About me – short resume

I’m a civil engineer and a lecturer in construction technology at Oxford Brookes University, UK. I

have great concerns about the effect of mankind on the planet. Another interest is in cities and the great variety of towns and cities ranging from those, including many central areas of European cities, which give delight, to the awful, which are usually dominated by road space and traffic. Cities can contribute to sustainability by limiting the need to travel, by reducing the desire to live in the surrounding country or in low-density suburbs and to social sustainability by promoting interaction between people. Bad cities lead to exodus, reliance on the car and people living in their own personal, detached, worlds. The result is often increase in crime and a widening of the gap between rich and poor.

Blog covering some other interests (including teaching, technology and communication)