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1. Northumbria University:
Research and the City
Dave Greenwood
School of the Built Environment

2. Northumbria University
• School of Applied Sciences
• School of Arts and Social Sciences
• School of Built Environment
• School of Computing, Engineering & Information
Sciences
• School of Design
• School of Health, Community & Education Studies
• School of Psychology & Sport Sciences
• Newcastle Business School
• Northumbria Law School

3. A selection of collaborative projects
School of Applied Sciences Workplace Health Promotion (Nutrition),
'PEANuT' (Participatory Evaluation and Appraisal
in Newcastle upon Tyne) and Centre for
Environmental and Spatial Analysis (CESA) with
Newcastle City Council
School of Arts & Tackling Social Inclusion (CONNECTIONS) with
Social Sciences Newcastle City Council
School Eco-Neighbourhood Project with Newcastle City Council
of the Built Environment and Newcastle University; Projects with the Institute for
Local Governance (ILG) and the Regional Improvement and
Efficiency Partnership (RIEP); Virtual Newcastle-Gateshead
with Newcastle & Gateshead City Councils; GeothermalPlus
Ltd with Newcastle University
Newcastle Business School Corporate Development with Northumberland Strategic
Partnership, Northumberland County Council , Gateshead
Council, Durham City Council, North East Consortium of
District Councils.

4. School of the Built Environment
Construction & Property Management
Regeneration & Conservation
Sustainable Development
Visualisation, Simulation and Modelling
SCRI

5. Eco-Neighbourhoods project
Who? Collaboration between Newcastle & Northumbria Universities
and Newcastle City
Where? Arthur's Hill, Cruddas Park, Rye Hill and Elswick
What? opportunities/barriers to developing low-carbon neighbourhoods
How? 12 months (initially) : - working group; exemplars; reviews;
mapping and surveying; meetings; continuation ….
Who with? Key Stakeholders

6. Virtual NewcastleGateshead (VNG)
• is an accurate 3-d computer model of the two
townscapes, managed by a 3-way partnership
and hosted by the University with remote,
secure access by the Councils
• it offers: planning and development, GIS
integration, tourism and heritage applications.
• synergies with: energy simulation, BIM
interoperability, pedestrian and traffic
simulation, city and subway climatology,
cognitive psychology and human response.
“a pioneering initiative that will raise
the profile of the North East at an
international level, creating interest
on a global scale”.