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1. A novel hybrid model based on neural network and multi-objective optimization for effective load forecast

Author:
Singh, Priyanka; Dwivedi, Pragya
Source:
Energy 2019 v.182 pp. 606-622
ISSN:
0360-5442
Subject:
England,   etc   ; algorithms; data collection; electricity; models;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... In recent years, increased attention has been paid by the researchers to predict accurate and stable load due to its effect on the economy and need for proper management of power systems. However, most of the previous research focused only on either reducing load forecast error or enhancing the stability, very few studies focused on these two issues simultaneously. Introducing a forecasting model ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.energy.2019.06.075

2. Sustainability Appraisal in neighbourhood planning in England

Author:
Yu, Xinzhi; Fischer, Thomas B
Source:
Journal of environmental planning and management 2019 v.62 no.6 pp. 939-959
ISSN:
1360-0559
Subject:
England,   etc   ; consultants; environmental assessment; environmental impact; planning;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... The preparation of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) inclusive sustainability appraisals (SAs) for neighbourhood plans (NPs) in England may be required when significant environmental effects are expected to arise from an NP. In this paper, we report on the result of a Ph.D. project, conducted between 2012 and 2015, in which all 15 NP SEA inclusive SAs that had been completed at the time wer ...
DOI:
10.1080/09640568.2018.1454304

3. Monotone trends in the distribution of climate extremes

Author:
Roth, Martin; Jongbloed, Geurt; Buishand, Adri
Source:
Theoretical and applied climatology 2019 v.136 no.3-4 pp. 1175-1184
ISSN:
0177-798X
Subject:
England,   etc   ; algorithms; climate; models; statistical analysis; temperature;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... The generalized Pareto distribution (GPD) is often used in the statistical analysis of climate extremes. For a sample of independent and identically distributed observations, the parameters of the GPD can be estimated by the maximum likelihood (ML) method. In this paper, we drop the assumption of identically distributed random variables. We consider independent observations from GPD distributions ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00704-018-2546-x

4. Quantifying the effects of a low-ozone event and shallow stratocumulus clouds on ultraviolet erythemal radiation exposure

Author:
Kelbch, A.; Wittlich, M.; Bott, A.
Source:
International journal of biometeorology 2019 v.63 no.3 pp. 359-369
ISSN:
0020-7128
Subject:
England,   etc   ; bioclimatology; erythema; ozone; stratosphere; ultraviolet radiation;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Meteorological and dosimetric ultraviolet (UV) erythemal radiation (UVER) measurements were performed in Didcot, England, on 6 and 7 April 2017. Both days were characterized by clear-sky conditions in the morning and the afternoon with development of shallow stratocumulus clouds (SSC) around noon. In addition, a low-ozone event occurred on 7 April characterized by a 34 DU (Dobson Unit) drop in tot ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00484-018-01669-8

5. Response to comments by Hoffmann et al. on “Upland grasslands in Northern England were atmospheric carbon sinks regardless of management regime”

Author:
Eze, Samuel; Palmer, Sheila M.; Chapman, Pippa J.
Source:
Agricultural and forest meteorology 2019 v.264 pp. 366-368
ISSN:
0168-1923
Subject:
England,   etc   ; carbon; carbon sinks; grasslands; highlands;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Hoffmann et al. suspected a likely overestimation of carbon (C) sink reported in our paper (Eze et al., 2018) entitled “Upland grasslands in Northern England were atmospheric carbon sinks regardless of management regime”. They attributed this to potential sources of error associated with the estimation of C fluxes from closed-chamber measurements. We have explained why we think that the C sink rep ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.08.023

6. On the Opportunity Cost of Crop Diversification

Author:
Ang, Frederic; Mortimer, Simon M.; Areal, Francisco J.; Tiffin, Richard
Source:
Journal of agricultural economics 2018 v.69 no.3 pp. 794-814
ISSN:
0021-857X
Subject:
England,   etc   ; farms; opportunity costs;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Distance functions are increasingly being augmented, with environmental goods treated as conventional outputs. A common approach to evaluate the opportunity cost of providing an environmental good is the exploitation of the distance function's dual relationship to the value function. This implies that the opportunity cost is assumed to be non‐negative. This approach also requires a convex technolo ...
DOI:
10.1111/1477-9552.12272

7. The impact of marine vessels on the presence and behaviour of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the waters off Berry Head, Brixham (South West England)

Author:
Roberts, Laura; Collier, Stuart; Law, Samantha; Gaion, Andrea
Source:
Ocean & coastal management 2019 v.179 pp. 104860
ISSN:
0964-5691
Subject:
England,   etc   ; Phocoena phocoena; coastal zone management; feeding behavior; wildlife;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) are protected in the UK by the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981). Understanding the impact of anthropogenic pressures is fundamental for effective protection under this act and successful conservation generally. Land-based observations (n = 146) were conducted over a three-month period, during which, porpoise presence, behaviour, vessel type, and locations we ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.104860

