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Maclurcan, D 2012, Nanotechnology and global equality.
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This book is the world's first comprehensive assessment of nanotechnology's foreseen implications for global development and provides important groundwork for subsequent research. The book places nanotechnology's emergence within a broad historical and contemporary global context, while developing and testing an interpretive framework through which to assess nanotechnology's claims. It establishes great clarity about the nature of global engagement with nanotechnology research and development, revealing surprising scenarios, unacknowledged by most mainstream commentators. The book concludes by exploring a range of perspectives from Thailand and Australia about nanotechnology's foreseen implications for global inequity, thereby providing important ground for reflection. © 2012 by Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved.

Maclurcan, D 2012, Nanotechnology and Global Equality, Jenny Stanford Publishing.
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© 2012 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. The book places nanotechnology's emergence within a broad historical and contemporary global context while developing and testing an interpretive framework through which to assess nanotechnology's claims. It clarifies the nature of global engagement with nanotechnology research and development, revealing surprising scenarios, unacknowledged by most mainstream commentators. The book concludes by exploring a range of perspectives from Thailand and Australia about nanotechnology's foreseen implications for global inequity.

C., B & R., P 2012, 'Roles of Diverse Stakeholders in Natural Resources Management and Their Relationships with Regional Bodies in New South Wales, Australia' in Kaswamila, A (ed), Sustainable Natural Resources Management, InTech, Rijeka, Croatia, pp. 115-137.
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Governments invest in natural resource management (NRM) because of a lack or failure of markets for ecosystem services and to encourage the adoption of NRM practices that reduce the externalities of resource use (Cary et al., 2002; Beare & Newby, 2005; Stanley et al., 2005). Major global trends in NRM include a greater emphasis on community participation, decentralised activity to the regional scale, a shift from government to governance and a narrowing of the framing of environment policy to a largely utilitarian concept of NRM (Lane et al., 2009). Successive state and national governments in Australia, in actively seeking to improve the condition of Australias natural resources, established a series of funding arrangements for their protection and enhancement (reviewed by Hajkowicz, 2009; Lockwood et al., 2009). In concert with this funding has been a greater emphasis on accountability for expenditure on public environmental programs because delivery of tangible impacts through recently established regional arrangements has proved difficult to quantify (eg. Australian National Audit Office, 2008).

Danby, S & Lee, A 2012, 'Reshaping Doctoral Education', Routledge, pp. xxiii-xxvii.
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Florin, NH, Dowell, NM, Fennell, PS & Maitland, GC 2012, 'Carbon Capture: Materials and Process Engineering' in Letcher, TM & Scott, JL (eds), Materials for a Sustainable Future, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, pp. 385-429.
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Avoiding the catastrophic climate change consequences of greenhouse gas emissions, while continuing to use fossil fuels to meet the growing global energy demands of the twenty-first century, will require routine capture and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2). This chapter describes the materials and processes used for CO2 capture from power plants and industrial processes, both in the short term (amine-based solvents, calcium carbonate looping) and those likely to be exploited in the decades ahead (ionic liquids, metal oxides and chemical looping, solid sorbents, gas hydrates, metal–organic frameworks, gas membranes, biological systems such as algae and enzymes, cryogenic processes and building CO2 into materials such as urea and polycarbonate plastics). The potential for the integrated design and optimisation of materials and processes for capturing CO2 from a range of industrial sources is also described.

Gidley, J 2012, 'Re-imagining The Role and Function of Higher Education for Alternative Futures through Embracing Global Knowledge Futures' in European Higher Education at the crossroads: between the Bologna Process and national reforms, Springer.

Graham, EM, Oding, N & Welfens, PJJ 2012, 'Introduction' in Howe, C & Mitchell, C (eds), Internationalization and Economic Policy Reforms in Transition Countries, Springer-Verlag, UK, pp. 1-4.
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Herriman, J, White, S & Atherton, AM 2012, 'Citizen Participation in Global Environmental Governance' in Worthington, R, Rask, M & Minna, L (eds), Citizen Participation in Global Environmental Governance, Routledge, London, UK, pp. 221-240.
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Prior, J 2012, 'Neighbourhood Disadvantage' in Smith, SJ, Elsinga, M, O'Mahony, LF, Eng, OS, Watcher, S & Hamnett, C (eds), International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, Elsevier, London, UK, pp. 43-49.
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Neighbourhood disadvantage in late nineteenth-century industrial cities was a key concern of policy-makers. Sanitary reform, suburbanisation, and urban regeneration were implemented in an attempt to redress this emergent disadvantage through the creation of healthier environments. From the mid-twentieth century these early approaches were gradually replaced as more complex understandings emerged around the social, cultural, and economic as well as environmental factors which contributed to neighbourhood disadvantage. A consequence of this shift has been the emergence of more 'joined-up' approaches to redressing contemporary neighbourhood disadvantage, which are formed around wide-ranging partnerships and participation of affected residents and communities. © 2012 Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved..

Prior, J 2012, 'The Manifestation of Queer Theology: The Act of “Promulgating Universal Joy and Expiating Stigmatic Guilt” Through the (Re)Inscription of Rituals, Artefacts, Devotional Practices and Place' in Cusack, CM & Norman, A (eds), Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production, BRILL, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 703-736.
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Various forms of sexuality have, over the last few decades, been a key issue in Christian theological discussion. Homosexuality has been the focus of some of the most heated of these debates. It is a central issue, as one may perceive obvious injunctions against homosexual behaviour in both the Old and New Testaments, starting with Genesis 19:1-29 and carrying through to Corinthians 6:9-11 and beyond.

Prior, J & Harfield, S 2012, 'Health, Well-Being and Vulnerable Populations' in Smith, SJ, Elsinga, M, O'Mahony, LF, Eng, OS, Watcher, S & Hamnett, C (eds), International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, Elsevier, London, UK, pp. 355-361.
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Population groups identified as 'vulnerable' commonly include the socioeconomically disadvantaged, women and children, ethnic minorities, gays and lesbians, the homeless, and the elderly. Such vulnerability is predicated on the stresses and risks to which individuals and groups are subjected, including poverty, discrimination, subordination, lack of social support, political marginalisation, disenfranchisement, and denial of human rights. Recent interest in understanding the ways in which such populations may experience diminished well-being, increased morbidity, and premature mortality as a result of the nature, state, and location of their housing has led to a growing interest in developing means to ameliorate such conditions. © 2012 Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved..

Willetts, J, Mitchell, C, Abeysuriya, K & Fam, D 2012, 'Creative tensions: Negotiating the multiple dimensions of a transdisciplinary doctorate' in Lee, A & Dnaby, S (eds), Reshaping Doctoral Education: International Approaches and Pedagogies, Routledge, London and New York, pp. 128-143.
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Abeysuriya, K, Fam, DM & Mitchell, CA 2012, 'Reinventing the toilet - Urine diversion where its needed most', The Conversation, vol. 24 October.

Asker, SA, Gero, A & Herriman, J 2012, 'What's the future of waste?', Inside Waste.

Baumann, C & White, S 2012, 'Making better choices: a systematic comparison of adversarial and collaborative approaches to the transport policy process', TRANSPORT POLICY, vol. 24, no. Nov 2012, pp. 83-90.
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This paper investigates the practical and theoretical advantages of collaborative stakeholder (CSD) dialogue over adversarial processes in facilitating better transport policy choices.

