Managing Environmental Change at the Fringe: Reconnecting Science and Policy with the Rural-Urban Fringe
Lead Research Organisation:
Birmingham City University
Department Name: CEBE Birmingham School of Built Env
Abstract
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Organisations
- Birmingham City University (Lead Research Organisation)
- Scottish Government (Co-funder)
- Natural Environment Research Council (Co-funder)
- Local Enterprise Partnerships (Collaboration)
- University of Copenhagen (Collaboration)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Collaboration)
- Stockholm University (Collaboration)
- Natural England (Collaboration)
- Leibniz Association (Collaboration)
- Birmingham City Council (Collaboration)
- Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (Collaboration)
- South Downs National Park (Collaboration)
Publications
Alister Scott (Author)
(2011)
The rural urban fringe - forgotten opportunity space?
in Town and country planning
Alister Scott (Speaker)
(2011)
Whose fringe is it anyway? : prospects and opportunities for integrated management of the rural-urban fringe (RUF)
Carter C
(2014)
Rufopoly : Tool Review Appendix
Claudia Carter (Author)
(2011)
Spatial planning : new opportunities for environmental governance
in Government gazette
Prager K
(2012)
Encouraging collaboration for the provision of ecosystem services at a landscape scale-Rethinking agri-environmental payments
in Land Use Policy
Scott A
(2018)
Mainstreaming ecosystem science in spatial planning practice: Exploiting a hybrid opportunity space
in Land Use Policy
Scott A
(2013)
Disintegrated development at the rural-urban fringe: Re-connecting spatial planning theory and practice
in Progress in Planning
Scott AJ
(2012)
Planning on the Edge
in Green Places
Scott AJ
(2012)
Playing Around in the rural urban fringe
in Government Gazette
Scott AJ
(2017)
Should Britain build on its its green spaces
in The Conversation
Scott AJ
(2013)
New Directions in Planning: Beyond Localism,
Scott AJ
(2013)
We need a vision for the Fringe
in Modus
Scott AJ
(2019)
The Routledge Companion to Rural Planning
Scott AJ
(2013)
The Best Laid Plans
in House Magazine
Scott AJ
(2011)
Capturing Institutional memory: the case of the rural-urban fringe workshop
in TRIPWIRE
Scott AJ
(2014)
How to make the green belt productive but still green
in The Conversation
Scott AJ
(2014)
Improving policy and decision making in peri urban areas.
in town and Country Planning
Scott AJ
(2012)
Exposing, Exploring and Navigating the built and natural divide in public policy and planning
in In Practice
Scott AJ
(2013)
Reinventing the fringe
in Property Journal
Scott AJ
(2019)
The Routledge Companion to rural Planning
Title | Video 1 : the rural urban fringe |
Description | Video Policy Brief |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2012 |
Title | Video 2 : spatial planning and ecosystems approach |
Description | Video Policy Brief |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2012 |
Title | Video 3 : connectivity |
Description | Video Policy Brief |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2012 |
Title | Video 4 : values |
Description | Video Policy Brief |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2012 |
Title | Video 5 : long termism |
Description | Video Policy Brief |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2012 |
Description | The rural-urban fringe (RUF), the space where countryside meets town, is amongst society's most valued and pressured places. However, in policy and decision-making it remains largely forgotten, lacking sufficient understanding and evidence for integrated management. This research re-discovers the RUF set within more positive, inclusive and proactive agendas for management. Here, the focus was on assessing the implications of policy and decision-making processes and outcomes for the sustainability of the RUF. Our assessment tool was a framework uniquely fusing ideas within the Ecosystem Approach (EA) and Spatial Planning (SP) to provide an improved lens within which to view the RUF. A research team was established involving academics, policy advisors and practitioners working collectively across professional, disciplinary, scalar and sectoral boundaries. Three cross-cutting themes emerged from the fusion of SP and EA ideas; Connections, Time and Values. These concepts were unpacked within eight themed workshops and two RUF site-based visioning exercises which formed the primary data for the project. Key Findings Re-discovering the RUF 1. The RUF needs to be re-positioned as an opportunity space based on assessments of the needs of the people, place and environment within the RUF itself. 2. The rural aspects of the fringe need to be considered more explicitly in policy and decisions rather than imposing urban expansion models. Reconnecting the urban and rural divide 3. Agendas, policy frameworks and goals tend to be pursued separately across the urban and rural institutions creating a marked policy and practice 'disintegration'. 4. The ideas of SP and the EA are jargon-heavy. Our cross-cutting themes of Connections, Time and Values allow professional sectors and publics to engage, interact and participate more effectively within more inclusive and understandable concepts and language. Improving connections by crossing boundaries 5. The RUF is an 'edge' space crossing many boundaries with a complex pattern of explicit and hidden connections. This requires unpacking within and across RUF spaces. Working across multiple scales (national, landscape, local and neighbourhood), sectors (e.g. landscape, nature conservation, economic development) and actors (e.g. planners, developers, environmentalists, communities) is key, yet demands significant changes in work practices and tools to deliver more joined-up responses. Adapting for the long-term 6. Policymakers often fail to learn from the past when planning for the future. Here, the lack of adequate resources to capture institutional and human capital is significant. For example, research undertaken on the RUF for the Countryside Agency (2000-2006) was only available through personal copies of a project officer. 7. The RUF is a transitory space, defined within short-term thinking but requiring more long term policy and investment opportunities. However, learning from new and experimental approaches is key when planning for uncertainty with partial evidence. Managing contested values 8. The RUF is valued differently by different people and those values need to be unpacked using monetary and non-monetary approaches. There is a danger that, in decision making we only value what can be easily measured as opposed to measuring what people really value. |
