Air Quality Management Centre Research

The Air Quality Management Resource Centre is at the forefront of Air Quality Management research. The AQMRC team have used their analyses of the air quality management process inefficiencies to generate research questions from which numerous research and consultancy contracts have been awarded by central and local government, research councils, the European Union, the Environment Agency and the private sector.

Equally important is the extensive peer reviewed literature produced by the team including 4 edited books, 21 refereed journal papers and more than 50 refereed book chapters and conference proceedings. The research expertise of the AQMRC team is also evidenced by the chairing of international conferences (e.g. Air Pollution 2006), major contributions (including special sessions) at the World Clean Air Congress (2004 and 2007 forthcoming), accepted invitations to speak at Better Air Quality, Asia conferences (organised by the Asian Development Bank’s Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities) and through high level engagements with the International Union of Air Pollution Control Associations.

Please see below links to research completed by the AQMRC team, organised specifically by relevance for; Local Authorities, Central Government, Government Agencies and Laboratories, Environmental Consultancies, International Partners, and Researchers.

AQMRC consultation and research projects

AQMRC current PhD research

AQMRC recently completed PhD research

ESRC Local Air Quality Management consultation

Full list of AQMRC publications

Local Authorities

Refereed Papers

McEvoy, D.W., Gibbs, D.C. and Longhurst, J.W.S. (1998) Urban sustainability: viability of the local approach to carbon reduction strategies. Environment and Planning C. Government and Policy. 16 423-432.

Beattie, C. I, and J.W.S. Longhurst (2000) Joint working within local government: air quality as a case study. Local Environment. 5 (4) 401–414.

Beattie, C. I, J.W.S. Longhurst A. Simmons & D.M. Elsom (2000) Regulation and Practice of Local Air Quality Management in England's major urban areas. Air and Waste Management Association's Environmental Manager. April pp49-55.

Beattie, C. I, J.W.S. Longhurst and N.K. Woodfield (2001) Air quality management: evolution of policy and practice in the UK as exemplified by the experience of English local government. Atmospheric Environment. 35 (8) 1479-1490.

Beattie, C. I, J.W.S. Longhurst and N.K. Woodfield (2001) A preliminary analysis of the linkage between air quality management and transport planning policies in a sample of English Highways Authorities. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 44 (3) 391-408.

Woodfield, N.K., Longhurst, J.W.S., Beattie, C.I., & Laxen, D.P.H. (2003) Regional variation in the implementation of the local air quality management process within Great Britain. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 46 (1) 49-64.

Beattie, C. I, J.W.S. Longhurst and Elsom, D.M. (2004) Evidence of integration of air quality management in the decision making processes and procedures of English local government. Local Environment. 9 (3) 255 – 270.

Dorfman, P., Beattie, C.I., Burnet, F., Gibbs, D. C., Longhurst, J.W. S., Weitkamp, E. & Leksmono, N.S (2006) A conceptual model of the role of complex science in local authority consultations about air quality management. Local Environment 11 (4) 399 - 419.

Refereed Chapters in Books and Proceedings

Longhurst, J.W.S., Lindley, S.J. & Conlan, D.E. (1995) Advances in local air quality management. In Power, H., Moussiopoulos, N. & Brebbia, C.A., (Eds) Air Pollution Engineering and Management, Air Pollution III, Vol. 2. Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton. pp 465 - 474.

Beattie, C.I, J.W.S. Longhurst & A.J. Newton (1998) Assessment of the Levels of Integration of Air Quality Management within the Transport Policies and Programmes of English County Government. In Borrego, C. & Sucharov, L. (Eds) Urban Transport and the Environment for the 21st Century. WIT Press, Southampton and Boston, pp305 - 318.

E.T. Hayes, T.J. Chatterton, N.S. Leksmono & J.W.S. Longhurst (2006) Integrating climate change management into the local air quality management process at a local and regional governance level in the UK. In Longhurst, J.W.S. & Brebbia, C.A. (Editors, 2006) Air Pollution XIV. WIT Press. Southampton and Boston. pp439-446.

S.M Hassan, K.A. Ling & J.W.S. Longhurst (2006) Local air quality management process in Great Britain in its second round of review and assessment: efficiency vs. effectiveness. In Longhurst, J.W.S. & Brebbia, C.A. (Editors, 2006) Air Pollution XIV. WIT Press. Southampton and Boston. pp185-194.

I. Gegisian, M. Grey, J. Irwin &J.W.S. Longhurst (2006) Environmental justice consequences of the UK’s local air quality management (LAQM) system. In Longhurst, J.W.S. & Brebbia, C.A. (Editors, 2006) Air Pollution XIV. WIT Press. Southampton and Boston. pp175-183.

Leksmono, N.S., Fisher, B.E.A., Irwin, J.G., Ling, K.A., & Longhurst, J.W.S. (2007). Opportunities for better integration of the local air quality management and the IPPC regimes to improve air quality. In R.S. Sokhi and M. Neophytou (Eds). 6th International Conference on Urban Air Quality. 27-29 March 2007.

Edited Books and Proceedings

Elsom, D.M. & Longhurst, J.W.S. (Editors) (2004) Regional and Local Aspects of Air Quality Management. WIT Press. Southampton and Boston. pp338.

