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Assessing the employment implications of a sustainable energy system: A methodological overview (2000)
Journal Article
Longhurst, J. W., McEvoy, D., McEvoy, D., Gibbs, D. C., & Longhurst, J. (2000). Assessing the employment implications of a sustainable energy system: A methodological overview. Geographical and Environmental Modelling, 4(2), 189-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/713668593

The traditional economic view of environmental protection acting against the interests of employment is now challenged as outdated and false, with studies in environmental economic literature increasingly promoting the positive links between the two.... Read More about Assessing the employment implications of a sustainable energy system: A methodological overview.

Joint working within local government: Air quality as a case-study (2000)
Journal Article
Longhurst, J. W., Beattie, C. I., & Longhurst, J. (2000). Joint working within local government: Air quality as a case-study. Local Environment, 5(4), 401-414. https://doi.org/10.1080/713684890

Air quality management (AQM) is a process of environmental control that must be embedded within a wide range of policy areas, from local-scale initiatives to international treaties, if it is to be successful. Because of the integrative aspects of AQM... Read More about Joint working within local government: Air quality as a case-study.

The prospects for improved energy efficiency in the UK residential sector (1999)
Journal Article
Longhurst, J. W., McEvoy, D., McEvoy, D. W., Gibbs, D. C., & Longhurst, J. (1999). The prospects for improved energy efficiency in the UK residential sector. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 42(3), 409-424. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640569911163

The perceived threat of climate change has become an important global issue of the 1990s, with measures to limit its ramifications now commonly linked to mainstream policy agendas. Reducing carbon intensity can be achieved through both supply and end... Read More about The prospects for improved energy efficiency in the UK residential sector.

A methodology for estimation of vehicle emissions in an urban environment: An example from Greater Manchester (1998)
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Rayfield, D., Longhurst, J., Watson, A. F. R., Hewison, T., Raper, D. W., Conlon, D., & Owen, B. (1998). A methodology for estimation of vehicle emissions in an urban environment: An example from Greater Manchester. Environmentalist, 18(3), 175-182. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1006602217842

Road transport is a major contributor to urban air pollution. The introduction of local air quality management in the UK will require objective test procedures to evaluate and prioritise the air pollution benefits of existing transport systems and pr... Read More about A methodology for estimation of vehicle emissions in an urban environment: An example from Greater Manchester.

The impacts of road transport on air quality in the Greater Manchester region, UK: Policies towards a sustainable transport system (1998)
Journal Article
Conlan, D. E., Rayfield, D., Longhurst, J., Ramsden, P. S., Dinsdale, J. A., & Elliott, R. M. (1998). The impacts of road transport on air quality in the Greater Manchester region, UK: Policies towards a sustainable transport system. Environmentalist, 18(1), 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1006581000168

The transport-induced air quality problems of the Greater Manchester region are examined. The problems are defined in terms of economic and social factors leading to the development of a car-based economy. The impacts of transport emissions on the na... Read More about The impacts of road transport on air quality in the Greater Manchester region, UK: Policies towards a sustainable transport system.

Urban sustainability: Problems facing the 'local' approach to carbon-reduction strategies (1998)
Journal Article
Gibbs, D. C., McEvoy, D., & Longhurst, J. W. S. (1998). Urban sustainability: Problems facing the 'local' approach to carbon-reduction strategies. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 16(4), 423-431. https://doi.org/10.1068/c160423

Urban policies which include energy and environmental objectives are seen as potentially effective instruments in the quest for urban sustainability. Recent consensus is that the modern city region forms an important focal point for assessment and im... Read More about Urban sustainability: Problems facing the 'local' approach to carbon-reduction strategies.

The pedagogy of atmospheric issues and the UK Atmospheric Research and Information Centre's education programme (1997)
Journal Article
Buchdahl, J., Hare, S., Hare, S., Longhurst, J., Williams, K., & Buchdahl, J. (1997). The pedagogy of atmospheric issues and the UK Atmospheric Research and Information Centre's education programme. Environmentalist, 17(4), 263-268. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1018597210646

The pedagogy of atmospheric issues is identified in the context of environmental education in this paper. The UK Atmospheric Research and Information Centre (ARIC) has developed an education programme which has responded to the dynamic issues relatin... Read More about The pedagogy of atmospheric issues and the UK Atmospheric Research and Information Centre's education programme.

Moving towards sustainable development? Integrating economic development and the environment in local authorities (1996)
Journal Article
Gibbs, D., Longhurst, J., & Braithwaite, C. (1996). Moving towards sustainable development? Integrating economic development and the environment in local authorities. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 39(3), 317-332. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640569612444

The recent growth of interest in sustainable development has led to the incorporation of the concept into policy making at a variety of scales. In all cases particular emphasis is placed upon the local scale as the focus for the implementation of pol... Read More about Moving towards sustainable development? Integrating economic development and the environment in local authorities.

Procedures for the estimation of regional scale atmospheric emissions - An example from the North West region of England (1996)
Journal Article
Longhurst, J. W., Lindley, S. J., Longhurst, J., Watson, A. F., & Conlan, D. E. (1996). Procedures for the estimation of regional scale atmospheric emissions - An example from the North West region of England. Atmospheric Environment, 30(17), 3079-3091. https://doi.org/10.1016/1352-2310%2895%2900304-5

This paper considers the value of applying an alternative pro rata methodology to the estimation of atmospheric emissions from a given regional or local area. Such investigations into less time and resource intensive means of providing estimates in c... Read More about Procedures for the estimation of regional scale atmospheric emissions - An example from the North West region of England.

Local and regional air quality impacts of airport operations (1996)
Journal Article
Longhurst, J. W., Longhurst, J., Gibbs, D., Raper, D. W., & Conlan, D. E. (1996). Local and regional air quality impacts of airport operations. Environmentalist, 16(2), 83-90. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01325099

This paper discusses the air quality impacts of airport operations. It considers a range of pollutants and identifies emission sources both within and surrounding airports as being important in contributing to the air quality experienced at an airpor... Read More about Local and regional air quality impacts of airport operations.