Exploitation Route | Rufopoly: This decision making game is being used by people and agencies worldwide. We provide a guidance kit for teachers and work with groups who need our help Conceptual framework : This work has led to a follow on project as part of the National Ecosystem Assessment Follow on programme. The subsequent framework and thinking builds from the RELU project and incorporates a web portal NEAT TREE http://neat.ecosystemsknowledge.net/ There is a need to link together emergent strands of peri urban research in a large project to try and improve the way we plan and manage such areas. At present most of the planning debates are as a result of the lack of clarity over the rural urban fringe spaces. A large ESRC grant is under preparation. |
Sectors | Construction Education Environment Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Government Democracy and Justice Culture Heritage Museums and Collections |
URL | http://www.bcu.ac.uk/research/-centres-of-excellence/centre-for-environment-and-society/projects/relu/overview |
Description | The pioneering research in this case study has uniquely provided a theoretical integration between SP and EA paradigms using this fusion to provide tools that can operationalize this approach to land use governance. This new thinking and the associated tools have gained considerable national and international policy attention, and have already led to changes in national, regional and local planning practice. This has been strengthened with the publication of Scott et al., 2018 paper Mainstreaming Ecosystem Science in Land Use Policy Research findings have been adapted to maximize knowledge exchange and impact. Within Relu research on the RUF; the development of the "Rufopoly" learning tool together with five video policy briefs have engaged different publics and decision-makers and have been used in teaching at degree and postgraduate level in both Birmngham City University and Northumbria Universities. . Since 2015 Rufopoly has been adapted within an ESRC award that led to participology (Rufopoly Resource Kit). This is now taking the fixed game format and making it adaptable to different user requirements. Partnerships with the urban Living Programme have led to the creaton or urban Placemalers whislt work with the RTPI has led to the development o the placemakers game. o Representations about the value of the Ecosystems Approach were made as part of the consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework, based on this research, and this point is reflected in the wording of paragraph 109 of the final NPPF o Natural England have developed new policy platforms linking spatial planning and the ecosystem approach together following this research. o National Farmers Union via David Collier have embarked on a new partnership with Swedish dairy farmers looking at fringe opportunities o A policy brief on Nature Improvement Areas utilized findings from our research o Progress in Planning Paper (Scott et al 2013) has influenced the RTPI in its policy and research approaches. o Rufopoly has been adapted with funding in an EU LEADER project in Sweden and Flanders and also developed into Plainsopoly in Rural Nebraska Rufopoly The game has been endorsed by government, community groups and decision-makers since it was created in November 2011. Since then, it has been demonstrated to over 300 people, many of whom took part in playing the game. A Swedish version of the game is being developed by Mattias Qvistrom from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. o Significantly it has been played by members of Defra's Senior management team, the Greater Birmingham and Solihul LEP and Worcestershire LEP as part of policy development exercises o Rufopoly has also been used with a range of other audiences, including: Welsh Government; Staffordshire County Council Cabinet members; RTPI; Welsh hill farmers; Cannock Chase AONB; Swedish Agricultural University and Federation of Swedish Farmers; West Midlands school pupils and college students; and BCU students. o It has made appearances at a variety of events across the UK, including: Games to save the Planet UK Climate Week 2013 . LWEC Journey to Adaptation 2012; RELU conference "Who Should Run the Countryside 2011?"; The Great Debate 2012: a partnership between Professional Institutes for the built environment (RTPI, RICS, RIBA); Techfest Birmingham; It has also been used by schools and promoted by the Geographical Society as a learning resource and is now being used extensively within the Placemakers banner. . The video extract from LWEC TV highlights the "way this tool encourages thinking different ly across traditional conflict zones" whilst others have praised its ability to "reduce complexity of RUF issues to wider publics" and to get people understanding the implications of various decisions they make. Rufopoly has progressed to its own ESRC grant completed in 2015 which forms another output. The game has now been played and used as part of strategy formation by Government (Welsh Government: Natural Resource Management Programme), Business (Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP: (http://centreofenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/GBSLEP-SSFP-Worcestershire1.pdf), to