The Physical Landscape of Britain and Northern Ireland
Lead Research Organisation:
Kingston University
Department Name: Sch of Geography Geology & Environment
People |
ORCID iD |
| Michael Smith (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Hooke J
(2012)
'The Physical Landscape of Britain and Northern Ireland': A Project to Increase Geomorphological Awareness
in Scottish Geographical Journal
Piccinini C
(2013)
Bibliographic webmap: the Physical Landscape of Britain and Northern Ireland
in Journal of Maps
Piccinini C
(2012)
Physical Landscape of Britain and Northern Ireland: technical development
| Description | The knowledge exchange project provides a single point of access to information and research results on the physical landscape of Britain, that is its geomorphology. It has produced a spatially interactive website linked to a bibliographic database. The website is searchable by location and/or topic. Summaries of landscape characteristics and research in landscape areas of Britain are provided. |
| Exploitation Route | Much research output is not readily available to potential end-users such as engineering and environmental consulting companies and government agencies and there is a lack of awareness of potential benefits of this knowledge. Lack of prior knowledge of aspects such as physical processes, materials, dynamics of change, or incidence of natural hazards, can be costly to development projects and may mean inappropriate design and environmental management with insufficient concern for sustainability. The information on published research is not readily available to those outside the academic community and they do not have time to investigate whether publications are relevant. Thus this website will save time and money, will avoid some detrimental consequences and will improve environmental quality and well-being. This project has produced an interactive website to enable knowledge exchange between academic researchers and end-users covering all aspects of the physical landscape (geomorphology) of Britain and Northern Ireland. A vast amount of research has been undertaken in Britain and NI which can provide place-specific information which would be of value to those concerned with environmental management and understanding of that locality including topics of wide concern, eg flood hazards, slope instability. Availability of knowledge of the processes, dynamics, landforms and materials of the physical landscape is vital for sustainable environmental management and for development projects, risk reduction, resource use and future planning under scenarios of climate change. It is essential for ecological conservation and biodiversity strategies and for conservation of our landscape heritage in Britain. The website enables searches by location and key terms and provides guidance on the research information available. The website has been designed and constructed and is populated with research publications details for selected areas, indexed by area and key word. |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Agriculture Food and Drink Construction Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Energy Environment Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Culture Heritage Museums and Collections |
| URL | http://landscapebritain.org.uk/ |
| Description | Knowledge exchange Production of spatially interactive website giving information on research publications about the physical landscape at searchable locations in Britain. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
| Description | Research grant |
| Amount | £3,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | British Society for Geomorphology |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Title | Physical Landscape of Britain |
| Description | Bibliographic database allowing spatial and topic searches of relevant publications |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2012 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Use by organisations to find relevant published research |
| URL | http://www.landscapebritain.org.uk/ |
| Description | The physical landscape of Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Organisation | Government of the UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Database design and development, website implementation and data entry |
| Collaborator Contribution | End-user input for website functions and facilities, website testing and feedback |
| Impact | See main grant outcomes |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | The physical landscape of Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Organisation | Halcrow Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Database design and development, website implementation and data entry |
| Collaborator Contribution | End-user input for website functions and facilities, website testing and feedback |
| Impact | See main grant outcomes |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | The physical landscape of Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Organisation | Mouchel Group PLC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Database design and development, website implementation and data entry |
| Collaborator Contribution | End-user input for website functions and facilities, website testing and feedback |
| Impact | See main grant outcomes |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | The physical landscape of Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Organisation | National Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Database design and development, website implementation and data entry |
| Collaborator Contribution | End-user input for website functions and facilities, website testing and feedback |
| Impact | See main grant outcomes |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | The physical landscape of Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Database design and development, website implementation and data entry |
| Collaborator Contribution | End-user input for website functions and facilities, website testing and feedback |
| Impact | See main grant outcomes |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | The Physical Landscape of Britain and Northern Ireland website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Launch publicising the website at RGS. Production of leaflets . Dissemination through partner organisations. Some of partners asked for more information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.landscapebritain.org.uk/ |