Staff Profile

Introduction

I am a member of Geospatial Engineering research group specialising on the development of new geospatial data management, analytics and modelling approaches for integrated urban-infrastructure systems. Current funded research focuses on the development of new and novel approaches for the real-time monitoring, adaption and resilience of coupled urban-infrastructure systems, and also modelling for long term spatial planning of cities and infrastructure systems.

Roles and Responsibilities

Director EPSRC CDT in Geospatial Systems (2019-2027).

Director Newcastle University Spatial Analytics and Modelling lab (SAM@Newcastle).

Degree Programme Director MRes in Geospatial Data Science (2019-present).

Newcastle Co-Director of the NERC DREAM (Data, Risk and Environmental Analytical Methods) CDT (2015-2020).

Geospatial Engineering deputy head of group (2016-present).

Previous Positions

2009-2017: Senior Lecturer in Geographical Information Science, School of Civil Engineering& Geosciences, Newcastle University.

2004-2009: Lecturer in Geographical Information Science, School of Civil Engineering& Geosciences, Newcastle University.

1998-2004: Lecturer in Remote Sensing & GIS, School of Geography, University of Leeds.

1996-1998: Senior Research Officer, Department of Geography, University of Wales Swansea. NERC research grant, "Development of a Region-Based Spatial Analysis System (SAMS) and its Application to Monitor the Urban Environment from Satellite Sensor Images".

1994-1996: Research Computing Officer, Department of Geography, University of Manchester.

1992-1994: Research Officer, Department of Geography, University College London. NERC TIGAR III.3 Research Initiative, "Global and Regional Topography and Vegetation Cover for Continental Scale Hydrological Modelling".

1990-1992: Research Officer, Department of Geography, University College London. ESRC/NERC Initiative on Geographical Information Handling, "Spatial Analytical Tools to Monitor the Urban Environment".

Funding

2019-2027 Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Geospatial Systems. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). £6.7million ( £4.4million industry funding; including £1.1million of full 4-year studentship funding). PI.

2017-2021 Flood-PREPARED: Predicting Rainfall Events by Physical Analytics of REaltime Data. Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) 3^rd highlights call on Innovative application of big data techniques to natural hazard prediction and risk mitigation. £1.5million. PI.

2016-2021 UKCRIC National Infrastructure Database, Modelling, Simulation and Visualisation Facilities. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). £8million capital investment project. Co-I (Newcastle PI).

2016-2020 MISTRAL: Multi-scale Infrastructure Systems Analytics. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Programme Grant. £5.3million. Co-I (Newcastle PI).

2016-2017 Integrated geospatial decision support of future development and infrastructure network requirements in cities. Arup Global Research Challenges award with Arup Newcastle. £50,000. PI.

2015-2021 Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) for Data, Risk and Environmental Analytical Methods (DREAM). Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Consortium CDT of Cranfield (lead), Newcastle, Cambridge and Birmingham Universities £2.8million (£700k Newcastle). Newcastle PI and Co-Director.

2015 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) IAA Secondment to the Infrastructure UK unit in HM Treasury to provide new analysis of the National Infrastructure Plan. £19,000. PI.

2010-2015 EPSRC Programme Grant EP/I01344X/1 UK Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium: Long term dynamics of interdependent infrastructure systems. Co-I (£4,400,000).

2009-2012 EPSRC Grant EP/G061254/1
ARCADIA: Adaptation and Resilience in Cities: Analysis and decision making using integrated assessment. Co-I (£669,579).

2009-2010 Tyndall Centre Phase 2 Transition
Engineering Urban Systems: How can cities grow whilst also reducing vulnerability and emissions? Co-I (£273,826).

2008-2013 EPSRC Platform Grant EP/G013403/1
Earth systems engineering: sustainable systems engineering for adapting to global change. Co-I (£1,345,579).

2008-2010 EPSRC Grant EP/F037422/1
SWERVE - Severe Weather Events Risk and Vulnerability Estimator. Co-I (£446,755).

2007-2010 EPSRC Standard Grant EP/E017428/1
SCORCHIO: Sustainable Cities: Options for Responding to Climate cHange Impacts and Outcomes. Co-I (£124,384).

