School of Geography
Dissertation List
2004 (Note: an asterisk denotes a first-class mark)
Name
Title
Number
Abbott, Rachel
Evaluating the relationship between wheelchair
users and walkers: reality versus ‘celebrity
wheelchair challenge’
5186
Abdulla, Sadiqa
Palestinian identity formation: a place to call
home
5187
Acklam, Jennifer
Nelson’s historic townscape: conservation,
character and redevelopment
5188
Alden, Robert
The study of avalanche occurrence in relation to
meteorological conditions over time, with
particular reference to the Cairn Gorm mountain
5189
Allan, Charlotte
Better than life: the social and cultural
geographies of massively multilayer online roleplaying games
5190
Anderson, Simon
Television and cricket: the cultural and moral
geographies of a changing subservient
relationship
5191
Andrews,
Christopher
Cultural industries of Birmingham: the
production and consumption of music
5192
Bacon, Mark
How is the Jewellery Quarter promoted as a
Place?
5193
Bailey, Emma
Thermal characteristics of streams drawing
different water sources within a glacerised
catchment, French Pyrenees
5194
Baker, Paul
Flying to a warmer climate? An assessment of
how the aviation industry causes climate change,
and methods to reduce it
5195
Banham, Sean
Cannabis: re-classification and relocation – A
human geography perspective
5196
Barnes, Colin
How does the example of Tooley compare to
that of Ildefons Cerda’s utopian city of
egalitarianism
5197
Beacham, Joanna
Distribution of macro-invertebrates in response
to seasonal flow variations in the Lower River
Tale, East Devon
5198
Beale, Rebecca*
Assessing the use of non-timber forest products
from Kakenauwe and Lambusango forest
reserves and surrounding forest areas on Buton
Island in Sulawesi, Indonesia
5199
Bennett, Ian
The armchair soldier: news media in the 21st
Century
5200
Bennett, James
Shepherd’s pie: the great British classic? A
geographical study of food, society and culture
5201
Best, Claire*
An investigation to examine the population
dynamics of Holly Leaf Miners (phytomyza illicis):
Diptera: Agromypidae across an urban-rural
gradient in Bristol, and to determine the edgeassociated differences across the gradient
5202
Bird, Charlotte
Long-term trends and differences between the
central and eastern England precipitation series
and the Birmingham rainfall series
5203
Bird, Hannah
An investigation into peaks in Asthma admissions 5204
into hospitals in Birmingham UK, under different
levels of air quality and meteorological
conditions
Blackley, Kathryn
What factors are having the most effect on the
River Mole: climate change or urbanisation?
5205
Blythin, Matthew
Citizenship has to be done as well as learned:
the scout association and active citizenship
5206
Bohane, Rebecca*
Mating behaviour of male Natterjack Toads (Bufo 5207
Calamita)
Booker, William
A study of temporal variability in stream
temperature and energy exchange, within a
glacerised catchment, French Pyrenees
5208
Boyd, Robert
The urban heat island of Solihull, West Midlands,
UK
5209
Bramwell, Victoria
The effects and implications of changing
agricultural practices on the physical and
hydrological properties of soil
5210
Brayshaw, Sarah
What is it that makes an English vineyard
successful? Is it having the required microclimate and pedology, or how its wine is
marketed in today’s market
5211
Bridge, Adam
The environmental importance of brown-field
sites
5212
Bright, James
A study of contrasting stream characteristics and
their implications on stream ecology in the
Taillon catchment
5213
Brownlie,
Christopher
A comparison of the accuracy of the BBC and the
Meteorological Office five-day internet forecasts
5214
Burden, Hayley
Gendered gambling spaces: an investigation of
the Westcliff casino, Essex
5215
Campbell, Olivia
A spatial and temporal investigation between
discharge, suspended sediment concentration
and size within groundwater and glaciated
streams, Glacier du Taillon, French Pyrenees
The effect of roadside proximity upon peri-urban
particulate levels with consideration of local
meteorological factors
5216
Carter, Lee
5217
Cawood, Victoria
To ascertain the importance of atmospheric
conditions in the timing of spring avian migration
into Britain
5218
Clarke, Gareth
Is Croydon a city in all but name?
