Research interests
I am interested in green infrastructure and ecosystem services, and have project managed a number of exciting consultancy projects in this area, particularly on behalf of Natural England. My current PhD research is also in this area, looking specifically at the ecosystem services provided by urban forests.
PhD research
Title:
Enhancing regulating ecosystem services through a new approach to urban forest management, governance and funding in Britain
Supervisors:
Dr. Kate Schreckenberg, Dr. Malcolm Hudson and Dr. Marije Schaafsma (University of Southampton); Dr. Gregory Valatin and Dr. Kieron Doick (Forest Research).
Funding agencies:
EPSRC, Scottish Forestry Trust and Forest Research.
Aim:
to propose a new approach to urban forest management, governance and funding in Britain that will enhance the provision of urban forest-based regulating ecosystem services and thus facilitate climate change adaptation in British cities.
Objectives:
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Identify the key urban forest parameters that influence supply of ecosystem services and disservices, and critically assess trade-offs and synergies between the supply of these different services.
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Establish and critique the extent to which British local authorities manage their urban forests for regulating ecosystem services, and the drivers for and constraints to taking such an approach.
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Analyse the willingness-to-pay of businesses and citizens in Southampton for urban forest-based ecosystem services, and how these preferences vary with respect to location, demographics or environmental impact.
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Analyse which innovative funding mechanisms for increasing investment in urban forest-based regulating ecosystem services are most appropriate in which circumstances
Research group
Centre for Environmental Sciences
Affiliate research group
Urban Forest Research Group
Miss Helen J Davies
Engineering, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton. SO17 1BJ United Kingdom
