Robert A Francis
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3721518 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Robert A Francis |
| NOMBRES | Robert A |
| APELLIDO | Francis |
| FIRMA | FRANCIS R A |
| AFILIACIONES | Senior Lecturer in Ecology at King's College London (KCL) |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2019 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Artificial lawn people
This paper explores a new artificial political ecology through a novel digital methodology. The emotional impacts of the replacement of living turfgrass landscapes with synthetic simulacra are researched via a netnography of animated and polarised online discussion. We investigate how the cultural use of domestic lawns has extended into the creation of non-living artificial lawns and how the environmental values of these new landscapes are debate…
Environmental Management
Environmental management is the management of our impact on the environment, and the environment's impact on us. It is usually performed to address environmental legislation or policies, and mainly refers to the methods and processes used to predict, measure and mitigate impacts. Environmental management has emerged in recent decades in response to increasing environmental awareness and usually involves stages of assessment, planning, action, and…
Stream Ecosystems
Streams are lotic ecosystems characterized by hierarchical organization of structure, three‐dimensional connectivity maintained by flows, and high spatiotemporal heterogeneity of habitat. They are naturally biodiverse and maintain species adapted to a range of flow conditions, across a variety of aquatic and riparian habitats. Microbes, meiofauna, and macroinvertebrates are the most abundant and diverse species, though plants and vertebrates may …
Fashion, Sustainability, and the Anthropocene
The unbridled consumption of clothing threatens the environment. A discussion is developing around the adoption of new materials and economic models to reduce the impacts of clothing production and use. We discuss these emergent technologies in the wider historical setting of the Anthropocene. The history of human-environmental interactions is interwoven with the development of international garment economies. This article provides an account of …
Human conflict and ecosystem services
Environmental degradation resulting from warfare is a growing concern, particularly with increasing recognition of humanity's dependence on healthy ecosystems. Though environmental legislation does exist that seeks to prevent or mitigate environmental harm before, during and after conflict, it has limited scope and effectiveness. This may be one reason why the environmental laws of war are so rarely applied in attempts to bring parties responsibl…
What is special about urban ecologies
Urban ecosystems as ‘natural’ homes for biogeographical boundary crossings
Urban ecosystems have long been neglected in ecological theory and urban politics, with their respective tendencies towards anti-urbanism and exclusive humanism. As Hinchliffe et al. argue, ‘not pure enough to be true and not human enough to be political, urban wilds have no constituency’ (2005, 645). Ecologists have tended to focus on ‘pure’ places, free from and defined in relation to the degradation of the urban environment. Meanwhile urban th…
An investigation into the receptivity of undergraduate students to assessment empowerment
Providing empowerment to students with regard to assessment procedures is a potential mechanism for increasing students’ satisfaction with their education programme and environment. The receptivity of students is likely to vary according to several factors, including their confidence in the ability of assessors to adequately judge the quality of their work, their understanding of assessment procedures and the degree of autonomy they feel is appro…
Meeting the challenges of urban river habitat restoration
The River Thames is a heavily engineered urban system in recovery, though absence of habitat in the reaches through central London has restricted recovery in this area, making habitat creation or improvement a restoration priority. Here we discuss the pre‐disturbance Thames, its current ecological status, and then present a methodology for establishing habitat restoration potential through central London. Habitats primarily supporting ecological …
The Riverscape and the River - By Sylvia M Haslam
Allogenic and autogenic influences upon riparian vegetation dynamics
Riparian vegetation dynamics are regarded as being driven by allogenic hydrogeomorphological factors, with autogenic (plant‐induced) influences becoming more important as landform stability is achieved. Autogenic processes, however, may have a substantial influence on both plant dynamics and the river environment from the earliest stages of plant establishment. Various aspects of both allogenic and autogenic processes in riparian vegetation dynam…
Urban ecosystems as ‘natural’ homes for biogeographical boundary crossings
Urban ecosystems have long been neglected in ecological theory and urban politics, with their respective tendencies towards anti-urbanism and exclusive humanism. As Hinchliffe et al. argue, ‘not pure enough to be true and not human enough to be political, urban wilds have no constituency’ (2005, 645). Ecologists have tended to focus on ‘pure’ places, free from and defined in relation to the degradation of the urban environment. Meanwhile urban th…
Artificial lawn people
This paper explores a new artificial political ecology through a novel digital methodology. The emotional impacts of the replacement of living turfgrass landscapes with synthetic simulacra are researched via a netnography of animated and polarised online discussion. We investigate how the cultural use of domestic lawns has extended into the creation of non-living artificial lawns and how the environmental values of these new landscapes are debate…