Brown, PR, Jacobs, B & Leith, P 2012, 'Participatory monitoring and evaluation to aid investment in natural resource manager capacity at a range of scales', Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, vol. 184, no. 12, pp. 7207-7220.
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Natural resource (NR) outcomes at catchment scale rely heavily on the adoption of sustainable practices by private NR managers because they control the bulk of the NR assets. Public funds are invested in capacity building of private landholders to encourage adoption of more sustainable natural resource management (NRM) practices. However, prioritisation of NRM funding programmes has often been top-down with limited understanding of the multiple dimensions of landholder capacity leading to a failure to address the underlying capacity constraints of local communities. We argue that welldesigned participatory monitoring and evaluation of landholder capacity can provide a mechanism to codify the tacit knowledge of landholders about the social- ecological systems in which they are embedded. This process enables tacit knowledge to be used by regional NRM bodies and government agencies to guide NRM investment in the Australian state of New South Wales. This paper details the collective actions to remove constraints to improved NRM that were identified by discrete groups of landholders through this process. The actions spanned geographical and temporal scales, and responsibility for them ranged across levels of governance. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011.

Cordell, D, Neset, T-SS & Prior, T 2012, 'The phosphorus mass balance: identifying 'hotspots' in the food system as a roadmp to phosphorus security', CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 839-845.
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Phosphorus is a critical element on which all life depends. Global crop production depends on fertilisers derived from phosphate rock to maintain high crop yields. Population increase, changing dietary preferences towards more meat and dairy products, and the continuing intensification of global agriculture supporting this expansion will place increasing pressure on an uncertain, but finite supply of high-quality phosphate rock. Growing concern about phosphorus scarcity and security, coupled with the environmental impact of phosphorus pollution, has encouraged an increase in research exploring how phosphorus is used and lost in the food system - from mine to field to fork. An assessment of recent phosphorus flows analyses at different geographical scales identifies the key phosphorus 'hotspots', for example within the mining, agriculture or food processing sectors, where efficiency and reuse can be substantially improved through biotechnological approaches coupled with policy changes. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

Crofts, P & Prior, J 2012, 'Home Occupation or Brothel? Selling Sex from Home in New South Wales', URBAN POLICY AND RESEARCH, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 127-143.
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This article engages with the question of whether or not sex work in the home should be regulated in the same way as large commercial brothels or as home occupations. Underlying concerns about sex services premises generally are that they are criminogenic, disorderly and exploitative of women. This article draws upon original research of surveys of people living in the vicinity of sex services premises, interviews with sex workers and service providers, and council records of complaint to argue that, on the contrary, home occupations (sex services) can operate lawfully with minimal amenity impacts, and that this type of business can provide a positive work environment. We recommend that sex work in the home in New South Wales should be regulated in the same way as other home occupations. © 2012 Copyright Editorial Board, Urban Policy and Research.

Crofts, P, Maher, J, Pickering, S & Prior, J 2012, 'Ambivalent Regulation: The Sexual Services Industries in NSW and Victoria — Sex Work as Work, or as Special Category?', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 393-412.
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Despite continuing contests in Australian states over the validity of sex work as work, Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) have been part of a global trend for states to decriminalise and/or legalise the sex industry. This article argues that although Victoria and NSW are united by their ambivalence toward the legal validity of sex work as work for women, this ambivalence is expressed and organised in different ways in each state, with consequent differences in regulatory schemas, practices of enforcement and outcomes for workers and communities. In particular, this article focuses on the regulation of sex services premises as a key indicator of how the sex industry is regarded and embedded within broader business, social and regulatory contexts. The article examines some specific regulations that affect women's status as sex workers in each state. It concludes by arguing that the failure to fully recognise sex work as work impacts most sharply on the safety and inclusion of workers: those whom the legislative schemas of both states purportedly seek to protect

Dean, CC, Blamey, J, Florin, NH, Al‐Jeboori, MJ & Fennell, PS 2012, 'ChemInform Abstract: The Calcium Looping Cycle for CO₂ Capture from Power Generation, Cement Manufacture and Hydrogen Production', ChemInform, vol. 43, no. 7.
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Donat, F, Florin, NH, Anthony, EJ & Fennell, PS 2012, 'Influence of High-Temperature Steam on the Reactivity of CaO Sorbent for CO2 Capture', ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 1262-1269.
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Calcium looping is a high-temperature CO 2 capture technology applicable to the postcombustion capture of CO 2 from power station flue gas, or integrated with fuel conversion in precombustion CO 2 capture schemes. The capture technology uses solid CaO sorbent derived from natural limestone and takes advantage of the reversible reaction between CaO and CO 2 to form CaCO 3; that is, to achieve the separation of CO 2 from flue or fuel gas, and produce a pure stream of CO 2 suitable for geological storage. An important characteristic of the sorbent, affecting the cost-efficiency of this technology, is the decay in reactivity of the sorbent over multiple CO 2 capture-and-release cycles. This work reports on the influence of high-temperature steam, which will be present in flue (about 5-10%) and fuel (∼20%) gases, on the reactivity of CaO sorbent derived from four natural limestones. A significant increase in the reactivity of these sorbents was found for 30 cycles in the presence of steam (from 1-20%). Steam influences the sorbent reactivity in two ways. Steam present during calcination promotes sintering that produces a sorbent morphology with most of the pore volume associated with larger pores of ∼50 nm in diameter, and which appears to be relatively more stable than the pore structure that evolves when no steam is present. The presence of steam during carbonation reduces the diffusion resistance during carbonation. We observed a synergistic effect, i.e., the highest reactivity was observed when steam was present for both calcination and carbonation. © 2011 American Chemical Society.

Drozdzewski, D, Shaw, W, Dominey-Howes, D, Brander, R, Walton, T, Gero, A, Sherker, S, Goff, J & Edwick, B 2012, 'Surveying rip current survivors: preliminary insights into the experiences of being caught in rip currents', Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 1201-1211.
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Abstract. This paper begins a process of addressing a significant gap in knowledge about people's responses to being caught in rip currents. While rip currents are the primary hazard facing recreational ocean swimmers in Australia, debate exists about the best advice to give swimmers caught in rip currents. Such surf rescue advice – on what to do and how to respond when caught in a rip – relies on empirical evidence. However, at present, knowledge about swimmers reactions and responses to rip currents is limited. This gap is a considerable barrier to providing effective advice to beach goers and to understanding how this advice is utilised (or not) when actually caught in the rip current. This paper reports the findings of a pilot study that focussed on garnering a better understanding of swimmers' experiences when caught in rip currents. A large scale questionnaire survey instrument generated data about rip current survivors' demographics, knowledge of beach safety and their reactions and responses when caught in a rip current. A mix of online and paper surveys produced a total of 671 completed surveys. Respondents were predominantly an informed group in terms of rip current knowledge, beach experience and had a high self-rated swimming ability. Preliminary insights from the survey show that most respondents recalled a 'swim across the rip/parallel to the beach' message when caught in the rip and most escaped unassisted by acting on this message. However, while nearly a quarter of respondents recalled a message of 'not to panic', short answer responses revealed that the onset of panic inhibited some respondents from recalling or enacting any other type of beach safety message when caught in the rip current. Results also showed that despite the research sample being younger, competent and frequent ocean swimmers, they were more likely to swim at unpatrolled beaches and outside of the red and yellow safety flags. Moreover, they were still caught ...

Fennell, PS, Florin, N, Napp, T & Hills, T 2012, 'CCS from industrial sources', Sustainable Technologies, Systems & Policies, vol. 2012, no. 2.
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The literature concerning the application of CCS to industry is reviewed. Costs are presented for different sectors including ``high purity'' (processes which inherently produce a high concentration of CO2), cement, iron and steel, refinery and biomass. The application of CCS to industry is a field which has had much less attention than its application to the electricity production sector. Costs range from less than $2011 10/tCO 2 up to above $ 2011 100/tCO 2 . In the words of a synthesis report from the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) ``This area has so far not been the focus of discussions and therefore much attention needs to be paid to the application of CCS to industrial sources if the full potential of CCS is to be unlocked''.