2007-2009 EU TEMPUS Grant
GISPAL: GIS Core Curriculum for Palistine. Newcastle lead Co-I (250,000euro (56,000euro Newcastle)).

2006-2009 Tyndall Centre Phase 2
Engineering Urban Systems: How can cities grow whilst also reducing vulnerability and emissions? Co-I (£417,445).

2006-2009 EPSRC Standard Grant EP/D023726/1
Remote asset inspection for transport corridor environments. Co-I (£291,719).

2004-2007 NERC Standard Grant NE/B505270/1
SLICES: Changes in Glacier Geometry and Extent in Svalbard: implications for Sea-level Rise During the 20th and 21st Centuries. Co-I (£280,000 (£64,848 to Newcastle).

Postgraduate Supervision

Current Supervision

Trevor Pearman: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) STREAM EngD award with Northumbrian Water Group.  Water assets and networks: geospatial data representation for modelling and monitoring. £140,000. Commenced Oct 2018.

Tim Rodaway: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) iCASE award with Ordnance Survey UK. Monitoring and modelling human dynamics within transitional urban spaces. £99,517. Commenced Oct 2018.

Jess Hepburn: DREAM CASE award with Atkins. Big data analytics for the geospatial visualisation of environmental risk. £83,936. Commenced Oct 2017.

Tom Gilbert: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) CASE award with Ordnance Survey UK. A geospatial BIM data model for the simulation, analysis and visualisation of cities. £99,517. Commenced Nov 2016.

Grant Tregonning: NERC DREAM CDT award. High-dimensional multi-objective spatial risk and sustainability optimisation tools using cloud-enabled evolutionary computing. £83,936. Commenced Oct 2016.

Surassawadee Phoompanich: Thai Royal Government Studentship. A national scale spatiotemporal risk assessment framework for Thailand. Commenced Oct 2015.

Ji Qingyuan: Self-funded. A geospatial analytics and simulation platform for cities. Commenced Oct 2015

supervision History

Supervised 20 students to PhD award since 2002. Supervised doctoral awards since 2010.

Dr Alistair Ford. Integrated Land-use Transport Models for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation.

Dr James Virgo. A Multi-Scale Flexible Framework for Urban Modelling.

Dr C. Robson. Robustness of hierarchical spatial critical infrastructure networks.

Dr D. Caparros-Midwood. Spatially optimised sustainable urban development.

Dr S. Obrike. An evidential reasoning geospatial approach to transport corridor susceptibility zonation.

Dr A. Fraszczyk. Characteristics of excess travel within commuting.

Dr T. Holderness. Quantifying the spatiotemporal temperature dynamics of greater London using thermal Earth observation.

Dr A. McCullough. Sensor web geoprocessing on the Grid.

Dr A. Hardy. Characterising soil moisture in transport corridors using remote sensing.

Dr N. Mahawa. Ground and satellite-based measurement of Bangkok intra-urban temperature dynamics in relation to human comfort and energy demand.

Esteem Indicators

2018-2019: Member of the National Infrastructure Commission Digital Framework Task Group Digital Twin working group.

2018: Member of the Centre for Digitally Built Britain Network FOuNTAIN: Network for ONTologies And Information management for a Digital Built Britain.

2018: Member of the Centre for Digitally Built Britain Network on Planning Complex Infrastructure under Uncertainty.

2018-Pres: Member of the Executive Committee of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure (DAFNI).

2018-Pres: Member of the Governance Board of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure (DAFNI).

2016-Pres: EPSRC Peer Review college member.

2015: Institute for Civil Engineering James Hill Prize for best paper in Municipal Engineer journal.

2011-2012: Invited member of the steering committee and external international assessor of the Belgium Science Policy funded project ASIMUD (Remote Sensing Data Assimilation in Modelling of Urban Dynamics).

2011: Invited 2-day participation and presentation at Applied Urban Modelling Symposium, Cambridge University, 2011. Two day workshop on developments and challenges in applied urban and cities modelling.

2011: Invited international evaluator of Belgian Government Science Policy Office "STEREO: Support to the exploitation and research of earth observation data" programme proposals.

