Elaine AzzopardiThe University of York · Environment and Geography
Elaine Azzopardi
Master of Arts
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Elaine Azzopardi currently works at The University of York as a research associate in environment and culture interralations.
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There are strong links between heritage and the environment yet, heritage is not fully included in existing ecosystem‐based frameworks. Different understandings of heritage values exist, and heritage values are not yet related to key value categories in environmental values research. To address this gap and facilitate a common values‐based approach...
Coastal and marine cultural heritage (CMCH) is at risk due to its location and its often indefinable value. As these risks are likely to intensify in the future, there is an urgent need to build CMCH resilience. We argue that the current CMCH risk management paradigm narrowly focuses on the present and preservation. This tends to exclude debates ab...
Coastal and maritime cultural heritage (CMCH) is a relative newcomer on spatial development policy agendas and in spatial planning activities. Cultural heritage (CH) may assist in reconstructing place narratives and identities in local and regional strategies and plans, and it may create stronger place attractiveness for outsiders. This article exp...
This handbook provides an overview of diverse approaches, methods and tools for integrated, sustainable and participatory governance of marine and coastal cultural heritage. It is written for decision makers, local communities and researchers, providing both conceptual and practical information on diverse topics, including: approaches such as the l...
Coastal zones are historically rich with unique land/seascapes, tangible artifacts, and intangible cultural heritage. Coastal and maritime cultural heritage (CMCH) contends with various constraining conditions of the sea and shore—both geophysical and socially constructed—which we delineate to identify risks and threats to its sustainable managemen...
Frangoudes, K., Toonen, H., Macias, J. V., Ferguson, L., Flannery, W., Hansen, C. J., Sousa, L., Pita, C., da Silva, A. M. F., Mylona, D., Azzopardi, E., & Roio, M. (2021). A participatory risk assessment and sustainable use framework for maritime cultural heritage. PERICLES.
Preserving and sustainably governing cultural heritage and landscapes in European coastal and maritime regions - PERICLES H2020 project report D5.4
Substratum collected during diving surveys of sublittoral communities off the Greek island of Rhodes (Dodecanese, South-East Aegean) in late 2015 was incubated in the laboratory. Among the emerging macroalgal germlings, there was the second-ever record and isolate of the small benthic multicellular alga Schizocladia ischiensis of the poorly known m...
This paper concludes a special feature of Sustainability Science that explores a broad range of social value theoretical traditions , such as religious studies, social psychology, indigenous knowledge, economics, sociology, and philosophy. We introduce a novel transdisciplinary conceptual framework that revolves around concepts of 'lenses' and 'ten...
This paper concludes a special feature of Sustainability Science that explores a broad range of social value theoretical traditions, such as religious studies, social psychology, indigenous knowledge, economics, sociology, and philosophy. We introduce a novel transdisciplinary conceptual framework that revolves around concepts of ‘lenses’ and ‘tens...
This paper concludes a special feature of Sustainability Science that explores a broad range of social value theoretical traditions, such as religious studies, social psychology, indigenous knowledge, economics, sociology, and philosophy. We introduce the concepts of 'lenses' and 'tensions' to help navigate value diversity. First, we consider the n...
This deliverable is an output of the synthesis of our work in WP2, “Eliciting a Deep Understanding of Maritime and Coastal CH,” in particular from the following tasks:
Task 2.1: A global review of current understanding of maritime and coastal CH
Task 2.3 CH through a literature review of “Space, Place, and Identity” and how they inform CH persp...
This paper concludes a special feature of Sustainability Science that explores a broad range of social value theoretical traditions, including religious studies, social psychology, indigenous knowledge, economics, sociology, and philosophy. We introduce the concepts of ‘lenses’ and ‘tensions’ to help navigate value diversity. First, we consider the...
Monitoring temperature of aquatic waters is of great importance, with modelled, satellite and in-situ data providing invaluable insights into long-term environmental change. However, there is often a lack of depth-resolved temperature measurements. Recreational dive computers routinely record temperature and depth, so could provide an alternate and...
Introduction: Divers can make adjustments to diving computers when they may need or want to dive more conservatively (e.g., diving with a persistent (patent) foramen ovale). Information describing the effects of these alterations or how they compare to other methods, such as using enriched air nitrox (EANx) with air dive planning tools, is lacking....
Global climate change is expected to alter the polar bioregions faster than any other marine environment on Earth. This study assesses the biodiversity of seaweeds and associated eukaryotic pathogens of an established study site in northern Baffin Island (72° N), providing a baseline inventory for future work assessing impacts of the currently ongo...
Dive computers are used in some occupational diving sectors to manage decompression but there is little independent assessment of their performance. A significant proportion of occupational diving operations employ single square-wave pressure exposures in support of their work.
Single examples of 43 models of dive computer were compressed to five s...
For optimal safety a dive computer should be easy to use and the displayed information easy to understand. The present study examines the usability of dive computers and potential technologies to enhance safety. It should be noted that even if the ease of use of a dive computer is increased
to an extent where it is intuitive to use, this does not r...
Downloaded data from diving computers can offer invaluable insights into diving incidents resulting in fatalities. Such data form an essential part of subsequent investigations or in legal actions related to the diving incident. It is often tempting to accept the information being displayed from a computer download without question. However, there...
Global climate change is expected to alter the Arctic bioregion markedly in coming decades. As a result, monitoring of the expected and actual changes has assumed high scientific significance. Many marine science objectives are best supported with the use of scientific diving techniques. Some important keystone environments are located in extremely...
Xlendi Bay, Gozo, Malta, is a rich underwater site. It was discovered in 1961 by British Navy divers on a training mission. Since then, a significant number of artefacts has been retrieved but not well studied. This paper summarizes a recent detailed study of the archaeological material and describes five amphora types that have not yet been identi...
Forty seven models of diving computer were subjected to a range of nominal depths (10, 20, 30, 40 and 50m), in freshwater and seawater, in a simulated temperate environment. The depths downloaded from the computers were adjusted for density and compared to the published limits of the
EU standard EN13319:2000 for depth-time measurement. The estimate...
Obtaining accurate and affordable geo-referencing is not straightforward for divers because there is a lack of through-water penetration by global positioning systems (GPS). Although a number of commercially available systems exist, few are low-cost or operationally flexible enough for use in scientific diving. The present paper details a new GPS d...
Many modern diving decompression computers have the ability to record and display information of, and related to, the dive profile. In the UK, there are currently approximately 50 models of diving decompression computer being sold with a capability for recording and downloading dive information. Based on the technical information either supplied wi...
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Projects (4)
EU Horizon 2020 - Sustainable and participatory management of maritime cultural heritage
PERICLES - PRESERVING AND SUSTAINABLY GOVERNING CULTURAL HERITAGE AND LANDSCAPES IN EUROPEAN COASTAL AND MARITIME REGIONS
PERICLES promotes sustainable, participatory governance of cultural heritage in European coastal and maritime regions through a unique interdisciplinary and geographically wide-ranging approach.
The overall aim of the project is to develop and demonstrate a comprehensive framework to understand, preserve and utilize maritime cultural heritage for societal good.
https://www.pericles-heritage.eu/