5219
Clayton, Catherine
Waterfront re-development in Birmingham’s city
centre
5220
Cockayne, Nicholas
Can Jersey’s tourist industry survive into the 21st
century, and what impacts will this have on the
Island’s economy as a whole
5221
Cole, Stephanie
Do particulate matter concentrations in
Birmingham influence the day of the week on
which it rains most?
5222
Coleman, Beth
The portrayal of women in adverts of women’s
magazines
5223
Cook, Martin
Does the largest aggregate producing company
in the world comply with local mineral planning
policies?
5224
Cooper, James*
A downstream comparison of the spatial trends
and variations in low flow stream power and
flood power
5225
Cooper, Richard*
The adoption of information and communication
technologies (CT’s) by small and medium sized
enterprises (SME’s). An empirical research study
of the UK lock manufacturing sector
5226
Cottell, Katherine
Public perceptions and attitudes of people living
in the Lower-Tone area of the Somerset Levels
towards the Bathmoor Wall and Stanmoor Bank
flood defence scheme
5227
Crook, Jennifer
5228
Daniels, Elizabeth*
An investigation into the beach morphodynamics of Joss Bay, Kent, in response to a
semi-diurnal tidal cycle
5229
Darby, Kelly
Examining socio-spatial variations and the New
Deal for communities role in alleviating social
exclusion
5230
Darley, Jonathan
Winning a losing battle? Transport in the Peak
District National Park
The declining prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Uganda
The role and representation of female jewellery
designers in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter
5231
Deakin, Helen
The impact of national sports upon urban and
social structures
5234
Denning, Holly
The spatial variation of rainfall over Cornwall and
Devon, South-West England
5235
Davies, Nicholas*
Dawes, Phillippa
5232
5233
Diver, Sophie
Constructed spaces? A study of civic space in
Birmingham City Centre
5236
Dosanjh, Harinder
What was the impetus behind the brutal rise of
Nazism and to what extent is this manifested in
contemporary extremist political groups?
5237
Earl, Natalie
A ‘masculinity crisis’? A case study in Reigate
police force
5238
Eden, Jonathan
Localised spatial and temporal variations in
temperature and precipitation across the
Birmingham conurbation
5239
Ellis, Terry*
Analysis of airborne particulate matter sources
and their distribution across the West Midlands
5240
Evans, Lucy
Is landscape patch shape complexity an effective
measure for plant species richness in the urban
environment?
5241
Evans, Richard
An analysis of rail service provision and
accessibility for the residents of
Chichester
5242
Faull, Daniel
Public attitudes to waste management,
concentrating on public involvement at the
Crymlyn Burrows energy from waste incinerator
5243
Ferguson, Peter
The role of urban design in achieving an urban
renaissance: a case study of Atwood Green,
Birmingham
5244
Firmin, Luke
An investigation into the relationship between
nocturnal surface temperature and street
geometry
5245
Fishwick, Tom
An analysis of coastal erosion of the Dee cliffs,
close to Thurstaston on the Wirral Peninsula,
North-West England
5246
Fletcher, Janeve
The 2001 ‘foot and mouth’ crisis: responsive
farming adaptations to ensure survival
5247
Fry, Hannah
Tenants’ perceptions of social housing as
mediated through Social Services
5248
Gamble, Richard
An investigation of stream/aquifer interaction
within the Devil’s Brook catchment, Dorset
5249
Gennard, Karen
Britain’s role in the migration of Jews between
1933 and 1950
5250
Giles, Richard
5251
Gilroy, Michael
A comparison of bird communities in three one- 5252
kilometre squared forest grids of different
disturbance classification to assess the viability
of using bird community structure as an indicator
of forest disturbance
Glover, C.
The race to become ‘European Capital of Culture
2008’
5253
Golding, Liam
Popular representations of Brazil
5254
Graham, Thomas*
The effects of grazing in ancient woodland:
ground flora changes in Savernake Forest SSSI
5255
Green, Jessica
Development, Poverty and aid in Bangladesh
5256
Greenaway, Katie
An investigative study into the nature, extent
and impact of flooding in Bathampton, Bath
5257
Gregory, Alison
Places on the margin: the national and regional
identities of people on the Welsh border
5258
Griffey, Christopher
The implications of particulate matter on
incoming radiation in the West Midlands
5259
Griffiths, Hannah
The importance of particulate organic matter on
incoming radiation in the West Midlands
5260
Griffiths, Michael
The controversial decision to turn professional in
1995 has created major inequalities in the
distribution of wealth amongst English rugby
clubs. How is this a problem, and how can it be
sorted?