help Councillors in plan development (Politicians in Planning Network; Staffordshire County Council) and support GCSE and A Level curricula within six school workshops (Queen Mary Grammar School Walsall), championed by the Geographical Association (http://www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_1119RUFopoly.doc) and ESRC (http://www.socialscienceforschools.org.uk/news/blog-2013/July-2013.aspx). It has been recognized as an exemplar for adaptive management and social learning within RCUK's Living With Environmental Change partnership (http://www.lwec.org.uk/supporting-journey-adaptation), ESRC (http://www.esrc.ac.uk/news-and-events/features-casestudies/features/26803/la The research project was also used as an impact case study for the REF2014 and led to a PhD work based at Birmingham City University being unertaek nby one of the CIs Claudia Carter using the issues and evidence from this project as one of the foundation points. A new chapter in the Routledge companion to rural planing (2019) written by Scott has helped illuminate the problems of disintegrated development and this will be seen as part of a valuable addition to students studying rural planning. |
First Year Of Impact | 2011 |
Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice |
Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic Policy & public services |
Description | ESRC Knowledge Exchange Scheme |
Amount | £110,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/M006522/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2014 |
End | 11/2015 |
Description | Green Infrastructure funding |
Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/N017587/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2016 |
End | 03/2019 |
Description | Research Council UK and UK Government National Ecosystem Assessment Follow on Programme WP10 Tools |
Amount | £200,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Research Councils UK (RCUK) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2012 |
End | 05/2014 |
Title | Rufopoly |
Description | This is a decision making participatory tool using a game format to enable players to make decisions about a fictitious rural urban fringe |
Type Of Material | Model of mechanisms or symptoms - human |
Year Produced | 2011 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | ESRC have used this game as an exemplar case study http://www.esrc.ac.uk/news-and-events/features-casestudies/features/26803/Land_management_at_the_roll_of_a_dice.aspx It has been featured as a case study for humanitarian futures project ELHRA.org http://www.humanitarianfutures.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/CS25-Board.pdf It was showcased the Games to save the planet in March 2013 as aprt of Cliamte Change week March 2013 at the Science museum September 2012 Played with the Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP to inform their spatial plan exercise. The results helped shape the wheel of lEP fortune. http://centreofenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/GBSLEP-SSFP-Worcestershire1.pdf September - December 2013: Working with Professor Richard Wakeford (Visiting Professor, BCU) and colleagues from the University of Nebraska, an American version of Rufopoloy has been developed. Termed 'Plainsopoly', it has been designed to capture the key planning issues facing Nebraska. A press release highlights the development. A joint paper is currently under development. The rufopoly game format has also led to Alister introducing the idea of a game for consultation as part of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEPs spatial plan consultation. Termed the 'game of growth', it was the centre piece of the various LEP consultation events in November/December 2013. The LEP's innovative approach led to a Highly Commended award in the Strategic Planning category for the first ever Placemaking awards, held at the British Museum, January 2014. Alister Scott has also become part of a LEADER Steering Committee for the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Malmo. A Swedish version of Rufopoly is now being created following the visit of Collier and Scott (team members of the Relu project on the rural urban fringe) in January 2013. This project is trying to use the Rufopoly format for exploring the rural urban fringe in Sweden with professionals and community groups. Alister is running a workshop for the Department of Communities and Local Government staff in London on February 14 2013. |
URL | http://www.bcu.ac.uk/research/-centres-of-excellence/centre-for-environment-and-society/projects/rel... |
Description | Ecosystem services valuation |
Organisation | Birmingham City Council |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Examining Ecosystem Services Valuation in relation to Birmingham's (UK) Green spaces. |
Collaborator Contribution | Developing frameworks for using ecosystem services within and across the City Council and exposing students to this work. |
Impact | No formal outputs as yet a PhD (Carter) is likely to produce these |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership: Spatial Framework for Recovery and Growth |
Organisation | Local Enterprise Partnerships |
Department | Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Following the success of Rufopoly and workshop sessions held as part of the Relu exercise on the rural urban fringe the PI was able to play a lead role in the development of the spatial plan with a theme lead of the quality of life and environment theme. Our results from the rural urban fringe research continued to influence this. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partnership of the spatial plan is a group of 9 local authorities chaired by Birmingham City Council and public and prviate sector planners who are working to make the spatial plan |
