Alister James Scott is a professor of spatial planning and governance at Birmingham City University. He has over 30 years of experience in landscape planning, rural development, and sustainable land use. His career has included roles as a conservation officer, head of countryside management programs, director of research centers, and lecturer on topics related to landscape, planning, and rural governance.

1. Alister James Scott: Curriculum Vitae
OVERVIEW
A social scientist and human geographer with specialist interests in sustainable rural
land use, spatial planning, public engagement and landscape problems. A dedicated
team player who possesses skills in leadership, self-management, organisation and
innovation. A creative thinker and doer who thrives on challenge.
DATE OF BIRTH 27/02/1962 TEL. 01213315631
EDUCATION
1980 – 1983 University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
BA (Hons) Geography (First Class)
1983 - 1986 University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
PhD Issues in common land management: a case study of the Dartmoor Commons.
Aberystwyth: University of Wales Aberystwyth.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (1986-Present)
1986 - 1988 Dartmoor National Park: Assistant Conservation Officer
-Process and approve farm grant applications;
-Undertake ecological surveying;
-Undertake farm conservation advice;
-Undertake landscape assessments;
-Undertake planning assessments; and
-Provide administrative and cartographic support;
1988 – 1996 Welsh Agricultural College, Aberystwyth: Head of Countryside
Management
-Member of senior management team;
-Develop strategic plan for countryside provision;
-Build and manage effective countryside management team;
-Lecture in natural heritage matters;
-Establish consultancy team; and
-Manage countryside budget
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2. 1996-2004 Institute of Rural Studies/Sciences, University of Wales
Aberystwyth: Head of Countryside Management
-Direct staff and course programmes and associated budgets;
-Direct Social Science Board of Study;
-Develop strategic plan for countryside area;
-Lecture in landscape, planning and community development;
-Carry out and publish research; and
-Establish rural partnerships and networks
2004-2006 Macaulay Land Use Research Institute: Acting Science Leader
Socio-Economic Research Programme (SERP)
-Jointly manage an interdisciplinary team of 18 SERP staff;
-Manage SEERAD research projects in SERP;
-Jointly develop strategic plan for SEERAD research grants;
-Plan and implement individual research programme;
-Publish research findings;
-Develop knowledge transfer activities;
-Develop rural planning and policy area; and
-Represent Macaulay at a senior level;
2005-2008 Scottish Natural Heritage: Area Board Member /Local Advisor
(2 days per month)
-Represent SNH at a strategic level with key stakeholders;
-Inform strategic developments in landscape, heritage, enjoyment and
planning matters; -Facilitate
stakeholder meetings and disputes; and -Support
Area staff in discharge of their functions
2006- 2008 University of Aberdeen; Director of Research: Centre of
Planning and Environmental Management
-Lead and develop high quality research in spatial planning catering for
academic, policy and public audiences;
-Direct MSc Programme in Sustainable Rural Development;
-Teach courses in spatial planning, rural governance, rural policy and
planning theory and practice;
-Lead and support planning staff in research and teaching activities
including securing RTPI partnership accreditation;
-Represent School of Geosciences on Postgraduate and Teaching and
Learning committees;
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3. -Maintain relationship and research input with Macaulay Institute and
Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability;
2008-2009 University of Waikato: Director of Environmental Planning
-Lead and develop high quality research in planning catering for
academic, policy and public audiences;
-Direct Postgraduate and degree programmes in environmental planning
and management
-Teach courses in landscape planning, protected area management, rural
governance, rural policy and planning;
-Maintain internal and external relationships
2009 May- 2009 August Self employed consultant
-University of Highlands and Islands Centre for
Mountain Studies Research project on community land ownership (2
months)
-Research project on rural typologies for Aberdeenshire Council (1
month)
2009- 2010 Birmingham City University: Senior Lecturer Spatial
Planning MASP
2010 – 2011 Birmingham City University: Reader Spatial
Planning MASP
2011- present Birmingham City University: Professor in Spatial Planning and
Governance.
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/MEMBERSHIP (external)
-Member of Regional Planning Officer Group West Midlands 2009 – present
-Associate of International Centre for protected landscapes, Aberystwyth 2007-present;
-Visiting Researcher Macaulay Institute February 2006- present;
-Local Adviser Scottish Natural Heritage 2005-2008;
-Member of Royal Town Planning Institute May 2005- present;
-External Examiner: Dundee University (Environmental Management MSc) 2007/8;
-Higher Education Academy Member 2004- present (formerly ILT);
-Quality Assurance Agency: Land and Countryside assessor 2003- present;
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4. -Higher Education Funding Council Wales: Teaching Assessor 1995-present;
-Cardigan Bay Forum Member 1996-2004 (Chair and Vice Chair Roles)
TEACHING
Teaching excellence award 2002 (University of Wales Aberystwyth)
I have developed and taught the following modules:-
Level 1: People Land and Development; Resources and Planning
Level 2: Working with Rural Communities; Planning and Governance in the UK;
Introduction to Town and Country Planning.