5261
Hammond, Henry
An investigation into the downstream changes in
stream power and the effects of channel
migration on the River Alne, Warwickshire
Harbach, Penny
5262
5263
Hardidge, Laura
Regulation in advertising: a comparative study
5264
Harris, Paul*
The four amigos: recent Argentinian migration
to Birmingham
5265
Harrison, John
Toyota’s arrival in Derbyshire
5266
Harrison, Jody
The impact of regional shopping centres on the
future of the High Street and consumer profiles:
case study: May Hill
5267
Hartley, Sarah
Tourism in Europe, and the associated weather
patterns
5268
Hartopp, Cheryl
Margate: seaside resort turned ‘inner city? ‘ An
examination of the extent to which Margate
come to resemble an inner-city area due to
falling tourist numbers
5269
Heselwood, Amanda
Insect assemblages on creeping thistle (cirsium
arvene) on the urban –to- rural gradient
5270
Hewett, Daniel
Processes of urban development and design:
Broad Street, Birmingham
5271
Hignett, Jennifer
Spatial and temporal changes in cloud cover in
the Midlands
5272
Hillier, Michael
An investigation into variations in the synoptic
climatology of England and Wales, with
particular emphasis upon changing precipitation
patterns
5273
Hodgkinson,
Nicholas
Suspended sediment dynamics in a small glacier
catchment, French Pyrenees
5274
Hogan, Elizabeth
Coastal erosion and management on Dawlish
Warren and Exmouth
5275
Holland, Lawrence
An investigation into the effects of climate upon
two rivers in the UK
5276
Hollifield, Lisa
An analysis of the patterns and processes of
channel change through air photograph
interpretation
5277
Hook, Lucy
Tourism development in Palafrugell’s three
coastal villages
5278
Hughes, Gareth*
Developing workers’ potential within the factory
and the surrounding locality: a study of C&J
Clark Ltd., during the first half of the Twentieth
Century
5279
Hunt, Sara
The symbolic production of Fairtrade chocolate
5280
Jacques, Richard
A 21st Century urban riot: the failings and future
of the Harehill area of Leeds
5281
Jenkins, Hayley
The effect of river meander morphology on river
flow
5282
Keep, Richard
Weather forecasting and the internet: an
accurate combination?
5283
Ketenci, Cagatay
Twentieth Century earthquakes in Izmir, Western 5284
Turkey: towards the development of a culture of
earthquake prediction
Khan, Manaka
Examining Pathan women’s identities in a transnational context
5285
Kingston, Philippa
An examination of regional economic geography
through the sail manufacturing industry of the
UK
5286
Lee, Nicholas
Gender and advertising: the case of British
alcohol advertisements
5287
Leech, Iain
A post-colonial critique of film
5288
Livesley, James
An investigation into the causes of increased
residential development in Manchester city
centre
5289
Lloyd, John
Tourist behaviour and homogenisation in
Magaluf and Palma Nova: a British perspective
5290
Longstaff, Charlotte
Analysis of flood trends along the River Severn:
an investigation of changes in magnitude, timing
and whether they have changed in frequency
5291
Lowe, Kathryn
Flooding in the valley of the Sussex Ouse in
October, 2000: focussing on specific human
impacts and subsequent flood management
schemes
5292
Lundie, Rebecca
A study of the industrial backdrop of Monet’s
Waterloo Bridge paintings: identification of the
South Bank chimneys through the air pollution of
the early Twentieth Century
5293
Maccallum, Lucy
How motions in and around the Icelandic
atmosphere affect its climate
5294
Mansell, Jack
Johannesburg: a world city?
