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School of Geosciences

Professor Tavis Potts

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Professor Tavis Potts
Professor Tavis Potts
Professor Tavis Potts

Personal Chair

Accepting PhDs

51cg
Email Address
tavis.potts@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 273837
Office Address

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Department of Geography and Environment

St Marys Building

Elphinstone Road

Aberdeen  AB24 3UF


School/Department
School of Geosciences

Biography

Professor Tavis Potts is a Personal Chair in Sustainable Development and Environmental Governance. Prof. Potts interests include understanding just transitions and the social dimensions of climate and energy; marine resource governance and planning; participatory and community-based approaches to managing natural capital; and the political economy of environmental policy and decision-making. 

 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Dean for Environmental Sustainability 

University Sustainability Committee 

External Memberships

Aberdeen City Council Net Zero Delivery Unit 

Aberdeenshire Council Climate Ready Aberdeenshire Board 

Research

Research Overview

Professor Tavis Potts research includes: 

  • Understanding the relationships between people, place and planet. 
  • Understanding, evaluating and progressing social, environmental and energy justice. 
  • Critically evaluating 'Just Transitions' within Net Zero and deepening societal engagement around energy transition. 
  • Applying participatory approaches to natural capital and ecosystem services. 
  • Developing participatory and survey-based approaches to understanding social values on the environment;
  • Critical perspectives on the emergence and effectiveness of the blue economy from international to local scales

 

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Geography and Environment.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

Geography and Environment

  • Supervising
  • Accepting PhDs
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Funding and Grants

Selected Grants 

  • Interreg EU. SEATRACES 2019-2021 (£250k). 
  • 51cg Impact Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation award (2017 10k)
  • British Council Peru - Researcher Links Grants. Advancing Green Growth in Peru: A spotlight on tourism, transport and the blue economy (2016, £32k).
  • Royal Geographic Society of Edinburgh and Natural Science Foundation of China. Mapping Coastal Ecosystem Services in Scotland and China. Scientific Exchange Network. (2015-17, £13k)
  • NERC Knowledge Exchange: Cooperative Participatory Evaluation of Renewable Technologies on Ecosystem Services (CORPORATES) (2014-16, £110k – Co-Investigator.
  • World Bank: Review of STAP Marie Litter Program (2014 , £1500)
  • Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Implementing an ecosystem service approach in the UK (2013, £40k).
  • EU FP7 IDREEM (Increasing Industrial Resource Efficiency in European Mariculture)(Co-Investigator & Work Package leader on Social and Policy Analysis (2012-2014; £200 000)
  • EU LIFE+ Celtic Sea Partnership (Policy Network Analysis and community engagement) (2013, £110k).
  • MSP-LED (Local Economic Development and Marine Planning) Centre of Expertise in Water (CREW) (2012-13, 50k)Centre of Expertise in Water (CREW) Coasts and Catchment Integration. £22 k
  • ECOBAR: Environmental and Benthic Indicators for industrial development in the Barents Sea. Norwegian Funding Council. (WP Leader) £35k 2009-10
  • Knowledge Based Development of Europe’s Seas (KNOWSEAS) EU FP7 2009-2013 Co-Investigator & Work Package leader (£150k) overall project €9 million). 
Publications

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  • Clackmannanshire: Community Energy Interventions as a Pathway to Local Just Transition

    Dickie, J., Wood, N., Potts, T., Ricaurte, L.
    JUST-Systems project
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

  • Development of an interdisciplinary conceptual framework to understand marine energy transitions in North Sea coastal communities

    Gormley, K., Burdon, D., Atkinson, D., Bevan, A., Harland, J., Illemann Jaeger, S. T., Kerr, S., Lee, D., McCarron, A., McGrane, S., McWhinnie, L., Potts, T., Shapovalova, D., Sheehy, J., Thomas, A., Alexander, K. A.
    Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition, vol. 9, 100143
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Just Transition and Coastal Communities: Case studies of Orkney, North East Scotland and the Humber Estuary

    McCarron, A., Shapovalova, D., Potts, T., Mcgrane, S. J.
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    Books and Reports: Other Reports
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  • Multicriteria Optimisation of District Heating Configurations for Energy Efficiency and Carbon Reduction in High-rise Buildings

    Mansouri, R., Chishti, I. A., Potts, T., Dickie, J., Sriramula, S., Bone, J., Maheri, A.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
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  • Aberdeen: Addressing Fuel Poverty through Retrofit and Community Wealth Building

    Bone, J., Ricaurte, L., Shapovalova, D., Potts, T.
    JUST-Systems project. 18 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Policy briefs - Mapping Community Priorities and Policy Responses for a Just Transition in the North East

    Shapovalova, D., Potts, T., Gbemi, T. E., El Samad, A.
    Books and Reports: Technical Brochures
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Mapping Community Priorities and Policy Responses for a Just Transition Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, and Moray

    Shapovalova, D., Gbemi, T. E., Potts, T.
    Just Transition Lab. 34 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • A place-based approach to measuring a just transition: Evidence from the north-east of Scotland

    Shapovalova, D., Bender, K. A., Bone, J., Potts, T.
    Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 127, 104236
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Regional Planning for a Just Transition - A case study for the North East of Scotland

    Shapovalova, D., Bond, C., Bone, J., Bender, K., Potts, T.
    Commissioned by Just Transition Commission. 51cg. 45 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
    • [ONLINE]

  • Designing systemic interventions for a Just Transition to Net Zero: Case of the JUST-Systems Programme: 2025 9th International Conference on Environment Friendly Energies and Applications (EFEA)

    Potts, T., Dickie, J., Bone, J.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers
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  • Tools for Deliberative Democracy: Case studies from the Just Transition Communities Project

    Shapovalova, D., Gbemi, T., Potts, T.
    51cg. 29 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

  • Just Transition and Nuclear Decommissioning in Dounreay: Stakeholder Perspectives

    Potts, T., Shapovalova, D., Bender, K., Bond, C., Bone, J.
    Commissioned by Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Just Transition Lab and the National Decommissioning Centre. 44 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
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  • Initial report to Just Transition Commission: Just transition activities, planning, and policy landscape in Aberdeen and the North East

    Shapovalova, D., Bender, K., Bone, J., Bond, C. E., Potts, T.
    Commissioned by Just Transition Commission. 51cg. 18 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Just Transition Policy in the Context of Nuclear Decommissioning in Dounreay

    Shapovalova, D., Bender, K., Bond, C., Bone, J., Potts, T.
    Just Transition Lab and the National Decommissioning Centre. 27 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Climate Assemblies and Deliberative Democracy: A Global Best Practice Review

    Potts, T., Dargie, P., Mitchell, M., Shapovalova, D., Bone, J.
    Aberdeen: 51cg. 40 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
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  • Classification of Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystem Services

    Burdon, D., Atkins, J. P., Potts, T.
    Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, Second Edition: Seven Volume Set. Elsevier, pp. 277-322, 26 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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  • Measuring Just Transition: Indicators and scenarios for a Just Transition in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire

    Shapovalova, D., Potts, T., Bone, J., Bender, K.
    51cg. 104 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Response to Scottish Parliament Economy and Fair Work Committee - on Just Transition in the North East and Moray: How Can We Measure whether the Transition in the North East and Moray is Achieved in a ‘Just’ Fashion – What Data Will Need to Be Collected So Progress Can Be Measured?

    Shapovalova, D., Potts, T., Bone, J., Bender, K.
    Just Transition Lab and the National Decommissioning Centre. 14 pages.
    Other Contributions: Other Contributions
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  • Just Transition for Workers and Communities in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire: Rapid Evidence Review

    Shapovalova, D., Potts, T., Bone, J., Bender, K.
    51cg. 57 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Carbon Offsetting and Communities : Can Nature-Based Voluntary Carbon Offsetting Benefit Scottish Communities?

    Hannon, M. J., Cairns, I., Combe, M., Cooper, E., Davidson, M., Kerr, F., McDonnell, A., Phillips, P., Potts, T., Reay, D., Roberts, J., Wharmby, C.
    Glasgow (UK): University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. 27 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
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  • Leading from the front? Increasing Community Participation in a Just Transition to Net Zero in the North-East of Scotland

    Potts, T., Ford, R.
    Commissioned by Scottish University Insight Institute. Scottish Universities Insight Institute. 25 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
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  • Climate change: UK test for new oil and gas fields’ impact on emissions targets is not fit for purpose

    Potts, T., Shapovalova, D.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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  • Linking natural capital, benefits and beneficiaries: The role of participatory mapping and logic chains for community engagement.

