making with service-users and the public. However, this growing methodology is currently difficult to appraise and develop as detailed sharing of practice is limited. The ‘CO-pro…
A qualitative exploration of the contribution of blue space to well‐being in the lives of people with severe mental illness
The majority of research into the mental health benefits of blue space (outdoor places where water is a central feature) has focussed on the associations between neighbourhood exposure to these spaces and population‐level incidence of unipolar depression or anxiety disorder. There has been little exploration of the therapeutic use of blue space by those navigating bipolar, schizophrenia or other psychotic conditions. Knowledge arising from such a…
Plant and soil responses to ground-mounted solar panels in temperate agricultural systems
In the move to decarbonise energy supplies to meet Net Zero targets, ground-mounted solar farms have proliferated around the world, with uncertain implications for hosting ecosystems. We provide some of the first evidence on the effects of ground-mounted solar panels on plant and soil properties in temperate agricultural systems. We sampled 32 solar farms in England and Wales in summer 2021. Plant cover and aboveground biomass, as well as soil nu…
Moving from features to functions
Contact with nature can contribute to health and wellbeing, but knowledge gaps persist regarding the environmental characteristics that promote these benefits. Understanding and maximising these benefits is particularly important in urban areas, where opportunities for such contact is limited. At the same time, we are facing climate and ecological crises which require policy and practice to support ecosystem functioning. Policies are increasingly…
Co-production of a nature-based intervention for children with ADHD study (Conifas)
The importance of ecological quality of public green and blue spaces for subjective well-being
There is now considerable evidence that the natural environment provides health and well-being benefits in urban environments. However, little is understood about the role of ecological quality in maximising well-being gains. We examine the relationship between the accessibility of public natural spaces of high ecological quality and two measures of subjective well-being for adults, using the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), a large, longit…
Nature-based outdoor activities for mental and physical health
The value of secondary use of data generated by non-governmental organisations for disaster risk management research
Impact of natural hazards on morbidity and physical incapacity of vulnerable groups in Mexico
Patterns of low birth weight in greater Mexico City
Older people's experiences of everyday travel in the urban environment
Compared to younger age groups, older people spend more time in their locality and rely more heavily on its pedestrian and public transport infrastructure. Qualitative studies provide unique insight into people's experiences. We conducted a qualitative evidence synthesis of United Kingdom-based studies of older people's experiences of travelling in the urban environment. We searched health, social science, age-related and transport-related databa…
Integrative policy development for healthier people and ecosystems
There is growing evidence of the inter‐relationships between ecosystems and public health. This creates opportunities for the development of cross‐sectoral policies and interventions that provide dual benefits to public health and to the natural environment. These benefits are increasingly articulated in strategy documents at national and regional level, yet implementation of integrative policies on the ground remains limited and fragmented. Here…
Flood- and Weather-Damaged Homes and Mental Health
There is increasing evidence that exposure to weather-related hazards like storms and floods adversely affects mental health. However, evidence of treated and untreated mental disorders based on diagnostic criteria for the general population is limited. We analysed the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, a large probability sample survey of adults in England ( n = 7525), that provides the only national data on the prevalence of mental disorders a…
Stakeholder perspectives on the value and challenges of private rhinoceros ownership in South Africa
The value of private sector rhinoceros conservation in South Africa is a topic of much debate, often fueled by controversies surrounding trade in rhinoceros horn. We used semi-structured interviews (n = 16) to assess perceptions of private rhinoceros owners and other stakeholders regarding the value of the industry and its challenges. All stakeholders attested to the conservation value of privately-owned rhinoceroses and identified poaching as th…
Exploring temporality in socio-ecological resilience through experiences of the 2015–16 El Niño across the Tropics
In a context of both long-term climatic changes and short-term climatic shocks, temporal dynamics profoundly influence ecosystems and societies. In low income contexts in the Tropics, where both exposure and vulnerability to climatic fluctuations is high, the frequency, duration, and trends in these fluctuations are important determinants of socio-ecological resilience. In this paper, the dynamics of six diverse socio-ecological systems (SES) acr…
