Event type:
Lecture, Evening meeting, Social event
Organised by:
Central Scotland Regional Group
Venue:
University of Strathclyde
Event status:
EVENT CLOSED
The presentation will be followed by the CSRG’s AGM. If you are interested in standing for the committee, please contact [email protected] for a
nomination form.
Professor Andrew S Hursthouse, University of the West of Scotland
The pressure on urban ecosystems to function under increased urban development is a widely appreciated factor in modern urban management. However,
the beneficial impacts from ‘nature based solutions’ (NBS) are difficult to untangle when it comes directly to human health beyond the direct
mechanism of exposure to potentially harmful substances. In some situations it appears that our traditional approach to remediation through
development can clash with ecosystem principles and sustainability is widely used but seldom confirmed.
At the centre of the story are soil services performed under natural conditions or formed synthetically in response to urban disruption. Green
space is the key land use where human interaction is most intense and is a strong component for development of NBS in the future. This presentation
will review aspects of soil quality as part of international studies on the resilience and use of urban soils, highlighting lessons from marginal
land, public open spaces and woodland as part of our pursuit of reliable and resilient urban infrastructure.
Date
Tuesday 23 January 2018
Time
6.00pm for 6.15pm
Venue
Room 5.09a
James Weir Building
Level 5
75 Montrose Street
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow
G1 1XJ
Speaker
Professor Andrew S Hursthouse, University of the West of Scotland
Professor Andrew Hursthouse obtained his Ph.D. in Environmental Radioactivity at the University of Glasgow in 1989. He is professor of
Environmental Geochemistry at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) with over 30 years’ experience applying an earth-systems approach to
research which covers the transport/behaviour of pollutants in the environment (air quality, land degradation and remediation, and aquatic
biogeochemistry), evaluating their impact on ecosystems and for human health. He holds a high-end expert fellowship at the Regional Key Laboratory
for Shale Gas Exploitation, Hunan University of Science & Technology, Xiangtan, China. He is a Trustee of Environmental Protection Scotland
(
http://www.ep-scotland.org.uk/) and Past President of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry & Health (
www.segh.net).