Level 3/4: Land and Marine Designations; Rural Governance and Planning; Strategic
Spatial Planning; Landscape Planning and Management; Planning Theory and Practice,
Sustaining the British Countryside; Countryside Politics.
Level 5: Rural Governance and Policy; European Rural Issues; Contemporary Rural
Issues, Policies and Plans, Regeneration.
ADMINSTRATION
I have assumed the following administrative responsibilities from 2006 onwards
Director of Research
Director of MSc Sustainable Rural Development
Director of MA Spatial Planning
Teaching and Learning Committee member (School)
Postgraduate Research Committee member (College)
Director of Environmental Planning Programmes
RESEARCH
Peer Review Outputs
Scott AJ (2011) Focussing in on focus groups: their efficacy and relevance as
participative tools for land use policy , Land Use Policy 28 (2011) 684–694
Scott AJ, Carter C, White V., and Brown K (2009) Seeing is not everything: exploring
the landscape experiences of different publics Landscape Research 34 (4) 397-424
Scott AJ, Shorten J, Owen, R. and Owen IG (2009) What kind of countryside do we
want: perspectives from Wales UK Geojournal DOI 10.1007/s10708-009-9256-y online
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5. Blackstock K.L.; White V; McCrum G; Scott A and Hunter C (2008) Measuring
Responsibility: An Appraisal of a Scottish National Park’s Sustainable Tourism
Indicators, Journal of Sustainable Tourism 16, 276-297.
Scott AJ and Shannon P (2007a) Planning for rural development in Scotland: A new role
for Local Landscape Designations? Planning Theory and Practice 8 (4) 509-528
Scott, A.J. and Shannon P. (2007b) Local Landscape Designations in Scotland:
Opportunity or Barrier to Effective Landscape Management? Landscape and Urban
Planning. 81, 257-269
Scott A.J. (2006) Assessing public perception of landscape: past, present and future
perspectives, CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and
Natural Resources 1, No. 041 doi: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20061041
Scott AJ and Moore-Colyer R (2005) From Elitism to Inclusivity: temporal change in
public participation and perception in landscape, Landscape Research, 30 (4) 501-523
Scott A.J. Midmore P and Christie M (2004) Foot and Mouth: implications for rural
restructuring in Wales. Journal of Rural Studies 20 1-14
Scott AJ and Bullen A (2004) Special Landscape Areas: Conservation or Cosmetics Town
Planning Review 75 (2) 205-230
Scott A.J., Christie M and Tench H (2003) Visitor Payback: Panacea or Pandora’s Box for
conservation in the UK Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 46 (4) 583-604
Scott A.J. (2003) Public perception of landscape in Wales; implications for the town and
country planning system, Journal of Environment Policy and Planning, 5 (2) 123-144
Scott A.J (2002) Assessing public perception of landscape: the LANDMAP experience,
Landscape Research, 27 (3) 271-295
Scott A.J. (2001) Special Landscape Areas: Their operation and effectiveness in
Ceredigion, Wales, Town Planning Review 72 (4) 469-480
Scott A.J. (2001) Contesting Sustainable Development: A case study of Brithdir Mawr,
Environment Policy and Planning, 3 273-287
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6. Scott A.J.(2000) Planning for recreation in the South Wales countryside: from
presumption to empiricism, Planning Practice and Research 15 (3) 175-192
Scott, A.J. (1999) Whose Futures? A Comparative study of Local Agenda 21 in Mid-
Wales. Planning Practice and Research, 14 (4) 401-421
Scott, A.J. (1998) The role of forums in sustainable rural development: case studies from
rural Wales Journal of Environmental Management 54 291-303
Scott, A.J. (1998) Strategic Planning for Countryside Recreation:- The South Wales
Recreation Resources Initiative, Regional Studies 32 (9) 891-899
Scott, A.J. (1997) The role of forums in sustainable development: A Case Study of
Cardigan Bay Forum in Journal of Sustainable Development 5 (3) 131-138
Forthcoming in press/ Accepted for publication
Scott AJ (2011) Beyond the conventional: meeting the challenges of landscape
governance within the European Landscape Convention; Journal of Environmental
Management
Prager, K. Reed M and Scott AJ (2011) Encouraging collaboration for the provision of
ecosystem services across multiple scales – rethinking agri-environmental payments,
Land Use Policy
Glass, J.H., Scott, A.J. and Price, M.F. Integrating sustainability and upland estate
management: a novel participatory approach in SNH (2010) in press The Changing
Nature of Scotland, SNH: Inverness
Other Publications
Scott AJ and Carter 2011 The Rural Urban Fringe Forgotten Opportunity Space? Town
and Country Planning May/June 2011 231-234
Scott AJ (2011) Capturing Institutional memory: the case of the rural urban Fringe
workshop Tripwire p11 March/April 2011
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7. Scott AJ (2010) Planning encounters a black hole, Planning p6 1 October 2010
Scott AJ (2010) Spatial planning encounters a black hole, Town and Country Planning,
326-327 July/August
Scott AJ (2008) The Countryside we Want Town and Country Planning Vol. 77, No. 7/8
(July/August), pp339-342
Scott AJ , Gilbert A., and Gelan A. (2008) The Urban Rural Divide: Myth or Reality, SERG
Policy Brief (2) Aberdeen: Macaulay Institute
Scott (2007) Assessing public perception of landscape: The LANDMAP experience, in
Graham Fairclough, Rodney Harrison, John Schofield, Jnr., John H. Jameson (eds) 2007
Heritage Reader, p346-362 London: Routledge
Scott (2007) SNH Consultation toolkit for SNH staff, SNH: Edinburgh
Christie M, Keirle I and Scott A ( 2001). The economic impact of Welsh National Nature
Reserves. In Byron and Sinclair (Eds) Community Development on the North Atlantic
Margin. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Co.