J W.S. Longhurst, P. Dorman, N.S. Leksmono, F. Burnet, E. Weitkamp, D. C. Gibbs & C. I. Beattie (2007) Steps to Better Practice. Guidance for Local Authorities on Local Air Quality Management Consultation. University of the West of England, Bristol and University of Hull. pp 38. Available here.

Central Government

Refereed Papers

Refereed Chapters in Books and Proceedings

Gibbs, D.C. & Longhurst, J.W.S. (2000) Integrating environment into local economic development policies: experience from UK local government. In Gouldson, A. & Roberts, P. (Eds) Integrating environment and economy. Strategies for local and regional government. Routledge, London. pp86-100.

Gegisian, I., Grey, M., Irwin, J., Longhurst, J. (2005) A preliminary investigation of local air quality management and environmental justice in England and Wales. In Brebbia, C. A. (Editor) Air Pollution XIII, WIT Press, Southampton and Boston pp.149-156.

T.J. Chatterton, E.T. Hayes & J.W.S. Longhurst (2006) Managing air quality – are we doing enough? In Longhurst, J.W.S. & Brebbia, C.A. (Editors, 2006) Air Pollution XIV. WIT Press. Southampton and Boston. pp155-164.

C.I. Beattie, T.J. Chatterton, E. Hayes, N. Leksmono, J.W.S. Longhurst & N.K. Woodfield (2006) Air quality action plans in the UK: an overview and evaluation of process and practice. In Longhurst, J.W.S. & Brebbia, C.A. (Editors, 2006) Air Pollution XIV. WIT Press. Southampton and Boston. pp503-512.

Government Agencies and Laboratories

Refereed Papers

McEvoy, D.W., Gibbs, D.C. and Longhurst, J.W.S. (1999) The prospects for improved energy efficiency in the UK residential sector. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 42(3) 409-424.

McEvoy, D, Gibbs, D.C. and Longhurst, J.W.S. (2000) City-regions and the development of sustainable energy-supply systems. Int.J.Energy Res. 24 215-237.

McEvoy, D.W., Gibbs, D.C. and Longhurst, J.W.S. (2000) The employment implications of the low carbon economy. Sustainable Development. 8 (1) 27-38.

Refereed Chapters in Books and Proceedings

C.I. Beattie, J.W.S. Longhurst & N.K. Woodfield (2000) Progress with integrating air quality management into the Local Transport Plan process. In Sucharov, L and Brebbia, CA (Eds) Urban Transport VII: Urban Transport and the Environment for the 21st Century. WIT Press, Southampton and Boston. pp369-381.

N.S. Leksmono, J.W.S. Longhurst, K.A. Ling, J.G. Irwin, B. Fisher, C.I. Beattie, & N.K. Woodfield. (2002). A preliminary assessment of the contribution of industrial emission sources to exceedences of air quality objectives in England and Wales. In Brebbia, C.A. & Martin-Duque, J.F. (Eds, 2002) Air Pollution X. WIT Press, Southampton and Boston. pp161-170.

Leksmono, N.S., Longhurst, J.W.S., Fisher, B., Chatterton, T.J., Irwin, J.G. & Ling, K.A. (2003). Assessment of the relationship between industrial and non-industrial sources contributing to air quality objective exceedences: a theoretical modelling exercise. In R.S.Sokhi and J. Brechler (Eds) Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Urban Air Quality: Measuring, Modelling and Management, Prague, Czech Republic, IoP Publishing. pp202 –206.

Environmental Consultancies

Refereed Papers

McEvoy, D.W., Gibbs, D.C. and Longhurst, J.W.S. (1999) The prospects for improved energy efficiency in the UK residential sector. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 42(3) 409-424.

McEvoy, D, Gibbs, D.C. and Longhurst, J.W.S. (2000) City-regions and the development of sustainable energy-supply systems. Int.J.Energy Res. 24 215-237.

McEvoy, D.W., Gibbs, D.C. and Longhurst, J.W.S. (2000) The employment implications of the low carbon economy. Sustainable Development. 8 (1) 27-38.

Leksmono, N.S., Longhurst, J.W.S., Ling, K. A., Chatterton, T.J., Fisher, B., & Irwin, J.G. (2006). Assessment of the relationship between industrial and traffic sources contributing to air quality objective exceedences: a theoretical modelling exercise. Environmental Modelling and Software 494 - 500.

International Partners

Refereed Papers

Woodfield, N.K., Longhurst, J.W.S., Beattie, C.I., Chatterton, T. and Laxen, D.P.H.(2006). Regional collaborative urban air quality management: Case studies across Great Britain. Environmental Modelling and Software. 595 -599.

Refereed Chapters in Books and Proceedings

Longhurst, J.W.S. & Elsom, D.M. (1997) A theoretical perspective on air quality management in the UK. In Power, H., Tirabassi, T. and Brebbia, C.A. (Eds) Air Pollution V. Modelling, monitoring and management. CMP, Southampton. pp 25 – 34.

Longhurst, J.W.S., Gibbs, D.C. & Elsom, D.M. (1999) Lessons from the UK for environmental regulation and policy: the case of air quality management. In Jasinski, P and Lawton‑Smith H. (Ed) Environmental regulation in transforming economies: the case of Poland. Ashgate, pp 340 ‑ 363.

Researchers

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