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Is soil organic carbon underestimated in the largest mangrove forest ecosystems? Evidence from the Bangladesh Sundarbans (2021)
Journal Article
Rahman, M., Donoghue, D., & Bracken, L. (2021). Is soil organic carbon underestimated in the largest mangrove forest ecosystems? Evidence from the Bangladesh Sundarbans. CATENA, 200, Article 105159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105159

Globally, mangroves sequester a large amount of carbon into the sediments, although spatial heterogeneity exists owing to a wide variety of local, regional, and global controls. Rapid environmental and climate change, including increasing sea-level r... Read More about Is soil organic carbon underestimated in the largest mangrove forest ecosystems? Evidence from the Bangladesh Sundarbans.

Assessing the Effectiveness of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS): Interventions, Impacts and Challenges (2020)
Journal Article
Cotterill, S., & Bracken, L. J. (2020). Assessing the Effectiveness of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS): Interventions, Impacts and Challenges. Water, 12(11), Article 3160. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12113160

Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) can be a key tool in the management of extremes of rainfall, due to their capacity to attenuate and treat surface water. Yet, implementation is a complex process, requiring buy-in from multiple stakeholders. Buy-in... Read More about Assessing the Effectiveness of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS): Interventions, Impacts and Challenges.

Contextualizing the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on food security in two small cities in Bangladesh (2020)
Journal Article
Ruszczyk, H., Rahman, M., Bracken, L., & Sudha, S. (2021). Contextualizing the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on food security in two small cities in Bangladesh. Environment and Urbanization, 33(1), 239-254. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247820965156

The COVID-19 pandemic is an evolving urban crisis. This research paper assesses impacts of the lockdown on food security and associated coping mechanisms in two small cities in Bangladesh (Mongla and Noapara) during March to May 2020. Due to restrict... Read More about Contextualizing the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on food security in two small cities in Bangladesh.

The role of innovation in advancing understanding of hydrological processes (2020)
Journal Article
Bracken, L. J., Cockshut, L., Taylor, J., & Cotterill, S. (2020). The role of innovation in advancing understanding of hydrological processes. Hydrological Processes, 34(23), 4404-4416. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13890

Innovation and understanding hydrological processes are intimately linked. Existing research has demonstrated the role of technological, societal and political drivers in shaping and delivering new understandings in hydrological processes. In this pa... Read More about The role of innovation in advancing understanding of hydrological processes.

Empowering Women through Participatory Action Research in Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Efforts (2020)
Journal Article
Ruszczyk, H., Upadhyay, B., Kwong, Y., Khanal, O., Bracken, L., Pandit, S., & Bastola, R. (2020). Empowering Women through Participatory Action Research in Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Efforts. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 51, Article 101763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101763

The role of women in community-based disaster risk reduction efforts (CBDRR) is an area of limited academic research and continues to be a thorny issue for policy and practice. This research paper describes a comparative case study of participatory a... Read More about Empowering Women through Participatory Action Research in Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Efforts.

Understanding urban flood vulnerability and resilience: a case study of Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia (2020)
Journal Article
Yushmah, M., Bracken, L., Zuriatunfadzliah, S., Norhaslina, H., Melasutra, M., Amirhosein, G., …Shereen Farisha, A. (2020). Understanding urban flood vulnerability and resilience: a case study of Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. Natural Hazards, 101(2), 551-571. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-03885-1

Malaysia is frequently affected by the annual flooding event caused by the seasonal monsoon which accounts for significant losses. Flood risk, exposure and damage potential are increasing, causing the level of poverty and vulnerability to rise. The a... Read More about Understanding urban flood vulnerability and resilience: a case study of Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.