5295
Marshall, Karen*
Girls play ballet and tap-dancing, and boys like
playing football: gendered geographies of junior
school playground culture
5296
McDermott,
Dominic
McGimpsey, Lisa*
Hollywood representation of Latin America
5297
Children’s geographies of cyberspace
5298
Meredith, Sean
Global cultural influences and homogenisation at
Star City
5299
Miller, Katherine
Impacts on residents living within the zone of the 5300
recently introduced congestion charge scheme in
Central London
Mingay, Sarah-Jayne
An investigation into Leicester’s urban heat
island 1966 – 2003
5301
Moss, Elizabeth
The geography of sex and sexuality in respect of
gay and lesbian neighbourhoods, and the
presence of homosexuality within public space
5302
Moss, James
Mullen, Robert
The proposed extension of London, Luton
5303
airport: an assessment of social, environmental
and economic costs
The redevelopment of a post-industrial city: case 5304
study: Birmingham
Naylor, Gabrielle*
Urban regeneration in Croydon
Newman,
Christopher
A critical review of the imagery used to represent 5306
Birmingham as outlined by the bid for ‘City of
Culture 2008’
The impacts of airport expansion and the
5307
effectiveness of environmental impact
assessment in informing decision making
Oakes, Gary
5305
O’Donoghue,
Ruaridh
A look at the real and imagined geographies of
rural Britain: case study: West Wiltshire
5308
Ogden, Catherine
Irish music: representation of a national
identity?
5309
Olsson, Ian*
Corporate couples: an investigation into the
dynamic spatiality of the expatriate lifestyle
5310
Parsons, Gareth
Riverside: inside the minds of Norwich
5311
Payant, Ruth*
Marginalised or just misunderstood? Identifying
appropriate development in the Sama Bahari
5312
Petty, Rory
A study of refugees in Birmingham
5313
Pitt, William
The growth of Telford as a New Town
5314
Pitts, Charlotte
Doing business the John Lewis way. Waitrose:
the supermarket of the Upper Class?
5315
Rabbitts, Kerri*
Which factors influence the public of Moseley to
get involved in environmental sustainability?
5316
Rankin, Nicola
The influence of macrophytes on the stream flow 5317
of the near-bed environment, and affects on the
diversity and abundance of benthic macroinvertebrates in an lowland chalk stream
Reynolds, Paul
Spatial patterns of residential crime in Guildford
Borough
5318
Rhodes, Frances
How substantial is the ex-mining community of
Kirkby?
5319
Ribbands, Alastair
A, assessment of indicative floodplain map
reliability
5320
Rice, Zoe
The rural idyll? Crime and policing in rural areas
from a social perspective
5321
Ringsell, Laura*
Geographies of belonging: national identities
and sense of place for dual heritage individuals
5322
Roach, Nicola
The changing social construction of Bournville
5323
Roberts, Brandon
Virtual retail spaces: grocery shopping online
5324
Rothwell, Frederick
A Marxian interpretation of the re-building of
London’s Cheap ward following the Great Fire.
5325
Rowe, Hannah*
The degradation of a London clay coastal cliff at
Walton-on –the-Naze, England
5326
Scott, Jonathon
A study of forest micro-climate at Burrator
Reservoir, Dartmoor
5327
Secular, Richard
A cleaner, faster London? An analysis of the
London Congestion Charge scheme
5328
Shakhli, Tom
The use of public open spaces as influenced by
fear of crime in two Bristol wards
5329
Sherratt-Davies,
Charles
Orientalism in Cyberspace? Cyberspace as
Orientalism?
5330
Shields, Lucy
Soil temperatures and their implications for the
understanding of global warming
5331
Shoubridge, Andrew
UK spring temperatures and circulation types
1881 to 2002; continuity or change?
5332
Standerwick, Sophia
‘Match Point’: the last chance to save British
tennis. Issues of exclusion in tennis in 21st
Century Britain
Stevenson, Graham
A study of consumer trends in the UK online
5334
grocery sector: the case of ‘Sainsbury’s to you’ in
Gloucester
Swainger, Helen*
Given its potential as a sustainable energy
source, why has offshore wind power only
recently come of age in the UK, and has the wait
been justified?
5335
Tanner, Amy
The conservation of historic townscapes: a study
of Frome, Somerset
5336
Tatham, James
The change in responses to the coastal erosion
hazard within the past 40 years
5337
Taylor, Claire
To what extent does Sky View Factor cause
temperature to change spatially across a town?
5338
Thorpe, Jennifer
The relationship between monthly North Atlantic
sea surface temperatures and concurrent/logged
rainfall in Ireland.
