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Personal profile
Visiting and Research Positions
Visiting Professor, Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Visiting Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology
Visiting lecturer, Akdeniz University, Turkey; Aalto University, Finland; Hame University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Collaborative Activity
Le:Notre III Project (www.le-notre.org)
Cost Action TU1201 Urban Allotment Gardens in Europe
Cost Action FP1204 Green Infrastructure and Urban Forestry
Cost Action IS1204 ToBeWell
Biography
Was a landscape architect with the Forestry Commission for 20 years before joining ECA at the end of 1999. Also works as a landscape consultant in the UK and internationally, specialising in forest landscape planning and design projects and recreation planning and design.
President of European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools (ECLAS) from 2012 (www.eclas.org)
Editorial Board of Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
Editorial Board of Ecological Indicators
Editorial Board of Journal of Recreation and Tourism
Research Groups
OPENspace Research Centre: www.openspace.eca.ac.uk
Teaching
Courses taught: Reading the landscape; Landscape planning and ecology; Portfolio project:Rural study
Research students
Montasir Alabdullah: making streets in Saudi cities more pedestrian friendly
Omar Mohammed: Contemporary monuments in the landscape
Caroline Stanton: Scale and perception of wind turbines in the landscape
Francisca Lima: Public space in shrinking cities: the case of Lisbon
Aikaterina Mitka: tourism landscape futures in Greece post-crisis
Azlina Aziz: Blind people and their use of public space in Malaysia
Rick le Brasseur: urban sprawl and landscape
Matluba Khan: Design for outdoor education in Bangladechi elementary schools
Ziwen Sun: Walkability in contemporary Chinese cities
Research Interests
Outdoor recreation planning and design
Urban development and quality of life
Landscape and health
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Estonian University of Life Sciences
Award Date: 1 Jan 2009
Master of Philosophy (MPhil), University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 1 Jan 1983
Bachelor of Science, University of Wales
Award Date: 1 Jan 1979
External positions
Professor, Latvia University of Agriculture
1 Sep 2013 → 31 Aug 2020
Professor, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute for Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
1 Sep 2009 → 31 Jul 2020
Keywords
- GV Recreation Leisure
- Outdoor recreation planning and design
- SD Forestry
- forest landscape planninga nd design
- GE Environmental Sciences
- Landscape Architecture
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Associations between green/blue spaces and mental health across 18 countries
White, M., Elliott, L. R., Grellier, J., Economou, T., Bell, S., Bratman, G., Cirach, M., Gascon, M., Lima, M., Lohmus, M., Niewenhuijsen, M., Ojala, A., Roiko, A., Schultz, P. W., van den Bosch, M. & Fleming, L., 26 Apr 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Scientific Reports. 11, 12 p., 8903.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A transdisciplinary approach to recovering natural and cultural landscape and place identification: A case study of Can Moritz Spring (Rubí, Spain)
Cervera, M., Bell, S., Muñoz, F., Mishra, H. S., Fleming, L. E., Grellier, J., Carrasco-turigas, G., Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J., Vert, C. & Gascon, M., 10 Feb 2021, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 4, 1709.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ecology and esthetics, esthetic ecology and the ecological esthetic in the landscape: Contributions to the apparent tonguetwister
López-Rodríguez, A., Menárguez, A-B. B., Bombín, R. E. & Bell, S., 24 Aug 2021, In: Land. 10, 9, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the spatial potential of neglected or unmanaged blue spaces in the city of Warsaw, Poland
Wilczyńska, A., Myszka, I., Bell, S., Slapińska, M., Janatian, N. & Schwerk, A., Sep 2021, In: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 64, 12 p., 127252.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Testing the reliability and effectiveness of a new tool for assessing urban blue spaces: The BlueHealth environmental assessment tool (BEAT)
Mishra, H. S., Bell, S., Grellier, J. & White, M., Mar 2021, In: Health & Place. 68, 102526.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Master student seminars, Harbin Institute of Technology
Simon Bell (Lecturer)
8 Jul 2019 → 12 Jul 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Sustainable landscapes
Simon Bell (Lecturer)
22 Jan 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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International Conference on Environmental Psychology
Simon Bell (Keynote/plenary speaker)
5 Sep 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Introduction to landscape architecture
Simon Bell (Lecturer)
13 May 2019 → 17 May 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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HERA Uses of the past final conference
Simon Bell (Participant)
11 Sep 2019 → 12 Sep 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference