Sustainability Research Institute

Title	Sustainability Research Institute
Configured behaviour	uel:research-institute:sustainability-research-institute
Type	School
University	UEL
Dean	Dr Stuart Connop
Research Administrator	Mrs Daiva Raguckiene
Research Degrees Leader	Dr Bamdad Ayati
Deputy	Ms Caroline Nash
Examination Officer	Mrs Daiva Raguckiene

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Multidisciplinary urban landscape design guidelines: Barking Riverside green infrastructure opportunities

Connop, S., Clough, Jack and Nash, Caroline 2016. Multidisciplinary urban landscape design guidelines: Barking Riverside green infrastructure opportunities. London University of East London. https://doi.org/10.15123/PUB.4914

Project report

Peatland conservation — from cinders to Cinderella

Lindsay, R. 1993. Peatland conservation — from cinders to Cinderella. Biodiversity & Conservation. 2 (5), pp. 528-540.

Article

Hadleigh Park priority species habitat assessment

Connop, S. and Clough, J. 2016. Hadleigh Park priority species habitat assessment. London University of East London. https://doi.org/10.15123/PUB.4887

Technical report

Renaturing cities using a regionally-focused biodiversity-led multifunctional benefits approach to urban green infrastructure

Connop, S., Vandergert, P., Eisenberg, Bernd, Collier, Marcus J., Nash, Caroline, Clough, Jack and Newport, D. 2016. Renaturing cities using a regionally-focused biodiversity-led multifunctional benefits approach to urban green infrastructure. Environmental Science & Policy. 62 (Aug.), pp. 99-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2016.01.013

Article

SESSION 1: More than just Heather TALK 3: Mires

Lindsay, R. 2016. SESSION 1: More than just Heather TALK 3: Mires. in: Alonso, I, Underhill-Day, J and Lake, S (ed.) Proceedings of the 11th National Heathland Conference Natural England. pp. 8-11

Book chapter

Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 925: A review of the influence of ombrotrophic peat depth on the successful restoration of bog habitat

Lindsay, R. and Clough, J. 2016. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 925: A review of the influence of ombrotrophic peat depth on the successful restoration of bog habitat. Edinburgh Scottish Natural Heritage.

Project report

Lagg Fen

Lindsay, R. 2016. Lagg Fen. in: Finlayson, C. Max, Milton, G. Randy, Prentice, R. Crawford and Davidson, Nick C. (ed.) The Wetland Book: II: Distribution, Description and Conservation Springer Netherlands.

Book chapter

Ecomimicry for Barking Riverside: Achieving locally contextualised biodiversity-led multifunctional urban green infrastructure

Connop, S. and Nash, C. 2016. Ecomimicry for Barking Riverside: Achieving locally contextualised biodiversity-led multifunctional urban green infrastructure. London University of East London. https://doi.org/10.15123/PUB.4913

Project report

Peat Bog Ecosystems: Tracks across peatlands

Lindsay, R., Birnie, Richard and Clough, Jack 2016. Peat Bog Ecosystems: Tracks across peatlands. International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Technical report

Peat Bog Ecosystems: Peatland Restoration

Lindsay, R., Birnie, Richard and Clough, Jack 2016. Peat Bog Ecosystems: Peatland Restoration. International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Technical report

Peat Bog Ecosystems: Atmospheric pollution

Evans, Chris, Woodin, Sarah and Lindsay, R. 2016. Peat Bog Ecosystems: Atmospheric pollution. International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Technical report

Blending adaptive governance and institutional theory to explore urban resilience and sustainability strategies in the Rome Metropolitan Area, Italy

Vandergert, P., Collier, Marcus, Kamplemann, Stephan and Newport, D. 2015. Blending adaptive governance and institutional theory to explore urban resilience and sustainability strategies in the Rome Metropolitan Area, Italy. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development.

Article

Quasi steady state and dynamic hygrothermal performance of fibrous Hemp and Stone Wool insulations: Two innovative laboratory based investigations

Latif, Eshrar, Tucker, Simon, Ciupala, A., Wijeyesekera, Devapriya Chitral, Newport, D. and Pruteanu, Marian 2016. Quasi steady state and dynamic hygrothermal performance of fibrous Hemp and Stone Wool insulations: Two innovative laboratory based investigations. Building and Environment. 95, pp. 391-404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.10.006

Article

Hygric properties of hemp bio-insulations with differing compositions

Latif, Eshrar, Tucker, Simon, Ciupala, A., Wijeyesekera, Devapriya Chitral and Newport, D. 2014. Hygric properties of hemp bio-insulations with differing compositions. Construction and Building Materials. 66, pp. 702-711.

