Climate Week 2011 at Northumbria University

I am planning to participate in the Climate Week celebration at Northumbria University and want to invite you to join!

Read more:
http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sobe/news/climate_week2011

Thanks.

Poster for Northumbria University Research Conference, 2011

Towards understanding and developing strategies for cycling in traditional UK Cities (Provisional title of PhD project)

Supervisors: Seraphim ALVANIDES; Emine Mine THOMPSON

Two of the most serious threats identified to be anticipated by the year 2050 are Climate Change and Obesity. UK government has decided, via the Climate Change Act, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 per cent by 2050; out of which 21% of domestic greenhouse gas emissions coming from transport, of which 58% come from the private car. Obviously, road transport has a major contribution to make. Recently, according to the Foresight (2007) report, it is forecasted that over half of adults in Britain could be obese by 2050 unless some measures are adhered to. One aspect of the measures in the report is related to transport and urban design; namely, to include increasing of cycling (i.e., Active Transport) and improving the design of communities.

This poster presents strands in literature, as mind maps, of ongoing research towards understanding the constraints and developing strategies for cycling in traditional UK Cities. In addition, there is a short discussion of appropriate concepts, tools, theories as well as a methodology for Global Positioning System (GPS) data collection.

See you! :)