Applying social learning to climate communications- visualising 'people like me' in air pollution and climate change data (2021)
Journal Article

Technological approaches to carbon emission and air pollution data modelling consider where the issues are located and what is creating emissions. This paper argues that more focus should be paid to people-the drivers of vehicles or households burnin... Read More about Applying social learning to climate communications- visualising 'people like me' in air pollution and climate change data.

Citizen-led air pollution reduction in cities (ClairCity) Final evaluation report (2020)
Report

"Every day, air pollution and carbon emissions are produced by our commutes to work, by heating our homes, or through our daily lifestyles. Understanding how we live - and the restrictions we face in those choices – is key to improving air quality. S... Read More about Citizen-led air pollution reduction in cities (ClairCity) Final evaluation report.

Characteristics of tail pipe (Nitric oxide) and resuspended dust emissions from urban roads – A case study in Delhi city (2019)
Journal Article

Introduction: Personal exposure to elevated vehicle exhaust and non-exhaust emissions at urban roadside leads to carcinogenic health effects, respiratory illness and nervous system disorders. In this paper, an attempt has been made to investigate the... Read More about Characteristics of tail pipe (Nitric oxide) and resuspended dust emissions from urban roads – A case study in Delhi city.

Evidence from ClairCity: Citizen demand for a clean air, low carbon, healthy city (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Emissions vs exposure: Increasing injustice from road traffic-related air pollution in the United Kingdom (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019 The Authors This paper presents unique spatial analyses identifying substantial discrepancies in traffic-related emissions generation and exposure by socioeconomic and demographic groups. It demonstrates a compelling environmental and social i... Read More about Emissions vs exposure: Increasing injustice from road traffic-related air pollution in the United Kingdom.

Sustainable developments? Assessing the direct energy (building and vehicles) consumption of new housing developments in the United Kingdom using social and structural benchmarking (2018)
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The sustainability of new housing developments in the UK is assessed considering not just absolute levels of energy use, but by benchmarking consumption against existing areas with similar characteristics, both social (socio-economic/demographic) and... Read More about Sustainable developments? Assessing the direct energy (building and vehicles) consumption of new housing developments in the United Kingdom using social and structural benchmarking.

Policy disconnect: A critical review of UK air quality policy in relation to EU and LAQM responsibilities over the last 20 years (2018)
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© 2018 Elsevier Ltd This paper critically reviews United Kingdom (UK) air quality policy in relation to European and Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) responsibilities over the last 20 years. The arguments articulated in this paper highlight the gu... Read More about Policy disconnect: A critical review of UK air quality policy in relation to EU and LAQM responsibilities over the last 20 years.

Claircity project: Citizen-led scenarios to improve air quality in European cities (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 WIT Press. Air pollution has as significant impact on the health of European citizens, particularly in urban areas, and was responsible for more than 400,000 premature deaths in Europe in 2014. It is within our cities where this public health... Read More about Claircity project: Citizen-led scenarios to improve air quality in European cities.

MOToring along: The lives of cars seen through licensing and test data (2017)
Report

For the past few years, the authors of this report have applied their expertise in transport studies, mathematical modelling, emissions analytics, statistics and geography to undertake innovative analysis of a dataset consisting of all registered lig... Read More about MOToring along: The lives of cars seen through licensing and test data.

What should be the focus of ‘behaviour change’: Individuals or society? (2017)
Journal Article

This article discusses the contemporary notion of ‘behaviour change’ and how it is causing divisions between those disciplines and practitioners who use approaches that are grounded in individualist worldviews, and those who are led by approaches tha... Read More about What should be the focus of ‘behaviour change’: Individuals or society?.

Making energy behaviour research relevant to policy: A tale of two studies (2017)
Journal Article

Within a context of shrinking government resources and greater pressure on academics and other researchers to generate ‘impact’ from (publically funded) research there is a greater need than ever to ensure that published research is readily usable by... Read More about Making energy behaviour research relevant to policy: A tale of two studies.

Air pollution: Putting people at the heart of the issues (2017)
Journal Article

Dr Tim Chatterton considers the theory that the root causes of air pollution are social, not just technological

Public engagement: Building energy futures (2017)
Journal Article

It is important to include the public in the processes by which decisions on societal trajectories are made. A study shows that interactive scenario-building tools can engage people in the holistic complexities of energy transitions, but these tools... Read More about Public engagement: Building energy futures.

The future is already here; it’s just not very evenly distributed (2017)
Journal Article

The future is always created on an uneven foundation. In order to understand how we can create futures that do not exclude, isolate or exploit we have to understand how the future is ‘written’ in the present.
So, whilst there is some interest in lo... Read More about The future is already here; it’s just not very evenly distributed.

Challenges and opportunities in the design and construction of a GIS-based emission inventory infrastructure for the Niger Delta region of Nigeria (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Environmental monitoring in middle- and low-income countries is hampered by many factors which include enactment and enforcement of legislations; deficiencies in environmental data reporting and documentatio... Read More about Challenges and opportunities in the design and construction of a GIS-based emission inventory infrastructure for the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

A spatial typology of car usage and its local determinants in England (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents an initial classification of Middle layer Super Output Areas (MSOAs) in England based on their car ownership, car usage and relevant local characteristics. Whilst a long lineage of widely used geodemographic classifications exist... Read More about A spatial typology of car usage and its local determinants in England.

Developing an index of vulnerability to motor fuel price increases in England (2017)
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As the outlook for oil prices remains uncertain, this paper develops a method to assess which areas of England would be most vulnerable to future motor fuel price increases. Building on previous research, we define and operationalise three dimensions... Read More about Developing an index of vulnerability to motor fuel price increases in England.

Understanding parents’ school travel choices: A qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework (2016)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Traffic related air pollution is detrimental to health and creates a substantial attributable mortality burden. It is suggested that a shift from motorised transport to active forms of travel will therefore have significant health... Read More about Understanding parents’ school travel choices: A qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework.

Mapping household direct energy consumption in the United Kingdom to provide a new perspective on energy justice (2016)
Journal Article

Targets for reductions in carbon emissions and energy use are often framed solely in terms of percentage reductions. However, the amount of energy used by households varies greatly, with some using considerably more than others and, therefore, potent... Read More about Mapping household direct energy consumption in the United Kingdom to provide a new perspective on energy justice.

Financial implications of car use and the drive to work: A social and spatial distributional analysis using income data and area classifications (2016)
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Using new datasets from the UK Department of Transport that permit the calculation of annual fuel costs and Vehicle Excise Duty for all private motor vehicles under 3.5 tonnes in Great Britain, this paper presents an analysis on variations in househo... Read More about Financial implications of car use and the drive to work: A social and spatial distributional analysis using income data and area classifications.