Scott, A.J. and Jones, E.M. (1998) Focus groups. Technical briefing sheet to Jigso, WCVA,
Aberystwyth.
Scott, A.J. (1996) Strategic Planning for Leisure in South Wales in Midmore P and
Hughes (Eds) Rural Wales pp 125-143. University of Wales Press, Aberystwyth
Current Research Projects
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8. Scott AJ and Crawford K (2011) Building a Bigger Society HEIF 30K
Price MJ; Scott AJ Mcmorran R (2010-2012 ) 80k Community Ownership in Rural
Estates, Privately funded research UHI . This forms part of a wider set of 3 PhDs and
post doctoral research project.
Scott AJ (2010) Scott Wilson, Reed., M Thompson, K. And Scott AJ (2010) Payments for
ecosystems DEFRA (sub consultant 30K)
Scott AJ (2010) Technical Review Proposal: Policy measures for sustainable
management of UK peatlands, IUCN (20K) subconsultant
Scott AJ (2010-2011) Managing Environmental Change at the Fringe Phase IV RELU
ESRC 145k
Larkham P; Scott AJ; Curzon R; Lamb J and Hardman, M. (2010) Improving
community involvement: Etching Hill and The Heath Cannock Case District Council
New project
'Lairds, Land and Sustainability: Scottish perspectives on upland management': edited book to
be published by Edinburgh University Press in 2012 (lead editor, with support from
Martin Price, Charles Warren, Alister Scott, Rob Mc Morran, Annie McKee and Pippa
Wagstaff).
Grants/Papers Under review
Smart Path: an augmented reality smart phone App as part of a National Park visitor
investment scheme CI led by Mark Reed University of Aberdeen
Environ UK and Scott AJ (2011) Support to Local authorities: Guidance and Capacity
Building on Low Carbon Planning SSWM 65K
Residual Landscapes as opportunity spaces for environmental change. (2011) PI
ESRC 200k (originally submitted as 99K but scheme was abolished)
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9. Glass, J, Scott AJ and Price M (2011) The proof is in the process: a methodological
framework to engage expert knowledge in local sustainability indicator selection and
development Land Use Policy revised paper from that originally submitted
PhD Student Completions
Jayne Glass (2011) Joint supervisor Sustainable Estates Year 3 with University of
Highlands and Islands (approved) The Power of the Research Process: Co-producing
knowledge for sustainable upland estate management in Scotland (approved subject to NO
revisions)
Current PhD Supervisions
Jennifer Smith BCU scholarship (Year 1) The governance of adventure sports in
protected areas Year 1
Lorna Eden BCU Scholarship (Year 1) Community governance of local landscape
designations in England.
