Current Post: Research Offcer, SSEVREL

Room Number: ZICER 0.01

Telephone: 01603 591095 (+44 1603 591095)

Fax: 01603 591327 (+44 1603 591327)

Email: k.appleton@uea.ac.uk

Publications: EPrints Digital Repository

Research Interests

GIS-based landscape visualisation, particularly for communication and participation purposes relating to environmental management and decision-making; perceptions of different visualisation content and presentation methods; multifunctional landscapes and assessing the landscape services they provide, particularly via GIS methods.


Biography

I am in the final stages of an ESRC Interdisciplinary Early Career Fellowship, allied to the Rural Economy and Land Use programme, entitled "the development of sustainable, multi-functional landscapes in rural areas: a case study of a Norfolk Broads river valley." This has focused on better methods for accounting for casual recreational functions and services within a rural area, via methods including questionnaire survey and GIS analysis. I am also involved in the EU Framework 7-funded ARCH project ("architecture and roadmap to manage multiple pressures on lagoons", 2011-2015), as part of the team working on a participatory approach to climate change adaptation for the Norfolk Broads.

I am a supervisory panel member for PhD student Sarah Taigel (visioning catchment futures), and recently have also worked closely with PhD student Nick Bearman (using sound to represent uncertainty in spatial data).

I have previously been involved in various projects using visualisation to present future landscape scenarios to stakeholders and other audiences, including the RELU Biomass project, funded by ESRC and NERC, and the EU-funded RUFUS project which is working towards policy integration for rural multifunctionality. My PhD examined some general aspects of the use of computerised landscape imagery, based on GIS data, in environmental management applications, and in particular the issues surrounding levels of realism within such images.

Since 2003 I have been the Research Officer for the SSEVREL virtual reality facility within the School, and I also have responsibility for supporting GIS use for research and teaching.


Significant Publications

• Appleton, K.J, A.A.Lovett, G.Sünnenberg, T.L.Dockerty (2002). Visualising Rural Landscapes From GIS Databases: a comparison of approaches, options and problems. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 26, 141-162, doi:10.1016/S0198-9715(01)00041-2.
• Appleton, K.J, A.A.Lovett (2003). GIS-based visualisation of rural landscapes: defining 'sufficient' realism for environmental decision-making. Landscape & Urban Planning, 65, 117-131, doi:10.1016/S0169-2046(02)00245-1.
• Appleton, K.J, A.A.Lovett (2005). Display methods for real-time landscape models – an initial comparison. E.Buhmann, P.Paar, I.Bishop, E.Lange (eds.) Trends in Real-Time Landscape Visualisation and Participation, Wichmann, Heidelberg. 246-253.
• Appleton, K.J., A.A.Lovett (2005). GIS-based visualisation of development proposals: reactions from planning and related professionals. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 29, 321-339, doi:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2004.05.005.
• Dockerty, T.L, A. A.Lovett, G.Sünnenberg, K.J.Appleton, M.Parry (2005). Visualising the potential impacts of climate change on rural landscapes. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 29, 297-320, doi:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2004.05.004.
• Dockerty, T.L, A.A.Lovett, K.J.Appleton, A.E.Bone, G.Sünnenberg (2006). Developing scenarios and visualisations to illustrate potential policy and climatic influences on future agricultural landscapes. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 114, 103-120, doi:10.1016/j.agee.2005.11.008.

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