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The Geographical Aspects of the Maritime Trade of Kent and Sussex, by J. H. Andrews, 1954 at London School of Economics (Ph.D. thesis)

The location of manufacturing industry in five counties of South East England, with special reference to the period 1960-1968, by D. Haslam, 1970 at London School of Economics (Ph.D. thesis)

The character and evolution of floodplains with specific reference to the rivers Ouse and Cuckmere, Sussex., by Paul J. Burrin, 1983 at London School of Economics and Political Science (Ph.D. thesis)

The genesis, development, character, spatial variability and sedimentary composition of floodplains have been a much neglected study in the geomorphological literature. This is evidenced by the fact that the three most recent authoritative texts on fluvial geomorphology devote less than 2% of available space to this drainage basin component. As floodplains are one of the most extensive and widespread of fluvial landforms, this lack of analysis is important and surprising. It is the objective of this study partially to redress this previous neglect and to provide a better understanding of this important landform. Following a critical review of previous floodplain geomorphological and sedimentological studies, attention is focused on detailed case studies of floodplain development in the Oise and Cuckmere valleys, two small catchments in the southern Weald. Geornorphological maps have been constructed which are used to to describe floodplain form-process relationships. Subsurface investigations by hand-augering techniques at nineteen locations within the two valleys have enabled the form of the underlying sub-alluvial surfaces and the nature and thickness of the overlying litho-stratigraphic units to be described. A classification of the various types of valley rockhead encountered is outlined and form-lithology relationships investigated. Earlier interpretations of sub-alluvial surfaces are rejected for research has indicated that they are better explained as ccaplex, composite, polygenetic, diachronous response surfaces. The alluvial geometry of the fill sequences is discussed and analysed. The sedimentological and mineralogical characteristics of these deposits are analysed by a number of techniques including scanning electron microscopy, infrared spectrophotometry and X-ray diffraction. Results indicate that the fine-grained alluvial fill deposits comprising these floodplain tracts appear to consist largely of reworked aeolian (loe"ss) sediments with varying inclusions of locally derived materials. Further sampling and analyses of the alluvium found in floodplains throughout the Weald have indicated that deposits with characteristics similar to those in the Ouse and Cuckmere valleys are to be found, which provides an indication of the former widespread deposition of loess in this area. A working model of floodplain and valley development is derived for the Holocene period using palynological and radiocarbon evidence. This is then used to re-examine some of the previous concepts regarding the origins and evolution of floodplains, including a re-evaluation of Dury's meandering valley and underfit stream model as it relates to south-east England.

Policing by consent in the 1980s : national initiatives and local adaptation in Sussex , by Alain Guyomarch, 1990 at London School of Economics and Political Science (Ph.D. thesis)   View Online

This thesis analyses "policing by consent" as an ideal of legitimate and effective public service provision, and the influence of that ideal on policymaking to reform policing methods, structures and powers in Britain during the 1980s. It considers the relevance of "policing by consent" both to the processes of policy initiation and adoption at the national level and to the practices of policy implementation at the local level in one rural provincial police force. The thesis explains the incoherent nature of the reforms adopted and the conflicting goals of the various participants in the policy debates. The ambiguity of the concept of "policing by consent" allowed different objectives to be pursued behind a discourse common to most of the participants. Improving the public's estimation of the police service was only one goal of the policy makers; increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of the 43 police forces of England and Wales was an equally important objective. The thesis explores and explains the non-coincidence of the aims and preoccupations of the national policy-makers with those of many of the police officers responsible for implementing the reforms on the ground. By analysing how police officers in a non-crisis area, a rural county, react to and interpret both the reforms and the discourse about "policing by consent", this thesis extends and complements existing studies of public opinion and police attitudes in problem urban areas. If those officers feel less isolated than their urban colleagues they nonetheless resent both the imposition of policies irrelevant to their local circumstances and their own loss of self-esteem because of association with the negative public image of an increasingly "nationalised" police service