Ken Crawford BCU (Year 1) 2050 Home
Ester Renwick Joint supervisor (Year 3) Landscape perception of World Heritage Sites
with University of Highlands and Islands
Research Contracts (Principal investigator /leader*)
2011 *Scott AJ and Crawford K (2011) Building a Bigger Society HEIF
2011 Payments for Ecosystem Services Defra (30K with Scott Wilson and Uplands
Management team
*2010 Managing Change at the Rural Urban Fringe (RUF) RELU ERSC (145K)
*2010 Improving community involvement and regeneration : Etching Hill and The
Heath, Cannock Chase District Council (30K)
2010 Technical Review Proposal: Policy measures for sustainable management of UK
peatlands, IUCN (20K)
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10. *2009 The Role of partnerships in rural estate management: The case of community land
trusts, a study in conjunction with UHI (10K)
*2009 Defining rural typologies for Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire Council (£10K)
*2008/9 What kind of rural do planners want? A comparative study between Scotland
and New Zealand. Scholarship with Tracey Bell University of Waikato 20,00NZD
2007/8 Implementing the European Landscape Convention in Scotland (Scottish
government contract in conjunction with International Centre of Protected Landscapes
(25k)
*2006-2008 River Basin Management and Spatial Planning (Aberdeen Centre of
Environmental Sustainability) (66K)
*2006/7 Cumulative Impact of Wind turbines in Aberdeenshire Scottish Natural
Heritage/Aberdeenshire Council (30K)
*2005/6) Evaluating experiences of landscape (councillors, planners, visitors and
mountain bikers) RO203911 (SEERAD) (50k)
*2004-2006 Economic aspects of rural development RO203909 SEERAD (£500k)
*2004 Role of Local Landscape Designations in the Town and Country Planning system
in Scotland. (Macaulay Development Trust £25k)
2004 Essential Dwellings in the countryside (Welsh assembly Govt contract) in
conjunction with Land Use Consultants (£36k)
*2004 Sustainable Landscape: criteria and indicators for measuring and characterizing
the landscape of Wales (CCW £15k)
*2004 Regulatory Impact Assessment: Common Land Legislation (DEFRA contract) in
conjunction with Gloucester University (CCRU) and Asken Ltd. (£58k)
2004 Research on Issues for the Implementation of Land Management Contracts in
Scotland (Scottish Natural Heritage ) (£25K)
*2003 LANDMAP :Public Perception of Neath-Port Talbot (£5k)
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11. *2003 LANDMAP : Public perception of Pembrokeshire (£10k)
*2003 What kind of countryside do we want (Welsh Assembly Govt contract) in
conjunction with Land Use Consultants (£66k).
*2002 LANDMAP :Public Perception of Wrexham £5K
*2002 Special Landscape Areas UWA (£2.5k)
*2001 Impact of foot and mouth on rural restructuring (CCW contract) (£21k)
*2001 LANDMAP : Public perception of Merthyr Tydfil (£5k)
*2001 Visitor Payback (CCW Contract (£12k)
2000 New Wildwoods in conjunction with Oxford Forestry Institute (£22k)
2000 Farm Diversification and the Planning System in conjunction with Land Use
Consultants and University of West of England (£55k)
*1999 LANDMAP : Evaluating public perception in Denbighshire. (£6k)
*1999 LANDMAP : Mapping public perception: methodological considerations (£6k)
*1998 LANDMAP : Evaluating public perception in the Vale of Glamorgan (£6k)
*1998 LANDMAP : Evaluating public perception in Gwynedd (£6k)
*1998 LANDMAP: Evaluating public perception in Cardiff (£8k)
*1997 Recreation Database project South Wales Countryside Council for Wales (£7k)
*1997 A modern apprenticeship scheme for tourism NVQ. Wales Tourist Board (£10k)
*1997 Recreation Resources Initiative; Countryside Council for Wales (£6.5k)
*1997 LANDMAP : Evaluating public participation in landscape assessment ; (£6.5k)
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12. *1997 An evaluation of interpretation in National Nature Reserves in Wales
Countryside Council for Wales (£16k)
*1989-1994 Recreation Planning in South Wales; Countryside Council for Wales, County
Councils, CADW,NRA,WTB,FE, (£40k)
Esteem Factors
Scott AJ (2011) What a waste of space : Can spatial planning add value to managing the
environmental change agenda? Talk given to ACES, University of Aberdeen January
31st 2011. http://slidesha.re/dJ7yk1
Scott AJ (2010) Localism and Landscape: The times they are a changing; keynote
address given to Landscape Character Network LCN Seminar Birmingham 30th
September
http://landscapecharacter.org.uk/localism
Scott AJ and Reed M (2010) Managing the Economics of Global Environmental Change
at the Rural Urban Fringe: A New Interdisciplinary Framework , Keynote presentation
to the Annual Green economics Institute, Oxford. 28-31 July 2010
Scott AJ (2008) Illuminating rural(s) theory in NZ: conceptual leaps and turns in post-
productivist and spatial planning perspectives, BRCSS sponsored seminar to all New
Zealand Universities 8 December 2008 University of Waikato.