Impact | the thinking has produced the draft spatial framework but the seeds were from my contribution Specific outputs include within thee project lifecycle: Lepology http://centreofenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/GBSLEP-SSFP-Worcestershire1.pdf Urban Rural Connections and the LEP http://www.bcu.ac.uk/Download/Asset/f208a750-67b2-4833-bc1d-2bd00b5f8f57 |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Natural England |
Organisation | Natural England |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | This is a partnership to help continue discussions within the research project. This work led directly to our follow on work with the UK National Ecosystem Assessment. The partnership has also led to seminars and workshops where BCU staff provide input to support NE staff development. Rufopoly has been used to help frame discussions the partnership has expanded with my NERC work on green infrastructure. Here I have worked closely with NE to support their work on GI national standards acting as a critical friend. |
Collaborator Contribution | NE have provided direct funding for a PhD. The 6k is per year but I cant include the full three years due to uncertainty over future years funding. NE staff have provided support through in kind contributions to use over the last 3 years to the tune of 60k. This helps support research grants and enables us to tap into their expertise across 3 main areas of interest. |
Impact | They are using this collaboration in their own work programmes so the outputs are subtle. Applying the Ecosystem Approach at the landscape scale: Exploring new perspectives on land use planning and management advice for city regions |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Rural urban fringe European network University of Copehagen |
Organisation | Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research |
Country | Belgium |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Ths is a new partnership formed by a network of researchers who have been stuying the rural urban fringe across the EU. Scott was asked to contribute a key paper drawing from his RELU experience. A preliminary workshop took place in Copenhagen in 14/15 November 2016. "Researching the Rural Urban Fringe" |
Collaborator Contribution | There were a series of papers to present different wats of researching the fringe There was then a discussion to progress this work through a joint sesson at a forthcoming conference http://www.iale-europe.eu/call-papers). Further collaboration was discussed as a basis to try and mould an EU grant application |
Impact | Researching the Rural Urban Fringe AJ Scott presentation to University of Copehagen 15 November. 2016 (co-organisers of conference IALE 2017 European Congress From pattern and process to people and action Ghent, 12-15 September 2017 dedicated paper session 12-15 September 2017 |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Rural urban fringe European network University of Copehagen |
Organisation | Leibniz Association |
Department | Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Ths is a new partnership formed by a network of researchers who have been stuying the rural urban fringe across the EU. Scott was asked to contribute a key paper drawing from his RELU experience. A preliminary workshop took place in Copenhagen in 14/15 November 2016. "Researching the Rural Urban Fringe" |
Collaborator Contribution | There were a series of papers to present different wats of researching the fringe There was then a discussion to progress this work through a joint sesson at a forthcoming conference http://www.iale-europe.eu/call-papers). Further collaboration was discussed as a basis to try and mould an EU grant application |
Impact | Researching the Rural Urban Fringe AJ Scott presentation to University of Copehagen 15 November. 2016 (co-organisers of conference IALE 2017 European Congress From pattern and process to people and action Ghent, 12-15 September 2017 dedicated paper session 12-15 September 2017 |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Rural urban fringe European network University of Copehagen |
Organisation | Stockholm University |
Department | Department of Human Geography |
Country | Sweden |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Ths is a new partnership formed by a network of researchers who have been stuying the rural urban fringe across the EU. Scott was asked to contribute a key paper drawing from his RELU experience. A preliminary workshop took place in Copenhagen in 14/15 November 2016. "Researching the Rural Urban Fringe" |
Collaborator Contribution | There were a series of papers to present different wats of researching the fringe There was then a discussion to progress this work through a joint sesson at a forthcoming conference http://www.iale-europe.eu/call-papers). Further collaboration was discussed as a basis to try and mould an EU grant application |
Impact | Researching the Rural Urban Fringe AJ Scott presentation to University of Copehagen 15 November. 2016 (co-organisers of conference IALE 2017 European Congress From pattern and process to people and action Ghent, 12-15 September 2017 dedicated paper session 12-15 September 2017 |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Rural urban fringe European network University of Copehagen |
Organisation | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
Country | Sweden |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Ths is a new partnership formed by a network of researchers who have been stuying the rural urban fringe across the EU. Scott was asked to contribute a key paper drawing from his RELU experience. A preliminary workshop took place in Copenhagen in 14/15 November 2016. "Researching the Rural Urban Fringe" |
Collaborator Contribution | There were a series of papers to present different wats of researching the fringe There was then a discussion to progress this work through a joint sesson at a forthcoming conference http://www.iale-europe.eu/call-papers). Further collaboration was discussed as a basis to try and mould an EU grant application |
