Northumbria University:
Research and the City
Dave Greenwood
School of the Built Environment
Northumbria University
• School of Applied Sciences
• School of Arts and Social Sciences
• School of Built Environment
• School of Computing, Engineering & Information Sciences
• School of Design• School of Design
• School of Health, Community & Education Studies
• School of Psychology & Sport Sciences
• Newcastle Business School
• Northumbria Law School
A selection of collaborative projects
School of Applied Sciences Workplace Health Promotion (Nutrition), 'PEANuT' (Participatory Evaluation and Appraisal in Newcastle upon Tyne) and Centre for Environmental and Spatial Analysis (CESA) withNewcastle City Council
School of Arts & Tackling Social Inclusion (CONNECTIONS) with
Social Sciences Newcastle City Council
School Eco-Neighbourhood Project with Newcastle City Council
of the Built Environment and Newcastle University; Projects with the Institute for Local Governance (ILG) and the Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (RIEP); Virtual Newcastle-Gateshead with Newcastle & Gateshead City Councils; GeothermalPlus Ltd with Newcastle University
Newcastle Business School Corporate Development with Northumberland Strategic Partnership, Northumberland County Council , Gateshead Council, Durham City Council, North East Consortium of District Councils.
School of the Built Environment
Construction & Property Management
Regeneration & Conservation
SCRI
Sustainable Development
Visualisation, Simulation and Modelling
Eco-Neighbourhoods project
Who? Collaboration between Newcastle & Northumbria Universities
and Newcastle City
Where? Arthur's Hill, Cruddas Park, Rye Hill and Elswick
What? What? opportunities/barriers to developing low-carbon neighbourhoods
How? 12 months (initially) : - working group; exemplars; reviews; mapping and surveying; meetings; continuation ….
Who with? Key Stakeholders
Virtual NewcastleGateshead (VNG)
• is an accurate 3-d computer model of the two
townscapes, managed by a 3-way partnership
and hosted by the University with remote,
secure access by the Councils
• it offers: planning and development, GIS
integration, tourism and heritage applications.
• synergies with: energy simulation, BIM • synergies with: energy simulation, BIM
interoperability, pedestrian and traffic
simulation, city and subway climatology,
cognitive psychology and human response.
“a pioneering initiative that will raise the profile of the North East at an international level, creating interest on a global scale”.
Top Related