2011: Scientific reviewer of abstracts for the RSPSoc (Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society) Annual Conference.

2009-2011: Invited member of the steering committee and external international assessor of the Belgium Science Policy funded project MAMUD (Measuring and Modeling Urban Dynamics: Impact on
Quality of Life and Hydrology).

2005-pres: Member of the editorial board of Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (CEUS) journal.

1999-2005: Convenor of the Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Society special interest group on GIS.

2005: Invited grant reviewer for the Netherlands Institute for Space Research.

2005: Invited expert reviewer/assessor of Greek General Secretariat for Research and Technology project DRAGON.

2005: Invited seminar presentation at the open public session of the Belgium Science Policy funded project SPIDER (Improving spatial information extraction for local and regional decision-making using very-high-resolution remotely sensed data). "Urban Earth observation: applications, progress and challenges". Department of Geography, University of Liege, Belgium, 21st January 2005.

2004-2006: Invited member of the steering committee and external international assessor of the Belgium Science Policy funded project MAMASU (Detecting man-made structures using multi-spectral and geometric classification methods).

2004-2005: Invited member of the steering committee and external international assessor of the Belgium Science Policy funded project SPIDER (Improving spatial information extraction for local and regional decision-making using very-high-resolution remotely sensed data).

2003: Invited presentation at the Association of Geographic Information (AGI) meeting on Earth Imagery and Remote Sensing for GIS. "Urban Earth observation: evaluation of new very high spatial resolution satellite sensors for the inference of land use and land cover information". School of Computing, University of Glamorgan, 2nd April 2003.

2002: Invited participation and presentation at a 2-day international research workshop on feature extraction from Earth observed data organised by Ordnance Survey, UK.

2001-pres: Invited manuscript reviewer for Remote Sensing of Environment, International Journal of Remote Sensing, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, IEEE Transactions of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, International Journal of Information Fusion and Geojournal.

Current Teaching

CEG2721: Spatial Data Modelling and BIM

CEG8716: Geopstail Informatics with Project

CEG8717: MRes in Geospatial Data Sceince Dissertation

CEG8720: Understanding Geospatial Data: Social, Legal and Ethical Perspectives

EXE8021: Geospatial Sensors Platforms and Data

EXE8022: Group Project in Geospatial Systems

Previous Teaching

CEG2704: Geographical Information Science: Theory and Application.

CEG2706: Geospatial Algorithms.

CEG2715: Advanced Study Skills for Physical Geographers.

CEG3701: Geographical Information Science Stage 3 Fieldcourse.

CEG3407: Advanced Geoinformatics.

CEG3305: Computational Engineering Analysis.