Impact | Researching the Rural Urban Fringe AJ Scott presentation to University of Copehagen 15 November. 2016 (co-organisers of conference IALE 2017 European Congress From pattern and process to people and action Ghent, 12-15 September 2017 dedicated paper session 12-15 September 2017 |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Rural urban fringe European network University of Copehagen |
Organisation | University of Copenhagen |
Country | Denmark |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Ths is a new partnership formed by a network of researchers who have been stuying the rural urban fringe across the EU. Scott was asked to contribute a key paper drawing from his RELU experience. A preliminary workshop took place in Copenhagen in 14/15 November 2016. "Researching the Rural Urban Fringe" |
Collaborator Contribution | There were a series of papers to present different wats of researching the fringe There was then a discussion to progress this work through a joint sesson at a forthcoming conference http://www.iale-europe.eu/call-papers). Further collaboration was discussed as a basis to try and mould an EU grant application |
Impact | Researching the Rural Urban Fringe AJ Scott presentation to University of Copehagen 15 November. 2016 (co-organisers of conference IALE 2017 European Congress From pattern and process to people and action Ghent, 12-15 September 2017 dedicated paper session 12-15 September 2017 |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | South Downs national park |
Organisation | South Downs National Park |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | I have been working with the South Downs National Park Authority to help them mainstream the ecosystem approach into their local plan. This has involved several meetings, skypes and one to ones to help improve their policy and plans. This is a co-produced and iterative piece of work. I have led workshops but in such a way that these are part of ongoing conversations and dialogue rather than an end point. |
Collaborator Contribution | Co-production ehtic is driving the process. Thye have a local plan to produce. I have research intelligence to help them. They have worked with me to help produce a joint paper under review They have tested participlogy for their own GI applicatons and strategy. |
Impact | Scott, AJ; Carter C., Hardman, M. , Grayson, N. and Slaney T (under review) Mainstreaming nature's value(s) into built environment policy and decision-making Land Use Policy Scott AJ (2016) Planning for GI in the Urban Fringe: re-discovering new opportunity spaces? Invited keynote to GreenArc presentation September 2016. London. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Association of American Geographers Annual Conference. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk sparked question and international collaborations and papers in further conferences. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Belgian PhD winter school |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions which then led to a Rufopoly decision game. New contacts formed leading to the development of Rufopoly in the university of Ghent. New research partnership between myself and one participant. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.ilvo.vlaanderen.be/phdwinterschool/PhDWS/Organisers/tabid/3466/language/en-US/Default.asp... |
Description | Bridging the rural urban divide : green economic opportunities for the Greater Birmingham and Solihull local enterprise partnership (LEP) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | A facilitated workshop to discuss the rural urban fringe with a specifc focus on the emerging Local Enteprrise Partnerships. Some 88 partcipants from business, environment and community sectors attended. Led to active consideration of environmental matters in the GBSLEP agenda. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://www.bcu.ac.uk/Download/Asset/f208a750-67b2-4833-bc1d-2bd00b5f8f57 |
Description | Bringing Environmental Debate into The A Level Classroom |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Resource sparked interest from schools. See below. The article led to requests from schools for support. We developed a simple powerpoint guidance pack for teachers with audio. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | http://www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_1119RUFopoly.doc |
Description | Countryside and Community Research Unit Keynote Disintegrated development in the rural urban fringe |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk led to questions and further engagement activities. Rufopoly session attracted a lot of interest. Further engagement with CCRU on research and collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
URL | http://www.ccri.ac.uk/2012ruralpolconf/ |
Description | Disintegrated Development at the Urban Rural Fringe |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk was delivered as part of Cardiff University public engagement lectures and made into a video Discussions with Bridgend planners that led to further work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mAdZjKEGwI |
Description | ESRC Case Study Rufopoly Land Management at the roll of the die |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | ESRC using the game as a case study has helped increase our exposure of the planning tool. More email requests for downloads of the board so we have now placed it on the web site. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | http://www.esrc.ac.uk/news-and-events/features-casestudies/features/26803/Land_management_at_the_rol... |
Description | Enhancing Humanitarian Research for Humanitarian Assistance Case Study Rufopoly |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This is a case study of how a game based format can improve participation and outcomes. Improved press exposure and key influence in future funding bid to ESRC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.elrha.org/dialogues/case-studies/case-study-25-board-games |
Description | Games to Save the Planet |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | workshop facilitator |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | As part of Climate week we were invited to showcase Rufopoly to an invited audience at the Science museum. This forms part of a funded project led by Dr Paula Owen on Games to Save the Planet . This one year programme of work falls under the London Sustainable Development Commission (LSDC) and supported by the Mayor of London's officehttp://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/paula-owen/can-games-help-save-the-planet_b_2755430.html Requests for further Rufopoly demonstrations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Gaywood Valley Kings Lynn SURF project Rufopoly workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The game format with technical briefing led to further support for the local urban fringe work and policy decisions. The board download address was given for future use. Future use and application as a participative tool. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Green Arc London rural urban Fringe annual meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This was an annnual meeting of GREENARC in support of Londons rural urban fringe. http://www.greenarc.org/ I was asked to do an update on my work as part of their own policy development. This was a keynote to report on latest research and to identify opportunities and barriers The proejct led to a new working elationship wiith the landscape Insititute and also the GI manager for Lodon who has since worked with me on a current NERC grant on green infrastructure. . |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Illuminating the Rural Urban Fringe Invited keynote to Swedish Agricultural University, LRF (Federation of Swedish Farmers) and City of Malmo public lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This talk generated substantive interest. David Collier was one of the presenters and his talk enabled the Swedish NFU to engage with a progamme of reciprocal visits to discuss farming on the fringe. The use of Rufopoly led to a Swedish project as part of the LEADER scheme. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Improving decision making for the sustainable management of the rural-urban fringe |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Workshop hosted by The West Midlands Rural Affairs Forum. 25 participants. Led to formal presentation to the forum about the project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://www.bcu.ac.uk/Download/Asset/76253968-c621-44ba-8ded-58e10e3efce1 |
Description | Institutional memory workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Institutional Memory Workshop looking at the loss of institutions. 14 attendees. This workshop secured 14 planners who have worked at the regional scale over the last 20-30 years. The aim was to capture their experiences before they were lost. This shaped further discussions informing the development and remit of the Futures Network West Midlands group. It fed into the core data of the Relu Project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://www.bcu.ac.uk/Download/Asset/7db93e2b-e804-4196-9291-00384201311d |
Description | LEPology |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This led to the development of a series of working groups for a spatial plan process. Led to the project work informing the LEP spatial plan process. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
URL | http://centreofenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/GBSLEP-SSFP-Worcestershire1.pdf |
Description | LWEC Video Journey to Adaption 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The video led to greater appreciation of the impact of Rufopoly. Led to an impact study being written for the tool. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
URL | http://www.lwec.org.uk/supporting-journey-adaptation |
Description | Localize West Midlands Research workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Fed into the research project data. Improved linkages and work with Localize West Midlands. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://www.bcu.ac.uk/Download/Asset/f25aec35-d1ec-444e-a1f7-a03d1a3ad143 |
Description | Long term economics issues and the green built environment : risk, investment, the future, discounting, intergenerational equity |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A one day conference looking at long termism and contested values in the rural urban fringe. 44 attendees. Results used in project and Green Economics publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://www.bcu.ac.uk/Download/Asset/2cb6b61d-2348-46fa-a930-c3f87dc2fe82 |
Description | Managing Economic Growth at the Rural Urban Fringe Keynote talk to the Royal Town Planning Institute |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk led to further keynote invitations. Arun Rother connections. Well received by the Institute. Invited on to the Policy Practice and Research Committee of the RTPI |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | http://www.rtpi.org.uk/events/rtpi-planning-convention/rtpi-planning-convention-2013/ |
Description | Managing Environmental Change at the Rural Urban Fringe |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The talk led to further developments and engagements with Aberdeen City Council within the SURF project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://www.periurbanparks.eu/storage/files/4e69d4f6c0fb9.pdf |