Scott AJ (2007) What kind of countryside do we want, Keynote paper to Institute of
Welsh Affairs, Plas Tan Y Bwlch 11/12 June 2007
Scott (2007) Assessing public perception of landscape: The LANDMAP experience, in
Graham Fairclough, Rodney Harrison, John Schofield, Jnr., John H. Jameson (eds) 2007
Heritage Reader, p346-362 London: Routledge
Scott AJ (2006) Capturing Public Perceptions: Implications for Policy, Keynote paper
given at Europarc European Landscape Convention Seminar Peak District Park 7-8
December 2006
Scott (2006) What Kind of Countryside do we want: critical reflections from Wales UK,
keynote presentation at the 8th European Conference on Higher Agriculture Education,
Prague 13th-16th September
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13. Scott A.J. (2006) Assessing public perception of landscape: past, present and future
perspectives, Invited CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science,
Nutrition and Natural Resources 1, No. 041 doi: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20061041
Scott, (2005) (Book review) Gibbs A (2004) A Manufactured Plague: A History of Foot
and Mouth in Britain : Journal of Rural Studies 21 (3) 373
Scott AJ (2004) Sustaining the countryside: community visions and planning
nightmares. Invited paper given to Sustainable Research Conference Inverness
November 3-5 2004
Scott AJ (2003) Tapping into Public Perception: Invited Paper given to European
Landscape Conference: Cardiff December 2003
Referee (2000-2009) for Geoforum; Journal of Rural Studies; Landscape Research,
Journal of Environmental Management, Landscape and Urban Planning; Journal of
Planning and Environmental Management; Land Use Policy, Planning Theory and
Practice. Referee for ESRC, RELU, TRIM research bids
Published Reports
Reed, M., Buckmaster, S., Moxey, A., Keenleyside, C., Fazey, I., Scott, AJ, Thomson, K.,
Thorp, S. Anderson, R. Bateman I., Bryce R., Christie, M., Glass, J., Hubacek, K., Quinn,
C., Maffey, G., Midgely, A., Robinson, G., Stringer, L. Lowe, P., & Slee B. (2010) Policy
Options for Sustainable Management of UK Peatlands, Review 8 report to IUCN Peatlands
Commission, IUCN.
Roberts, G, Scott AJ, Hughes E., and Howard P (2009) Identifying Good Practice from
Countries implementing the European Landscape Convention. Report to the Scottish
Government ICP/001/07, Edinburgh: Scottish Government
Scott AJ and Shannon P (2008) Cumulative impact of Small scale wind farm turbines, report
to SNH and Aberdeenshire Councils. Aberdeen: Macaulay Institute
Scott AJ and Shannon P (2006) Rural Diversification in Aberdeenshire, Report to
SEERAD 203909,
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14. Blackstock, K. L.; McCrum, G.; Scott, A.; White, V (2006) A Framework for Developing
Indicators of Sustainable Tourism, Aberdeen: Macaulay Institute .
Scott A.J , Wright, I. and Birnie R. (2005) Taking Regional and Local Environmental Factors
into Account in a System of Land Management Contracts for Scotland, report to Scottish
Natural Heritage, Edinburgh:SNH
Scott A.J and Shannon P (2005) A Critical Review of Local Landscape Designations in
Scotland, Aberdeen: Macaulay Institute
Scott A.J and Falzon C., (2004) Sustainable Landscape: Criteria and Indicators for Measuring
and Characterizing the Landscape of Wales, Bangor: CCW
Scott A.J. (2004) LANDMAP Public perception of Pembrokeshire, Report and data to
Pembrokeshire County Council and PCNPA, Haverfordwest.
Scott A.J. (2004) LANDMAP Public perception of Neath Port Talbot, Report and data to
Neath Port Talbot Council,
Scott A.J. and Shorten J. (2004) What Kind of Countryside do we Want, Report to the Welsh
Assembly Government, Cardiff HYPERLINK "http://www.wales.gov.uk/subiplanning/
content/research/countryside/sum-e.htm"
µhttp://www.wales.gov.uk/subiplanning/content/research/countryside/sum-e.htm§
Scott A.J, Taylor K, Short C and Christie M (2004) Regulatory Impact Assessment for
Common Land Proposals London: Defra.