    Burdon, D., Potts, T., Barnard, S., Boyes, S., Lannin, A.
    Environmental Science & Policy, vol. 134, pp. 85-99
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Social and Policy Aspects of Offshore Renewable Energy

    Potts, T.
    Comprehensive Renewable Energy: (Second Edition). Letcher, T. M. (ed.). 2 edition. Elsevier, pp. 291-297, 7 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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  • Labels on seafood products in different European countries and their compliance to EU legislation

    Paolacci, S., Mendes, R., Klapper, R., Velasco, A., Ramilo-Fernandez, G., Muñoz-Colmenero, M., Potts, T., Martins, S., Avignon, S., Maguire, J., De Paz, E., Johnson, M., Denis, F., Pardo, M. A., McElligott, D., Sotelo, C. G.
    Marine Policy, vol. 134, 104810
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Integrating stakeholder knowledge through modular cooperative participatory processes for marine spatial planning outcomes (CORPORATES)

    Slater, A., Irvine, K. N., Byg, A. A., Davies, I. M., Kafas, A., Kenter, J., Macdonald, A., O'Hara Murray, R., Potts, T., Tweddle, J. F., Wright, K., Scott, B. E., Gubbins, M.
    Ecosystem Services, vol. 44, 101126
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • AUCEL response to the Scottish Government’s Just Transition Consultation

    Shapovalova, D., Alvarez, G., Brown, A., Gilmore-Maurer, M., Paterson, J., Wifa, E., Potts, T.
    51cg. 8 pages.
    Other Contributions: Other Contributions

  • Charting the course for a blue economy in Peru: a research agenda

    McKinley, E., Aller-Rojas, O., Hattam, C., Germond-Duret, C., San Martín, I. V., Hopkins, C. R., Aponte, H., Potts, T.
    Environment, Development and Sustainability, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 2253-2275
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Expanding the role of participatory mapping to assess ecosystem service provision in local coastal environments

    Burdon, D., Potts, T., McKinley, E., Lew, S., Shilland, R., Gormley, K., Thomson, S., Forster, R.
    Ecosystem Services, vol. 39, 101009
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • The Green Economy Research Centre: positioning geographical research in Aberdeen to address the challenges of green economy transitions

    Potts, T., Niewiadomski, P., Prager, K.
    Scottish Geographical Journal, vol. 135, no. 3-4, pp. 356-370
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Navigating future uncertainty in marine protected area governance: Lessons from the Scottish MPA network

    Hopkins, C. R., Bailey, D. M., Potts, T.
    Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, vol. 207, pp. 303-311
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Climate change, ocean acidification and the marine environment: Challenges for the international legal regime

    Potts, T.
    International Marine Environmental Law and Policy. Taylor and Francis, pp. 87-100, 14 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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  • The matrix revisited: A bird's-eye view of marine ecosystem service provision

    Burdon, D., Potts, T., Barbone, C., Mander, L.
    Marine Policy, vol. 77, pp. 78-89
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • The “social” aspect of social-ecological systems: A critique of analytical frameworks and findings from a multisite study of coastal sustainability

    Stojanovic, T., McNae, H. M., Tett, P., Potts, T. W., Reis, J., Smith, H. D., Dillingham, I.
    Ecology and Society, vol. 21, no. 3, 15
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Who cares? European attitudes towards marine and coastal environments

    Potts, T., Pita, C., O'Higgins, T., Mee, L. D.
    Marine Policy, vol. 72, pp. 59-66
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Scotland's Marine Protected Area network: Reviewing progress towards achieving commitments for marine conservation

    Hopkins, C. R., Bailey, D. M., Potts, T.
    Marine Policy, vol. 71, pp. 44-53
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Perceptions of practitioners: Managing marine protected areas for climate change resilience

    Hopkins, C. R., Bailey, D. M., Potts, T.
    Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 128, pp. 18-28
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Navigating uncertain waters: European public perceptions of integrated multi trophic aquaculture (IMTA)

    Alexander, K. A., Freeman, S., Potts, T.
    Environmental Science & Policy, vol. 61, pp. 230-237
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • The Cooperative Participatory Evaluation of Renewable Technologies on Ecosystem Services (CORPORATES)

    Scott, B. E., Irvine, K. N., Gubbins, M., Kafas, A., Kenter, J., MacDonald, A., O'Hara Murray, R., Potts, T., Slater, A., Tweddle, J. F., Wright, K., Davies, I. M.
    Aberdeen, UK: Marine Scotland Science. 88 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
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  • Improving sustainability of aquaculture in Europe: Stakeholder dialogues on Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture (IMTA)

    Alexander, K. A., Angel, D., Freeman, S., Israel, D., Johansen, J., Kletou, D., Meland, M., Pecorino, D., Rebours, C., Rousou, M., Shorten, M., Potts, T.
    Environmental Science & Policy, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 96-106
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • If you don’t like looking at wind farms, why not build them at sea?