Livestock Disease Management for Trading Across Different Regulatory Regimes
The maintenance of livestock health depends on the combined actions of many different actors, both within and across different regulatory frameworks. Prior work recognised that private risk management choices have the ability to reduce the spread of infection to trading partners. We evaluate the efficiency of farmers' alternative biosecurity choices in terms of their own-benefits from unilateral strategies and quantify the impact they may have in…
The importance of nature in mediating social and psychological benefits associated with visits to freshwater blue space
There is increasing appreciation of the benefits associated with exposure to natural environments. However, most of the evidence relates to green space with much less on blue space. Drawing on data from a British survey of adults, we describe the characteristics of visits to blue space and investigate whether the benefits reported in studies of green space – physical activity, social interaction, and psychological benefits – are evident with resp…
Do People Favour Policies that Protect Future Generations? Evidence from a British Survey of Adults
Long-range temporal choices are built into contemporary policy-making, with policy decisions having consequences that play out across generations. Decisions are made on behalf of the public who are assumed to give much greater weight to their welfare than to the welfare of future generations. The paper investigates this assumption. It briefly discusses evidence from sociological and economic studies before reporting the findings of a British surv…
Linking biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being
Do People Favour Policies that Protect Future Generations? Evidence from a British Survey of Adults
Long-range temporal choices are built into contemporary policy-making, with policy decisions having consequences that play out across generations. Decisions are made on behalf of the public who are assumed to give much greater weight to their welfare than to the welfare of future generations. The paper investigates this assumption. It briefly discusses evidence from sociological and economic studies before reporting the findings of a British surv…
A survey exploring private farm advisor perspectives of agri-environment schemes
Most stakeholder-based research concerning agri-environmental schemes (AES) derives from work engaging with farmers and land managers. Consequently, the voices and opinions of other actors involved in AES tends to be unrepresented in the wider literature. One group of actors that seem particularly overlooked in this respect are private (independent) farm advisors (i.e., the consultants contracted by farmers and land managers to advise-on AES and …
Older people's experiences of everyday travel in the urban environment
Compared to younger age groups, older people spend more time in their locality and rely more heavily on its pedestrian and public transport infrastructure. Qualitative studies provide unique insight into people's experiences. We conducted a qualitative evidence synthesis of United Kingdom-based studies of older people's experiences of travelling in the urban environment. We searched health, social science, age-related and transport-related databa…
Stakeholder perceptions of the effectiveness and efficiency of agri-environment schemes in enhancing pollinators on farmland
In parts of the northern hemisphere, many pollinator species are in decline, with potential adverse implications for pollination and the ecosystem service of food production. It is therefore important to understand how habitats primarily orientated towards food production can be managed in an efficient way to enhance pollinator populations for current and future food security. In Europe, agri-environment schemes are a well-established method for …
Incentivising the collaborative management of mobile ecological resources
Measuring Inequality in Rural England
The sustainability of rural development depends on the distribution of the social and environmental resources needed to maintain and improve the vitality of rural areas. Here we examine the complexity of measuring patterns of distribution using examples of socioeconomic data on rural poverty and affluence as well as data on environmental quality and species richness. We demonstrate how changes in the base spatial units used for analysis have diff…
Exploring temporality in socio-ecological resilience through experiences of the 2015–16 El Niño across the Tropics
In a context of both long-term climatic changes and short-term climatic shocks, temporal dynamics profoundly influence ecosystems and societies. In low income contexts in the Tropics, where both exposure and vulnerability to climatic fluctuations is high, the frequency, duration, and trends in these fluctuations are important determinants of socio-ecological resilience. In this paper, the dynamics of six diverse socio-ecological systems (SES) acr…
Solution Scanning as a Key Policy Tool
Sutherland, W. J., T. Gardner, T. L. Bogich, R. B. Bradbury, B. Clothier, M. Jonsson, V. Kapos, S. N. Lane, I. Möller, M. Schroeder, M. Spalding, T. Spencer, P. C. L. White, and L. V. Dicks. 2014. Solution scanning as a key policy tool: identifying management interventions to help maintain and enhance regulating ecosystem services. Ecology and Society 19(2): 3. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06082-190203