8. The impact of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards: Some evidence from the London office market

Author:
McAllister, Pat; Nase, Ilir
Source:
Energy policy 2019 v.132 pp. 714-722
ISSN:
0301-4215
Subject:
England,   etc   ; buildings; databases; energy efficiency; issues and policy; markets; Wales;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paper provides a preliminary evaluation of staged introduction of the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in England and Wales in the period after announcement but before policy implementation. A process evaluation of the specific policy design focussing on potential sources of policy failure is provided. Drawing upon a database of all EPCs registered for offices in London, preliminary empiri ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enpol.2019.05.060

9. ‘My wood isn’t one of those dark and scary ones’: children’s experience and knowledge of woodland in the English rural landscape

Author:
Lisewski-Hobson, Vivyan; Watkins, Charles
Source:
Landscape research 2019 v.44 no.5 pp. 507-525
ISSN:
1469-9710
Subject:
England,   etc   ; attitudes and opinions; children; fearfulness; games; landscapes; trees; woodlands;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Recent studies of children have argued that children are suffering from a deficiency in nature experience. Some argue that a lack of experience leads to poor affective relations which for wooded environments may be manifested as fear. This study investigates a geographical knowledge gap in understanding children’s relationships with woodland. This interactive qualitative study included 21 junior a ...
DOI:
10.1080/01426397.2018.1493444

10. Reducing emissions from consumer energy storage using retail rate design

Author:
Griffiths, Benjamin Whitney
Source:
Energy policy 2019 v.129 pp. 481-490
ISSN:
0301-4215
Subject:
New England region,   etc   ; electricity costs; emissions; energy; markets;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Minimizing retail electricity costs via demand charge management and energy arbitrage is a common application of behind-the-meter energy storage systems (ESS). Research suggests that ESS tend to increase grid emissions, but some speculate that retail rate design could lessen its impact. This paper tests that theory. In this analysis, we pair five years of historic data from ISO New England (ISO-NE ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enpol.2019.01.039

11. What do empirical findings reveal about modelled energy demand and energy ratings? Comparisons of gas consumption across the English residential sector

Author:
Summerfield, A.J.; Oreszczyn, T.; Palmer, J.; Hamilton, I.G.; Li, F.G.N.; Crawley, J.; Lowe, R.J.
Source:
Energy policy 2019 v.129 pp. 997-1007
ISSN:
0301-4215
Subject:
England,   etc   ; energy efficiency; energy policy; models; policy analysis;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Energy ratings and national housing energy models are useful for energy policy evaluation and development, but limited empirical validation of energy demand estimates is available across residential sub-sectors. This study used data from a sample of over 2.5 million gas-heated dwellings in England from the National Energy Efficiency Data-Framework (NEED) to compare with estimates of 2012 gas consu ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enpol.2019.02.033

12. Latest Documented Fall Record of Oporornis agilis (Connecticut Warbler) in North America

Author:
Perlut, Noah
Source:
Northeastern naturalist 2019 v.26 no.2 pp. N12
ISSN:
1092-6194
Subject:
New England region,   etc   ; Oporornis agilis; cats; males; Connecticut; Maine;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... On 11 November 2017, a male hatch-year Oporornis agilis (Connecticut Warbler) was killed by a Felis catus (Domestic Cat) in Scarborough, Cumberland County, ME. This specimen, housed in the University of New England ornithological collection, is the latest documented fall record of this species in North America. ...
DOI:
10.1656/045.026.0212

13. Taste Exposure Increases Intake and Nutrition Education Increases Willingness to Try an Unfamiliar Vegetable in Preschool Children: A Cluster Randomized Trial

Author:
Nekitsing, Chandani; Blundell-Birtill, Pam; Cockroft, Jennie E.; Hetherington, Marion M.
Source:
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2019
ISSN:
2212-2672
Subject:
England,   etc   ; nutrition education; odds ratio; preschool children; preschools; radishes; taste;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Intake of vegetables in children remains low.To compare taste exposure (TE), nutrition education (NE) and TE+NE together on intake of an unfamiliar vegetable (mooli/daikon radish) in preschool-aged children.Children attending 11 preschools in England were randomly assigned by clusters to four intervention conditions using a 2×2 factorial design: TE, NE, TE+NE, and no intervention (control).Two hun ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jand.2019.05.012