Foster, T & Dance, B 2012, 'Water-Washed Diseases And Access To Infrastructure In Remote Indigenous Communities in the Northern Territory', Water: Journal of the Australian Water Association, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 72-77.

Foster, T, Hope, R, Thomas, M, Cohen, I, Krolikowski, A & Nyaga, C 2012, 'Impacts and implications of mobile water payments in East Africa', Water International, vol. 37, no. 7, pp. 788-804.
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The rapid growth in Africa's mobile communications sector offers new opportunities to address the continent's enduring water service challenges. This paper examines the impacts and implications of mobile water payments in East Africa. Based on interviews with managers from water service providers across four countries and analysis of household survey and billing data from a water supply scheme in Kenya, the study quantifies the impacts of mobile water payments and reveals the factors that drive and curtail customer adoption. Results suggest that if broader behavioural and operational constraints can be overcome, partnerships between mobile network operators and water service providers could lead to more sustainable water service access for inclusive, developmental outcomes. © 2012 Copyright 2012 International Water Resources Association.

Friedlander, J 2012, 'Soy versus dairy: what's the footprint of milk?', The Conversation, vol. 28 August.

Friedlander, J 2012, 'Why aren't we talking about meat and climate change?', The Conversation, vol. 26 Nov.

Gidley, JM 2012, 'Evolution of education: From weak signals to rich imaginaries of educational futures', Futures, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 46-54.
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Giurco, D & Cooper, C 2012, 'Mining and sustainability: asking the right questions', MINERALS ENGINEERING, vol. 29, no. March, pp. 3-12.
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Attempts to pursue sustainability in the minerals sector have largely focused on reducing impacts at mining and processing sites. The Mineral Resources Landscape (Cooper and Giurco, 2011), offers an expanded conceptualisation of minerals sustainability, spanning production, consumption and recycling and connecting social, ecological, technological, economic and governance domains, across local and global scales. By mapping issues and impacts, the Minerals Resources Landscape makes explicit the disconnect between externalised impacts and the potential leverage points where they can be addressed. This paper applies the Mineral Resources Landscape to map stakeholder concerns for the case of deep sea mining in Australia. It found that in exploring the future use of this technology to meet growing resource demand, the potential role of dematerialisation and recycling were overlooked. The paper concludes with reflections on the usefulness of the approach for citizens, companies and governments. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Giurco, D, Mohr, S, Mudd, G, Mason, L & Prior, T 2012, 'Resource Criticality and Commodity Production Projections', Resources, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 23-33.
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Resource criticality arising from peak production of primary ores is explored in this paper. We combine the Geologic Resource Supply-Demand Model of Mohr [1] to project future resource production for selected commodities in Australia, namely iron and coal which together represent around 50% of the value of total Australian exports as well as copper, gold and lithium. The projections (based on current estimates of ultimately recoverable reserves) indicate that peak production in Australia would occur for lithium in 2015; for gold in 2021; for copper in 2024; for iron in 2039 and for coal in 2060. The quantitative analysis is coupled with the criticality framework for peak minerals of Mason et al. [2] comprising (i) resource availability, (ii) societal resource addiction to commodity use, and (iii) alternatives such as dematerialization or substitution to assess the broader dimension s of peak minerals production for Australia.

Giurco, D, Prior, T, Mason, L, Mohr, S & Mudd, G 2012, 'Life-of-resource sustainability considerations for mining', Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 47-56.
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Mining in Australia is booming. Notwithstanding, production conditions are progressively transitioning from the mining of 'cheaper, easily accessible and higher quality ores' to 'lower grade, more remote, complex and expensive ores'. Sustainability discussions in the minerals industry have largely sought to improve the social and environmental performance of individual operations, including planning for closure. However, the national implications of a change in the circumstances underpinning the current prosperity of mining are underexplored. This paper uses a peak minerals metaphor to map 'life-of-resource' environmental and social considerations, pre- and post-peak production, at local and national scales. An examination of how the social and environmental impacts change, over the life of a resource's extraction, is used to inform strategies for the role of technological and policy innovation in underpinning long-term national benefit from minerals in Australia. © Institution of Engineers Australia, 2012.

Healey, M, Tyrrell, S, Retamal, M, Mitchell, C & Devi, B 2012, 'A decentralised water master plan for the city of Sydney: developing the baseline', Water Practice and Technology, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 1-12.
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The City of Sydney is working to realise its vision to be a GREEN, GLOBAL and CONNECTED city, a vision articulated in their strategy Sustainable Sydney 2030 by undertaking a bold and ambitious project. The project will showcase how inner suburban areas can be retrofitted with innovative water systems to achieve integrated, resilient and sustainable water cycle outcomes. The baselining process is a major step in the development of a suite of plans that constitute the Decentralised Water Master Plan, including: a Water Efficiency Plan, a Stormwater Infrastructure Improvement Plan, a Water Sensitive Urban Design Plan and a Decentralised Non-Potable Water Network Plan. Significant community consultation is being undertaken to ensure the community and stakeholders have opportunities to input into the project. The final plan will not be a fixed document but will be an evolving document to take into account changing contexts and additional data as it becomes available.

Herriman, J, Moore, DD, Gero, A, Giurco, D, White, S, Mason, LM & Cordell, DJ 2012, 'Living with waste: Australia's landfill future', Remediation Australasia, vol. 11.

Hope, R, Foster, T & Thomson, P 2012, 'Reducing Risks to Rural Water Security in Africa', AMBIO, vol. 41, no. 7, pp. 773-776.
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Hope, R, Foster, T, Money, A & Rouse, M 2012, 'Harnessing mobile communications innovations for water security', Global Policy, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 433-442.
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AbstractWater security aims to provide safe, reliable, affordable and sufficient water for people, agriculture, industry and ecosystems, subject to societal choices across related trade‐offs and risks. Managing resource risks, delivering effective governance, promoting financial sustainability and achieving social equity are central to achieving water security. We explore how innovations in mobile communications have created an inclusive, secure and low cost architecture for financial and data flows to reduce risk and enhance water security. In Africa, water security challenges associated with climate extremes and population growth outstripping improved water services’ access are juxtaposed with its global lead in mobile commerce innovations, including mobile water payments. Market driven expansion of mobile network coverage and low cost, mobile handsets mean more Africans will be connected to mobile phone services than those receiving improved water services in 2012. The confluence of rapid mobile network expansion, mobile phone ownership, mobile water payments and smart metering technologies offer new policy pathways to water security to accelerate progress on sustainable, safe water access, particularly for those in the greatest need and those most difficult to reach. We chart emerging mobile water innovations in Africa and policy implications in the region and beyond.Policy Implications Mobile communication innovations offer an inclusive, secure and low cost architecture for financial and data flows that can reduce or share risk to enhance water security. The confluence of mobile network coverage, mobile phone ownership, mobile water payments and smart water metering technologies has significant but uncharted potential to enhance wat...