Description | Managing Environmental Change at the Rural-Urban Fring - Project Newsletter - Issue 1 , November 2010 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Managing Environmental Change at the Rural-Urban Fringe - Project Newsletter - Issue 1 , November 2010 Requests for more information about the project,. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | Managing Environmental Change at the Rural-Urban Fring - Project Newsletter - Issue 2 , July 2010 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Managing Environmental Change at the Rural-Urban Fringe - Project Newsletter - Issue 2 , July 2010 Information sharing and interest in our project through emails. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | Managing environmental change at the rural-urban fringe |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation to the Wye, Severn and Avon Vales Integrated Biodiversity Delivery Area Information presentation |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Managing environmental change at the rural-urban fringe final workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Highlighted key findings of the research project. The event attracted 150 participants and with Web Ex allowed international delegates to register and actively participate through live streaming. This was a key conference to share our research findings. The global streaming led to a worldwide audience with live questions being fed in to discussions. The conference led to collaborative partnerships with Richard Wakeford leading to the development of Plainsopoloy with the Rural Futures Institute in Nebraska and also via Mattias Qvistrom (speaker) with a Swedish Rufopoly |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
URL | http://www.bcu.ac.uk/research/-centres-of-excellence/centre-for-environment-and-society/projects/rel... |
Description | Maximising the value(s) of the green belt |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This was an interview on Russia Today News about the green belt highlighting the value of green infrastructure there were very positive responses to this on twitter and emial from RT highlighting the value of my contribution |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qCDGAHT0Ck&feature=youtu.be&t=10 |
Description | New Perspectives on Planning Theory Conference UWE Bristol |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions about ecosystem approach and its relationship with spatial planning. Follow up contacts. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://www.bcu.ac.uk/Download/Asset/8b85cf16-2d2c-4152-a5f1-012e2792a95e |
Description | OECD keynote talk on the rural-urban fringe Paris : Rural Working party |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Good discussions and improved liaison with Richard Wakeford Chair. ESERC joint KE bid involving OECD as a partner. Not submitted |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Placemakers game 24th September 2019 Uppsala SLU |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Undergraduate students in landscape design played placemakers game designed from participology resources. 3 hour game with feedback and supporting lecture. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.rtpi.org.uk/education-and-careers/engagement-and-outreach/resources-for-schools/place-ma... |
Description | Plainsopoly Decision making game |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Game held at the Institute of Rural Futures Nebraska. Students developed the game with support from PI led to discussions with Secretary of State for US agriculture and keynote lectures Game held at the Institute of Rural Futures Nebraska. Students developed the game with support from PI led to discussions with Secretary of State for US agriculture and keynote lectures The success of the game has led to further collaborations with the Institute of Rural Futures and also an ongoing study looking at participatory governance in the Valley http://t.co/WgQsr6dCzG |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
URL | http://www.bcu.ac.uk/built-environment/news-events/playing-around-with-rural-futures-in-birmingham-a... |
Description | Queen Mary Grammar School Walsall Rufopoly workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Rufopoly workshop to inform Geography curriculum Talk sparked interest from pupils leading to further engagement in research project recently funded by ESRC Talk sparked interest from pupils leading to further engagement in research project recently funded by ESRC A Level geography fact sheet on Rufopoly produced by Geographical Association. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Rufopoly adaption to South Downs National Park Partnership activity |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The game format enabled discussions of key planning issues on the South Downs national park BCU staff were able to inform both the questions and the game format This approach led to South Downs national park being included in our Rufopoly grant bid as a partner. South Downs National Park are keen to use this type of approach in their local plan exercise. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Rufopoly workshop Defra |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Good discussions in using the tool and support for more sessions involving other stakeholders. Report and outputs led to support for future grant application (ESRC now successful) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Rufopoly: A trip to RUFSHIRE |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The rufopoly game was played and a discussion was held on the value of participative tools. LWEC feature as a case study and appendix in KE handbook. The game and commentary on its value featured in a section of the LWEC video journey to adaption |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
URL | http://www.lwec.org.uk/events/2012/supporting-the-journey-to-adaptation/interactive/rural-urban-frin... |