• Articles

  • Yang H, Wu Z, Dawson RJ, Barr S, Ford A, Li Y. Quantifying surface urban heat island variations and patterns: Comparison of two cities in three-stage dynamic rural–urban transition. Sustainable Cities and Society 2024, 109, 105538.
  • Phengsuwan J, Shah T, James P, Thakker D, Barr S, Ranjan R. Ontology-based discovery of time-series data sources for landslide early warning system. Computing 2020, 102, 745-763.
  • Caparros-Midwood D, Dawson R, Barr S. Low Carbon, Low Risk, Low Density: Resolving choices about sustainable development in cities. Cities 2019, 89, 252-267.
  • Smigaj M, Gaulton R, Suarez JC, Barr SL. Combined use of spectral and structural characteristics for improved red band needle blight detection in pine plantation stands. Forest Ecology and Management 2019, 434, 213-223.
  • Smigaj M, Gaulton R, Suarez JC, Barr SL. Canopy temperature from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle as an indicator of tree stress associated with red band needle blight severity. Forest Ecology and Management 2019, 433, 699-708.
  • Berra EF, Gaulton R, Barr SL. Assessing spring phenology of a temperate woodland: A multiscale comparison of ground, unmanned aerial vehicle and Landsat satellite observations. Remote Sensing of Environment 2019, 223, 229-242.
  • Ford A, Barr S, Dawson R, Virgo J, Batty M, Hall J. A multi-scale urban integrated assessment framework for climate change studies: A flooding application. Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems 2019, 75, 229-243.
  • Ranjan R, Rana O, Nepal S, Yousif M, James P, Wen Z, Barr S, Watson P, Prakash Jayaraman P, Georgakopoulos D, Villari M, Fazio M, Garg S, Buyya R, Wang L, Zomaya A, Dustdar S. The Next Grand Challenges: Integrating the Internet of Things and Data Science. IEEE Cloud Computing 2018, 5(3), 12-26.
  • Gilbert T, Barr S, James P, Morley J, Ji Q. Software Systems Approach to Multi-Scale GIS-BIM Utility Infrastructure Network Integration and Resource Flow Simulation. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2018, 7(8), 310.
  • Ford A, Dawson R, Blythe P, Barr S. Land-use transport models for climate change mitigation and adaptation planning. Journal of Transport and Land Use 2018, 11(1), 83-101.
  • Pant R, Thacker S, Hall JW, Alderson D, Barr S. Critical infrastructure impact assessment due to flood exposure. Journal of Flood Risk Management 2018, 11(1), 22-33.
  • Smigaj M, Gaulton R, Suarez JC, Barr SL. Use of miniature thermal cameras for detection of physiological stress in conifers. Remote Sensing 2017, 9(9), 957.
  • Caparros-Midwood D, Barr S, Dawson R. Spatial Optimization of Future Urban Development with Regards to Climate Risk and Sustainability Objectives. Risk Analysis 2017, 37(11), 2164-2181.
  • Thacker S, Barr S, Pant R, Hall JW, Alderson D. Geographic Hotspots of Critical National Infrastructure. Risk Analysis 2017, 37(12), 2490-2505.
  • Berra EF, Gaulton R, Barr S. Commercial Off-the-Shelf Digital Cameras on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Multitemporal Monitoring of Vegetation Reflectance and NDVI. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 2017, 55(9), 4878-4886.
  • Pregnolato M, Ford A, Robson C, Glenis V, Barr S, Dawson RJ. Assessing urban strategies for reducing the impacts of extreme weather on infrastructure networks. Royal Society Open Science 2016, 3(5), 160023.
  • Otto A, Hall JW, Hickford AJ, Nicholls RJ, Alderson D, Barr SL, Tran M. A quantified system-of-systems modeling framework for robust national infrastructure planning. IEEE Systems Journal 2016, 10(2), 385-396.
  • Ford A, Barr S, Dawson R, James P. Transport Accessibility Analysis Using GIS: Assessing Sustainable Transport in London. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2015, 4(1), 124-149.
  • Caparros-Midwood D, Barr S, Dawson R. Optimized spatial planning to meet long term urban sustainability objectives. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 2015, 54, 154-164.