Hurst, TF, Cockerill, TT & Florin, NH 2012, 'Life cycle greenhouse gas assessment of a coal-fired power station with calcium looping CO2 capture and offshore geological storage', ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 7132-7150.
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Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is an essential technology for reducing global CO2 emissions in the context of continued fossil fuel use in the power sector. To evaluate the emission reduction potential of any low-carbon generation technology it is necessary to consider emissions over the entire lifetime of the plant. This work examines the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of a 500 MWe pulverised coal-fired power plant with post-combustion Calcium Looping (CaL) and off-shore geological storage. CaL uses solid CO 2-sorbent derived from abundant and non-toxic limestone (CaCO 3) and is currently being piloted at the 1-2 MWth scale in Europe (Spain and Germany). This technology promises to be very competitive with the more mature chemical absorption processes, with the potential to reduce the efficiency and cost penalties of CO2 capture. We demonstrate that the emission intensity of a coal-fired power plant with CaL is at least comparable with one using MEA-solvent technology (i.e., ∼ 229 gCO 2e/kWh vs. 225 gCO2e/kWh). However, there is significant potential for additional emissions reduction when considering the recarbonation of exhausted sorbent in landfill. Furthermore, a coal-fired power plant with CaL could be carbon-neutral - or even achieve a net removal of CO2 from the atmosphere. That is, if the exhausted sorbent is used in the cement industry substituting the input of fresh-limestone; or if the exhausted sorbent is disposed in the ocean forming bicarbonate. © 2012 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

Kelly, S 2012, 'Scotland's economy', Economist, vol. 403, no. 8782.

Kelly, S, Crawford-Brown, D & Pollitt, MG 2012, 'Building performance evaluation and certification in the UK: Is SAP fit for purpose?', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 16, no. 9, pp. 6861-6878.
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Improving the efficiency and performance of the UK residential sector is now necessary for meeting future energy and climate change targets. Building performance evaluation and certification (BPEC) tools are vital for estimating and recommending cost effective improvements to building energy efficiency and lowering overall emissions. In the UK, building performance is estimated using the standard assessment procedure (SAP) for new dwellings and Reduced SAP (RdSAP) for existing dwellings. Using a systems based approach we show there are many opportunities for improving the effectiveness of BPEC tools. In particular, if the building stock is going to meet future energy and climate change targets the system driving building energy efficiency will need to become more efficient. In order to achieve this goal, building performance standards across Europe are compared highlighting the most effective strategies where they are found. It is shown that the large variance between estimated and actual energy performance from dwellings in the UK may be preventing the adoption of bottom-up energy efficiency measures. We show that despite popular belief, SAP and RdSAP do not estimate building energy efficiency but instead attempt to estimate the cost-effective performance of a building and thus create perverse incentives that may lead to additional CO 2 emissions. In this regard, the SAP standard confounds cost-effectiveness, energy efficiency and environmental performance giving an inadequate estimate of all three policy objectives. Important contributions for improving measurement, analysis, synthesis and certification of building performance characteristics are offered. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

Leith, P, Jacobs, B, Brown, PR & Nelson, R 2012, 'A Participatory Assessment of NRM Capacity to Inform Policy and Practice: Cross-Scale Evaluation of Enabling and Constraining Factors', Society & Natural Resources, vol. 25, no. 8, pp. 775-793.
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The capacity of private landholders to manage natural resources is constrained and enabled by diverse, interconnected, and changing factors, which vary substantially across time and space. This context dependence of capacity makes it both a useful construct and a difficult one to evaluate, which makes targeting investment in capacity building across scales difficult. We detail results of a transferrable, place-based process for evaluating capacity of private land managers to manage natural resources across scales in New South Wales, Australia. A livelihoods approach was used to enable land managers to define, describe, and evaluate locally relevant indicators of NRM capacity. Constraints to capacity were perceived as externally imposed or related to poor vertical linkages between land managers and government agencies. Conversely, local characteristics of regional organizations, communities and individuals were often described as enabling capacity. There was substantial consistency across workshops and there were widespread indications of declining capacity to contribute to effective NRM. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

May, D, Prior, T, Cordell, D & Giurco, D 2012, 'Peak Minerals: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Application', Natural Resources Research, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 43-60.
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This article reviews the theoretical foundations for the concept of peak minerals; drawing on similarities and differences with peak oil as modelled using Hubbert style curves. Whilst several studies have applied peak modelling to selected minerals, discussion of the appropriateness of using Hubbert style curves in the minerals context remains largely unexplored. Our discussion focuses on a comparison between oil and minerals, on the key variables: rates of discovery, estimates of ultimately recoverable resources and demand and production trends. With respect to minerals, there are several obstacles which complicate the application of Hubbert style curves to the prediction of future mineral production, including the lack of accurate discovery data, the effect of uncertain reserve estimates, and varying ore quality and quantity. Another notable difference is that while oil is often combusted during use, minerals are used to make metals which are inherently recyclable. Notwithstanding, by using a range of estimates of resources and/or reserves, a period of time can be identified which indicates when a peak in minerals production may occur. This information may then be used to plan for a transition from using a potentially constrained resource, to using substitutes if available, or to reducing demand for that mineral in society. © 2011 International Association for Mathematical Geology.

McLellan, BC, Corder, GD, Giurco, DP & Ishihara, KN 2012, 'Renewable energy in the minerals industry: a review of global potential', JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, vol. 32, no. 2012, pp. 32-44.
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This paper examines the major minerals producing countries and the potential that local energy mix and renewable energy resources have for lowering the impact of the industry, with respect to carbon dioxide emissions. Furthermore, it seeks to estimate the potential for new technologies, energy efficiency and demand-side measures to reduce emissions. Of total carbon dioxide emissions, 71% arise from fossil fuels used in thermal applications and 29% from indirect electricity generation. We find the highest theoretical potential for reduction of emissions from thermal applications is from the increased use of renewable biofuels and charcoal instead of fossil fuels (up to 46% of total industry net emissions), while conversion of various applications to use renewable hydrogen may reduce emissions by 28%. Electricity generation emissions could be 'substantially reduced' by switching to electricity generation from cleaner sources, with hydropower a key potential contributor (reduction of 22% of total industry emissions). Solar thermal and electrical production may only be capable of 2-7% reduction in the industry's emissions. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Memary, R, Giurco, D, Mudd, G & Mason, L 2012, 'Life cycle assessment: a time-series analysis of copper', JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, vol. 33, pp. 97-108.
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This paper presents a time-series Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach to examine the historical environmental impacts associated with copper mining and smelting in Australia from 1940 to 2008. It uses cradle-to-gate LCA models to estimate impacts from the five largest Australian copper mines, incorporating changes in ore grade and differences in technologies and regional energy sources. Using copper as an example of the different life-cycle impacts of metals, this study demonstrates the influence of both temporal and spatial factors. For mine/smelters, results show that the carbon footprint of copper produced at all sites over the time period investigated ranges from 2.5 to 8.5 kg CO 2-eq./kg Cu and the difference between different locations in any given year can be up to 6 kg CO 2-eq./kg Cu. The estimated impact potentials derived from the LCA models for Australia's largest mine/smelter at Olympic Dam are then compared to impacts reported by mine operators for global warming potential and acidification. The results of the LCA analysis indicate the importance of considering time-varying parameters and highlight an opportunity to use LCA models more broadly for assessing future technology and energy options in the mineral sector. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Miyake, S, Renouf, M, Peterson, A, McAlpine, C & Smith, C 2012, 'Land-use and environmental pressures resulting from current and future bioenergy crop expansion: A review', Journal of Rural Studies, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 650-658.
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Mohr, SH, Mudd, GM & Giurco, D 2012, 'Lithium Resources and Production: Critical Assessment and Global Projections', MINERALS, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 65-84.
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© 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This paper critically assesses if accessible lithium resources are sufficient for expanded demand due to lithium battery electric vehicles. The ultimately recoverable resources (URR) of lithium globally were estimated at between 19.3 (Case 1) and 55.0 (Case 3) Mt Li; Best Estimate (BE) was 23.6 Mt Li. The Mohr 2010 model was modified to project lithium supply. The Case 1 URR scenario indicates sufficient lithium for a 77% maximum penetration of lithium battery electric vehicles in 2080 whereas supply is adequate to beyond 2200 in the Case 3 URR scenario. Global lithium demand approached a maximum of 857 kt Li/y, with a 100% penetration of lithium vehicles, 3.5 people per car and 10 billion population.