14. Methodological fallacies and perceptions of rural disparity: How rural proofing addresses real versus abstract needs

Author:
Sherry, Erin; Shortall, Sally
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2019 v.68 pp. 336-343
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
England,   etc   ; European Union; issues and policy; rural areas; Northern Ireland;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... In 2016, the EU committed to ‘rural proofing’ its policies. Rural proofing has now become a priority across Europe. Prior to this, rural proofing or mainstreaming, the reviewing of universal policies to ensure comparable treatment of rural areas, was relatively unique to England and Northern Ireland. The first case of legislating rural proofing has occurred with The Rural Needs Act (Northern Irela ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.12.005

15. Urban planning as an enabler of urban health: Challenges and good practice in England following the 2012 planning and public health reforms

Author:
Carmichael, Laurence; Townshend, Tim G.; Fischer, Thomas B.; Lock, Karen; Petrokofsky, Carl; Sheppard, Adam; Sweeting, David; Ogilvie, Flora
Source:
Land use policy 2019 v.84 pp. 154-162
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
England,   etc   ; issues and policy; public health; researchers; stakeholders; urban planning;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... This article synthesises the challenges faced by the English (urban) spatial planning system to become an enabler of urban health and explores some keys features of the evidence base, policy tools and policy implementation issues that urban planners need to be aware of to become health enablers. It draws on good practice identified in an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) seminar series i ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.02.043

16. Scenarios for resilient drought and water scarcity management in England and Wales

Author:
Grecksch, Kevin
Source:
International journal of river basin management 2019 v.17 no.2 pp. 219-227
ISSN:
1814-2060
Subject:
England,   etc   ; business enterprises; drought; stakeholders; water shortages; Wales;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Current drought and water scarcity management in England and Wales is reactive rather than proactive and the array of instruments and measures focuses primarily on what to do when in a drought, but less on how to prevent a drought or to plan ahead for a drought. This paper presents the results of a workshop that was held in late 2016 with stakeholders and researchers from UK drought and water scar ...
DOI:
10.1080/15715124.2018.1461106

17. Are habitat changes driving the decline of the UK’s most threatened butterfly: the High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)?

Author:
Ellis, S.; Wainwright, D.; Dennis, E. B.; Bourn, N. A. D.; Bulman, C. R.; Hobson, R.; Jones, R.; Middlebrook, I.; Plackett, J.; Smith, R. G.; Wain, M.; Warren, M. S.
Source:
Journal of insect conservation 2019 v.23 no.2 pp. 351-367
ISSN:
1366-638X
Subject:
England,   etc   ; Nymphalidae; Viola; butterflies; habitats; landscapes; longevity; population dynamics; Wales;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... We describe how a landscape-scale approach has been adopted to conserve the UK’s most threatened butterfly Argynnis adippe. Only 37 populations now remain, with 38 extinctions occurring since 1994 (51% loss). The butterfly has disappeared from most of England and Wales and is now confined to just four landscapes. Since 2005 management in these landscapes has been targeted at improving habitat qual ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10841-019-00134-0

18. Optimizing the influence of social norms interventions: Applying social identity insights to motivate residential water conservation

Author:
Lede, Ellin; Meleady, Rose; Seger, Charles R.
Source:
Journal of environmental psychology 2019 v.62 pp. 105-114
ISSN:
0272-4944
Subject:
England,   etc   ; behavior change; field experimentation; psychology; social identification; water conservation;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Social norms-based interventions offer a promising avenue to encourage proenvironmental behavior change. From a social identity perspective, it is argued that social norms communications will be maximally effective when they are tied to salient group memberships and supportive ingroup norms are communicated. Across four studies conducted in a water scarce region in England we demonstrate that a wa ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.02.011

19. Reinterpreting urban institutions for sustainability: How epistemic networks shape knowledge and logics

Author:
Dobson, Julian
Source:
Environmental science & policy 2019 v.92 pp. 133-140
ISSN:
1462-9011
Subject:
England,   etc   ; case studies; environmental science; issues and policy;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Long term urban resilience demands a transition to a low-carbon society but poses a dilemma: the institutions that stabilise and perpetuate sociotechnical systems must become agents of radical change. The possibility of alternative futures challenges the logics and values central to institutional identity.‘Sustainability transitions’ thus raise questions of institutional reinterpretation. The exte ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envsci.2018.11.018

20. Water Framework Directive programmes of measures: Lessons from the 1st planning cycle of a catchment in England

Author:
Giakoumis, T.; Voulvoulis, N.
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
England,   etc   ; European Union; case studies; planning; surface water; watersheds;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... The European Union's Water Framework Directive (WFD) required Member States to establish programmes of measures to achieve good water status formally by 2015, but on postponing the deadline by two six-year periods, by 2027 at the latest. With many Member States facing problems with developing such measures in the first planning cycle, and limited change in ecological status since the first river b ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.405