Tuesday 23 February 2010

Recent Conference Presentations from AQMRC Staff and Students

AQMRC staff and students are actively communicating the outcomes of their research. Below are some recent national and international presentations from AQMRC.

Fagbeja, M., Hill. J, Chatterton, T., Longhurst, J.W.S., Akinyede, J.A., and Adegoke, J.O. (2009) The need for improved sensing technology for estimating emissions and concentrations of pollution at ground-level in the lower latitudes, Space for Africa: Joint Participation, Knowledge Development and Sharing. International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) 3rd African Regional Conference Abuja, Nigeria 24th - 26th November, 2009.

Olowoporoku, D., Hayes, E., Parkhurst, G. & Longhurst J.(2009) Managing local traffic-related air pollution in England, Polis Conference 2009, Brussels 10th and 11th of December, 2009.

Longhurst, J.W.S., Everard, M., Bailey, R., Baldwin. S and Orme, J. (2010) 2020 Vision. A green and pleasant land? Invited Plenary Presentation. GWR Research Symposium 2010 Hewlett Packard, Bristol, January 20th 2010.

Longhurst, J.W.S., Bailey, R., & Baldwin. S. (2010) Low Carbon Initiatives in British Cities. Invited presentation to the Academy of Sciences of South Africa Low Carbon Cities Consensus Panel. Pretoria, South Africa, February 2nd 2010.

Longhurst, J.W.S., Bailey, R. (2010) Evaluation Methods for CO2, CATCH Project Interest Group meeting organised by Polis. Brussels, 17th-18th February 2010.

New and In Press Publications from AQMRC

AQMRC continues to publish its work in the peer-reviewed literature.

The following papers were published in late 2009, early 2010 or are in press for publication in the next few months.

Deacon L., Pankhurst, L., Liu, J., Drew, G. H., Hayes, E.T., Jackson, S., Longhurst, J., Longhurst, P., Pollard, S. & Tyrrel, S. (2009) Endotoxin emissions from commercial composting activities. Environmental Health 8:S9 Available at: http://www.ehjournal.net/qc/content/8/S1/S9.

Deacon, L.J., Pankhurst, L.J., Drew, G.H., Hayes, E.T., Jackson, S., Longhurst, P.J., Longhurst, J.W.S., Liu, J., Pollard, S.J.T. & Tyrrel, S.F. (2009) Particle size distribution of airborne Aspergillus fumigatus spores from compost using membrane filtration. Atmospheric Environment 43 935) 5698-5701.

Dorfman, P., Gibbs, D.C., Leksmono, N.S., Longhurst, J. W. S., Weitkamp, E.L.C. (2010) Exploring the context of consultation. The case of Local Air Quality Management. Local Environment 15:1 15 – 26.

Leksmono, N.S., Dorfman, P., Burnet, F., Gibbs, D.C., Longhurst, J. W. S., Weitkamp, E. (In press) Enhancing consultation practices on Air Quality Management in local authorities. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management.

Olowoporoku, A. O., Hayes, E. T., Leksmono, N. S., Longhurst, J. W. S. & Parkhurst, G. (In press) A longitudinal study of the links between Local Air Quality Management and Local Transport Planning policy processes in England. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management.