MOY, C 2012, 'Rainwater Tank Households: Water Savers or Water Users?', Geographical Research, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 204-216.
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AbstractThis paper provides the first published post‐installation analysis of retrofitted rainwater tanks and their effects on mains water consumption. The study aimed to determine the average mains water reductions achieved in households with recently installed rainwater tanks and compare this figure with wider community consumption. The social and cultural impacts of rainwater tank ownership were also explored to understand how rainwater is used and perceived. The results show that during the period of analysis, the drought years of 2005–2007, 7125 or 8% of Illawarra households installed a tank. Comparison of mains water consumption for two years before and after installation shows that rainwater tank households reduced their mains water consumption about the same amount (10.26%) as the wider community (10.8%). The social and cultural components reveal three main groups of households. The largest group, water users, had a desire for water autonomy and independence to continue previously enjoyed water practices that had been restricted. Among a light green group, tanks were part of a package of overtly pro‐environmental behaviours that did not necessarily change consumption patterns. A frugal group, many of whom had been raised in rural areas, were the main water savers. Perception of tank water quality was shown to be an influential determinant of how rainwater was used, particularly for connections internal to the house. This study shows that rainwater tanks have the potential to achieve significant water savings, but if water‐intensive behaviours are not modified, and rainwater tanks are not plumbed indoors, the potential of this alternative water source will not be met. Currently, rainwater tanks facilitate water users as much as water savers.

Mukheibir, P, Stewart, RA, Giurco, D & O'Halloran, K 2012, 'Understanding non-registration in domestic water meters: Implications for meter replacement strategies', Water, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 95-100.

Neset, T-SS & Cordell, D 2012, 'Global phosphorus scarcity: identifying synergies for a sustainable future', JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, vol. 92, no. 1, pp. 2-6.
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Global food production is dependent on constant inputs of phosphorus. In the current system this phosphorus is not predominantly derived from organic recycled waste, but to a large degree from phosphate-rock based mineral fertilisers. However, phosphate rock is a finite resource that cannot be manufactured. Our dependency therefore needs to be addressed from a sustainability perspective in order to ensure global food supplies for a growing global population. The situation is made more urgent by predictions that, for example, the consumption of resource intensive foods and the demand for biomass energy will increase. The scientific and societal debate has so far been focussed on the exact timing of peak phosphorus and on when the total depletion of the global reserves will occur. Even though the timing of these events is important, all dimensions of phosphorus scarcity need to be addressed in a manner which acknowledges linkages to other sustainable development challenges and which takes into consideration the synergies between different sustainability measures. Many sustainable phosphorus measures have positive impacts on other challenges; for example, shifting global diets to more plant-based foods would not only reduce global phosphorus consumption, but also reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce nitrogen fertiliser demand and reduce water consumption. © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry.

Patrick Thomson, PT, Rob Hope, RH & Tim Foster, TF 2012, 'Is silence golden? Of mobiles, monitoring, and rural water supplies', Waterlines, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 280-292.
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Reliable and cost-effective monitoring of rural water supply infrastructure has long been hampered by the geographical curse of dispersed and low-income populations, and weak institutional performance. Recent advances in monitoring technology combined with mobile network expansion into rural areas has created an opportunity to bypass these seemingly intractable challenges. Mobile-enhanced technologies have the potential to produce data that is orders of magnitude richer, faster, and cheaper than that provided by traditional monitoring methods, which require costly field visits. However, more data does not equate to better data; information generated by crowdsourced and automated systems each has its respective limitations. We propose a framework for analysing monitoring and surveillance systems, which can help assess the strengths and weaknesses of different emerging approaches. We suggest that these advancements present an opportunity to fundamentally change the way we consider and conduct rural water supply monitoring. © Practical Action Publishing, 2012.

Peterseim, J 2012, 'Solar tower ISCC: Stacking up the benefits (Part 1)', CSP Today, vol. 13 April.

Peterseim, J 2012, 'Solar tower ISCC: Stacking up the benefits (Part 2)', CSP Today, vol. 18 May.

Peterseim, J, Tadros, A, White, S & Hellwig, U 2012, 'Creating solar and natural gas synergies', Gas Today Australia, vol. February, pp. 62-64.

Plant, R, Walker, J, Rayburg, S, Gothe, J & Leung, T 2012, 'The Wild Life of Pesticides: urban agriculture, institutional responsibility, and the future of biodiversity in Sydney's Hawkesbury-Nepean River', AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 75-91.
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Agricultural chemicals are a notoriously intractable source of environmental pollution. Offering enhanced agricultural productivity, they simultaneously risk degrading the ecological basis upon which agriculture depends. This paper considers chemicalisation as a cause of the erosion of aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem resilience, focusing on the Hawkesbury-Nepean River and the small-scale horticulturalists who supply the city's fresh vegetable markets, working under the pressure of urbanisation, retail monopolies, indifferent land-use planning, and often without access to information about pesticide use in the languages they understand. Arguing that standard practices of 'risk management' are unable to adequately control chemical contamination, the paper presents findings from interviews with actors within the 'assemblage' of institutions with responsibility for agriculture, water quality, and environmental protection, in order to assess the effectiveness of pesticide governance in the Greater Sydney Basin. It appears that pesticide pollution is far from being tamed: it is rarely measured nor monitored, neither is it a priority of any particular agency. Arguing that public health, the long-term viability of local farming and the ecological well-being of the Hawkesbury-Nepean River are mutually consistent goals, we conclude that these vital elements of the common-weal are currently subject to a system of 'organised irresponsibility'. The paper concludes by proposing several ways forward. © 2012 Copyright Geographical Society of New South Wales Inc.

Prior, J & Crofts, P 2012, 'Effects of sex premises on neighbourhoods: Residents, local planning and the geographies of a controversial land use', NEW ZEALAND GEOGRAPHER, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 130-140.
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The paper examines 284 resident submissions to sex premises planning processes, and a survey of 401 residents living near sex premises in New South Wales, Australia, to investigate resident concerns about the effect of sex premises on local environs, and how these concerns inform resident views on the spatial ordering of sex premises. The investigation found that there was a discrepancy between the views of the broader residential population and the views of participants in planning processes. The investigation suggests that geographers need to consider more deeply the connections between residents, planning and the geographies of this controversial land use. © 2012 The Authors. New Zealand Geographer © 2012 New Zealand Geographical Society.

Prior, J, Boydell, S & Hubbard, P 2012, 'Nocturnal Rights to the City: Property, Propriety and Sex Premises in Inner Sydney', URBAN STUDIES, vol. 49, no. 8, pp. 1837-1852.
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Questions of property rights are central to the organisation of urban space yet remain weakly theorised in the context of sexuality. Tracing battles over spaces of commercial sex in inner Sydney, this paper argues that particular claims to privacy and property underpin exclusionary actions restricting the boundaries of sexual citizenship. However, the paper also notes the potential for the emergence of 'sexual commons' where claims to an enhanced notion of sexual citizenship can be made. The paper concludes that property rights consist of overlapping and complex claims to space in which questions of sexuality and the sanctity of family life are often brought to the fore. In arguing this, the paper demonstrates that property rights constitute a key mechanism in the management and regulation of the (nocturnal) city. © 2011 Urban Studies Journal Limited.