Selection of line‐transect methods for estimating the density of group‐living animals
We review the four major contemporary methods for estimating density of group‐living animals from line‐transect sampling: perpendicular modelling of group centers, perpendicular modelling of center of measurable individuals, strip transects and animal–observer distance. The efficacy of each method is evaluated to produce a simple selection guide. We review the literature and use field data from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. The review is rele…
Modelling conflicting objectives in the management of a mobile ecological resource
Enhancing the effectiveness of policy‐relevant integrative research in rural areas
There has been much debate about the importance of policy‐relevant research in geography over the last decade. There has also been an increasing recognition by policymakers of the importance of integrative (interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary) approaches to policy‐relevant research. However, geographers have been more reluctant than their colleagues in other social and natural sciences to embrace integrative research collaborations. For integ…
Measuring Inequality in Rural England
The sustainability of rural development depends on the distribution of the social and environmental resources needed to maintain and improve the vitality of rural areas. Here we examine the complexity of measuring patterns of distribution using examples of socioeconomic data on rural poverty and affluence as well as data on environmental quality and species richness. We demonstrate how changes in the base spatial units used for analysis have diff…
The species–area relationship and confounding variables in a threatened monkey community
This study investigates the species–area relationship (SAR) for forest monkeys in a biodiversity hotspot. The Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania are well‐suited to investigate the SAR, with seven monkey species in a range of fragment sizes (0.06–526 km 2 ). We test the relationship between species richness and forest fragment size, relative to human and environmental factors. We distinguish resident and transitory species because the latter have an “…
Evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of biodiversity conservation spending
Social and environmental inequalities and injustice in the rural uplands of England
Inequalities may lead to injustice, and are recognized increasingly as contributing to a wide range of social problems. The English uplands are characterized by low population densities, few services and low household incomes compared with other rural areas, giving rise to the potential for injustice. We use a dataset combining social, economic and environmental variables to develop a new integrative characterization of rural areas in England. We…
Knowledge exchange
There is increasing emphasis on the need for effective ways of sharing knowledge to enhance environmental management and sustainability. Knowledge exchange (KE) are processes that generate, share and/or use knowledge through various methods appropriate to the context, purpose, and participants involved. KE includes concepts such as sharing, generation, coproduction, comanagement, and brokerage of knowledge. This paper elicits the expert knowledge…
Incentivising the collaborative management of mobile ecological resources
Solution Scanning as a Key Policy Tool
Sutherland, W. J., T. Gardner, T. L. Bogich, R. B. Bradbury, B. Clothier, M. Jonsson, V. Kapos, S. N. Lane, I. Möller, M. Schroeder, M. Spalding, T. Spencer, P. C. L. White, and L. V. Dicks. 2014. Solution scanning as a key policy tool: identifying management interventions to help maintain and enhance regulating ecosystem services. Ecology and Society 19(2): 3. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06082-190203
Integrating Human and Ecosystem Health Through Ecosystem Services Frameworks
The pace and scale of environmental change is undermining the conditions for human health. Yet the environment and human health remain poorly integrated within research, policy and practice. The ecosystem services (ES) approach provides a way of promoting integration via the frameworks used to represent relationships between environment and society in simple visual forms. To assess this potential, we undertook a scoping review of ES frameworks an…
Linking biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being
Stakeholder perceptions of the effectiveness and efficiency of agri-environment schemes in enhancing pollinators on farmland
In parts of the northern hemisphere, many pollinator species are in decline, with potential adverse implications for pollination and the ecosystem service of food production. It is therefore important to understand how habitats primarily orientated towards food production can be managed in an efficient way to enhance pollinator populations for current and future food security. In Europe, agri-environment schemes are a well-established method for …
Human–wildlife interactions in urban areas
Wildlife has existed in urban areas since records began. However, the discipline of urban ecology is relatively new and one that is undergoing rapid growth. All wildlife in urban areas will interact with humans to some degree. With rates of urbanisation increasing globally, there is a pressing need to understand the type and nature of human–wildlife interactions within urban environments, to help manage, mitigate or even promote these interaction…
