The Physical Landscape of Britain and Northern Ireland

Lead Research Organisation: Kingston University
Department Name: Sch of Geography Geology & Environment

Abstract

See Liverpool proposal

Planned Impact

See Liverpool proposal

Publications

10 25 50
 
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/