Document library
This library is a repository for EcoCities researchers' reports, conference abstracts and working papers.
Blueprint issues (EcoCities newsletter)
Issue 3, March 2011 (PDF, 3.87MB)
Issue 2, August 2010 (PDF, 2.56MB)
Issue 1, December 2009
(PDF, 4.12MB)
Reports
Kazmierczak, A. and Connelly, A. (2012). Adaptation to weather and climate in office buildings in Manchester. EcoCities project, University of Manchester. (PDF, 1,668KB)
Cavan, G. and Aylen, J. (2012). The challenge of retrofitting buildings to adapt to climate change: case studies from Manchester. EcoCities project, University of Manchester. (PDF, 5,833KB)
Kazmierczak, A. (2012). Working together? Inter-organisational cooperation on climate change adaptation. EcoCities project, The University of Manchester. (PDF, 1,243KB)
Carter, J. G. (2012). Land use change scenarios for Greater Manchester: analysis and implications for climate change adaptation. EcoCities project, University of Manchester. (PDF, 1,420KB)
Carter, J.G. and Connelly, A. (2012). Adapting to climate change: a Greater Manchester policy perspective, EcoCities project, The University of Manchester. (PDF, 334KB)
Kazmierczak, A. (2012). Heat and social vulnerability in Greater Manchester: a risk-response case study. EcoCities project, The University of Manchester. (PDF, 3,970KB)
Connelly, A. (2011). Adapting office buildings for climate change – literature review. EcoCities project, The University of Manchester. (PDF, 727KB)
Kazmierczak, A. and Connelly, A (2011). Buildings and flooding: a risk-response case study. EcoCities project, The University of Manchester. (PDF, 3,299KB)
Carter, J. G. and Lawson, N. (2011). Looking back and projecting forwards: Greater Manchester’s weather and climate. EcoCities, The University of Manchester. (PDF, 382KB)
Carter, J. G. (2011). Drivers of change: Exploring forces with the potential to shape Greater Manchester’s growth and development. EcoCities project, The University of Manchester. (PDF, 836KB)
Carter, J. G. and Sherriff, G. (2011). Spatial planning for climate change adaptation: identifying cross cutting barriers and solutions. Centre for Urban and Regional Ecology, The University of Manchester. (PDF, 1,501KB)
Cavan, G. and Kazmierczak, A. (2011). Urban greening to adapt urban areas to climate change: Oxford Road Corridor case study. EcoCities project, The University of Manchester. (PDF, 404KB)
Carter, J. (2011). One City - Multiple Futures: Two scenarios for exploring the future of Greater Manchester. EcoCities project, The University of Manchester. (PDF, 536KB)
Cavan, G. (2011). Climate change projections for Greater Manchester. EcoCities, The University of Manchester. (PDF, 1,468KB)
- The methodology used in generating the climate projections for Greater Manchester (outlined in this report) are also a UKCP09 case study.
Kazmierczak, A., and Kenny, C. (2011). Risk of flooding to infrastructure in Greater Manchester. EcoCities, The University of Manchester. (PDF, 970KB)
Cavan, G., (2010). Recent trends in Greater Manchester’s Weather and Climate, EcoCities project, The University of Manchester. (PDF, 101,335KB)
Cavan, G., Carter, J., and Kazmierczak, A. (2010). The future climate of North West England. EcoCities, Centre for Urban and Regional Ecology, The University of Manchester. (PDF, 658KB)
Carter, J. (2009). Adapting Greater Manchester to climate change: key challenges and opportunities. EcoCities launch workshop report, The University of Manchester. (PDF, 130KB)
Carter, J. (2009). Stakeholder mapping for climate change adaptation, Centre for Urban and Regional Ecology, The University of Manchester. (PDF, 261KB)
Lawson, N., Carter, J. (2009). Greater Manchester Local Climate Impacts Profile (GMLCIP). A report on the development of a LCLIP for Greater Manchester, The University of Manchester. (PDF, 2,043KB)
Manchester City Council, University of Manchester and Red Rose Forest (2009). Partnership Working to Achieve Level 1 of National Indicator 188, The University of Manchester. (PDF, 341KB)
Journal articles
Carter, J. (2011). Climate change adaptation in European cities. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 3(3): 193-198.