    Potts, T., Schofield, C.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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  • The implications of aquaculture policy and regulation for the development of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture in Europe

    Alexander, K. A., Potts, T. P., Freeman, S., Israel, D., Johansen, J., Kletou, D., Meland, M., Pecorino, D., Rebours, C., Shorten, M., Angel, D. L.
    Aquaculture, vol. 443, pp. 16-23
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Detecting critical choke points for achieving Good Environmental Status in European seas

    Potts, T., O'Higgins, T., Brennan, R., Cinnirella, S., Brandt, U. S., Suarez De Vivero, J. L., van Beusekom, J., Troost, T., Paltriguera, L., Gunduz Hosgor, A.
    Ecology and Society, vol. 20, no. 1, 29
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Linking Ecosystem Services of Marine Protected Areas to Benefits in Human Wellbeing?

    Saunders, J., Potts, T., Jackson, E., Burdon, D., Atkins, J., Hastings, E., Langmead, O., Fletcher, S.
    Coastal Zones Ecosystem Services: From Science to Values and Decision Making. Turner, R. K., Schaafsma, M. (eds.). Elsevier, pp. 167-190, 24 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
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  • Marine spatial planning and various uses and interests relating to the marine environment

    Potts, T.
    Transboundary Marine Spatial Planning and International Law. Hassan, D., Kuokkanen, T., Soininen, N. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 42-60, 19 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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  • Establishing an agenda for social studies research in marine renewable energy

    Kerr, S., Watts, L., Colton, J., Conway, F., Hull, A., Johnson, K., Jude, S., Kannen, A., MacDougall, S., McLachlan, C., Potts, T., Vergunst, J.
    Energy Policy, vol. 67, pp. 694-702
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Coping with persistent environmental problems: systemic delays in reducing eutrophication of the Baltic Sea

    Varjopuro, R., Blenckner, T., Dolch, T., Heiskanen, A., Pihlajamaki, M., Valman, M., Gee, K., Potts, T., Psuty, I.
    Ecology and Society, vol. 19, no. 4, 48
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • The Practicalities of the Ecosystem Approach in the Barents Sea: The ECOBAR Project

    Potts, T., Valcic, B., Carroll, J., Carroll, M., Potts, T.
    Limits of Maritime Jurisdiction. Schofield, C., Lee, S., Kwon, M. (eds.). Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, pp. 589-606, 18 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Marine litter: Progress in developing an integrated policy approach in Scotland

    Hastings, E., Potts, T.
    Marine Policy, vol. 42, pp. 49-55
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Marine renewable energy and Scottish west coast fishers: Exploring impacts, opportunities and potential mitigation

    Alexander, K. A., Potts, T., Wilding, T. A.
    Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 75, pp. 1-10
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Climate Change and Evolving Regional Ocean Governance in the Arctic

    Potts, T., Schofield, C.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

  • Oceans of opportunity or rough seas? What does the future hold for developments in European marine policy?

    Potts, T., O'Higgins, T., Hastings, E.
    Philosophical transactions of the royal society a-Mathematical physical and engineering sciences, vol. 370, no. 1980, pp. 5682-5700
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Mussels and yachts in Loch Fyne, Scotland: a case study of the science-policy interface

    Tett, P., Valcic, B., Potts, T., Whyte, C., Culhane, F., Fernandes, T.
    Ecology and Society, vol. 17, no. 3, 16
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Rapid Policy Network Mapping: a new method for understanding governance structures for implementation of marine environmental policy

    Bainbridge, J. M., Potts, T., O'Higgins, T. G.
    PloS ONE, vol. 6, no. 10, e26149
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Integrated coastal and estuarine management in Arctic coastal systems

    Potts, T., Hoel, A. H.
    Treatise on estuarine and coastal science: Vol 11: management of estuaries and coasts. Wolanski, E., McLusky, D. (eds.). Elsevier, pp. 265-288, 24 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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  • The natural advantage of regions: linking sustainability, innovation, and regional development in Australia

    Potts, T.
    Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 713-725
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Quality of life through innovation indicators: the case of peripheral suburbs of Sydney

    Martinez-Fernandez, C., Potts, T.
    Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases IV. Sirgy, M. J., Phillips, R., Rahtz, D. R. (eds.). Springer, pp. 191-208, 18 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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  • Innovation at the edges of the metropolis: An analysis of innovation drivers in Sydney's peripheral suburbs

    Martinez-Fernandez, C., Potts, T.
    Housing policy debate, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 553-572
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • A framework for the analysis of sustainability indicator systems in fisheries

    Potts, T.
    Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 49, no. 5-6, pp. 259-280
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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