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‘Green’ fiscal measures for lessening the environmental impact of private vehicle ownership – a review.

Conference Proceeding
Borthwick, S. & Carreno, M. (2010)
‘Green’ fiscal measures for lessening the environmental impact of private vehicle ownership – a review. In Cygas, D. & Froehner, K. (Eds.). The 8th International Conference on Environmental Engineering (8th ICEE) – Selected Papers, 860-867. ISBN 978-9955-28-831-2
Given the increasing concerns surrounding climate change, the paper focuses upon the transport sector and the use of taxation policy to help curb rising amounts of carbon diox...

The institutional approach for modeling the evolution of human societies

Conference Proceeding
Powers, S. (2016)
The institutional approach for modeling the evolution of human societies. In Proceedings of the Artificial Life Conference 2016https://doi.org/10.7551/978-0-262-33936-0-ch011
Artificial Life is concerned with understanding the dynamics of human societies. A defining feature of any human society is its institutions. However, defining exactly what an...

What next for tourism policy in the post-Brexit EU?

Conference Proceeding
Anastasiadou, C. (2019)
What next for tourism policy in the post-Brexit EU?. In Tourman 2019 Conference Proceedings (193-195
Tourism is a major socio-economic activity in the European Union that has traditionally been, cast as a means of promoting European identity and progressing the EU’s aims for...

Democratic Participation through Crocheted Memes.

Conference Proceeding
Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, C. F., & Smyth, M. (2018)
Democratic Participation through Crocheted Memes. In SMSociety '18 Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Social Media and Society, (178-186). https://doi.org/10.1145/3217804.3217910
In a UK city, various crocheted protest banners have appeared, containing political statements concerning planned developments in their locations. Photos of these banners are ...