Prior, JH & Blessi, GT 2012, 'Social Capital, Local Communities and Culture-led Urban Regeneration Processes: The Sydney Olympic Park Experience', Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 78-96.
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Culture has become increasingly important in regeneration processes designed to deal with urban futures. Urban regeneration processes in which culture has played a prominent role range from large-scale public investments in cultural facilities and artefacts as ‘hallmarks’ of urban regeneration projects (e.g. Guggenheim Bilbao), through to the use of ‘one shot’ cultural events such as the Olympic Games as a catalyst and engine for regenerating urban areas. The aim of this paper is to examine the association between social capital (SC), local communities and the culture-led regeneration process at Sydney Olympic Park (SOP), New South Wales, Australia. The catalyst for the transformation of an industrial wasteland into SOP was the awarding of the Olympics to Sydney in 1993. A convenience sample of 47 professional reports associated with the regeneration process at SOP between 1993 and 2010 were analyzed, the aim being to understand how local communities had been linked to the regeneration process through SC. Results from the analysis identified three principal associations between SC, local communities and the ongoing SOP regeneration process. The first association related to how, during the early years of the regeneration process, SC was used as a means of expressing concern about how governance mechanisms implemented at SOP might adversely impact the ability of local communities to engage in decision making that affected their local environment. The second related to the use of community development programs to build SC in local communities through the SOP development. The third related to a call for the development of measures to understand how the development of SOP impacts on the SC in local communities. Eight in-depth interviews with professionals involved in the regeneration process were used to provide further insights into the three principal associations. The paper discusses findings through reference to broader arguments surrounding the ...

Prior, JH & Cusack, CM 2012, 'Identity and Ruins: Personal Integration and Urban Disintegration Understood Through a Touristic Lens', LITERATURE AND AESTHETICS, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 156-170.
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In the 1970s, scholars of the (natural and built) environment tended to explore the deep connections between personal identity and the landscape, defined as 'the arrangement in physical space of artefacts and activity,' with reference to relatively stable and traditional phenomena such as family, religion, and social structures. While it was acknowledged that humans engage in relational processes with their environment(s) and that individual and social identity can alter as a result of changes in the physical setting in which it was acted out, the normative dimensions of human interactions with spaces and the consensus meanings associated with what James S. Duncan, Jr called 'very public landscapes' received disproportionate attention. This contrasted sharply with the radical approach adopted by scholars of tourism in the very same decade

Prior, T, Giurco, D, Mudd, G, Mason, L & Behrisch, J 2012, 'Resource depletion, peak minerals and the implications for sustainable resource management', GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 577-587.
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Today's global society is economically, socially and culturally dependent on minerals and metals. While metals are recyclable, terrestrial mineral deposits are by definition 'non-renewable' over human timescales and their stocks are thus finite. This raises the spectre of 'peak minerals' - the time at which production from terrestrial ores can no longer rise to meet demand and where a maximum (peak) production occurs. Peak minerals prompts a focus on the way minerals can be sustainably used in the future to ensure the services they provide to global society can be maintained. As peak minerals approaches (and is passed in some cases), understanding and monitoring the dynamics of primary mineral production, recycling and dematerialisation, in the context of national and global discussions about mineral resources demand and the money earned from their sale, will become essential for informing and establishing mechanisms for sustainable mineral governance and use efficiency into the future. Taking a cross-scale approach, this paper explores the economic and productivity impacts of peak minerals, and how changes in the mineral production profile are influenced not only by technological and scarcity factors, but also by environmental and social constraints. Specifically we examine the impacts of peak minerals in Australia, a major global minerals supplier, and the consequences for the Asia-Pacific region, a major destination for Australia's minerals. This research has profound implications for local and regional/global sustainability of mineral and metal use. The focus on services is useful for encouraging discussion of transitions in how such services can be provided in a future more sustainable economy, when mineral availability is constrained. The research also begins to address the question of how we approach the development of strategies to maximise returns from mineral wealth over generations. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.

Riedy, C 2012, 'Sustainable Development and Climate Change', JOURNAL OF FUTURES STUDIES, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 97-106.

Teske, S & Hoffmann, VU 2012, 'A History of Support for Solar Photovoltaics in Germany', Renewable Energy Policy and Politics: A Handbook for Decision-making, pp. 229-240.

Thomson, P, Hope, R & Foster, T 2012, 'GSM-enabled remote monitoring of rural handpumps: a proof-of-concept study', Journal of Hydroinformatics, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 829-839.
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The continued expansion of mobile network coverage in rural Africa provides an opportunity for simple and low-cost hydroinformatic innovations to measure and transmit data on handpump use for policy and management improvements. We design, build and test a Waterpoint Data Transmitter to determine its robustness, functionality and scalability. Results demonstrate that this novel application using simple microprocessor, accelerometer and global system for mobile communications (GSM) components has significant potential in recording graduated time-step information flows of lever pumps which can be modelled into a reasonable water volume use approximation. Given the systemic informational deficit for rural waterpoints in Africa, where one in three handpumps is likely to be non-functioning, this innovation has the potential to provide universal, low-cost and immediate data to guide timely maintenance responses and planning decisions, as well as drive greater accountability and transparency in donor and government behaviour.

Ward, JD, Mohr, SH, Myers, BR & Nel, WP 2012, 'High estimates of supply constrained emissions scenarios for long-term climate risk assessment', Energy Policy, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 598-604.
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The simulated effects of anthropogenic global warming have become important in many fields and most models agree that significant impacts are becoming unavoidable in the face of slow action. Improvements to model accuracy rely primarily on the refinement of parameter sensitivities and on plausible future carbon emissions trajectories. Carbon emissions are the leading cause of global warming, yet current considerations of future emissions do not consider structural limits to fossil fuel supply, invoking a wide range of uncertainty. Moreover, outdated assumptions regarding the future abundance of fossil energy could contribute to misleading projections of both economic growth and climate change vulnerability. Here we present an easily replicable mathematical model that considers fundamental supply-side constraints and demonstrate its use in a stochastic analysis to produce a theoretical upper limit to future emissions. The results show a significant reduction in prior uncertainty around projected long term emissions, and even assuming high estimates of all fossil fuel resources and high growth of unconventional production, cumulative emissions tend to align to the current medium emissions scenarios in the second half of this century. This significant finding provides much-needed guidance on developing relevant emissions scenarios for long term climate change impact studies. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

Anderson, P, Wonson, J, Dartnall, WJ & ASME 1970, 'RIGOROUS DESIGN PROCESS FOR A GROUNDWATER PUMP FOR LOW-YIELD WATER WELLS: A CASE STUDY', PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION 2010, VOL 3, PTS A AND B, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, Vancouver, CANADA, pp. 787-796.

Carrard, N, Willetts, J & Retamal, M 1970, 'Making the case for a yellow economy: costing urine diversion for a new urban area in Vietnam', World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden.

Cordell, DJ 1970, 'Global phosphorus security and food production', Proceedings of the Population Health Congress 2012, Limits to Growth, Ecology and Public Health: Population Health Congress 2012, AEA, AFPHM, AHPA, PHAA (four host Australasian health organisations), Adelaide, Australia.

Cordell, DJ 1970, 'Peak Phosphorus: Sustainable management of a critical global resource for food production', Proceedings of Rhizopolis, Rhizopolis, INRA (National Agricultural Research Institute), Montpellier, France.