  • Kennedy-Walker R, Holderness T, Alderson D, Evans B, Barr S. Network modelling for road-based Faecal Sludge Management. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Municipal Engineer 2014, 167(3), 157-165.
  • Holderness T, Barr SL, Dawson R, Hall J. An evaluation of thermal Earth observation for characterizing urban heatwave event dynamics using the urban heat island intensity metric. International Journal of Remote Sensing 2013, 34(3), 864-884.
  • McCullough A, James P, Barr S. Near real-time geoprocessing on the grid: A scalable approach to road traffic monitoring. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 2012, 26(10), 1939-1957.
  • Hardy AJ, Barr SL, Mills JP, Miller PE. Characterising soil moisture in transport corridor environments using airborne LIDAR and CASI data. Hydrological Processes 2012, 26(13), 1925-1936.
  • Miller P, Mills J, Barr SL, Birkinshaw S, Hardy A, Parkin G, Hall S. A Remote Sensing Approach for Landslide Hazard Assessment on Engineered Slopes. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 2012, 50(4), 1048-1056.
  • Walsh CL, Dawson RJ, Hall JW, Barr SL, Batty M, Bristow AL, Carney S, Dagoumas A, Ford AC, Harpham C, Tight MR, Watters H, Zanni A. Assessment of climate change mitigation & adaptation in cities. Urban Design and Planning 2011, 164(2), 75-84.
  • McCullough A, James P, Barr S. A Service Oriented Geoprocessing System for Real-Time Road Traffic Monitoring. Transactions in GIS 2011, 15(5), 651-665.
  • Dawson RJ, Hall JW, Walsh CL, Barker T, Barr SL, Batty M, Bristow A, Burton A, Carney S, Dagoumas A, Evans S, Ford AC, Glennis V, Goodess C, Harpham C, Harwatt H, Kilsby CG, Kohler J, Jones P, Manning L, McCarthy M, Sanderson M, Tight M, Timms M, Zanni A. The Tyndall Centre’s Urban Integrated Assessment Facility. UGEC Viewpoints 2010, 3, 8-12.
  • Barr S, Fraszczyk A, Mulley C. Excess travelling-what does it mean? New definition and a case study of excess commuters in Tyne and Wear, UK. European Transport Research Review 2010, 2(2), 69-83.
  • Barrand NE, Murray T, James TD, Barr SL, Mills JP. Optimizing photogrammetric DEMs for glacier volume change assessment using laser-scanning derived ground-control points. Journal of Glaciology 2009, 55(189), 106-116.
  • Miller PE, Mills JP, Barr SL, Lim M, Barber D, Parkin G, Clarke B, Glendinning S, Hall JW. Terrestrial laser scanning for assessing the risk of slope instability along transport corridors. International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences 2008, 37(B5), 495-500.
  • Chikomo FO, Mills JP, Barr SL. An integrated approach to level-of-detail building extraction and modelling using airborne lidar and optical imagery. International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences 2007, 36, 6.
  • James TD, Murray T, Barrand NE, Barr SL. Extracting photogrammetric ground control from lidar DEMs for change detection. The Photogrammetric Record 2006, 21(116), 312-328.
  • James TD, Barr SL, Lane SN. Automated correction of surface obstruction errors in digital surface models using off-the-shelf image processing. The Photogrammetric Record 2006, 21(116), 373-397.
  • Pritchard H, Murray T, Luckman A, Strozzi T, Barr SL. Glacier surge dynamics of Sortebrae, east Greenland, from synthetic aperture radar feature tracking. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 2005, 110(F3), F03005.
  • Barr SL, Barnsley MJ, Steel A. On the separability of urban land-use categories in fine spatial scale land-cover data using structural pattern recognition. Environment and Planning B: Planning & Design 2004, 31(3), 397-418.
  • Pritchard H, Murray T, Strozzi T, Barr SL, Luckman A. Surge-related topographic change of the glacier Sortebræ, East Greenland, derived from synthetic aperture radar interferometry. Journal of Glaciology 2003, 49(166), 381-390.
  • Barnsley MJ, Barr SL. Monitoring urban land use by Earth observation. Surveys in Geophysics 2001, 21(2/3), 269-289.

