Environment Research Groups

Coastal and Marine Research Group
 
 

Environment Research Staff

Professor Mike Phillips
Professor Allan Williams
Chris House
Dr Rhian Jenkins
Mike Cullis
Beverley Holland
Judith Oakley
Beth Williams
 
 

Environment Research Students

Omar Ali O Alharbi
Andrew Morgan
David Smith
Tony Thomas
Asma Zwawe
 
 

Environment Research Projects

LCRI Marine Energy Task Group
Offshore Renewable Energy Impact Network (OREIN)
Beach Replenishment Issues, Malta
River Princess, Goa
Coastal Landscape Evolution
Automated Sensing Technologies for Coastal Monitoring (ASTEC)
 
 
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Chris House is a member of the Coastal Management research group and has a BSc (Hons) in Geographical Science, an MA in Western European Studies and an MPhil (Bristol). Between 1990 and 1994 he was a Teaching Fellow in Human Geography at Cheltenham & Gloucester College and in 1994 joined Swansea Metropolitan University. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of Built & Natural Environment in the Faculty of Applied Design & Engineering, where he is Programme Director for the MSc Environmental Conservation & Management and is a supervisor for MSc dissertations and a PhD advisor.

Chris House is a committee member of the Royal Geographical Society /Institute of British Geographers, Coastal and Marine Working Group and Planning and Environmental Research Group. He is also a member of NATUR, an organisation supported by CCW in collaboration with Universities and educational establishments in Wales, which aims to establish an environmental conservation professional body. Other academic memberships include Naurcrates Conservation, Rome, and KEF funded sustainable construction, project member. He has also coordinated the BA/BSc Environmental Conservation and MSc Environmental Conservation and Management programme validations and been external validator on BSc (Hons) Geography with Environmental Studies / Marine Studies/Sustainability at Southampton Solent University. His external collaborations have included an EU Socrates Intensive Programme in European Integrated Coastal Zone Management with Akdeniz University, Turkey, Southampton Solent University, University College Cork, University College Malta and the University of Madrid.
His main research area is coastal management strategies and the priorities for ICZM within Europe and particularly South Wales. This research is applied to various users of the coastal zone including: surfers, kite surfers, people with learning disabilities and tourists. His other research interests have been Implementation theory and its application to various policy areas and the pedagogy of geography.


Recent Conferences

  • Eighth International Conference on the editerranean Coastal Environment, Alexandria, Egypt (2007)

  • People and the Sea Conference: Marine and Coastal Policy, International Conference organised by RGS and National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (2007)

  • COZIP III EU Funded International Intensive Teaching Programme: Two week project, University College Cork (2007)

  • RGS-IBG Annual International Conference (2007)

  • Professional Practice for Sustainable Development Conference/meeting, National Botanic Garden of Wales (2007)

  • Education and Training Providers Conference, CCW (NATUR), Carnow (2007)

  • Stepping Up The Pace: New Developments in Ecological Foot printing. Methodology, Policy and Practice. International Conference Organised by ESRC and Cardiff University, Cardiff (2007)

  • Ph D supervisor course, University of Wales, Swansea (2006)

  • Launch of EU Funded Corpoint (Coastal Research) project, Cardiff (2006)

Selected Publications

  • House, C. and Phillips, M. R. (2007). Islands of Theory in a Sea of Practice. Implementation Theory and Coastal Management. In: Ozhan, E. (ed) Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment. MEDCOAST 07. Vol. 1. Middle East Technical University, Ankara. 105-116.

  • House, C. & Samways, J. Re-defining disability needs for coastal zone management: A case study of Gower RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2007. Abstracts and Programme Book. Royal Geographical Society. Electronic Publishing CD-ROM.

  • House, C. Status quo vadis. A theoretical assessment of EU coastal zone management implementation RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2007. Abstracts and Programme Book. Royal Geographical Society. Electronic Publishing CD-ROM.

  • Phillips, M.R., Roberts, R.T. and House C. (2006). An evaluation of priorities for surfing amenity on South Wales beaches, UK. In: Tubielewicz, A. (ed) Coastal Areas Socio-economic Value, Tourism and Recreation. EUROCOAST - Littoral 2006, Gdansk. 113-120.

  • Fletcher, S., Pike, K., Gallagher, A., Johnson, D., Williams, A. T., Muhammetoglu, H., Ortacesme, V., Sayan, S., Muhammetoglu A., Demircan, N., Cummins, V., O'Donnell, V., Gault, J., Phillips, M. R., House, C., May, E. A. and Ergin, A. (2006). COZIP: An Intensive Programme in European Integrated Coastal Zone Management. In: Forkiewicz, M. (ed) Integrated Coastal Zone Management - Theory and Practice. EUROCOAST - Littoral 2006, Gdansk. 60-66.

  • Phillips, M.R. and House, C. (2006). A comparative study of the causes and effects of erosion along the Antalya (Turkey) and South Wales (UK) coastlines. RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2006. Abstracts and Programme Book. Royal Geographical Society. Electronic Publishing CD-ROM.

  • Gallagher, A., Fletcher, S., Johnson, D., Williams, A. T., Muhammetoglu, H., Ortacesme, V., Sayan, S., Muhammetoglu, A., Demircan, N., Cummins, V., O'Donnell, V., Gault, J., Phillips, M. R., House, C., May, E. A. and Ergin, A. (2005). COZIP: An Intensive Programme in European Integrated Coastal Zone Management. In: Ozhan, E. (ed) Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment. MEDCOAST 05. Vol. 1. Middle East Technical University, Ankara. 9-20.

  • Phillips, M. R., Williams, A. T., House, C. and Collins, G. (2005). An analysis of sea level trends in the Bristol Channel/Severn Estuary, Wales, UK. In: Ozhan, E. (ed) Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment. MEDCOAST 05. Vol. 2. Middle East Technical University, Ankara. 1267-1276.

  • House, C. (1998) Blasted into an unmapped post modernity: an example of the Structural Funds in South Wales. Romanian Academia Vol. 12.

  • House, C. (1995). Intra-regional problems, Inter-regional solutions: The case of the IDO in industrial South Wales. RSA.

  • House, C. (1993). An evaluation of the tripartite regional planning system within the industrially declining region of South Wales. Research in Progress Seminar Series: Cheltenham & Gloucester College of HE.

  • House, C. (1993). An Evaluation of the Integrated Development Operation for Industrial South Wales, 1998 - 1991. Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Aristotle University of Thessalonika (translated into Greek).

  • House, C. (1992). Urban and industrial decline in South Wales: An EC response to regional planning initiatives. (Published in a Collection of Papers). Planning and Environmental Study Group Conference (IBG), 21-26.

ARTICLES UNDER PEER REVIEW:

  • Phillips, M. R., Abraham, E. J., Williams, A. T. and House, C. Sustainability and functional analysis as a management strategy: the South Wales coastline UK. Coastal Management.

  • Phillips, M.R. & House, C. An evaluation of priorities for beach tourism: Case study from South Wales, UK. Tourism Management

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