Scott A.J. and Christie (2002) Charging for conservation: Visitor Payback, Report submitted
to the Countryside Council for Wales, Countryside Council for Wales: Bangor
Scott A.J. Worrell R, Pryor N, Peterken GF, Taylor K, Knightbridge R and Brown N
(2002) New Wildwoods in Britain. The potential for developing new landscape-scale native
woodlands, Report published by Land Use Policy group HYPERLINK
"http://www.lupg.org.uk/uploaded_photos/pubs_Wildwoods2.pdf"
µhttp://www.lupg.org.uk/uploaded_photos/pubs_Wildwoods2.pdf§
Scott A.J. Worrell R, Pryor N, Peterken GF, Taylor K, Knightbridge R and Brown N
(2002) New Wildwoods: Developing the role of large scale new native woodlands in the uplands,
Research Note published by Land Use Policy group HYPERLINK
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15. "http://www.lupg.org.uk/uploaded_photos/pubs_Wildwoods_-_Research_note.pdf"
µhttp://www.lupg.org.uk/uploaded_photos/pubs_Wildwoods_-_Research_note.pdf§
Scott A.J. (2002) LANDMAP Public Perception of Wrexham, Report to Wrexham Borough
Council, Wrexham
Scott, A.J and Bullen JM (2001) LANDMAP: Public perception of Merthyr Tydfil, Report to
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Scott A.J. , Midmore P. and Land Use Consultants, University of West of England,
(2001) Farm Diversification and the Planning System, National Assembly for Wales:
Cardiff
Scott, A.J., Christie, M., Midmore P and Youell, R. (2001) The impact of Foot and Mouth
disease in Wales, Report to Countryside Council for Wales, Countryside Council for
Wales, Bangor
Scott, A.J. (1999) Methodology for evaluating public perception of landscape, Technical report
to the Countryside Council for Wales May 1999. Countryside Council for Wales, Bangor
Scott, A.J. (1999) LANDMAP Public perception of the Denbighshire landscape, Technical
report to the Countryside Council for Wales August 1999. Countryside Council for
Wales, Bangor
Bullen J.M., Jones, E.M. and Scott, A.J. (1998) LANDMAP Pilot: Public Perception of
Landscape, Report to Countryside Council for Wales. Bangor
Bullen J.M., Jones, E.M. and Scott, A.J. (1998) LANDMAP: Public Perception of the Vale of
Glamorgan, Landscape report to Vale of Glamorgan Council. Vale of Glamorgan
Council: Barry.
Bullen J.M., Jones, E.M. and Scott, A.J. (1998) LANDMAP: Public Perception of the Cardiff,
Landscape report to Atlantic Consultants and Cardiff County Council. Cardiff County
Council: Cardiff
Bullen J.M., Jones, E.M. and Scott, A.J. (1998) LANDMAP: Public Perception of the
Gwynedd, Landscape report to Gwynedd County Council. Gwynedd County Council:
Caernarfon
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16. Scott, A.J., Christie, M. and Keirle, I. (1998) Recreational Use of visitors to Welsh National
Nature Reserves, Report to Countryside Council for Wales. Bangor
Keirle, I., Christie M. and Scott, A.J. (1998) An Evaluation of Interpretation of Welsh
National Nature Reserves, Report to Countryside Council for Wales. Bangor
Christie, M., Keirle, I. and Scott, A.J. (1998) The Economic Impact of Welsh National
Nature Reserves, Report to Countryside Council for Wales. Bangor
Sandells, S, Scott, A.J. , Youell, R. (1998) A Modern Apprenticeship Scheme for Tourism,
Report prepared for Wales Tourist Board. WTB:Cardiff
Scott, A.J. (1998) South Wales Recreation Resources Initiative: Household Survey report
1994/5, Report to Countryside Council for Wales. Countryside Council for Wales:
Cardiff
Scott, A.J. (1995) Evaluation of Royal Welsh Agricultural Society Winter Fair : Report
prepared for Royal Welsh Agricultural Society. RWAS: Builth Wells
Scott, A.J. (1995) A Strategic Recreation Plan for South Wales . Technical report to South
Wales CCW, Gwent, Mid- South- and West Glamorgan County Councils,
Cadw, Welsh Water, Wales Tourist Board, National Rivers Authority, Brecon Beacons
National Park and Forest Enterprise. Countryside Council for Wales, Bangor.
Scott, A.J. (1994) Strategic Plan for Recreation in South Wales Progress report, report
produced for the South Wales Recreation Forum (February). Countryside Council for
Wales: Cardiff
Scott, A.J. (1994) Llanbadarn Fawr Community Appraisal, Report prepared for Llanbadarn
Fawr Community Council. Llanbadarn Fawr
.
Scott, A.J. (1993) Recreational Site Survey South Wales: 1992, Technical report
commissioned by CCW, Gwent, Mid- South- and West Glamorgan County Councils.
Countryside Council for Wales: Cardiff
Scott, A.J. (1993) Three Years of Recreation Site Surveys, Technical report to South Wales
recreation forum, Countryside Council for Wales: Cardiff
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17. Scott, A.J. (1993) Melindwr Community Appraisal, Report prepared for Melindwr
Community Council. Capel Bangor
Scott, A.J. (1992) Recreational Site Survey South Wales: 1991, Technical report
commissioned by CCW, Gwent, Mid- South- and West Glamorgan County Councils.