• Book Chapters

  • Barr S, Alderson D, Ives MC, Robson C. Database, simulaation modelling and visualisation for national infrastructure. In: Hall, Jim W.; Tran, Martino; Hickford, Adrian J.; Nicholls, Robert J, ed. The Future of National Infrastructure: A System-of-Systems Approach. Cambridge University Press, 2016.
  • Pant R, Thacker S, Hall JW, Barr S, Alderson D, Kelly S. Analysing the risks of failure of interdependent infrastructure networks. In: The Future of National Infrastructure: A System-of-Systems Approach. Cambridge University Press, 2016, pp.241-267.
  • Hall JW, Dawson RJ, Barr SL, Batty M, Bristow AL, Carney S, Dagoumas A, Ford A, Tight MR, Walsh CL, Watters H, Zanni AM. City-scale integrated assessment of climate impacts, adaptation and mitigation. In: Bose, R.K, ed. Energy Efficient Cities: Assessment Tools and Benchmarking Practices. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank, 2010, pp.43-64.
  • Dawson RJ, Hall JW, Barr SL, Batty M, Bristow A, Carney S, Dagoumas A, Evans S, Ford AC, Harwatt H, Kohler J, Tight M, Walsh CL, Zanni A. A blueprint for the integrated assessment of climate change in cities. In: Tang, K, ed. Green CITYnomics: The Urban War against Climate Change. Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, 2009, pp.32-52.
  • Barr SL, Barnsley MJ. Characterizing land use in urban systems via built-form connectivity models. In: Kelly REJ; Drake NA; Barr SL, ed. Spatial Modelling of the Terrestrial Environment. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, 2004, pp.201-226.
  • Steel AM, Barnsley MJ, Barr SL. Determining urban land use through an analysis of the spatial composition of buildings identified in LIDAR and multispectral image data. In: Mesev V, ed. Remotely Sensed Cities. London: Taylor and Francis, 2003, pp.83-108.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Phoompanich S, Barr S, Gaulton R. Development of geospatial techniques for natural hazard risk assessment in Thailand. In: International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives. 2019, Prague, Czech Republic: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
  • Ji Q, Barr S, James P, Fairbairn D. Graph database implementation of fine spatial scale urban infrastructure networks. In: GISRUK 2018. 2018, Leicester, UK.
  • Ji Q, Barr S, James P, Fairbairn D. A heuristic spatial algorithm for generating fine-scale infrastructure distribution networks. In: 25th GISRUK 2017. 2017, Manchester, UK: GISRUK.
  • Robson C, Barr SL, James P, Ford A. A framework for modelling the impact of spatial hazards on critical infrastructure networks. In: GISRUK. 2017, Manchester, UK.
  • Berra EF, Gaulton R, Barr S. Use of a digital camera onboard a UAV to monitor spring phenology at individual tree level. In: International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). 2016, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
  • Smigaj M, Gaulton R, Barr SL, Suarez JC. Investigating the performance of a low-cost thermal imager for forestry applications. In: Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing XXII. 2016, Edinburgh: SPIE.
  • Smigaj M, Gaulton R, Barr SL, Suarez JC. UAV-borne Thermal Imaging for Forest Health Monitoring: Detectin of Disease-Induced Canopy Temperature Increase. In: ISPRS Geospatial Week 2015. 2015, La Grande Motte, France: Copernicus GmbH.
  • Robson C, Barr S, James P, Ford A. Spatially modelling dependent infrastructure networks. In: GISRUK. 2015, Leeds.
  • Harris N, Robson C, Barr SL, James P. Real time coupled network failure modelling and visualisation. In: GISRUK. 2015, Leeds, UK.
  • Ford A, Pregnolato M, Jenkins K, Barr S, Dawson R. Assessing the need for infrastructure adaptation by simulating impacts of extreme weather events on urban transport infrastructure. In: GISRUK 2015. 2015, Leeds, UK.
  • Alderson D, Barr SL, Holderness T, Robson C, Ford A, Kennedy-Walker R. A geospatial relational database schema for interdependent network analysis and modelling. In: 23rd GIS Research UK (GISRUK). 2015, Leeds, UK.
  • Alderson D, Barr S, Tran M, Hall J, Otto A, Hickford A, Byers E. Visualisation tools for multi-perspective, cross-sector, long-term infrastructure performance evaluation. In: International Symposium for Next Generation Infrastructure. 2014, Vienna, Austria.
  • Pant R, Hall JW, Barr S, Alderson D. Spatial Risk Analysis of Interdependent Infrastructures Subjected to Extreme Hazards. In: Vulnerability, Uncertainty, and Risk: Quantification, Mitigation, and Management - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management, ICVRAM 2014 and the 6th International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling a. 2014, Liverpool, UK: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
