Professor Liz Sharp

Books

• Sharp L (2017) Reconnecting People and Water: Public Engagement and Sustainable Urban Water Management. Routledge.

Journal articles

• Sefton C, Sharp L, Quinn R, Stovin V & Pitcher L (2022) The feasibility of domestic raintanks contributing to community-oriented urban flood resilience. Climate Risk Management, 35, 100390-100390.
• Connelly S, Bryant M & Sharp L (2020) Creating legitimacy for citizen initiatives: representation, identity and strategic networking. Planning Theory and Practice. View this article in WRRO
• Watson M, Browne A, Evans D, Foden M, Hoolohan C & Sharp L (2020) Challenges and opportunities for re-framing resource use policy with practice theories : the change points approach. Global Environmental Change, 62. View this article in WRRO
• Westling EL, Sharp L, Scott D, Tait S, Rychlewski M & Ashley RM (2019) Reflexive adaptation for resilient water services: Lessons for theory and practice. Global Environmental Change, 57. View this article in WRRO
• Foden M, Browne A, Evans D, Sharp L & Watson M (2018) The water–energy–food nexus at home: New opportunities for policy interventions in household sustainability. The Geographical Journal. View this article in WRRO
• Sharp L, Macrorie R & Turner A (2015) Resource efficiency and the imagined public: Insights from cultural theory. Global Environmental Change, 34, 196-206. View this article in WRRO
• Westling EL, Surridge BWJ, Sharp L & Lerner DN (2014) Making sense of landscape change: Long-term perceptions among local residents following river restoration. Journal of Hydrology, 519, 2613-2623. View this article in WRRO
• Westling EL, Sharp L, Rychlewski M & Carrozza C (2014) Developing adaptive capacity through reflexivity: lessons from collaborative research with a UK water utility. Critical Policy Studies, 8(4), 427-446. View this article in WRRO
• Tukur A, Sharp L, Stern B, Tizaoui C & Benkreira H (2012) PET bottle use patterns and antimony migration into bottled water and soft drinks: the case of British and Nigerian bottles. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 14(4), 1237-1237.
• Sharp L, McDonald A, Sim P, Knamiller C, Sefton C & Wong S (2011) Positivism, post-positivism and domestic water demand: interrelating science across the paradigmatic divide. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 36(4), 501-515.
• Salehi FA, Sharp L, Abdoli MA, Cotton DE & Rezapour K (2010) The necessity of biomass application for developing combined heat and power (CHP) with biogas fuel: Case study. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 66, 505-510.
• Westling E, Lerner DN & Sharp E (2009) Using secondary data to analyse socio-economic impacts of water management actions. Journal of Environmental Management, 91, 411-419. View this article in WRRO
• Hopkinson P, Sharp L, Miles SL & Boyes LC (2009) From Harvard to Bradford - experiences of running a peer education for sustainable development project. Planet, 22(1), 34-38.
• Knamiller C & Sharp L (2009) Issues of trust, fairness and efficacy: a qualitative study of information provision for newly metered households in England. Water Supply, 9(3), 311-319.
• Wong S & Sharp L (2009) Making power explicit in sustainable water innovation: re-linking subjectivity, institution and structure through environmental citizenship. Environmental Politics, 18(1), 37-57.
• Thatcher J & Sharp L (2008) Measuring the local economic impact of National Health Service procurement in the UK: an evaluation of the Cornwall Food Programme and LM3. Local Environment, 13(3), 253-270.
• Dixon J & Sharp L (2007) Collaborative research in sustainable water management: issues of interdisciplinarity. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 32(3), 221-232.
• Sharp L (2006) Water demand management in England and Wales: Constructions of the domestic water user. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 49(6), 869-889.
• Sharp L & Luckin D (2006) The community waste sector and waste services in the UK: Current state and future prospects. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 47(3), 277-294.
• Brown RR, Sharp L & Ashley RM (2006) Implementation impediments to institutionalising the practice of sustainable urban water management. Water Science and Technology, 54(6-7), 415-422.
• Luckin D (2005) Exploring the community waste sector:Are sustainable development and social capital useful concepts for project-level research?. Community Development Journal, 40(1), 62-75.
• Luckin D & Sharp L (2004) Remaking Local Governance through Community Participation? The Case of the UK Community Waste Sector. Urban Studies, 41(8), 1485-1505.
• Sharp L (2002) Public Participation and Policy: Unpacking connections in one UK Local Agenda 21. Local Environment, 7(1), 7-22.
• Sharp L & Richardson T (2001) Reflections on Foucauldian discourse analysis in planning and environmental policy research. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 3(3), 193-209.
• Sharp L (1999) Local policy for the global environment: In search of a new perspective. Environmental Politics, 8(4), 137-159.
• Sharp E (1998) Local State of the Environment Reporting: Lessons from Experience in Britain and Canada. Planning Practice & Research, 13(1), 81-89.
• Campbell H, Masser I, Poxon J & Sharp L (1994) Monitoring the take up of GIS: the local authority scene. Monitoring the take up of GIS: the local authority scene.
• Willems JJ, Kenyon AV, Sharp L & Molenveld A () How actors are (dis)integrating policy agendas for multi-functional blue and green infrastructure projects on the ground. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 1-13. View this article in WRRO