Article

The Flow Country – battles fought, war won, organisation lost.

Stroud, D., Pienkowski, M.W., Reed, T. and Lindsay, R. 2015. The Flow Country – battles fought, war won, organisation lost. in: Thompson, D., Birks, H. and Birks, J. (ed.) Nature’s Conscience – The life and legacy of Derek Ratcliffe. Peterborough Langford Press. pp. 401-439

Book chapter

A Letter to Derek Ratcliffe

Lindsay, R. 2015. A Letter to Derek Ratcliffe. in: Thompson, D., Birks, H. and Birks, J. (ed.) Nature’s Conscience – The life and legacy of Derek Ratcliffe Peterborough Langford Press. pp. 441-452

Book chapter

Using recycled aggregates in green roof substrates for plant diversity

Molineux, C., Gange, Alan C., Connop, S. and Newport, D. 2015. Using recycled aggregates in green roof substrates for plant diversity. Ecological Engineering. 82 (Sep.), pp. 596-604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.05.036

Article

Initial insights on the biodiversity potential of biosolar roofs: A London Olympic Park green roof case study

Nash, C, Clough, J., Gedge, D, Lindsay, R., Newport, D., Ciupala, A. and Connop, S. 2015. Initial insights on the biodiversity potential of biosolar roofs: A London Olympic Park green roof case study. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution; special issue "Integrating ecology into green roof research". 62 (1-2), pp. 74-87. https://doi.org/10.1080/15659801.2015.1045791