Countryside Council for Wales: Cardiff
Scott, A.J. (1991) Recreational Site Survey South Wales 1990 , Technical report
commissioned by Countryside Commission, Gwent, Mid- South- and West Glamorgan
County Councils, Countryside Council for Wales: Cardiff
Key Research Conferences
Scott AJ (2011) Building a Bigger Society, Workshop Conference BCU 2oth May HIEF
Scott AJ (2011) Whose fringe is it anyway: prospects and opportunities for integrated
management of the rural-urban fringe (RUF).Paper given to AAG Seattle. April.
Scott AJ and Carter C (2011) Should spatial planning jump into bed with
ecosystem services: new theoretical developments from an exciting liaison paper given
at Planning Theory conference UWE Bristol May 2011.
Scott AJ and Hardman (2011) Delivering the Big Society: Is spatial planning theory
limiting the way we see the world? paper given at Planning Theory conference UWE
Bristol May 2011.
Scott AJ (2011) What a waste of space: Can spatial planning add value to managing the
environmental change agenda? Invited paper given to Aberdeen Centre of
Environmental sustainability. 31st January 2011 University of Aberdeen
Reed, M., Buckmaster, S., Moxey, A., Keenleyside, C., Fazey, I., Scott, AJ, Thomson, K.,
Thorp, S. Anderson, R. Bateman I., Bryce R., Christie, M., Glass, J., Hubacek, K., Quinn,
C., Maffey, G., Midgely, A., Robinson, G., Stringer, L. Lowe, P., & Slee B. (2010) Policy
Options for Sustainable Management of UK Peatlands, paper given to to IUCN Peatlands
Commission conference University of Durham 27-28 September 2010
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18. Scott AJ (2010) Landscape and Localism : The Times they are a Changing ; keynote
lecture given to Countryside Character Network Conference 30 September 2010
http://landscapecharacter.org.uk/localism
Scott AJ and Carter C (2010) Experiencing the Natural Environment: Exploring the
Landscape experiences of Mountain Bikers and Walkers, paper given at the Royal
Geographical Society 1-3 September 2010 (session sponsored by the Socio-cultural
research group).
Scott AJ and Reed M (2010) Managing the Economics of Global Environmental Change
at the Rural Urban Fringe: A New Interdisciplinary Framework , Paper submitted to the
Annual Green economics Institute, Oxford. 28-31 July 2010
Glass, J.H., Scott, A.J. and Price, M.F. (2010). Beyond the usual suspects? The role of
expert knowledge in sustainability indicator development for Scotland's upland estates.
Knowledge systems and mountain sustainability concerns session. Global Change and the
World's Mountains Conference, Perth, 26-30 September 2010
Glass, J.H., Scott, A.J. and Price, M.F. (2010). Who is an expert? Engaging scientific and
local knowledge in deliberative sustainability research. Emerging Themes in
Geographical Research session: Knowledge, Theory and Learning. RGS-IBG Annual
International Conference, London, 1-3 September 2010.
Glass, J.H., Scott, A.J. and Price, M.F. (2010). Twenty heads are better than one: a toolkit
for monitoring sustainability on Scotland's upland estates. New and Emerging Rural
Researchers Session. RGS-IBG International Annual Conference, London, 1-3 September
2010.
2010
Glass JH, Scott AJ and Price MF (2009) 'Sustainable' upland estate management in
Scotland: indicating the way ahead. Paper presented to the New and Emerging Rural
Researchers session. Royal Geographical Society-IBG Annual International Conference,
26-28 August, Manchester
Glass, JH, Scott, AJ and Price, MF, (2009). 'Sustainable' upland estates in Scotland:
Using Delphi to operationalise sustainability within a collaborative learning
environment. Paper presented to the 15th International Symposium on Society and
Resource Management, Vienna, 5-8 July 2009.
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19. Scott AJ (2008) Illuminating rural(s) theory in NZ: conceptual leaps and turns in post-
productivist and spatial planning perspectives, BRCSS sponsored seminar to all New
Zealand Universities 8 December 2008 University of Waikato.
Smith, H.M.; Blackstock, K.L.; Scott, A.J.; Wall, G., (2008) Planning for sustainable
futures: River basin management meets Scottish land use planning RGS-IBG Annual
International Conference, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), London, 26-29 August 2008.
Smith, H.M.; Blackstock, K.L.; Scott, A.J., (2008) Planning for sustainable futures:
linking river basin management and land use planning in Scotland.,) International Water
Association, 11th International Specialised Conference on Watershed and River Basin
Management, Budapest, 4-5 September 2008.
