A5016707641- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Risk Perception and Management
- Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Urban Planning and Valuation
- Housing Market and Economics
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Software System Performance and Reliability
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Business Process Modeling and Analysis
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Auction Theory and Applications
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Water resources management and optimization
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
University College Dublin
2014-2024
Natural hazards, such as major flood events, are occurring with increasing frequency and inflicting levels of financial damages upon affected communities. The experience events has brought about a significant change in attitudes to flood-risk management, shift away from built engineering solutions alone towards more multifaceted approach. Europe's damaging episodes provided the impetus for introduction European Floods Directive, requiring establishment management plans at river-basin scale....
This Practice Paper identifies and critically examines three alternative approaches associated design philosophies in response to the problem of urban flooding. It traces reasons why these have emerged discusses attributes each. Following this, it potential green infrastructure approach as a means realize 'evolutionary resilience' designing environments for enhanced drainage management. The paper then contrasts flood risk management some implications advancing concept activities.
The flooding of parts New York in the aftermath Hurricane Sandy October 2012 provided dramatic images a global city and world financial centre struggling to cope with natural disaster.At times, many neighbourhoods, particularly Manhattan, seemed struggle function.This moved beyond those directly affected by their homes businesses, wider as critical infrastructure was damaged, including electricity sub-stations leading hospital evacuations following power-cuts, closure public transport...
Planning decisions have considerable impacts on both natural and built environments. The of these may remain for many decades are irreversible. In order to gain a better understanding long-standing impacts, planners require systematic approach evaluate the planning policy instruments utilised. literature evaluation shows that most studies taken conformance-based approach, where success instrument is based degree conformity between outcomes its intended objectives. While evaluating such...
Problem, research strategy, and findings: Local jurisdictions in 36 states have implemented transfer of development rights (TDR) programs to provide a market-based approach preserving farmlands open space while redirecting future targeted areas. Participation TDR involves transaction costs over above paying for credits. Planners know little about the magnitude costs; who, if anyone, incurs disproportionate share these or how affect participation. In this study we estimate distribution...
The cross-sectoral nature of the bioeconomy presents challenges for a coherent approach to its role in transition low-carbon economy. To identify particular barriers and drivers policy coherence, interviews were conducted with range stakeholder organisations active Ireland. Analysis revealed number key issues constraining including: lack integration across government, persistence siloing leadership gaps; lag between regulation innovation; policymaker staffing data resource issues; need...
Societal adaptation to flooding is a critical component of contemporary flood policy. Using content analysis, this article identifies how two major episodes (2009 and 2014) are framed in the Irish broadsheet news media. The considers extent which these frames reflect shifts policy away from protection towards risk management, possible implications for living with risk. Frames help us make sense social world, within media, framing an essential tool communication. Five were identified:...
The Pope’s encyclical letter, Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home (2015), has generated significant debate since its publication. first Papal pronouncement focused on environmental issues,...
Extreme weather events including flooding can have severe personal, infrastructural, and economic consequences, with recent evidence pointing to surface as a pathway for the microbial contamination of private groundwater supplies. There is pressing need increasingly focused information awareness campaigns highlight risks posed by extreme appropriate subsequent post-event actions. To date, little known about presence, directionality or magnitude gender-related differences regarding flood risk...
The bioeconomy is generally understood as an economy in which sustainably-sourced renewable bio-based resources are used for the production of food, energy and other products services. Expectations high its potential to support transition away from a fossil fuel-based help address complex issues such climate change biodiversity depletion. However, given cross-sectoral nature key focus on innovation, tensions can emerge between goals need regulation activities. In particular, there...
Approximately 50% of the Republic Ireland’s (ROI) rural population depends on unregulated private wells, which are susceptible to ingress agricultural runoff and untreated domestic wastewater. As elevated national rates Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) other waterborne illnesses have been increasingly linked with well water exposure, promoting positive behavioural actions (e.g., periodic testing) is vital safeguarding public health. However, absence financially...
This paper explores the intersection between microservices and Multi-Agent Systems (MAS), introducing notion of a new approach to building MAS known as MicroServices (MAMS). Our is illustrated through worked example Vickrey Auction implemented microservice.
Abstract This study provides a practical definition and framework to measure social vulnerability natural hazards, addressing gaps in the literature after three decades of Susan Cutter's Place-Based Model. The current index, designed based on available data such as census data, is limited capturing all aspects spatial inequalities. research explored proposed new theoretical perspective methodological for designing comprehensive index disasters using emerging big which feasible can be applied...
Environmental perceptions are central to individuals' behavioural interactions with the environment. Cognitive maps, portraying a spatial representation of an individual's environmental perception, can be aggregated gain insight into collective perception groups and populations. This paper uses cognitive mapping techniques examine one aspect flood risk within residential population (n = 305). Flood was examined for whole sample six subgroup pairs. Using subgroups allowed examination how...
Advancing a bioeconomy requires that policymakers understand how the design and coherence of public policy can contribute, or create barriers, to its development. Ireland’s first National Policy Statement on Bioeconomy (February 2018) recognized significance as critical factor in successful transition bioeconomy. Qualitative document analysis was employed assess level across range relevant documents. As is case with most other countries key sub-sectors related Ireland have independent...