Article

The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

Hudson, Lawrence N., Newbold, Tim, Contu, Sara, Hill, Samantha L. L., Lysenko, Igor, De Palma, Adriana, Phillips, Helen R. P., Senior, Rebecca A., Bennett, Dominic J., Booth, Hollie, Choimes, Argyrios, Correia, David L. P., Day, Julie, Echeverría-Londoño, Susy, Garon, Morgan, Harrison, Michelle L. K., Ingram, Daniel J., Jung, Martin, Kemp, Victoria, Kirkpatrick, Lucinda, Martin, Callum D., Pan, Yuan, White, Hannah J., Aben, Job, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Adum, Gilbert B., Aguilar-Barquero, Virginia, Aizen, Marcelo A., Ancrenaz, Marc, Arbeláez-Cortés, Enrique, Armbrecht, Inge, Azhar, Badrul, Azpiroz, Adrián B., Baeten, Lander, Báldi, András, Banks, John E., Barlow, Jos, Batáry, Péter, Bates, Adam J., Bayne, Erin M., Beja, Pedro, Berg, Åke, Berry, Nicholas J., Bicknell, Jake E., Bihn, Jochen H., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Boekhout, Teun, Boutin, Céline, Bouyer, Jérémy, Brearley, Francis Q., Brito, Isabel, Brunet, Jörg, Buczkowski, Grzegorz, Buscardo, Erika, Cabra-García, Jimmy, Calviño-Cancela, María, Cameron, Sydney A., Cancello, Eliana M., Carrijo, Tiago F., Carvalho, Anelena L., Castro, Helena, Castro-Luna, Alejandro A., Cerda, Rolando, Cerezo, Alexis, Chauvat, Matthieu, Clarke, Frank M., Cleary, Daniel F. R., Connop, S., D'Aniello, Biagio, da Silva, Pedro Giovâni, Darvill, Ben, Dauber, Jens, Dejean, Alain, Diekötter, Tim, Dominguez-Haydar, Yamileth, Dormann, Carsten F., Dumont, Bertrand, Dures, Simon G., Dynesius, Mats, Edenius, Lars, Elek, Zoltán, Entling, Martin H., Farwig, Nina, Fayle, Tom M., Felicioli, Antonio, Felton, Annika M., Ficetola, Gentile F., Filgueiras, Bruno K. C., Fonte, Steven J., Fraser, Lauchlan H., Fukuda, Daisuke, Furlani, Dario, Ganzhorn, Jörg U., Garden, Jenni G., Gheler-Costa, Carla, Giordani, Paolo, Giordano, Simonetta, Gottschalk, Marco S., Goulson, Dave, Gove, Aaron D., Grogan, James, Hanley, Mick E., Hanson, Thor, Hashim, Nor R., Hawes, Joseph E., Hébert, Christian, Helden, Alvin J., Henden, John-André, Hernández, Lionel, Herzog, Felix, Higuera-Diaz, Diego, Hilje, Branko, Horgan, Finbarr G., Horváth, Roland, Hylander, Kristoffer, Isaacs-Cubides, Paola, Ishitani, Masahiro, Jacobs, Carmen T., Jaramillo, Víctor J., Jauker, Birgit, Jonsell, Mats, Jung, Thomas S., Kapoor, Vena, Kati, Vassiliki, Katovai, Eric, Kessler, Michael, Knop, Eva, Kolb, Annette, Kőrösi, Ádám, Lachat, Thibault, Lantschner, Victoria, Le Féon, Violette, LeBuhn, Gretchen, Légaré, Jean-Philippe, Letcher, Susan G., Littlewood, Nick A., López-Quintero, Carlos A., Louhaichi, Mounir, Lövei, Gabor L., Lucas-Borja, Manuel Esteban, Luja, Victor H., Maeto, Kaoru, Magura, Tibor, Mallari, Neil Aldrin, Marin-Spiotta, Erika, Marshall, E. J. P., Martínez, Eliana, Mayfield, Margaret M., Mikusinski, Grzegorz, Milder, Jeffrey C., Miller, James R., Morales, Carolina L., Muchane, Mary N., Muchane, Muchai, Naidoo, Robin, Nakamura, Akihiro, Naoe, Shoji, Nates-Parra, Guiomar, Navarrete Gutierrez, Dario A., Neuschulz, Eike L., Noreika, Norbertas, Norfolk, Olivia, Noriega, Jorge Ari, Nöske, Nicole M., O'Dea, Niall, Oduro, William, Ofori-Boateng, Caleb, Oke, Chris O., Osgathorpe, Lynne M., Paritsis, Juan, Parra-H, Alejandro, Pelegrin, Nicolás, Peres, Carlos A., Persson, Anna S., Petanidou, Theodora, Phalan, Ben, Philips, T. Keith, Poveda, Katja, Power, Eileen F., Presley, Steven J., Proença, Vânia, Quaranta, Marino, Quintero, Carolina, Redpath-Downing, Nicola A., Reid, J. Leighton, Reis, Yana T., Ribeiro, Danilo B., Richardson, Barbara A., Richardson, Michael J., Robles, Carolina A., Römbke, Jörg, Romero-Duque, Luz Piedad, Rosselli, Loreta, Rossiter, Stephen J., Roulston, T'ai H., Rousseau, Laurent, Sadler, Jonathan P., Sáfián, Szabolcs, Saldaña-Vázquez, Romeo A., Samnegård, Ulrika, Schüepp, Christof, Schweiger, Oliver, Sedlock, Jodi L., Shahabuddin, Ghazala, Sheil, Douglas, Silva, Fernando A. B., Slade, Eleanor M., Smith-Pardo, Allan H., Sodhi, Navjot S., Somarriba, Eduardo J., Sosa, Ramón A., Stout, Jane C., Struebig, Matthew J., Sung, Yik-Hei, Threlfall, Caragh G., Tonietto, Rebecca, Tóthmérész, Béla, Tscharntke, Teja, Turner, Edgar C., Tylianakis, Jason M., Vanbergen, Adam J., Vassilev, Kiril, Verboven, Hans A. F., Vergara, Carlos H., Vergara, Pablo M., Verhulst, Jort, Walker, Tony R., Wang, Yanping, Watling, James I., Wells, Konstans, Williams, Christopher D., Willig, Michael R., Woinarski, John C. Z., Wolf, Jan H. D., Woodcock, Ben A., Yu, Douglas W., Zaitsev, Andrey S., Collen, Ben, Ewers, Rob M., Mace, Georgina M., Purves, Drew W., Scharlemann, Jörn P. W. and Purvis, Andy 2014. The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts. Ecology and Evolution. 4 (24), pp. 4701-4735.

Article

Hygrothermal performance of wood-hemp insulation in timber frame wall panels with and without a vapour barrier

Latif, Eshrar, Ciupala, A., Tucker, Simon, Wijeyesekera, Devapriya Chitral and Newport, D. 2015. Hygrothermal performance of wood-hemp insulation in timber frame wall panels with and without a vapour barrier. Building and Environment. 92, pp. 122-134.

Article

Manipulating soil microbial communities in extensive green roof substrates

Molineux, C., Connop, S. and Gange, Alan 2014. Manipulating soil microbial communities in extensive green roof substrates. Science of the Total Environment. 493, pp. 632-638.

Article

Are microbial communities in green roof substrates comparable to those in post-industrial sites?—a preliminary study.