A new framework for integrated, holistic, and transparent evaluation of inter-basin water transfer schemes (2020)
Journal Article
Sinha, P., Rollason, E., Bracken, L. J., Wainwright, J., & Reaney, M. S. (2020). A new framework for integrated, holistic, and transparent evaluation of inter-basin water transfer schemes. Science of the Total Environment, 721, Article 137646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137646

Water shortages are forecast to affect 50% of the world's population by 2030, impacting developing nations most acutely. To increase water security there has been a significant increase in Inter-basin Water Transfer (IBWT) schemes, engineering mega-p... Read More about A new framework for integrated, holistic, and transparent evaluation of inter-basin water transfer schemes.

Evaluating the success of public participation in integrated catchment management (2018)
Journal Article
Rollason, E., Bracken, L., Hardy, R., & Large, A. (2018). Evaluating the success of public participation in integrated catchment management. Journal of Environmental Management, 228, 267-278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.09.024

Recognition of the need to manage the water environment in more holistic ways has resulted in the global growth of Integrated Catchment Management (ICM). ICM is characterised by horizontal integration, encouraging interdisciplinary working between tr... Read More about Evaluating the success of public participation in integrated catchment management.

Connectivity and complex systems: learning from a multi-disciplinary perspective (2018)
Journal Article
Turnbull, L., Hütt, M., Ioannides, A., Kininmonth, S., Poeppl, R., Tockner, K., Bracken, L., Keesstra, S., Liu, L., Masselink, R., & Parsons, A. (2018). Connectivity and complex systems: learning from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Applied Network Science, 3, Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-018-0067-2

In recent years, parallel developments in disparate disciplines have focused on what has come to be termed connectivity; a concept used in understanding and describing complex systems. Conceptualisations and operationalisations of connectivity have e... Read More about Connectivity and complex systems: learning from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

The importance of volunteered geographic information for the validation of flood inundation models (2018)
Journal Article
Rollason, E., Bracken, L., Hardy, R., & Large, A. (2018). The importance of volunteered geographic information for the validation of flood inundation models. Journal of Hydrology, 562, 267-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.05.002

Two dimensional flood inundation models capable of simulating complex spatially and temporally differentiated floodplain flows are routinely used to model and predict flooding. However, advances in modelling techniques have not been matched by improv... Read More about The importance of volunteered geographic information for the validation of flood inundation models.

Stakeholders’ Perception of the Relevance of Water and Sediment Connectivity in Water and Land Management (2018)
Journal Article
Smetanová, A., Paton, E., Maynard, C., Tindale, S., Fernández-Getino, A., Marqués Pérez, M., …Keesstra, S. (2018). Stakeholders’ Perception of the Relevance of Water and Sediment Connectivity in Water and Land Management. Land Degradation and Development, 29(6), 1833-1844. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2934

Using concepts of connectivity in challenges regarding land and water management (flooding, erosion, nutrient leaching, landslides) can only be fully harnessed if knowledge is communicated well between scientists and stakeholders. Proper communicatio... Read More about Stakeholders’ Perception of the Relevance of Water and Sediment Connectivity in Water and Land Management.

Rethinking flood risk communication (2018)
Journal Article
Rollason, E., Bracken, L., Hardy, R., & Large, A. (2018). Rethinking flood risk communication. Natural Hazards, 92(3), 1665-1686. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-018-3273-4

Flooding is a serious hazard across Europe, with over 200 major floods documented in the last two decades. Over this period, flood management has evolved, with a greater responsibility now placed on at-risk communities to understand their risk and ta... Read More about Rethinking flood risk communication.

Competing Paradigms of Flood Management in the Scottish/English Borderlands (2016)
Journal Article
Cook, B., Forrester, J., Bracken, L., Spray, C., & Oughton, E. (2016). Competing Paradigms of Flood Management in the Scottish/English Borderlands. Disaster Prevention and Management, 25(3), 314-328. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm-01-2016-0010

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how flood management practitioners rationalise the emergence of sustainable flood management. Key to this analysis are differences rooted in assumptions over what flood management is and should do. De... Read More about Competing Paradigms of Flood Management in the Scottish/English Borderlands.