Cordell, DJ 1970, 'Phosphorus in the food system: Challenges and opportunities', Proceedings of the 3rd Sustainable Phosphorus Summit, 3rd Sustainable Phosphorus Summit: Developing a Blueprint for Global Phosphorus Security, Global Phosphorus Research Initiative, Sydney, Australia.

Dartnall, WJ, Reizes, J & ASME 1970, 'DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE TEACHING MATERIALS THAT USE MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS IN ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS', PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION (IMECE 2010), VOL 6, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, ASME, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, pp. 347-356.
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Traditionally, Engineering Thermodynamics is presented to undergraduate mechanical engineering students from a classical viewpoint. The emphasis in the courses is on analyzing processes involving bulk thermodynamic properties of materials to ascertain the performance of systems of significant size such as internal combustion engines, steam boiler power plants, vapour compression refrigeration systems, gas compressors etc. This emphasis may need to change so that mechanical engineers gain a better understanding of areas such as nanotechnology, fuel cells, photovoltaic cells and solid state electronics. A further need for change, is because thermodynamics, as a subject, has a reputation that many students apply formulae in a rote-like manner and struggle to understand the underlying physics and practicalities. One of our innovations is to use simple one and two dimensional hard sphere simulations to demonstrate the validity of such basic constants as Avogadroâs Number and the Boltzman constant, and then visually demonstrate the ideal gas equation explaining concepts such as temperature and pressure and the way in which they relate to the volume containing a specified number of molecules. The underlying mechanical/physical reasons for the idealizations and processes of thermodynamics can be visually demonstrated by simple hard sphere models in ways that are related to mechanics. We outline some examples of simple simulations and innovative teaching materials that model the molecular (microscopic) behaviour on which macroscopic thermodynamic behaviour depends. Initial trials of some of the ideas that have appeared in past congress papers have been or are currently being trialed. These trials have revealed how students tend to follow the ârote learning of formulae and procedure approach❠rather than the âphysical understanding❠approach.

Dartnall, WJ, Reizes, JA & ASME 1970, 'MOLECULAR DYNAMIC COMPUTER SIMULATION MODELS FOR TEACHING THERMODYNAMIC PRINCIPLES', PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION, 2011, VOL 5, International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, ASME, Denver, Colorado, pp. 259-268.
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Modern mechanical engineers need to learn more than the traditional classical approaches to thermodynamics and heat transfer. Matter is comprised of molecules and in many situations the behavior of these molecules may be modeled using hard spheres whose motion is governed by Newtonian mechanics. This is particularly true in those situations involving relatively low density gases, that are valuable in introducing the concepts of thermodynamics. This paper presents some models that have been developed using simple-to-use software that students can handle in a time-efficient way during class-room situations, using only Newtonian Mechanics. Experience indicates that students have many conceptual difficulties when studying engineering thermodynamics. Simple molecular dynamic approaches promise to give students a more intuitive understanding of these thermal areas.

Delaney, CC & Fam, DM 1970, 'The meaning of rainwater: using practice theory to analyse household rainwater consumption', Proceedings of Tapping the Turn conference: social dimensions of water management, Tapping the Turn: social dimensions of water management, Australian National University (ANU), Hedley Bull Centre, Australian National University, Canberrra.

Fletcher, S, Gero, A, Rumsey, M, Willetts, JR, Daly, J, Buchan, J, Thiessen, J & Kuruppu, N 1970, 'Understanding adaptive capacity to emergencies in the Pacific in the context of climate change', National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility's (NCCARF's) Climate Adaptation in Action 2012: Sharing knowledge to adapt, Melbourne, Australia.

Gero, A 1970, 'Regional synthesis report: Pacific Regional Progress in DRM since 2009', 4th Session of the Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management, Noumea, New Caledonia.

Kuruppu, N, Mukheibir, P, Murta, J, Gero, A, Brennan, T & Chong, J 1970, 'Enhancing the adaptive capacity of Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Australia to climate change and variability', Climate Adaptation in Action 2012: Sharing knowledge to adapt, Climate Adaptation in Action 2012: Sharing knowledge to adapt, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF), Melbourne, Australia.

Kuwahata, R, Martensen, N, Ackermann, T & Teske, S 1970, 'The role of microgrids in accelerating energy access', 2012 3rd IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT Europe), 2012 3rd IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT Europe), IEEE, Berlin, Germany, pp. 1-9.
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Mohr, SH 1970, 'Forecasting fossil fuels', Australian Academy of Science, Australian Frontiers of Science Conference: Science for a Green Economy, Sydney, Australia.

Mohr, SH & Evans, G 1970, 'The future of unconventional oil (slides)', The 10th Annual ASPO Conference:, Vienna, Austria.

Mohr, SH & Evans, G 1970, 'The future of unconventional oil (video)', The 10th Annual APSO Conference, Vienna, Austria.

Mukheibir, P 1970, 'Overcoming cross-scale barriers to local government adaptation in Australia - workshop presentation', Workshop on Barriers to Adaptation to Climate Change, Chameleon Research Group, Berlin, Germany.

Mukheibir, P 1970, 'Water efficiency - Yesterday's magic potion? (Keynote address)', savewater! NSW Members' Forum, Sydney, Australia.

Mukheibir, P, Kuruppu, N, Gero, A & Herriman, J 1970, 'Cross-scale barriers to climate change adaptation in local government, Australia', National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility's (NCCARF's) Climate Adaptation in Action 2012: Sharing knowledge to adapt, Melbourne, Australia.

Mukheibir, P, Mitchell, CA, McKibbin, JL, Komatsu, R, Ryan, H & Fitzgerald, C 1970, 'Adaptive planning for resilient urban water systems under an uncertain future', Proceedings of OzWater'12 'Sharing Knowledge, Planning the Future', Australian Water Association Convention - Ozwater, Australian Water Association (AWA), Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-8.
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Water planners are familiar with some form of variability in climate and demand. However, the uncertainty associated with the frequency and magnitude of the variations, coupled with broader performance expectations, means that long term deterministic planning needs to give way to a new approach. The structured adaptive planning process proposed in this paper aims to meet those objectives and accommodate the uncertainty in the future by developing a portfolio of measures that are both flexible to gradual changes in trends and robust to sudden shocks. A step-by-step process of the planning framework is presented. This is followed by a case study of the inputs and results based on its implementation by the Melbourne water businesses.

Mukheibir, P, Mitchell, CA, McKibbin, JL, Komatsu, R, Ryan, H & Fitzgerald, C 1970, 'Planning for adaptive urban water systems under an uncertain future', Climate Adaptation in Action 2012: Sharing knowledge to adapt, Climate Adaptation in Action 2012: Sharing knowledge to adapt, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF), Melbourne, Australia.

Oliva, S & MacGill, I 1970, 'Social and private valuations of commercial photovoltaic systems in Australia', 2012 22nd Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference Green Smart Grid Systems Aupec 2012, 22nd Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC) - Green Smart Grid Systems, IEEE, Bali, INDONESIA.
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Commercial distributed PV systems present different economic values for each stakeholders in the electricity industry. While societal valuations are driven by PV performance and environmental cost, the private value depend on commercial arrangements between participants and PV policies. These estimations can play an important role helping to tailor PV policies that maximize PV benefits for industry participants. In this paper we assess the current and future social and private value of a particular commercial PV system for the society, retailers, DNSPs and PV customers using different pricing arrangements and carbon cost scenarios. Our results show that the economic value varies considerably for stakeholders, that the system is socially beneficial and that payback periods for PV owners range from 8 to 10 years. © 2012 Institut Teknologi Sepulul.