Practical versus theoretical objectives in
managing landfills: the role of the waste
management licence
5339
Tunstall, Louisa
Kernow Bys Vyken: the creation of an identity
5341
Turner, Hossein
Squatter settlements in Tehran, Iran: a study of
the effects of the Islamic revolution on informal
settlements
5342
Voyce, Emily
Landscape sensitivity to change on Bodmin
Moor, Cornwall
5343
Wakefield, Thomas*
Analysis of spatial and temporal precipitation
variability in Nepal
5344
Walker, Jennifer
Walker, Laura
Heat stress related mortality in Budapest
Representations of British Asian culture in film
5345
5346
Todd-Jones, David
5333
5340
Walker, Stephanie
Agents of urban change: the case of the High
Street, West on-Super-Mare
5347
Ward, Lucy*
Representation and geographies of the body:
anorexia nervosa and the cultural ideal for
thinness
5348
Warfield, Philip
An investigation into the air flows and
temperature gradients that exist within the
London underground tube system, with
reference to London’s external climate
5349
Webber, James
New growth of the suburb of New Malden: an
5350
investigation focussing on the scale and causes of
growth from 1801 to 2001
Weisberg, Amy
The geography of parents’ fears of crime against
their children: a study in Manchester
5351
Weisgard, David
The urban morphology of an industrialising
landscape: Stockport 1750 to 1900
5352
Wells, David
The internationalisation of the drum industry
5353
Wilson, Emily
Is the Stansted expansion proposal sustainable?
5354
Wiseall, Emma
The distribution and abundance of ground
beetles (coleoptera:carabidae) along an
environmental gradient on the River Thames
Financial services in Birmingham: an analysis of
the factors attracting young professionals in
financial services to live and work in Birmingham
5355
Wright, Katy
The social construction of space: Lefebvre’s
theory into practice within the context of local
government
5357
Wynn-Jones, Robert
Mountain and valley wind dynamics of a small
alpine valley, French Pyrenees
5358
DE ANGELES,
RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS OVER TROPICAL
5359
Wright, Claire*
5356
CARLOS FREDERICO
AND SUB-TROPICAL SOUTH AMERICA (Ph.D)
BROOKS, CATHERINE THE POTENTIAL FOR, AND BARRIERS TO, PUBLIC
ZOE
INVOLVEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONMAKING: THE CASE OF LOCAL AIR QUALITY
MANAGEMENT (Ph.D)
5360
FRANCIS, ROBERT
AARON
5361
GRAPES, TIMOTHY
RUPERT
HOPKINS, MICHAEL
IAN WILHELM
KANSAKAR, SUNIL
RATNA
QIU, YING
RIPARIAN TREE ESTABLISHMENT AND RIVER
ISLAND FORMATION WITHIN THE ACTIVE ZONE
OF THE RIVER TAGLIOMENTO, NORTH-EAST
ITALY (Ph.D)
GROUNDWATER- RIVER INTERACTION IN A
CHALK CATCHMENT: THE RIVER LAMBOURN, UK
(Ph.D)
5362
USING FRINGE BELTS TO EXAMINE THE
5363
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN URBAN
MORPHOLOGY AND URBAN ECOLOGY (Ph.D)
HYDROCLIMATOLOGICAL REGIMES OF BASINS OF 5364
NEPAL (Ph.D)
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN CHINA’S
5365
INTERIOR IN THE POST 1978 PERIOD (Ph.D)
SANDERSON,
VICTORIA LOUISE
AN EVALUATION OF TRMM SATELLITE RAINFALL
CLIMATOLOGIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE
STUDIES (Ph.D)
5366
SCHOFIELD, MARIE
JOANNE
SOURCES AND PROPERTIES OF AIRBORNE
PARTICULATE MATTER (Ph.D)
5367
VEAL, AMANDA
JANE
MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY AND
HABITAT DEVELOPMENT IN STONEFLY CREEK; A
NEWLY FORMED CATCHMENT IN GLACIER BAY
NATIONAL PARK, ALASKA (Ph.D)
NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF KATABATIC FLOW
JUMPS IN ANTARTICA (Ph.D)
5368
YU, YE
TRIPP, ANNA
OPERATIONALISING KNOWLEDGE AS POWER: AN
ANALYSIS OF BRITISH BIOTECHNOLOGY 1970 TO
1994 USING AN EPISYSTEMIC COMMUNITY
APPROACH (Ph.D)
5369
5369A