Scott AJ (2008) Multifunctional Space and Rural Diversification: Contestation and
Synergies in Land Use Planning and Policy, SENSOR Impact Assessment of Land use
changes Berlin 6th-9th April
Scott AJ (2006) Planning for Amenity and Conservation in the UK: Can Local Landscape
Designations Deliver?., Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers
Annual conference, Chicago 3-8th March
Scott (2006) What Kind of Countryside do we want: critical reflections from Wales UK,
keynote presentation at the 8th European Conference on Higher Agriculture Education,
Prague 13th-16th September
Scott AJ (2006) Capturing Public Perceptions: Implications for Policy, Keynote paper
given at Europarc European Landscape Convention Seminar Peak District Park 7-8
December 2006
Blackstock, K.; Hunter, C.; McCrum, G.; Scott, A.; White, V., (2006) Measuring
responsibility: An appraisal of a Scottish National Par'ks sustainable tourism
indicators., American Association of Geographers Annual Conference, Chicago, 7 - 11th March
2006; given 10th March 2006.
Scott AJ (2005) Contesting the countryside: deconstructing community visions across
the urban-rural divide, Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers
Annual conference, Denver . 5-9 April
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20. Scott AJ (2004) Sustaining the countryside: community visions and planning
nightmares. Invited paper given to Sustainable Research Conference Inverness
November 3-5 2004.
Scott AJ and Whitehead M (2003) Dis)Integrating urban and rural policy – the case of
sustainable development in post-Devolution Wales: Paper given to the Royal
Geographical Society London September 2003
Scott AJ (2003) Tapping into Public Perception: Invited Paper given to European
Landscape Conference: Cardiff December 2003
Scott AJ (2003) Special Landscape Areas: Panacea of Pandoras Box for landscape
conservation in Wales. Paper given to CCW Bangor March 2003.
Scott AJ (2003) Diversification in rural Wales: Exclusion and marginalisation within the
town and country planning system, paper given to the AAG conference in New Orleans
USA, March 2003.
Scott AJ (2003) Can community involvement help to address world problem, Paper
given to LA 21 Aberystwyth March 2003
Scott A.J. (2002) Christie M and Midmore P The impact of foot and mouth: implications
for rural restructuring in Wales, Paper given to the Agricultural Economics Society April
2002 UWA.
Scott AJ (2002) Special Landscape Areas ; Landscape protection or Cosmetics paper to
be presented at the Global Challenges of Parks and Protected Area Management Symposium
La Maddalena National Park , Sardinia Italy. October 2002
Scott, A.J. (2001) Contesting sustainable development: A case study of Brithdir Mawr.
Paper given to Association of American Geographers Conference, New York City February
2001
Scott, A.J (2001) Pryor S.N., Worrell R.W, Peterken GF, Knightbridge RJ and Taylor K
New Wildwoods in upland Britain - opportunities and obstacles, Paper given to the
Wilderness Britain Conference, University of Leeds. March 2001
Scott, A.J. (2000) Special Landscape Areas: Their operation and effectiveness in
Ceredigion, Paper given to Roots 2000, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Wye
Agricultural College, April.
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21. Scott, A.J. (2000) Assessing public perception of landscape: The Welsh experience. Paper
given at Multifunctional Landscapes: Interdisciplinary approaches to landscape research and
management, Centre for Landscape Research, Roskilde Denmark OCTOBER 2000
Scott, A.J. (1999) A methodology for assessing public perception of landscape. Paper
given to Welsh Landscape Group, Newtown Borough Council. Newtown. Welsh Landscape
group.
Scott, A.J. (1999) Evaluating Public perception of landscape : Implications for Rural
Planning. Paper given to Roots 99, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Harper Adams.
April.
Scott, A.J. (1998) A Survey of Visitors in National Nature Reserves in Wales. Paper given
to Countryside Council for Wales Dyfed-Powys Region. Aberystwyth
Scott, A.J. (1998) Whose Futures: A comparative study of Local Agenda 21 initiatives in
Mid Wales. Paper given to RESSG conference University of Wales Aberystwyth.
Scott, A.J. (1997) The role of forums in sustainable development: A Case Study of
Cardigan Bay Forum; paper given at 1997 International Sustainable development Research
Conference . Manchester April
Scott, A.J. (1997) Sustainable development: Case studies from Rural Wales; paper given
to Rural Resources, Rural Development at Novia Scotia Agricultural College Truro 8-12th July
Scott, A.J. (1996) Cardigan Bay Forum ; A progress report and evaluation; paper given
to Annual conference of Marine Conservation Society, Cardiff: November
Scott, A.J. (1996) A Critical Appraisal of the West Coast Directory; paper given to Joint
Nature Conservation Committee conference Preston
Scott, A.J. (1996) Strategic Planning for Leisure in South Wales in Sustainability
conference University of Central Lancashire April
Scott, A.J. (1996) The Role of Coastal Forums in Coastal Zone management: Case Study
of Cardigan Bay Forum ; paper given at Littoral 1996 University of Portsmouth September
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