  • Ford A, Jenkins K, Dawson R, Pregnolato M, Barr S, Hall J. Simulating impacts of extreme weather events on urban transport infrastructure in the UK. In: ISNGI 2014. 2014, Vienna, Austria.
  • Robson C, Barr S, James P, Ford A. Resilience of hierarchical critical infrastructure networks. In: International Symposium for Next Generation Infrastructure. 2014, Vienna, Austria.
  • Hall JW, Otto A, Tran M, Barr S, Alderson D. A National Model for Strategic Planning of Infrastructure Systems. In: Second International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management (ICVRAM2014). 2014, Liverpool, UK: American Society of Civil Engineers.
  • Walsh CL, Dawson RJ, Ford AC, Barr SL, Hall JW, Batty M. Assessing flood risk in London under climate and land use change. In: International Conference on Flood Resilience Experiences in Asia and Europe. 2013, Exeter, UK.
  • Barr SL, Alderson D, Robson C, Otto A, Hall J, Thacker S, Pant R. A National Scale Infrastructure Database and Modelling Environment for the UK. In: International Symposium for Next Generation Infrastructure. 2013, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Fu G, Khoury M, Alderson D, Dawson R, Bullock S, Barr S. Vulnerability Analysis of Large Scale Interdependent Infrastructure Systems. In: Network of Networks: Systemic Risk and Infrastructural Interdependencies. 2012, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Dawson RJ, Walsh CL, Hall JW, Barr SL, Batty M, Bristow AL, Carney S, Dagoumas A, Ford A, Tight MR, Watters H, Zanni AM. Integrated assessment for climate sensitive urban design in London. In: International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design. 2012, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Miller PE, Mills JP, Barr SL, Birkinshaw SJ. Geospatial data integration for assessing landslide hazard on engineered slopes. In: XXII Congress of the International Society for Remote Sensing. 2012, Melbourne, Australia: ISPRS.
  • Alderson D, Robson C, Holderness T, Barr SL, Ford A. An open source spatial database schema and interface for the storage, representation and analysis of interdependent infrastructure networks. In: ITRC Early Career Researchers Conference: Infrastructure Delivery in an Uncertain Future. 2012, Clare College, Cambridge, UK: Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium UK (ITRC).
  • Barr SL, Holderness T, Alderson D, Robson C, Ford A. An open source relational database schema and system for the analysis of large scale spatially interdependent infrastructure networks. In: 4th Open Source GIS Conference - OSGIS 2012. 2012, Nottingham: Nottingham Geospatial Institute, University of Nottingham.
  • Walsh CL, Ford AC, Barr SL, Dawson RJ. A spatio-temporal modelling framework for the integrated assessment of cities. In: Earth Systems Engineering 2012: A technical symposium on systems engineering for sustainable adaptation to global change. 2012, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Centre for Earth Systems Engineering Research, Newcastle University.
  • Thacker S, Henriques J, Hall J, Alderson D, Barr S. A "First Pass" Analysis of Infrastructure Vulnerability to Flood Hazards in the UK. In: Network of Networks: Systemic Risk and Infrastructural Interdependencies. 2012, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Miller PE, Hardy AJ, Mills JP, Barr SL, Birkinshaw SJ, Parkin G, Glendinning S, Hall JW. Intelligent integration of multi-sensor data for risk assessment in transport corridor environments. In: ISPRS Workshop: High-Resolution Earth Imaging for Geospatial Information. 2009, Hannover: ISPRS.
  • Hall JW, Dawson RJ, Barr SL, Batty M, Bristow AL, Carnet S, Dagoumas A, Ford A, Tight MR, Walsh CL, Watters H, Zanni AM. City-scale integrated assessment of climate impacts, adaptation and mitigation. In: 5th Urban Research Symposium. 2009, Marseille, France: World Bank.
  • Hardy AJ, Miller PE, Mills JP, Barr SL. Characterising soil moisture as an indicator of transport corridor slope instability using remotely sensed data. In: The Twelfth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing. 2009, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
  • Triantakonstantis DP, Barr SL. A Spatial Structural and Statistical Approach to Building Classification of Residential Function for City-Scale Impact Assessment Studies. In: Computational Science and Its Applications: ICCSA 2009, Part 1. 2009, Seoul, Korea: Springer-Verlag Berlin.
  • Hardy A, Mills JP, Barr SL. Hyperspectral response of embankment grass to artificial wetting. In: RSPSoc. 2008, Exeter, UK: The Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society.