Flood risk management, an approach to managing cross-border hazards (2016)
Journal Article
Bracken, L., Oughton, E., Donaldson, A., Cook, B., Forrester, J., Spray, C., …Bisset, N. (2016). Flood risk management, an approach to managing cross-border hazards. Natural Hazards, 82(Supplement 2), 217-240. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2284-2

River flooding is a serious hazard in the UK with interest driven by recent widespread events. This paper reviews different approaches to flood risk management and the borders (physical, conceptual and organisational) that are involved. The paper sho... Read More about Flood risk management, an approach to managing cross-border hazards.

From Risk to Opportunity: Climate Change and Flood Policy in Bangladesh (2015)
Book Chapter
Huq, M., & Bracken, L. (2015). From Risk to Opportunity: Climate Change and Flood Policy in Bangladesh. In W. Leal Filho (Ed.), Handbook of climate change adaptation (1023-1047). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38670-1_33

This study identifies current gaps and opportunities of existing flood regulatory frameworks and national climate change strategies of Bangladesh . In so doing, the research develops a framework to reconcile the interest of land, water, and people in... Read More about From Risk to Opportunity: Climate Change and Flood Policy in Bangladesh.

Introduction to special issue on connectivity in water and sediment dynamics (2015)
Journal Article
Parsons, A., Bracken, L., Poeppl, R., Wainwright, J., & Keesstra, S. (2015). Introduction to special issue on connectivity in water and sediment dynamics. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 40(9), 1275-1277. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3714

Connectivity has emerged in recent years as a significant conceptual framework within which to address the spatial and temporal variability in runoff and sediment transport. This special issue draws together several of the papers that were presented... Read More about Introduction to special issue on connectivity in water and sediment dynamics.

Combining participatory mapping with Q-methodology to map stakeholder perceptions of complex environmental problems (2014)
Journal Article
Forrester, J., Cook, B., Bracken, L., Cinderby, S., & Donaldson, A. (2015). Combining participatory mapping with Q-methodology to map stakeholder perceptions of complex environmental problems. Applied Geography, 56, 199-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.11.019

It is readily accepted that understanding socio-environmental challenges requires consideration of multiple stakeholder perspectives and knowledge claims. But a largely ignored question is ‘how best to analyse those competing perspectives and claims?... Read More about Combining participatory mapping with Q-methodology to map stakeholder perceptions of complex environmental problems.

Sediment connectivity: a framework for understanding sediment transfer at multiple scales (2014)
Journal Article
Bracken, L., Turnbull, L., Wainwright, J., & Bogaart, P. (2015). Sediment connectivity: a framework for understanding sediment transfer at multiple scales. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 40(2), 177-188. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3635

A major challenge for geomorphologists is to scale up small-magnitude processes to produce landscape form, yet existing approaches have been found to be severely limited. New ways to scale erosion and transfer of sediment are thus needed. This paper... Read More about Sediment connectivity: a framework for understanding sediment transfer at multiple scales.

Transdisciplinary research: understanding the stakeholder perspective (2014)
Journal Article
Bracken, L., Bulkeley, H., & Whitman, G. (2015). Transdisciplinary research: understanding the stakeholder perspective. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 58(7), 1291-1308. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2014.921596

It is accepted that the effective uptake of academic research into policy and practice requires the active involvement of stakeholders. However, understanding participation from the perspectives of stakeholders remains poorly understood. We show that... Read More about Transdisciplinary research: understanding the stakeholder perspective.

How to make sense of our rivers: using assemblage to understand angling (2014)
Journal Article
Bracken, L., & Oughton, E. (2014). How to make sense of our rivers: using assemblage to understand angling. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 1(3), 315-322. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1025

Our freshwater habitats are under threat and governance of these systems is rapidly evolving. It is thus important to examine how we make sense of our rivers and how this understanding can underpin catchment management. Assemblage is one approach tha... Read More about How to make sense of our rivers: using assemblage to understand angling.