Estuarine margins are usually heavily occupied areas that commonly affected by compound flooding triggers originating from different sources (e.g., coastal, fluvial, and pluvial). Therefore, estuarine flood management remains a challenge due to the need combine distinct dimensions of damages. Past data critical for improve our understanding risks in these areas, while providing basis preliminar...

This paper deals with the following concepts: Digital evidence, IT forensics, the nature of digital evidence, the relevance of digital evidence, the digital audit trail, digital evidence and forensic science, the hearsay nature of digital evidence, documentary evidence and digital evidence, the best evidence rule, the role of digital evidence, the investigative framework, authorization to colle...

Through a documentary analysis approach, the data included in the validation documentation for a new course designed for undergraduate Initial Teacher Education are used in an attempt to calculate the direct costs of the course. The portion of the costs that are visible are then compared to the pricing policy of the funding agency involved. The devolution of financial responsibility within high...

The documentary analysis of e-mail posts and archives for qualitative research has been outlined elsewhere. Although there is an increase in the number of studies being conducted on listserv and newsgroup material in health research, this has not always been accompanied by a careful, in-depth consideration of the concomitant ethical issues. Therefore, this article outlines the ethical considera...

Trees, corals, ice cores and documentary evidence provide high-resolution proxies that allow past climate to be reconstructed (Jones et al., 2009). Documentary evidence includes all forms of written historical information about past climate or weather, but its use for climate reconstruction is restricted to locations for which there is a rich documentary legacy. Several climate analyses and rec...

This essay examines some of the contours of new documentary’s relationship to war, first characterizing historical and theoretical frameworks while considering the social and spectatorial impact of moving images that have engaged with war themes and imagery. The focus falls on new documentary and representations of the war in Iraq, asking if these cultural mediations of war might indicate shade...