Air Quality Management Resource Centre

Financial implications of car ownership and use (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents a new perspective on assessing the financial impacts of private car usage in England and Wales, using novel datasets to explore implications of motoring costs (Vehicle Excise Duty and road fuel costs) for households as part of the... Read More about Financial implications of car ownership and use.

Progress with air quality management in the 60 years since the UK clean air act, 1956. Lessons, failures, challenges and opportunities (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 WIT Press, www.witpress.com. This paper explores the challenges, opportunities and progress made with managing air quality since the United Kingdom parliament passed the Clean Air Act, 1956. It seeks to identify the factors contributing to suc... Read More about Progress with air quality management in the 60 years since the UK clean air act, 1956. Lessons, failures, challenges and opportunities.

An introduction to theories of behaviour (2016)
Book Chapter

An critical introduction to 'classical' theories of behaviour, including their historical context - including Theory of Planned Behaviour, Theory of Reasoned Action and Theory of Interpersonal Bhaviour

Use of a novel dataset to explore spatial and social variations in car type, size, usage and emissions (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 The Authors. The 'MOT' vehicle inspection test record dataset recently released by the UK Department for Transport (DfT) provides the ability to estimate annual mileage figures for every individual light duty vehicle greater than 3 years old w... Read More about Use of a novel dataset to explore spatial and social variations in car type, size, usage and emissions.

Flexi-mobility: Helping local authorities unlock low carbon travel? (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper sets out eight key contentions about the need to re-think transport policy that emerged from three years of quantitative and qualitative research into people’s travel practices. Based on these contentions we suggest the need for a ‘toolk... Read More about Flexi-mobility: Helping local authorities unlock low carbon travel?.

A study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010 (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Summary
This study reviews ozone concentrations from rural monitoring stations across Europe between 1996 and 2010 across a range of statistics with regard to the various objectives, target values and thresholds established by the 2008 Ambient Air Q... Read More about A study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010.

Variations in car type, size, usage and emissions across Great Britain and relationships with socio-demographic characteristics (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper is an early output from the EPSRC/RCUK Energy Programme project, MOT (Motoring and vehicle Ownership Trends in the UK). The MOT test record dataset recently released by the Department for Transport provides the ability to estimate annual m... Read More about Variations in car type, size, usage and emissions across Great Britain and relationships with socio-demographic characteristics.

Co-managing carbon and air quality: Pros and cons of local sustainability initiatives (2014)
Journal Article

This paper reports the pros and cons of co-management (i.e. concerted actions towards climate change and air quality management) through local sustainability initiatives using three case studies, each encompassing the planning and management issues a... Read More about Co-managing carbon and air quality: Pros and cons of local sustainability initiatives.

The 'Four Dimensions of Behaviour' framework: a tool for characterising behaviours to help design better interventions (2014)
Journal Article

This paper sets out the rationale and structure of a tool for assisting policy-makers and practitioners to understand behavioural challenges and open up thinking on the design of effective 'behaviour change' interventions. The 'Four Dimensions of Beh... Read More about The 'Four Dimensions of Behaviour' framework: a tool for characterising behaviours to help design better interventions.

Utilising Openair to support multi-stakeholder engagement and the resolution of air quality issues (2013)
Journal Article

For key stakeholders to make informed air quality management decisions it is often necessary for in-depth data analysis to be tailored and concisely presented to meet their needs. Given the complexity of sources, the abundance of relevant data (e.g.... Read More about Utilising Openair to support multi-stakeholder engagement and the resolution of air quality issues.

Carbon reduction scenarios for 2050: An explorative analysis of public preferences (2013)
Journal Article

This paper presents an analysis of public preferences for a low carbon future UK and compares them with three future scenarios proposed by the UK government based on data from 10,983 self-selected participants who engaged in the UK Department of Ener... Read More about Carbon reduction scenarios for 2050: An explorative analysis of public preferences.

A critique of the local air quality management process in the UK (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Residential-source emission inventory for the Niger delta: A methodological approach (2013)
Journal Article

This paper describes the methods applied to construct a GIS-based emission inventory infrastructure for specific air pollutants and greenhouse gases released from domestic cooking and lighting in the Niger Delta using publicly accessible data. The pu... Read More about Residential-source emission inventory for the Niger delta: A methodological approach.

Air quality action planning: why do barriers to remediation in local air quality management remain? (2013)
Journal Article

UK local air quality action planning has failed to remediate exceedances of air quality targets, particularly for nitrogen dioxide, which are widespread and persistent a decade after the first local action plans were drafted. This paper is relevant t... Read More about Air quality action planning: why do barriers to remediation in local air quality management remain?.

Characterising behaviours: Linking theory, behaviour and intervention design using the‘4 dimensions of behaviour’ (4DB) framework (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

There are few ways to distinguish between different ‘types’ of behaviour, and therefore which of these theories may best be applied to understanding any particular one, or which interventions may be best suited to promoting change. For example, how m... Read More about Characterising behaviours: Linking theory, behaviour and intervention design using the‘4 dimensions of behaviour’ (4DB) framework.

Techniques for the inference of mileage rates from MOT data (2013)
Journal Article

Mathematical and computational techniques are developed for the processing and analysis of annual Ministry of Transport roadworthiness (MOT) test data that the UK Department for Transport has placed in the public domain. First, techniques are given t... Read More about Techniques for the inference of mileage rates from MOT data.

Assessing the local sustainable transport fund submissions in relation to disruption (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) is a £560m investment by the UK Government in local authority transport schemes in England (excluding London). The fund will be matched by local authorities’ own investments from their transport budgets, me... Read More about Assessing the local sustainable transport fund submissions in relation to disruption.

Comparing and presenting city-level transportation CO2 emissions using GIS (2013)
Journal Article

In 2011, the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) inventory of diffuse emissions became available, providing data on a range of atmospheric emissions at a 5km resolution across Europe. The data are produced from spatially disaggr... Read More about Comparing and presenting city-level transportation CO2 emissions using GIS.

On the estimation of temporal mileage rates (2013)
Journal Article

Mathematical and computational techniques are developed for the analysis of annual roadworthiness (MOT) test data that the UK Department for Transport has placed in the public domain. This paper develops a new theory to estimate fine-scale temporal (... Read More about On the estimation of temporal mileage rates.