  • Cheewinsiriwat P, James PM, Barr SL. Developing 3D GIS web services. In: 5th International Conference on Geographic Information Systems 2008 (ICGIS 2008). 2008, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • White DC, Williams M, Barr SL. Detecting sub-surface soil disturbance using hyperspectral first derivative band ratios of associated vegetation stress. In: 21st ISPRS Congress. 2008, Beijing, China: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
  • White DC, Williams M, Barr SL. Hyperspectral Characterisation of arable crop stress associated with buried gas pipeline earthworks. In: 5th EARSeL Workshop on Imaging Spectroscopy. 2007, Bruges, Belgium.
  • Lim M, Mills JP, Barr SL, Barber D, Glendinning S, Parkin G, Hall JW, Clarke B. High resolution remote mapping of transport corridors for risk analysis. In: Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society Annual Conference: Challenges for Earth Observation - Scientific, Technical and Commercial. 2007, University of Newcastle upon Tyne: Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society.
  • Lim M, Mills JP, Barr SL, Barber D, Glendinning S, Parkin G, Hall JW, Clarke B. High resolution earth imaging for transport corridor slope stability risk analysis. In: ISPRS Hannover Workshop 2007: High-Resolution Earth Imaging for Geospatial Information. 2007, Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany: Institute of Photogrammetry and GeoInformation.
  • White DC, Williams M, Barr SL. Characterising pipeline earthworks associated vegetation stress with field spectroscopy. In: RSPSoc Annual Conference: Challenges for Earth Observation: Scientific, Technical and Commercial. 2007, University of Newcastle upon Tyne: RSPSoc.
  • Chikomo FO, Mills JP, Barr SL. Adaptive building model reconstruction from airborne lidar and optical imagery. In: 2007 Annual Conference of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc 2007). 2007, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
  • White DC, Williams M, Barr SL. Minimising background effects in field spectra of arable crops to detect stress associated with soil disturbance. In: Annual Conference of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society. 2006, Cambridge, UK.
  • White DC, Williams M, Barr SL. Minimising background effects in field spectra of arable crops to detect stress associated with soil disturbance. In: The Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) Workshop Imaging Techniques for Understanding Plant Responses to Stresses. 2006, Canterbury, UK.
  • White D, Williams M, Barr S. Minimising background effects in field spectra of arable crops to detect stress associated with soil disturbance. In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Annual Main Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology. 2006, Canterbury, UK: Elsevier Inc.
  • White D, Williams M, Barr SL. Hyperspectral detection of arable crop stress associated with buried gas pipeline soil disturbance. In: Proceedings of the Atlantic Europe Conference on Remote Imaging and Spectroscopy. 2006, Preston, UK: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
  • Teerarojanarat S, Fairbairn D, Barr S. Comparing logistic regression methods for micro-simulation urban land use change modelling. In: 25th Urban Data Management Symposium. 2006, Aalborg, Denmark.
  • Teerarojanarat S, Fairbairn D, Barr S. Modelling Urban Growth with Cellular Automata Built in a GIS Environment: A Case Study of Lat Phrao, Bangkok, Thailand. In: Proceedings of GISRUK 13. 2005, University of Glasgow.
  • White DC, Williams M, Barr SL. An investigation into the capability of hyperspectral data to detect buried pipeline remediation induced vegetation stress. In: Annual Conference of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society. 2005, Portsmouth, UK.

• Digital or Visual Media

  • Holderness T, Kennedy-Walker R, Alderson D, Evan B, Barr S. Assessing the long term operating costs of improved sanitation infrastructure using network modelling. 2014. Poster.

• Reports

  • Hall JW, Dawson RJ, Walsh CL, Barker T, Barr SL, Batty M, Bristow AL, Burton A, Carney S, Dagoumas A, Evans S, Ford AC, Glenis V, Goodess CG, Harpham C, Harwatt H, Kilsby CG, Kohler J, Jones P, Manning L, McCarthy M, Sanderson M, Tight MR, Timms PM, Zanni A. Engineering Cities: How can cities grow whilst reducing emissions and vulnerability?. The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2009.
  • Dawson RJ, Hall JW, Barr SL, Batty M, Bristow A, Carney S, Evans S, Ford A, Köhler J, Tight M, Walsh CL. A blueprint for the integrated assessment of climate change in cities. Tyndall Centre for Climate Change, 2007. 104.

• Review

  • Ranjan R, Phengsuwan J, James P, Barr S, Van Moorsel A. Urban Risk Analytics in the Cloud. IT Professional 2017, 19(2), 4-9.