Ian Convery
Biographic Data
| ID | 420841 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ian Convery |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ian |
| FAMILY NAME | Convery |
| SIGNATURE | CONVERY I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cumbria |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2527-5660 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Rewilding’s social–ecological aims: Integrating coexistence into a rewilding continuum
This paper presents results from a grounded theory study of rewilding aims, addressing calls for broad scale studies of rewilding to contribute to the development of guidelines. The grounded theory draws from a broad set of data sourced from rewilding organizations, case studies, and research. Expressions from the data relating to rewilding aims and outcomes were coded. The results demonstrate the intentions for rewilding to affect systemic, ecol…
Impacts of woodland planting on nature-based recreational tourism in upland England – A case study
Upland landscapes provide important ecosystem services (ES) to society. One cultural ES– nature-based recreational tourism (NBR) – is a growing industry in upland regions that provides an important revenue to areas where other industries are often in decline. NBR tourism is a service that relies partly on the aesthetic appearance of the landscape and changes in land management, such as increasing woodland cover, changes the appearance of the land…
Why understanding stakeholder perspectives and emotions is important in upland woodland creation – A case study from Cumbria, UK
Upland regions in the United Kingdom (UK) are increasingly under consideration as potential areas for the creation of woodlands. This is driven by a combination of factors, including the aims of UK forestry and environmental policy to increase woodland cover, meeting international greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, agro-environment schemes in national and international policy, and an increasing public awareness of the ecosystem service be…
Entitlements, Capabilities, and Crisis in the United Kingdom
This paper examines whether Amartya Sen’s entitlements and capabilities concepts can be transferred in their application from low-income countries to high-income countries, specifically Cumbria, Northern England. Originally used to understand the causes of famine, these concepts have previously been used in several different geographical contexts to broadly understand poverty and inequality but almost entirely in low-income countries. This paper …
Changing Perceptions of Nature
An Expression of Multiple Values: The Relationship Between Community, Landscape and Natural Resource
To aid political and institutional decision making in the sustainable use of natural resources the value of ecological, socio-cultural and economic assets has increasingly been communicated in terms of monetary units. Despite reliance upon natural resources, the impact of human activities has now reached a stage where cumulative losses are forcing society to re-appraise the evaluation process and how to better incorporate these values in to the d…
Flooding and schools: Experiences in Hull in 2007
Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom, suffered severe flooding in June 2007, affecting some 8,600 households and most schools. Despite the potential for damage in such disasters, no studies of the effects of floods on teachers and schools in the UK appear to have been published previously. This study analysed the impacts of the floods on teachers in Hull in two stages: first through correspondence with Hull City Council an…
Changing Place: Palm Oil and Sense of Place in Borneo
The conservation of tropical ecosystems is complex and contested, not least in terms of cultural and political perspectives between developed and developing nations (Bawa & Seidler, 1998; Colchester, 2000; Brosius & Hitchner, 2010). In Sabah, on the island of Borneo, Malaysia much of the forest has recently been converted to oil palm plantations. The plantations cover vast areas and leave relatively little space for native flora and fauna. Whilst…
Gypsy-Traveller narratives: Making sense of place
Using a co-ethnographic approach to focus on one person’s story, we explore how a sense of place may be evident in self constructed Gypsy-Traveller identity and narrative. Mary’s recounting of her experiences of living and growing up in the Caldewgate district of Carlisle (UK) illustrates the place of family relations as a key element of Gypsy-Traveller self identity and suggests, we believe, the centrality of family and internal relationships as…
Making Sense of Place: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Gardens and birdwatching: Recreation, environmental management and human-nature interaction in an everyday location
Private, domestic gardens are important both as sites for leisure and as sites of conservation interest. Birdwatching is an important leisure activity, yet there appear to be no previous studies that combine these two themes of importance to the understanding of managed garden spaces. Semi-structured interviews were held with birdwatchers as part of a larger study of the interactions between local places and birdwatching. Respondents revealed a w…
Mainstreaming Leader Delivery of the RDR in Cumbria: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
The European Union (EU) Rural Development Regulations (RDR) provide the blueprint for EU rural development policy. A major change with the 2007–2013 funding period has been the decision to mainstream the LEADER programme as a cross-cutting axis for the local delivery of rural development. Delivery of the RDR in England (via the Rural Development Plan for England) has been devolved to the regions, and in the north-west there has been further sub-r…
Animal Disease and Human Trauma
Many disasters are approached by researchers, managers and policymakers as if they have a clear beginning, middle and end. But often the experience of being in a disaster is not like this. This book o
Things/Materials
In accounts of disasters it is often the case that everyday objects, materials, tools and spaces take on heightened significance, become transformed or enlarged into resonant materials which carry traumatic associations, even agency. This kind of transformation can be traced in so many accounts from the 2001 FMD crisis but also in very different disasters, for example the great Japanese earthquake of 1995. In his ethnographic study Takashi Harada…
