Workshop 18 May 2005

People and the Environment: Scoping the Research Agenda

RELU and LUPG (Land Use Policy Group) joint meeting, King's Manor, University of York, 18th May 2005

10.00

"Introduction"
Philip Lowe

10.10

"RELU and the research needs from an LUPG perspective"
Hilary Aldridge, Environment Agency, LUPG

10.45

Parallel Session 1A*
Chair: Philip Lowe

Parallel Session 1B*
Chair: Jeremy Phillipson

 

"Managing uncertainty in dynamic socio-environmental systems: an application to UK uplands"
Mark Reed, Andy Dougill

Discussants:
Stuart Lane, Stephen Chaplin

"Bridging the disciplinary divide: integrating data to understand patterns and processes in human-dominated landscapes"
Meg Huby, Colin McClean

Discussants:
Claire Waterton, Peter Pitkin

 

"Climate change, non-point pollution and land use: modelling interactions"
Dugald Tinch

Discussants:
Klaus Hubacek, Mark Felton

"Rural economy and land use data requirements, access and integration"
Helen McKay, Nigel Boatman

Discussants:
Noel Russell, Paul Rose

 

"Space, uncertainty and the challenge of simulation modelling using minimum information requirements: implications for rural land management in relation to diffuse agricultural pollution"
Stuart Lane

Discussants:
Lisa Norton, Brian Pawson

“International interdisciplinary research: a review of programmes and the implications for RELU”
Piran White

Discussants:
Mariella Marzano, Marcus Yeo

12.45

Lunch

13.35

Parallel Session 2A*
Chair: Philip Lowe

Parallel Session 2B*
Chair: Jeremy Phillipson

 

"Talking about each other: physical and social science perspectives on the use of rural catchments"
Liz Oughton, Jane Wheelock

Discussants:
Andrew Donaldson, Alastair Johnson

"Landscapes as a focus for integrating human and environmental processes"
Paul Selman, Robin Matthews

Discussants:
Susan Page, Bob Roberts

 

"Understanding pollution in Loweswater: the diverse logics and methodologies of farmers and ecologists"
Lisa Norton, Claire Waterton

Discussant:
Owain Jones

"Maximising the net benefits of wildlife conservation on farmland" Adam Dutton

Discussants:
Nigel Boatman, Gareth Morgan

 

"Learning from the south: challenging the balance of power and knowledge in small-scale farming systems"
Lindsay Stringer

Discussants:
Jane Wheelock, Rosie Simpson

"Diversity, scale and green landscapes in the gentrification process: ecological and social science perspectives"
Martin Phillips

Discussants:
Carly Stevens, Diana Mortimer

 

"Collaborative approaches to land use research: farmer participation, systems approaches and interdisciplinarity"
Fergus Lyon, Frances Harris

Discussants:
Jeremy Franks, Lynne Crowe

“Calming troubled waters: interdisciplinary approaches to environmental conflicts”
Dave Carss

Discussants:
Meg Huby, Fiona Mulholland

16.15

Round up discussion
Chair: John Lloyd Jones, Countryside Council for Wales

Discussants:
Hilary Aldridge, Environment Agency, LUPG
John Thomson, Scottish Natural Heritage, LUPG