Sustainability Research Institute


TitleSustainability Research Institute
Configured behaviouruel:research-institute:sustainability-research-institute
TypeSchool
UniversityUEL
DeanDr Stuart Connop
Research AdministratorMrs Daiva Raguckiene
Mr Richard Bottoms
Research Degrees LeaderDr Bamdad Ayati
DeputyMs Caroline Nash
Examination OfficerMrs Daiva Raguckiene

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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.

Project report

Barking Riverside Green Roof Experiment: Phase 2
Connop, S. and Nash, Caroline 2014. Barking Riverside Green Roof Experiment: Phase 2. London University of East London.

Project report

Peat Bog Ecosystems: Weathering, Erosion and Mass Movement of Blanket Bog
Lindsay, R., Birnie, Richard and Clough, Jack 2014. Peat Bog Ecosystems: Weathering, Erosion and Mass Movement of Blanket Bog. Edinburgh International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Technical report

Peat Bog Ecosystems: Structure, Form, State and Condition
Lindsay, R., Birnie, Richard and Clough, Jack 2014. Peat Bog Ecosystems: Structure, Form, State and Condition. Edinburgh International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Technical report

Peat Bog Ecosystems: Peat Bogs, Climate and Climate Change
Lindsay, R., Birnie, Richard and Clough, Jack 2014. Peat Bog Ecosystems: Peat Bogs, Climate and Climate Change. Edinburgh International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Technical report

Peat Bog Ecosystems: Key Definitions
Lindsay, R., Birnie, Richard and Clough, Jack 2014. Peat Bog Ecosystems: Key Definitions. Edinburgh International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Technical report

Peat Bog Ecosystems: Impacts of Artificial Drainage on Peatlands
Lindsay, R., Birnie, Richard and Clough, Jack 2014. Peat Bog Ecosystems: Impacts of Artificial Drainage on Peatlands. Edinburgh International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Technical report

Peat Bog Ecosystems: Grazing and Trampling
Lindsay, R., Birnie, Richard and Clough, Jack 2014. Peat Bog Ecosystems: Grazing and Trampling. Edinburgh International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Technical report

Peat Bog Ecosystems: Ecological Impacts of Forestry on Peatlands
Lindsay, R., Birnie, Richard and Clough, Jack 2014. Peat Bog Ecosystems: Ecological Impacts of Forestry on Peatlands. Edinburgh International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Technical report

Peat Bog Ecosystems: Domestic peat extraction
Lindsay, R., Birnie, Richard and Clough, Jack 2014. Peat Bog Ecosystems: Domestic peat extraction. Edinburgh International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Technical report

Peat Bog Ecosystems: Commercial peat extraction
Lindsay, R., Birnie, Richard and Clough, Jack 2014. Peat Bog Ecosystems: Commercial peat extraction. Edinburgh International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Technical report

Peat Bog Ecosystems: Burning
Lindsay, R., Birnie, Richard and Clough, Jack 2014. Peat Bog Ecosystems: Burning. Edinburgh International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Technical report

TURAS Multidisciplinary urban landscape design guidelines: Poplar HARCA - Carradale House
Connop, S., Clough, Jack and Nash, Caroline 2013. TURAS Multidisciplinary urban landscape design guidelines: Poplar HARCA - Carradale House. London University of East London.

Project report

TURAS green roof design guidelines: Maximising ecosystem service provision through regional design for biodiversity
Connop, S., Gedge, Dusty, Kadas, Gyongyver, Nash, Caroline, Owczareck, Kinga and Newport, D. 2013. TURAS green roof design guidelines: Maximising ecosystem service provision through regional design for biodiversity. London University of East London.

Project report

Transitioning to resilience and sustainability in urban communities
Collier, Marcus J., Nedović-Budić, Zorica, Aerts, Jeroen, Connop, S., Foley, Dermot, Foley, Karen, Newport, D., McQuaid, Siobhán, Slaev, Aleksander and Verburg, Peter 2013. Transitioning to resilience and sustainability in urban communities. Cities.

Article

Thermal conductivity of building materials: an overview of its determination
Latif, E, Rhydwen, G R, Wijeyesekera, D.Chitral, Tucker, Simon, Ciupala, A. and Newport, D. 2011. Thermal conductivity of building materials: an overview of its determination. Advances in Computing and Technology. University of East London, London Jan 2011 London University of East London, School of Architecture Computing and Engineering.

Conference paper

Microsatellite analysis reveals the spatial dynamics of Bombus humilis and Bombus sylvarum
Connop, S. and Steer, Jonathan 2010. Microsatellite analysis reveals the spatial dynamics of Bombus humilis and Bombus sylvarum. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 4 (3), pp. 212-221.

Article

An Historical Survey of Lowland Raised Mires, Great Britain
Bragg, O.M., Lindsay, R. and Robertson, H. 1984. An Historical Survey of Lowland Raised Mires, Great Britain. Peterborough Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

Technical report

The Flow Country: The peatlands of Caithness and Sutherland
Lindsay, R., Charman, D.J., Everingham, F., O'Reilly, R.M., Palmer, M.A., Rowell, T.A. and Stroud, D.A. 1988. The Flow Country: The peatlands of Caithness and Sutherland. Peterborough Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

Technical report

The use of small-scale surface patterns in the classification of British Peatlands
Lindsay, R., Rigall, J. and Burd, F. 1985. The use of small-scale surface patterns in the classification of British Peatlands. Aquilo Serie Botanica.

Article

Wind Farms and Blanket Peat - a report on the Derrybrien bog slide
Lindsay, R. and Bragg, Olivia 2005. Wind Farms and Blanket Peat - a report on the Derrybrien bog slide. Gort, Co Galway, Ireland Derrybrien Development Cooperative Ltd.

Technical report

Peatbogs and carbon: a critical synthesis to inform policy development in oceanic peat bog conservation and restoration in the context of climate change.
Lindsay, R. 2010. Peatbogs and carbon: a critical synthesis to inform policy development in oceanic peat bog conservation and restoration in the context of climate change. University of East London, Environmental Research Group.

Technical report

University of East London: the biodiversity evidence‐base
Freeman, Jamie, Lindsay, R., Marr, Melissa and Connop, S. 2010. University of East London: the biodiversity evidence‐base. London University of East London.

Technical report