Community Experiences of the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease Epidemic in North Cumbria: An Archiving Story
This paper recounts our experiences of archiving a large, sensitive, mixed method data set which produced both textual and audio material. In 2001 we began a 30 month, Department of Health funded research project into the health and social consequences of the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) epidemic in North Cumbria. The project generated a large dataset, over 3,000 weekly diaries and 70 recorded interviews. We offer our rationale for archiving…
Lifescapes & governance: The Régulo system in Central Mozambique
In many subsistence economies, local people rely on forest resources to provide varying levels of goods (Byron, 1997) and continued access to these resources allows basic needs to be fulfilled (Sen, 1981). The link between local communities and forest resources is emphasised by Howorth (1999:17), who argues that it is local people who create landscapes, they produce nature and it is the people/people relationship in a local place that is the crit…
Different public health geographies of the 2001 foot and mouth disease epidemic: ‘Citizen’ Versus ‘Professional’ Epidemiology
Death in the wrong place? Emotional geographies of the UK 2001 foot and mouth disease epidemic
On The Emergence of Complex Disasters
Death in the wrong place? Emotional geographies of the UK 2001 foot and mouth disease epidemic
Different public health geographies of the 2001 foot and mouth disease epidemic: ‘Citizen’ Versus ‘Professional’ Epidemiology
Mainstreaming Leader Delivery of the RDR in Cumbria: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
The European Union (EU) Rural Development Regulations (RDR) provide the blueprint for EU rural development policy. A major change with the 2007–2013 funding period has been the decision to mainstream the LEADER programme as a cross-cutting axis for the local delivery of rural development. Delivery of the RDR in England (via the Rural Development Plan for England) has been devolved to the regions, and in the north-west there has been further sub-r…
Rewilding’s social–ecological aims: Integrating coexistence into a rewilding continuum
This paper presents results from a grounded theory study of rewilding aims, addressing calls for broad scale studies of rewilding to contribute to the development of guidelines. The grounded theory draws from a broad set of data sourced from rewilding organizations, case studies, and research. Expressions from the data relating to rewilding aims and outcomes were coded. The results demonstrate the intentions for rewilding to affect systemic, ecol…
Gypsy-Traveller narratives: Making sense of place
Using a co-ethnographic approach to focus on one person’s story, we explore how a sense of place may be evident in self constructed Gypsy-Traveller identity and narrative. Mary’s recounting of her experiences of living and growing up in the Caldewgate district of Carlisle (UK) illustrates the place of family relations as a key element of Gypsy-Traveller self identity and suggests, we believe, the centrality of family and internal relationships as…
An Expression of Multiple Values: The Relationship Between Community, Landscape and Natural Resource
To aid political and institutional decision making in the sustainable use of natural resources the value of ecological, socio-cultural and economic assets has increasingly been communicated in terms of monetary units. Despite reliance upon natural resources, the impact of human activities has now reached a stage where cumulative losses are forcing society to re-appraise the evaluation process and how to better incorporate these values in to the d…
Gardens and birdwatching: Recreation, environmental management and human-nature interaction in an everyday location
Private, domestic gardens are important both as sites for leisure and as sites of conservation interest. Birdwatching is an important leisure activity, yet there appear to be no previous studies that combine these two themes of importance to the understanding of managed garden spaces. Semi-structured interviews were held with birdwatchers as part of a larger study of the interactions between local places and birdwatching. Respondents revealed a w…
Lifescapes & governance: The Régulo system in Central Mozambique
In many subsistence economies, local people rely on forest resources to provide varying levels of goods (Byron, 1997) and continued access to these resources allows basic needs to be fulfilled (Sen, 1981). The link between local communities and forest resources is emphasised by Howorth (1999:17), who argues that it is local people who create landscapes, they produce nature and it is the people/people relationship in a local place that is the crit…
On The Emergence of Complex Disasters
Death in the wrong place? Emotional geographies of the UK 2001 foot and mouth disease epidemic
Different public health geographies of the 2001 foot and mouth disease epidemic: ‘Citizen’ Versus ‘Professional’ Epidemiology
Community Experiences of the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease Epidemic in North Cumbria: An Archiving Story
This paper recounts our experiences of archiving a large, sensitive, mixed method data set which produced both textual and audio material. In 2001 we began a 30 month, Department of Health funded research project into the health and social consequences of the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) epidemic in North Cumbria. The project generated a large dataset, over 3,000 weekly diaries and 70 recorded interviews. We offer our rationale for archiving…
Lifescapes & governance: The Régulo system in Central Mozambique
In many subsistence economies, local people rely on forest resources to provide varying levels of goods (Byron, 1997) and continued access to these resources allows basic needs to be fulfilled (Sen, 1981). The link between local communities and forest resources is emphasised by Howorth (1999:17), who argues that it is local people who create landscapes, they produce nature and it is the people/people relationship in a local place that is the crit…