Kazmierczak, A. and Cavan, G. (2011). Surface water flooding risk to urban communities: Analysis of vulnerability, hazard and exposure. Landscape and Urban Planning 103(2): 185-197. (PDF, 1,200KB)
Conference abstracts
Kazmierczak, A. (2011). Who won’t get help? Flood risk, emergency services and vulnerable communities, presented at “The 2011 UK/Ireland Planning Research Conference: Planning resilient communities in challenging times”, Birmingham, UK (12-14 September 2011). (PDF, 15KB)
Cavan, G. (2011). The challenge of retrofitting buildings to address climate change in Manchester, UK. Presented at the Ecocity World Summit, Montreal, Canada (22-26 August 2011). (PDF, 25KB)
Cavan, G. and Kazmierczak, A. (2011). Realising a green scenario: Sustainable urban design under a changing climate in Manchester, UK. Presented at “City weathers: meteorology and urban design 1950-2010”, Manchester, UK (23-24 June 2011). (PDF, 17KB)
Cavan, G. and Kazmierczak, A. (2011). Sustainable urban design under a changing climate: Oxford Road Corridor in Manchester, UK. Presented at "The 5th International Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU) Global Visions: Risks and Opportunities for the Urban Planet" Singapore (24-26 February 2011). (PDF, 16KB)
Carter, J. (2011). Planning for climate change adaptation: exploring adaptation planning processes and outcomes. Presented at "Resilient Cities Conference 2011: The Second World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change" Bonn, Germany (3-5 June 2011). (PDF, 194KB)
Kazmierczak, A. (2011). Investigating the collaborative approach to climate change adaptation in Greater Manchester, UK. Presented at "The 5th International Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU) Global Visions: Risks and Opportunities for the Urban Planet" Singapore (24-26 February 2011). (PDF, 20KB)
Kazmierczak, A., Cavan, G., Carter, J., Handley, J., Guy, S. (2010). Deep Green or White Hot? The future of Oxford Road Corridor in Manchester, UK. Proceeding of the Construction, Building and Real Estate Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Held at Dauphine Université, Paris, 2-3 September 2010. ISBN 978-1-84219-619-9.
Link to Deep Green or White Hot? full paper.
Kazmierczak, A., Carter, J., Cavan, G., Guy, S., Handley, J. (2010). Green infrastructure - contribution to adaptation to climate change in Greater Manchester. Presented at "URBIO2010 – 2nd International Conference of Urban Biodiversity and Design" Nagoya, Japan (18 - 22 May 2010). (PDF, 20KB)
Carter, J., Cavan, G., Kazmierczak, A., Lawson, N. (2010). Social vulnerability to climate change hazards in Greater Manchester. Presented at UK21st IAPS (International Association for People-Environment Studies) conference "Vulnerability, Risk and Complexity: Impacts of global change on human habitats" Leipzig, Germany (27 June – 2 July 2010). (PDF, 20KB)
Carter, J. (2010). Drivers of change: exploring the forces shaping future climate change adaptation in Manchester. Presented at "Resilient Cities 2010 - 1st World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change" Bonn, Germany (28-30 May 2010). (PDF, 15KB)
Carter, J . (2009). Climate change adaptation – exploring the role of green infrastructure. Presented at the “Royal Geographical Society/IBG Annual International Conference: ‘Geography, Knowledge and Society’” Manchester, United Kingdom (26-28 August 2009) (Microsoft Word Doc, 25KB)
Carter, J . (2009). Climate change adaptation in theory and practice. Presented at the “International Conference on Human Ecology: “Human Ecology for an urbanising world”” Manchester, United Kingdom (29 June - 3 July 2009) (Microsoft Word Doc, 16KB)
Student outputs
Rahman, A. (2011). Assessing Social and Physical Flood Risk in Urban Area: the case of Greater Manchester. Masters Dissertation, University of Manchester. (PDF, 35KB)
Polyakova, A. (2011). Assessing the Potential Climate Change Adaptation Functions of Green Spaces Redeveloped from Brownfields in Greater Manchester. Masters Dissertation, University of Manchester (PDF, 531KB)
Lomas, M., Kevan, R., Reynolds, J., Thompson, E., MacDonald, C. (2010). Master in Planning CLIENT BASED PROJECT, May 2010, Final Report - The role of emergency services in responding to extreme weather events. (PDF, 1074KB)
Jones, N., Moran, A., Nolan, M., Sinton, S., Waddington, S. (2009). Master in Planning CLIENT BASED PROJECT, May 2010, Final Report – Climate change adaptation within Greater Manchester local authorities. (PDF, 1890KB)