Outputs (166)

Judging the risk of exceedance: Local authority decision-making for air quality management area designation (2003)
Journal Article

Management of air quality by local government in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) requires a process of local decision-making, involving collaboration between local politicians, authority officers and interest-groups... Read More about Judging the risk of exceedance: Local authority decision-making for air quality management area designation.

Critical evaluation of the role of scientific analysis in UK local authority AQMA decision-making: Method development and preliminary results (2003)
Journal Article

Over the past 4 years, local government in the UK has undertaken a process of scientific review and assessment of air quality, which has culminated in a suite of designated air quality management areas (AQMAs) in over 120 of the 403 local authorities... Read More about Critical evaluation of the role of scientific analysis in UK local authority AQMA decision-making: Method development and preliminary results.

Regional variations in the implementation of the local air quality management process within Great Britain (2003)
Journal Article

The UK National Air Quality Strategy has required local authorities to review and assess air quality in their area of jurisdiction and determine locations in their areas where concentrations of specific air quality pollutants are predicted to exceed... Read More about Regional variations in the implementation of the local air quality management process within Great Britain.

A comparative analysis of the air quality management challenges and capabilities in urban and rural english local authorities (2002)
Journal Article

Local authorities in Great Britain have (in the main) completed their air quality review and assessments, the aim of the process being the identification of local hotspots where national air quality objectives are not likely to be met Across Great Br... Read More about A comparative analysis of the air quality management challenges and capabilities in urban and rural english local authorities.

Managing the impact of vehicle emissions in urban areas. A review of British policy and practice (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A critical analysis of the process and outcomes of the first round of air quality reviews and assessments in Great Britain (2002)
Journal Article

A preliminary assessment of the contribution of industrial emission sources to exceedences of air quality objectives in England and Wales (2002)
Book Chapter

Designating air quality management areas (AQMAs) in the UK: Implications for securing UK air quality objectives (2002)
Journal Article

A review of AQMAs in Great Britain: implications for land use planning (2002)
Book Chapter

A preliminary analysis of the linkages between air quality management and transport planning policies in a sample of English highways authorities (2001)
Journal Article

This paper considers the evolution of the local transport planning process and examines a sample of nine county-scale areas with regard to the integration of air quality issues within the transport planning process over the last 3 years. It concludes... Read More about A preliminary analysis of the linkages between air quality management and transport planning policies in a sample of English highways authorities.

Air quality management: Evolution of policy and practice in the UK as exemplified by the experience of English local government (2001)
Journal Article

The air quality management (AQM) framework in the UK is designed to be an effects-based solution to air pollutants currently affecting human health. The AQM process has been legislated through The Environment Act 1995, which required the National Air... Read More about Air quality management: Evolution of policy and practice in the UK as exemplified by the experience of English local government.

Urban air quality: a comparison of the air pollution dilemmas facing urban and rural local authorities and approaches to managing them (2001)
Book Chapter

Progress with implementing local air-quality management in rural areas of England (2001)
Journal Article

Air quality in the UK, although vastly improved from the smogs of the 1950s, now faces a new set of challenges from a variety of sources and pollutants. Poor air quality has long been associated with urban areas, but it is becoming clear that many ru... Read More about Progress with implementing local air-quality management in rural areas of England.

Reducing residential carbon intensity: The new role for English local authorities (2001)
Journal Article

The residential sector is a substantial source of CO2 in the UK, accounting for over 25 per cent of all end-use emissions. Improvements in energy efficiency are often cited as important elements of carbon reduction packages, with policy-makers emphas... Read More about Reducing residential carbon intensity: The new role for English local authorities.

Clean air? Where? Are we moving in the right direction? (2001)
Report

A review of policy options for delivering air quality objectives in the former Avon area, comprising the four unitary authorities of Bristol City Council, South Gloucestershire Council, Bath and North East Somerset Council and North Somerset Council (2001)
Report

Emerging scientific decision making for designating air quality management areas in the UK (2001)
Book Chapter

Emerging political and collaborative decision making frameworks for designating air quality management areas in the UK: Implications for future air quality action plans (2001)
Book Chapter

Regulation and practice of local air quality management in England's major urban areas (2000)
Journal Article

City-regions and the development of sustainable energy-supply systems (2000)
Journal Article

To achieve the CO2 reductions deemed necessary to limit the impact of adverse climate change will require real changes in the way we both use and supply energy. Although explicit international and national frameworks are necessary to facilitate reduc... Read More about City-regions and the development of sustainable energy-supply systems.