Human conflict and ecosystem services
Environmental degradation resulting from warfare is a growing concern, particularly with increasing recognition of humanity's dependence on healthy ecosystems. Though environmental legislation does exist that seeks to prevent or mitigate environmental harm before, during and after conflict, it has limited scope and effectiveness. This may be one reason why the environmental laws of war are so rarely applied in attempts to bring parties responsibl…
What is special about urban ecologies
Fashion, Sustainability, and the Anthropocene
The unbridled consumption of clothing threatens the environment. A discussion is developing around the adoption of new materials and economic models to reduce the impacts of clothing production and use. We discuss these emergent technologies in the wider historical setting of the Anthropocene. The history of human-environmental interactions is interwoven with the development of international garment economies. This article provides an account of …
Allogenic and autogenic influences upon riparian vegetation dynamics
Riparian vegetation dynamics are regarded as being driven by allogenic hydrogeomorphological factors, with autogenic (plant‐induced) influences becoming more important as landform stability is achieved. Autogenic processes, however, may have a substantial influence on both plant dynamics and the river environment from the earliest stages of plant establishment. Various aspects of both allogenic and autogenic processes in riparian vegetation dynam…
An investigation into the receptivity of undergraduate students to assessment empowerment
Providing empowerment to students with regard to assessment procedures is a potential mechanism for increasing students’ satisfaction with their education programme and environment. The receptivity of students is likely to vary according to several factors, including their confidence in the ability of assessors to adequately judge the quality of their work, their understanding of assessment procedures and the degree of autonomy they feel is appro…
Meeting the challenges of urban river habitat restoration
The River Thames is a heavily engineered urban system in recovery, though absence of habitat in the reaches through central London has restricted recovery in this area, making habitat creation or improvement a restoration priority. Here we discuss the pre‐disturbance Thames, its current ecological status, and then present a methodology for establishing habitat restoration potential through central London. Habitats primarily supporting ecological …
The Riverscape and the River - By Sylvia M Haslam
Urban ecosystems as ‘natural’ homes for biogeographical boundary crossings
Urban ecosystems have long been neglected in ecological theory and urban politics, with their respective tendencies towards anti-urbanism and exclusive humanism. As Hinchliffe et al. argue, ‘not pure enough to be true and not human enough to be political, urban wilds have no constituency’ (2005, 645). Ecologists have tended to focus on ‘pure’ places, free from and defined in relation to the degradation of the urban environment. Meanwhile urban th…
What is special about urban ecologies
Human conflict and ecosystem services
Environmental degradation resulting from warfare is a growing concern, particularly with increasing recognition of humanity's dependence on healthy ecosystems. Though environmental legislation does exist that seeks to prevent or mitigate environmental harm before, during and after conflict, it has limited scope and effectiveness. This may be one reason why the environmental laws of war are so rarely applied in attempts to bring parties responsibl…
Environmental Management
Environmental management is the management of our impact on the environment, and the environment's impact on us. It is usually performed to address environmental legislation or policies, and mainly refers to the methods and processes used to predict, measure and mitigate impacts. Environmental management has emerged in recent decades in response to increasing environmental awareness and usually involves stages of assessment, planning, action, and…
Stream Ecosystems
Streams are lotic ecosystems characterized by hierarchical organization of structure, three‐dimensional connectivity maintained by flows, and high spatiotemporal heterogeneity of habitat. They are naturally biodiverse and maintain species adapted to a range of flow conditions, across a variety of aquatic and riparian habitats. Microbes, meiofauna, and macroinvertebrates are the most abundant and diverse species, though plants and vertebrates may …
Fashion, Sustainability, and the Anthropocene
The unbridled consumption of clothing threatens the environment. A discussion is developing around the adoption of new materials and economic models to reduce the impacts of clothing production and use. We discuss these emergent technologies in the wider historical setting of the Anthropocene. The history of human-environmental interactions is interwoven with the development of international garment economies. This article provides an account of …
Artificial lawn people
This paper explores a new artificial political ecology through a novel digital methodology. The emotional impacts of the replacement of living turfgrass landscapes with synthetic simulacra are researched via a netnography of animated and polarised online discussion. We investigate how the cultural use of domestic lawns has extended into the creation of non-living artificial lawns and how the environmental values of these new landscapes are debate…
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