A survey exploring private farm advisor perspectives of agri-environment schemes
Most stakeholder-based research concerning agri-environmental schemes (AES) derives from work engaging with farmers and land managers. Consequently, the voices and opinions of other actors involved in AES tends to be unrepresented in the wider literature. One group of actors that seem particularly overlooked in this respect are private (independent) farm advisors (i.e., the consultants contracted by farmers and land managers to advise-on AES and …
The importance of nature in mediating social and psychological benefits associated with visits to freshwater blue space
There is increasing appreciation of the benefits associated with exposure to natural environments. However, most of the evidence relates to green space with much less on blue space. Drawing on data from a British survey of adults, we describe the characteristics of visits to blue space and investigate whether the benefits reported in studies of green space – physical activity, social interaction, and psychological benefits – are evident with resp…
Do People Favour Policies that Protect Future Generations? Evidence from a British Survey of Adults
Long-range temporal choices are built into contemporary policy-making, with policy decisions having consequences that play out across generations. Decisions are made on behalf of the public who are assumed to give much greater weight to their welfare than to the welfare of future generations. The paper investigates this assumption. It briefly discusses evidence from sociological and economic studies before reporting the findings of a British surv…
Livestock Disease Management for Trading Across Different Regulatory Regimes
The maintenance of livestock health depends on the combined actions of many different actors, both within and across different regulatory frameworks. Prior work recognised that private risk management choices have the ability to reduce the spread of infection to trading partners. We evaluate the efficiency of farmers' alternative biosecurity choices in terms of their own-benefits from unilateral strategies and quantify the impact they may have in…
Flood- and Weather-Damaged Homes and Mental Health
There is increasing evidence that exposure to weather-related hazards like storms and floods adversely affects mental health. However, evidence of treated and untreated mental disorders based on diagnostic criteria for the general population is limited. We analysed the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, a large probability sample survey of adults in England ( n = 7525), that provides the only national data on the prevalence of mental disorders a…
Stakeholder perspectives on the value and challenges of private rhinoceros ownership in South Africa
The value of private sector rhinoceros conservation in South Africa is a topic of much debate, often fueled by controversies surrounding trade in rhinoceros horn. We used semi-structured interviews (n = 16) to assess perceptions of private rhinoceros owners and other stakeholders regarding the value of the industry and its challenges. All stakeholders attested to the conservation value of privately-owned rhinoceroses and identified poaching as th…
Exploring temporality in socio-ecological resilience through experiences of the 2015–16 El Niño across the Tropics
In a context of both long-term climatic changes and short-term climatic shocks, temporal dynamics profoundly influence ecosystems and societies. In low income contexts in the Tropics, where both exposure and vulnerability to climatic fluctuations is high, the frequency, duration, and trends in these fluctuations are important determinants of socio-ecological resilience. In this paper, the dynamics of six diverse socio-ecological systems (SES) acr…
Older people's experiences of everyday travel in the urban environment
Compared to younger age groups, older people spend more time in their locality and rely more heavily on its pedestrian and public transport infrastructure. Qualitative studies provide unique insight into people's experiences. We conducted a qualitative evidence synthesis of United Kingdom-based studies of older people's experiences of travelling in the urban environment. We searched health, social science, age-related and transport-related databa…
Integrative policy development for healthier people and ecosystems
There is growing evidence of the inter‐relationships between ecosystems and public health. This creates opportunities for the development of cross‐sectoral policies and interventions that provide dual benefits to public health and to the natural environment. These benefits are increasingly articulated in strategy documents at national and regional level, yet implementation of integrative policies on the ground remains limited and fragmented. Here…
Nature-based outdoor activities for mental and physical health
The value of secondary use of data generated by non-governmental organisations for disaster risk management research
Geography (23 obras) · Ecology (15 obras) · Political science (15 obras) · Urban Green Space and Health (14 obras) · Environmental resource management (13 obras) · Psychology (13 obras) · Biology (11 obras) · Business (11 obras) · Economics (11 obras) · Medicine (11 obras)