Animal Disease and Human Trauma
Many disasters are approached by researchers, managers and policymakers as if they have a clear beginning, middle and end. But often the experience of being in a disaster is not like this. This book o
Things/Materials
In accounts of disasters it is often the case that everyday objects, materials, tools and spaces take on heightened significance, become transformed or enlarged into resonant materials which carry traumatic associations, even agency. This kind of transformation can be traced in so many accounts from the 2001 FMD crisis but also in very different disasters, for example the great Japanese earthquake of 1995. In his ethnographic study Takashi Harada…
Mainstreaming Leader Delivery of the RDR in Cumbria: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
The European Union (EU) Rural Development Regulations (RDR) provide the blueprint for EU rural development policy. A major change with the 2007–2013 funding period has been the decision to mainstream the LEADER programme as a cross-cutting axis for the local delivery of rural development. Delivery of the RDR in England (via the Rural Development Plan for England) has been devolved to the regions, and in the north-west there has been further sub-r…
Gardens and birdwatching: Recreation, environmental management and human-nature interaction in an everyday location
Private, domestic gardens are important both as sites for leisure and as sites of conservation interest. Birdwatching is an important leisure activity, yet there appear to be no previous studies that combine these two themes of importance to the understanding of managed garden spaces. Semi-structured interviews were held with birdwatchers as part of a larger study of the interactions between local places and birdwatching. Respondents revealed a w…
Changing Place: Palm Oil and Sense of Place in Borneo
The conservation of tropical ecosystems is complex and contested, not least in terms of cultural and political perspectives between developed and developing nations (Bawa & Seidler, 1998; Colchester, 2000; Brosius & Hitchner, 2010). In Sabah, on the island of Borneo, Malaysia much of the forest has recently been converted to oil palm plantations. The plantations cover vast areas and leave relatively little space for native flora and fauna. Whilst…
Gypsy-Traveller narratives: Making sense of place
Using a co-ethnographic approach to focus on one person’s story, we explore how a sense of place may be evident in self constructed Gypsy-Traveller identity and narrative. Mary’s recounting of her experiences of living and growing up in the Caldewgate district of Carlisle (UK) illustrates the place of family relations as a key element of Gypsy-Traveller self identity and suggests, we believe, the centrality of family and internal relationships as…
Making Sense of Place: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Flooding and schools: Experiences in Hull in 2007
Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom, suffered severe flooding in June 2007, affecting some 8,600 households and most schools. Despite the potential for damage in such disasters, no studies of the effects of floods on teachers and schools in the UK appear to have been published previously. This study analysed the impacts of the floods on teachers in Hull in two stages: first through correspondence with Hull City Council an…
Changing Perceptions of Nature
An Expression of Multiple Values: The Relationship Between Community, Landscape and Natural Resource
To aid political and institutional decision making in the sustainable use of natural resources the value of ecological, socio-cultural and economic assets has increasingly been communicated in terms of monetary units. Despite reliance upon natural resources, the impact of human activities has now reached a stage where cumulative losses are forcing society to re-appraise the evaluation process and how to better incorporate these values in to the d…
Entitlements, Capabilities, and Crisis in the United Kingdom
This paper examines whether Amartya Sen’s entitlements and capabilities concepts can be transferred in their application from low-income countries to high-income countries, specifically Cumbria, Northern England. Originally used to understand the causes of famine, these concepts have previously been used in several different geographical contexts to broadly understand poverty and inequality but almost entirely in low-income countries. This paper …
Why understanding stakeholder perspectives and emotions is important in upland woodland creation – A case study from Cumbria, UK
Upland regions in the United Kingdom (UK) are increasingly under consideration as potential areas for the creation of woodlands. This is driven by a combination of factors, including the aims of UK forestry and environmental policy to increase woodland cover, meeting international greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, agro-environment schemes in national and international policy, and an increasing public awareness of the ecosystem service be…
Impacts of woodland planting on nature-based recreational tourism in upland England – A case study
Upland landscapes provide important ecosystem services (ES) to society. One cultural ES– nature-based recreational tourism (NBR) – is a growing industry in upland regions that provides an important revenue to areas where other industries are often in decline. NBR tourism is a service that relies partly on the aesthetic appearance of the landscape and changes in land management, such as increasing woodland cover, changes the appearance of the land…
Rewilding’s social–ecological aims: Integrating coexistence into a rewilding continuum
This paper presents results from a grounded theory study of rewilding aims, addressing calls for broad scale studies of rewilding to contribute to the development of guidelines. The grounded theory draws from a broad set of data sourced from rewilding organizations, case studies, and research. Expressions from the data relating to rewilding aims and outcomes were coded. The results demonstrate the intentions for rewilding to affect systemic, ecol…
Political science (13 works) · Geography (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Agriculture (4 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (4 works)