Molineux, C., Gange, Alan, Connop, S. and Newport, D. 2015. Are microbial communities in green roof substrates comparable to those in post-industrial sites?—a preliminary study. Urban Ecosystems. 18 (4), pp. 1245-1260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-015-0450-z

Article

Bauxite residue (Red mud) as a pulverised fuel ash substitute in the manufacture of lightweight aggregate

Molineux, C., Newport, D., Ayati, B., Wang, C., Connop, S. and Green, J. E. 2015. Bauxite residue (Red mud) as a pulverised fuel ash substitute in the manufacture of lightweight aggregate. Journal of Cleaner Production. 112 (1), pp. 401-408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.09.024

Article

Americas

Lindsay, R. 2014. Americas. in: Cris, R., Buckmaster, S., Bain, C. and Reed, M. (ed.) Global Peatland Restoration demonstrating success Edinburgh IUCN UK Peatland Programme. pp. 55-57

Book chapter

Galloping Gertie and the Precautionary Principle – How is Environmental Impact Assessed?

Lindsay, R. 1995. Galloping Gertie and the Precautionary Principle – How is Environmental Impact Assessed? in: Science for the Earth: Can Science Make the World a Better Place? Chichester Wiley. pp. 197-236

Book chapter

Lewis Wind Power (LWP) Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) 2004 and 2006 - a Critical Review

Lindsay, R. and Freeman, Jamie 2008. Lewis Wind Power (LWP) Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) 2004 and 2006 - a Critical Review. London University of East London.

Technical report

Birds, bogs and forestry: the peatlands of Caithness and Sutherland

Stroud, D.A., Reed, T.M., Pienkowski, M.W. and Lindsay, R. 1988. Birds, bogs and forestry: the peatlands of Caithness and Sutherland. Nature Conservancy Council.

Technical report

Strategy and Action Plan for Mire and Peatland Conservation in Central Europe: Central European Peatland Project (CEPP)

Bragg, Olivia and Lindsay, R. 2003. Strategy and Action Plan for Mire and Peatland Conservation in Central Europe: Central European Peatland Project (CEPP). Wageningen, Netherlands Wetlands International.

Book

Asia

Lindsay, R. 2014. Asia. in: Cris, R., Buckmaster, S., Bain, C. and Reed, M. (ed.) Global Peatland Restoration demonstrating success Edinburgh IUCN UK Peatland Programme. pp. 41-49

Book chapter

The peatland vegetation of Lewis

Goode, D. A. and Lindsay, R. 1979. The peatland vegetation of Lewis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Section B. Biological Sciences. 77 (Jan79), pp. 279-293.

Article

Bogs: the ecology, classification and conservation of ombrotrophic mires

Lindsay, R. 1995. Bogs: the ecology, classification and conservation of ombrotrophic mires. Edinburgh Scottish Natural Heritage.

Technical report

Ombrogenous mires in Islay and Mull

Lindsay, R., Rigall, J. and Bignall, E. M. 1983. Ombrogenous mires in Islay and Mull. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Section B. Biological Sciences. 83 (Jan), pp. 341-371.

Article

An inventory of lowland raised bogs in Great Britain

Lindsay, R. and Immirzi, Philip 1996. An inventory of lowland raised bogs in Great Britain. Perth Scottish Natural Heritage.

Technical report

Strategy and Action Plan for Mire and Peatland Conservation in Central Europe

2003. Strategy and Action Plan for Mire and Peatland Conservation in Central Europe. Wageningen, Netherlands Wetlands International.

Project report

IUCN UK Commission of Inquiry on Peatlands

Bain, C. G., Bonn, A., Stoneman, R., Chapman, S., Coupar, A., Evans, M., Gearey, B., Howat, M., Joosten, H., Keenleyside, C., Labadz, J., Lindsay, R., Littlewood, N., Lunt, P., Miller, C. J., Moxey, A., Orr, H., Reed, M., Smith, P., Swales, V., Thompson, D. B. A., Thompson, P. S., Van de Noort, R., Wilson, J. D. and Worrall, F. 2011. IUCN UK Commission of Inquiry on Peatlands. Edinburgh IUCN UK Peatland Programme.

Project report

Towards the development of a UK Peatland Code: Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Pilot Research Project

Reed, M. S., Bonn, A., Evans, C., Joosten, H., Bain, B., Farmer, J., Emmer, I., Couwenberg, J., Moxey, A., Artz, R., Tanneberger, F, von Unger, M., Smyth, M., Birnie, R., Inman, I., Smith, S., Quick, T., Cowap, C., Prior, S. and Lindsay, R. 2013. Towards the development of a UK Peatland Code: Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Pilot Research Project. London Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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