Chapters

• Garry F, O’Hare P, Scannell C, Ashton J, Davies M, Freeborough KA, Kennedy-Asser A, Macdonald N, Scott-Bottoms S & Sharp L (2024) Putting Climate Resilience in Its Place: Developing Spatially Literate Climate Adaptation Initiatives, Quantifying Climate Risk and Building Resilience in the UK (pp. 63-74). Springer International Publishing
• Ajia FO, Wagstaff T & Sharp L (2021) Mobilising the public to reduce household water use in Essex and Suffolk Water, Resilience of Water Supply in Practice: Experiences from the Frontline (pp. 59-80). IWA Publishing
• Westling E & Sharp L (2018) Both critical and applied? Action research and transformative change in the UK water sector In Bartels K & Wittmayer J (Ed.), Action Research in Policy Analysis: Critical and Relational Approaches to Sustainability Transitions Routledge View this article in WRRO
• Sharp L (2017) WATER QUALITIES, RECONNECTING PEOPLE AND WATER: PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT (pp. 105-127).
• Sharp L (2017) WATER OUT OF PLACE, RECONNECTING PEOPLE AND WATER: PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT (pp. 128-151).
• Sharp L (2017) WATER IN THE LANDSCAPE, RECONNECTING PEOPLE AND WATER: PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT (pp. 163-184).
• Sharp L (2017) WATER IN THE HOME Learning from the past, RECONNECTING PEOPLE AND WATER: PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT (pp. 65-78).
• Sharp L (2017) VISIONS FOR WATER MANAGEMENT, RECONNECTING PEOPLE AND WATER: PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT (pp. 1-24).
• Sharp L (2017) URBAN WATER USE IN CONTEXT, RECONNECTING PEOPLE AND WATER: PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT (pp. 25-40).
• Sharp L (2017) UNDERSTANDING WATER PRACTICES AND MOBILISING CHANGE, RECONNECTING PEOPLE AND WATER: PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT (pp. 79-104).
• Sharp L (2017) THE GOVERNANCE OF WATER SUPPLY AND DEMAND, RECONNECTING PEOPLE AND WATER: PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT (pp. 41-64).
• Sharp L (2017) RECONNECTING PEOPLE AND WATER Public Engagement and Sustainable Urban Water Management INTRODUCTION, RECONNECTING PEOPLE AND WATER: PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT (pp. VIII-+).
• Sharp L (2017) RECONNECTING PEOPLE AND WATER Public Engagement and Sustainable Urban Water Management CONCLUSION, RECONNECTING PEOPLE AND WATER: PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT (pp. 185-211).
• Sharp L (2017) FLOOD RISK GOVERNANCE, RECONNECTING PEOPLE AND WATER: PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT (pp. 152-162).
• Rauch W, Bach PM, Brown R, Rogers B, de Haan FJ, McCarthy DT, Kleidorfer M, Mair M, Sitzenfrei R, Urich C , Deletic A et al (2015) Enabling Change: Institutional Adaptation In Hulsman A, Betriebe G, Van Den Berg G, Racuch W, Jensen A, Popovych V, Mazzola M, Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia L & Savic D (Ed.), Climate Change, Water Supply and Sanitation: Risk Assessment, Management, Mitigation and Reduction (pp. 355-373). London: IWA Publishing.
• Rychlewski M, Westling EL, Sharp L, Ashley R & Tait S (2015) Developing Adaptive Capacity in a Water Utility In Hulsman A, Betriebe G, Van Den Berg G, Racuch W, Jensen A, Popovych V, Mazzola M, Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia L & Savic D (Ed.), Climate Change, Water Supply and Sanitation: Risk Assessment, Management, Mitigation and Reduction (pp. 29-32). London: IWA Publishing.
• Sharp L & Connelly S (2002) Theorising participation: pulling down the ladder In Rydin Y & Thornley A (Ed.), Planning in the UK London: Ashgate.
• Glasner P () New Genetics, New Social Formations Routledge