Oliva, SJ & MacGill, IF 1970, 'Assessing the impact of household PV systems on the profits of all electricity industry participants', 2012 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2012 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting. New Energy Horizons - Opportunities and Challenges, IEEE, pp. 1-7.
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The recent rapid growth in distributed PV deployment within countries including Australia is now raising important and challenging questions regarding the societal value of PV and the most appropriate policy options to drive appropriate deployment. A key issue is how the costs and benefits of PV systems are currently shared between different industry participants including of course customers who deploy PV, but also their retailers and network service providers and, more broadly again, other energy customers and large centralized generation. The interaction of different PV support policies such as feed-in tariffs is a further complication. This paper presents a study attempting to estimate the operational revenue and costs associated with household PV systems for these industry participants within the Australian State of NSW under current market arrangements and PV support policies. Our results suggest that customer deployment of PV seems likely to have most impacts on the operating profits of their retailers but potentially significant adverse impacts on their distribution network service providers. The methodology and results has potentially important implications for retail market arrangements and PV policy support. © 2012 IEEE.

Peterseim, J, Hellwig, U, Guthikonda, M & Widera, P 1970, 'Quick start-up auxiliary boiler / heater - Optimizing solar thermal plant performance', Proceedings of the SolarPACES 2012 Conference: Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2012 Conference: Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES, Marrakech, Morocco, pp. 1-8.

Peterseim, J, White, S, Hellwig, U, Tadros, A & Klostermann, F 1970, 'Concentrated solar power - Energy from waste hybrid plants: Creating synergies', Proceedings of the SolarPACES 2012 Conference - Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2012 Conference - Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES (Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems), Marrakech, Morocco, pp. 1-10.

Plant, R, Prior, TD & Taylor, C 1970, 'Recognising broader benefits of aquatic ecosystems in Australian water planning: an ecosystem services approach', 1st International IS.Rivers Conference 'Integrative Sciences and sustainable development of rivers', Lyon, France.

Riedy, C 1970, 'Psychology of sustainable behaviour', Invited presentation to Climate Change Community of Practice at the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Sydney, Australia.

Riedy, C 1970, 'The self, the system and the group: Three contexts for changing consumption practices', Proceedings of the 18th International Sustainable Development Research Conference, 18th International Sustainable Development Research Conference: People, Progress and Environmental Protection, International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS), Hull, England.

Riedy, C 1970, 'Zero carbon homes: Leading practice and pathways forward', Keynote address at Ecoforum 2012, Sydney, Australia.

Riedy, C & Ross, K 1970, 'The emerging social practices of collaborative consumption: A new digital infrastructure for social change?', Proceedings of Beyond Behaviour Change Symposium, Beyond Behaviour Change Symposium, RMIT, RMIT, Melbourne.

Roser, HM & Dartnall, WJ 1970, 'A Framework for Enhancing Outside-the-box Thinking in Engineering Design, Demonstrated on a Case Study', Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, ASME Publishing, Houston, Texas, USA, pp. 1-10.
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This paper introduces a framework for enhancing creative thinking in engineering design. As a flexible methodology, the proposed Creative Engineering Design (CED) framework integrates a new concept development tool, the Concept Assessment Taxonomy (CAT), which constitutes the core of the proposed methodology. By combining the procedures of concept generation, evaluation and selection in a single matrix, the CAT aims to systematize and simplify the overall conceptualization process, while delivering design process transparency. Early trials have shown the effectiveness of the CED framework in offering procedural guidance and a better comprehension of the multifaceted nature of engineering design. It complements well-established textbook-methods in an effort to reduce ad-hoc and trial-and-error approaches, while minimizing decision-making based on intuition and guesswork. In order to demonstrate its usefulness within a real world context, the proposed methodology is applied to a case study in the field of mechanical design: a new mechanical fuel injection system capable of curbing small engine emissions.

Ross, K, Dunstan, C & Usher, J 1970, 'Developing Solutions for EV Deployment: The Electric Driveway Project', Australian Alliance to Save Energy 2012 Summer Study, Sydney, Australia.

Willetts, J 1970, 'The limits of participation: the case of community management of rural water supply', Participatory Development Conference, ACFID University Network Conference, Canberra.

Willetts, J, Paddon, M, Nam Nguyen Dinh Giang Nam, Trung Nguyen Hieu Trung & Carrard, N 1970, 'Sustainability assessment of sanitation options in Vietnam: planning with the future in Mind', International Water Association (IWA) Development Congress, Kuala Lumpur.

Baumann, C, Asker, SA, Giurco, D, Peterseim, J & White, S Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2012, Eco-industrial transition: A vision for economic and socio-ecological renewal at Swanbank, pp. 1-29, Sydney, Australia.

Carrard, NR & Wangmo, D SNV Netherlands Development Organisation 2012, Legal and institutional arrangements for urban sanitation and hygiene in Bhutan, pp. 1-38.
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This review explores the legal and institutional frameworks guiding urban sanitation and hygiene in Bhutan. It was commissioned in April 2012 to inform the Sustainable Sanitation and Hygiene for All in Small Towns (SSH4A in Small Towns) programme being undertaken by SNV Bhutan and the Ministry of Works and Human Settlements (MoWHS). This review is the product of a desktop review and consultations with key informants to assess the policy, legal and institutional arrangements for urban sanitation and hygiene in Bhutan, with a particular focus on situation in smaller urban centres.

Carrard, NR, Paddon, M, Willetts, JR & Moore, DD Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2012, Poverty dimensions of water and sanitation services and climate vulnerability in Can Tho City, pp. 1-42, Sydney.

Chong, J, Asker, SA, O'Rourke, A & White, S Australian Business Foundation Ltd 2012, Green Chrysalis - Small and medium-sized enterprises: innovation and transformation towards Australia's low-carbon economy, pp. 1-91, Sydney.

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Cordell, DJ, Moore, DD, Gero, A, Herriman, J, Mason, LM & White, S Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2012, Sustainability costs and challenges of waste management and mitigation in Australia: Technical report, pp. 1-51, Sydney, Australia.

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Crawford, P & Willetts, JR 2012, Past reflections: future plans. An independent evaluation of AusAID’s support to rural WASH in Timor Leste.

Downes, J & Friedlander, J Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2012, Response to the Draft Appendix in the Australian Dietary Guidelines: Through an Environmental Lens, pp. 1-13, Sydney.

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Gero, A & Asker, S 2012, The Role of Child and Youth Participation in Development Effectiveness: A literature review, pp. 1-15.

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Gero, A, Willetts, JR, Daly, J, Buchan, J, Rumsey, M, Fletcher, SM & Kuruppu, N Institute for Sustainable Futures and WHO Collaborating Centre, UTS 2012, Background Review: Disaster Response System of Four Pacific Island Countries, pp. 1-66, Sydney, Australia.

Gero, A, Willetts, JR, Daly, J, Buchan, J, Rumsey, M, Fletcher, SM & Kuruppu, N Institute for Sustainable Futures and WHO Collaborating Centre, UTS 2012, Projected climate change impacts in the Pacific: A summary, pp. 1-22, Sydney, Australia.

Hamlyn- Harris, D, Mitchell, CA, Abeysuriya, K & Turner, AJ Bligh Tanner Consulting Engineers and Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2012, Study of local alternative water supplies: Discussion paper, pp. 1-82, Brisbane, Australia.

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Herriman, J, Asker, SA, Gero, A, Cordell, DJ, Moore, DD & White, S Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2012, Waste Futures: Workshop report. Technical report, pp. 1-40, Sydney, Australia.

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