Webinar #10 in the RECLAIM Network Webinar Series took place on the 1st March 2023.
Webinars will share best-practice and facilitate knowledge exchange between practitioners, researchers, policymakers, businesses, environmental groups, charities and individuals interested in implementation of green-blue-grey infrastructure for making our vulnerable living spaces more healthy, sustainable and resilient.
Speakers
Dr Dan Evans
75th Anniversary Research Fellow, Cranfield University
Title of the talk: “Building tomorrow's soils in urban spaces”
Biography
Dr Dan Evans holds an Anniversary Research Fellowship at Cranfield University. He leads both fundamental and applied research, principally focusing on soil formation, and the parent materials from which soil is formed. Part of his Fellowship focuses on how we can expedite and optimize soil formation in towns and cities to enhance urban health, sustainability, and resilience. In the context of green infrastructure and urban agriculture, this talk will highlight the findings of recent work on the quality of manufactured soils, the changes to their quality over time, and the key knowledge gaps that require further transdisciplinary research.
Dr Ross Stirling
Director of the UKCRIC National Green Infrastructure Facility, Newcastle University
Title of the talk: “The UKCRIC National Green Infrastructure Facility: An overview of capabilities and current research”
Biography
Ross is the Director of the UKCRIC National Green Infrastructure Facility in Newcastle and a lecturer in geotechnical infrastructure at Newcastle University. His interests centre on engineered approaches to achieve more resilient and sustainable urban green spaces. With expertise in climate-plant-soil interactions, his work at the Green Infrastructure Facility explores vegetated techniques for maximising surface water bio-retention and addresses challenges in achieving Net-Zero through Carbon Capture and Ground Source Heat.
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