Conference proceedings papers

• Knamiller C, Sefton C, Sharp LS & Medd W (2007) Water in everyday use: A study on water-using technologies and the water user in Essex. Proceedings of the Combined International Conference of Computing and Control for the Water Industry, CCWI2007 and Sustainable Urban Water Management, SUWM2007 (pp 329-336)
• Sefton CS & Sharp LS (2007) Why we should celebrate water: Recommendations for engaging the public in sustainable water management. Proceedings of the Combined International Conference of Computing and Control for the Water Industry, CCWI2007 and Sustainable Urban Water Management, SUWM2007 (pp 681-688)
• Kennedy SP, Lewis LA, Sharp LS & Wong S (2007) Sustainable Urban Water Management (SUWM) in urban regeneration projects. Proceedings of the Combined International Conference of Computing and Control for the Water Industry, CCWI2007 and Sustainable Urban Water Management, SUWM2007 (pp 675-680)
• Kenyon A, Willems J, Molenveld A & Sharp L () The governance of Blue Green infrastructure funding: a case study comparison from the UK and the Netherlands. IFoU 2018: Reframing Urban Resilience Implementation: Aligning Sustainability and Resilience, 10 December 2018 - 12 December 2018.
• Kenyon A, Willems J, Molenveld A & Sharp L () <strong>The governance of Blue Green Infrastructure Funding: A case study comparison from the UK and the Netherlands</strong>. Proceedings of IFoU 2018: Reframing Urban Resilience Implementation: Aligning Sustainability and Resilience
• Westling EL, Sharp L, McGuinness M & Alison B () Mobilising publics for resilient water management. Mobilising publics for resilient water management
• Sharp L, Speight V, Tait S, Ashley R, Westling E & Rychlewski M () Social science to support water sensitive cities. IWA World Congress. Lisbon, Portugal, 22 September 2014 - 26 September 2014.
• Blanksby JR, Ashley R, Shucksmith J, Sharp L, Tait S, Shaffer P & Stam JM () Water sensitive urban design in a European context. ACT: Engineers Australia, 2013: 209-219 (pp 209-219). Melbourne, 25 November 2013 - 29 November 2013.

Reports

• Sharp L & Chapman K (2023) Policy Briefing: The benefits of a community-oriented approach to surface water management
• Sharp L & Sefton C (2023) The longest way round is the shortest road home: communicating rain management.
• Sharp L, Payne S, Walker L & Illman S (2023) Sustainable drainage and new housing developments
• Sharp L, Sefton C, Hughes G, Chapman K & Quinn R (2023) Community Engagement for Nature-Based Solutions.
• Sharp L, Choe EY & Kenyon A (2020) Designing Blue Green Infrastructure (BGI) for water management, human health, and wellbeing: summary of evidence and principles for design
• Hoolohan C, Browne A, Evans D, Foden M, Sharp L & Watson M (2018) Change Points: A toolkit for designing interventions that unlock unsustainable practices
• Foden M, Browne A, Evans D, Sharp L & Watson M (2017) Energy use, flexibility and domestic food practices: implications for policy and intervention
• Foden M, Browne A, Evans D, Sharp L & Watson M (2017) Food waste and kitchen practices: implications for policy and intervention
• Watson M, Foden M, Browne A, Evans D & Sharp L (2017) Fats, oils, grease and kitchen practices: implications for policy and intervention
• Watson M, Browne A, Evans D, Foden M & Sharp L (2017) Final report for the Reshaping the Domestic Nexus project
• Watson M, Browne A, Evans D, Jackson P, Sharp L, Southerton D & Warde A (2016) The Domestic Nexus: interrogating the interlinked practices of water, energy and food consumption

Preprints

• Sharp L, Macrorie RM & Turner A (2015) Resource efficiency and the imagined public: insights from cultural theory.