Arts and Social Sciences Papers
This collection houses research from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Waikato.
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Developing a core outcome set for future infertility research: an international consensus development study† ‡.
(Oxford University Press, 2020)STUDY QUESTION: Can a core outcome set to standardize outcome selection, collection and reporting across future infertility research be developed? SUMMARY ANSWER: A minimum data set, known as a core outcome set, has been ... -
“Just wrong”, “disgusting”, “grotesque”: How to deal with public rejection of new potentially life-saving technologies
(Routledge, 2021)This chapter begins by explaining how PAM was supposed to work and how public expressions of moral repugnance led to the project being shut down. It then introduces and explains the psychology of moral repugnance and ... -
'Look up here, I'm in heaven': how visual and performance artist David Jones called attention to his physical death
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)Death constitutes an end to consciousness for the departed, while for the living it represents an event out there in a world of objects. The memory of David Bowie as a celebrity was certain to live on via documented images, ... -
Political inclusion as a means of generating Justice for children
(University of Minho, 2020)I argue that the position of children can be improved by ensuring them political representation, through inclusion in democratic processes. Embedding children as equal participants in democratic processes is likely to ... -
A systematic review of approaches for modelling current and future impacts of extreme rainfall events using green infrastructure
(2020)A range of modelling approaches has been developed to assess how green infrastructure could mitigate the effects of extreme rainfall events. This paper seeks to develop this agenda by reviewing how these modelling approaches ... -
Reducing our prison population: Past failures and new approaches
(Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library, 2019)Earlier this year the Minister of Justice, Andrew Little announced the latest in a long line of reviews, taxpayer-funded summits and inter-agency, ‘wholeof-government’ projects stretching back to the late-1980s, all aimed ... -
Is it about a typewriter? Brian O’Nolan and technologies of inscription
(2020)This article brings Friedrich Kittler’s media determinism to bear on a selection of works from Brian O’Nolan’s oeuvre. It briefly examines Myles na gCopaleen’s play with posthuman hybrids in Cruiskeen Lawn, seeing his ... -
Firm foundations or castles in sand: The shifting sources of flood risk and the implications for flood governance: An english case study
(Springer, 2014)This chapter will provide an overview and analysis of the experiences of flooding in England since the end of the twentieth century with a view to informing debate in other countries. A critical reflection on the events ... -
Resilience and housing markets: Who is it really for?
(Elsevier, 2019)Ten years after the Global Financial Crisis, this research examines how resilience theory and rhetoric relating to the economy and housing markets has been translated into policy and practice. The methodology involves a ... -
Effectiveness of a low‐dose mindfulness‐based intervention for alleviating distress in young unemployed adults
(Wiley, 2020)While the effectiveness of mindfulness‐based interventions (MBIs) with respect to distress has been widely researched, unemployed individuals, who often suffer from high levels of distress, have largely been neglected in ... -
Sea level rise, homeownership, and residential real estate markets in South Florida
(Informa UK LimitedTaylor and Francis, 2020)This article builds on a small but rapidly growing body of research that seeks to determine the impact of sea level rise on the pricing of residential properties. Through a spatial hedonic regression analysis of real estate ... -
Local action with a global vision: The transformative potential of food social enterprises in Australia
(MDPI, 2019)There is an urgent need to make food systems more sustainable and resilient. Such a transformation goes beyond technological innovation and requires economic and social change. Research interest in the transformative ... -
Potential influence of Auckland’s growth on land use and resource use in the Waikato Region
(University of Waikato, 2014)Auckland and the Waikato region have a strong interdependent relationship and are connected physically, as well as socially, economically and culturally. At present, Auckland is growing and will continue to growth in the ... -
Insurance as maladaptation: Resilience and the "business as usual' paradox
(Sage Publications Ltd, 2016)Insurance and compensation are cited as critical elements of resilience to natural and non-natural hazards alike. As a strategy of risk management, it emphasises peace of mind, financial recompense and the swift restoration ... -
Assessing the effects of flood resilience technologies
(2013)The impacts of floods on housing in urban areas are increasing due to both the intensification of extreme weather events and the development of settlements together with the rising vulnerability of assets in areas at risk. ... -
Research Briefing: Revealing the impact of predictive models as decision support tools in environmental planning
(2018)Predictive modelling is commonly used to support decision-making in planning. This paper investigates the use, reliability, and effect of this to better understand the ways in which models influence planning policy, practice, ... -
Role of social belongingness during the post-disaster recovery
(Springer, 2020)The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has established a prime goal of eradicating all kinds of poverty, including extreme poverty which remains as a global challenge and a vital requisite for sustainable development. ... -
Drivers and temporality of internal migration in the context of slow-onset natural hazards: Insights from north-west rural Bangladesh
(Elsevier Science, 2018)This paper examines the association between slow-onset natural hazards and the temporal aspects of human mobility— that is, short-term and long-term internal migration in the context of north-west Bangladesh. The paper ... -
Bridging adaptive learning and desired natural resource management outcomes: Insights from Australian planners
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2018)Natural resource management (NRM) has been increasingly guided by governance arrangements seeking less centralized and hierarchical and more integrated and adaptive approaches to achieve desired social-ecological outcomes. ... -
Urban water metabolism information for planning water sensitive city-regions
(Elsevier, 2019)Climate change and growing populations will stretch water resources in many city-regions globally, and urbanisation will continue to degrade water quality and upset natural hydrological flows. These pressures call for ...