Description | SURF final conference June 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Results led to collaboration with Gaywood valley project. Further downloads of Rufopoly project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Social Learning tracker |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | See attachment link. Clear evidence that the research exercise changed activities and work of agencies. eg Natural England working with planners Mark Reed including planners in stakeholder groups. The learning pattern led to further research projects such as the National Ecosystem Assessment Follow on project where many of the core team were able to extend such learning in the use and development of tools incorporating ecosystem services. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
URL | http://www.bcu.ac.uk/Download/Asset/dfbbcecc-ef7f-46a0-a695-f521694a4f8a |
Description | Staffordshire County Council Cabinet Rufopoly workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The workshop generated huge interest in its application to neighborhood plans Established a relationship with Leader of the council and its role in the PURPLE network (Peri urban areas network pan Europe) Asked to participate in a recent 2014 PURPLE seminar. Led to their involvement in a the recently awarded Rufopoly Resource kit grant. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Sweden visits to discuss urban fringe and development of Rufopoly |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Initial talks sparked interest leading to joint dairy farmer visits between Sweden Malmo and the UK Under Prof Mattias Qvistrom they developed Rufopoly and used it in their own cultural context. Further visits to help support the work and to provide feedback. Led to their involvement in the ESRC award (see future funding) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
Description | The Politicians in Planning Network Annual General Meeting Rufopoly workshop 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Strong support for game format and visions Reflective thinking and debate on their own decision making in a safe environment. Other requests for the board top lay with their own teams. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
URL | http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/10834/pipa_2012_programme_-_with_presentation_links.pdf |
Description | To Boldly Go : A journey through the rural-urban fringe Keynote talk to university of Salford Geography Seminar programme |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk generated linkages to support existing research projects. It enabled a reciprocal talk to occur at Birmingham |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | UK Ireland Annual Research Conference Special RELU themed session |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The targeted session rose awareness of the RELU living with environmental change programme and its impact with planning. Further collaborations and grant bids particularly from contributors : Phillips and Bond. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://www.relu.ac.uk/news/Annual%20Reports/Annual%20Report%202011%20web%20version.pdf |
Description | UK/Ireland Planning Research Conference Paper on rural urban fringe |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk sparked question and interest in rural urban fringe matters Follow up work |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://www.bcu.ac.uk/Download/Asset/1f68439d-6b81-40b1-b755-93252610ecf5 |
Description | Values and decision making |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Workshop event hosted by Forest Research (FR). Looking at FR's (and others') expertise on values and valuation (and particularly cultural values) in relation to forest/landscape governance issues in the rural-urban fringe (RUF). 10 attendees Informed our data and helped shape Forest Research work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://www.bcu.ac.uk/Download/Asset/c309f1d5-f3a5-47de-af86-2b8724820fda |
Description | Video Policy Briefs x 4 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The video policy briefs provide a core output from the research and enable publics to understand the complexities of the rural urban fringe using simple language and examples. The videos use all our project team. The videos reflect the conceptual framework from our research and use data from our field research and workshops. Raised awareness and feedback |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
URL | http://www.bcu.ac.uk/research/-centres-of-excellence/centre-for-environment-and-society/projects/rel... |
Description | Welsh Assembly Government Rufopoly workshop Aberystwyth |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The workshop stimulated interest in developing an all Wales Rufopoly version. The workshop led to support for a future funding call. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Who should run the countryside RELU celebratory conference 2011 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The workshop engaged with many stakeholders taking their own journey in RUFSHIRE . This was the first launch of Rufopoly and its imapct was very clear and immediate. Led to improved board design and a whole series of Rufopoly workshops with a wide range of groups, agencies and publics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://www.relu.ac.uk/conference/ |
Description | Workshop with Department of Communities and Local Government. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The role playing exercise as well received with relationships established to support further research and workshops. It was part of CPD activity for staff The event was written up with results circulated. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Year 12 Outreach Event 2 July 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Each year Northumbria hosts an outreach event for schools in the region to provide a taster event. I managed a group of 15 students to play Placemakers. The game was played on 4 separate tables with a feedback session. The game helped the children apprecaite the different roles that come to bear on issues. It was well recevied by the children and teachers alike./ |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |