Dr Iain Brown

Iain is co-ordinator of the thematic research on Landscapes and Rural Communities (WP3.8), part of the Programme 3 initiative funded by the Scottish Government. His background is in climate change, having worked on its past, present and future aspects for the last 20 years. Previously he has worked for the UK Climate Impacts Programme, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, and University of Glamorgan.

Research Interests

His research focuses on developing integrated responses to climate change, including links with soils, ecology, freshwater and coastal systems. He is also interested in examining people's perception of, and responses to, climate change, and therefore how this can be better connected with the emerging science. A key technique for this is the modelling and analysis of future scenarios, together with the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and 3D landscape visualisation.

Iain's highlighted publications

• Impact assessment for Scotland: the relationships between climate, water resources, land use and diffuse pollution in a changing world., Dunn, S.M.; Brown, I., (2010) Proceedings of SAC/SEPA Biennial Conference - Agriculture and the Environment VIII Climate, Water and Soil: Science, Policy and Practice, Edinburgh, March 2010, pp37-42.

Iain's most recent publications

• Developing a nested-scale landscape modelling framework for ecosystem services., Castellazzi, M.S.; Joannon, A.; Brown, I.; Gimona, A.; Poggio, L., (In press)

• Capturing coastal morphological change within regional integrated assessment: an outcome-driven fuzzy logic approach., Hanson, S.; Nicholls, R. J.; Balson, P.; Brown, I.; French, J. R.; Spencer, T., (In press) Journal of Coastal Research.

• Mapping spatio-temporal relationships between AWC and remote sensing-derived drought indexes at national scale., Poggio, L.; Gimona, A.; Brown, I.; Castellazzi, M., (In press) 4th Global Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping, Rome, 24th-26th May 2010. Oral presentation.

• Simulation scenarios of spatio-temporal arrangement of crops at the landscape scale., Castellazzi, M.S.; Matthews, J.; Angevin, F.; Wood, G.A.; Burgess, P.J.; Brown, I.; Conrad, K.F.; Perry, P.N., (2010) Environmental Modelling and Software. Available online.

• Scaling - Field, farm, landscape and nation., Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.; Brown, I.; Gotts, N., (2010) New Institute Meeting No. 3, Montrose, 25th January 2010.

• Forestry and land use in Scotland., Miller, D.R.; Brown, I.; Castellazzi, M.; Horne, P.; Morrice, J., (2010) NRS 40th Anniversary Conference, Moredun Institute, Edinburgh, 7th May 2010.

• The future of the uplands., Reed, M.S.; Bonn, A.; Slee, W.; Beharry-Borg, N.; Birch, J.; Brown, I.; Burt, T.P.; Chapman, D.; Chapman, P.J.; Clay, G.; Cornell, S.J.; Fraser, E.D.G.; Holden, J.; Hodgson, J.A.; Hubacek, K.; Irvine, B.; Jin, N.; Kirkby, M.J.; Kunin, W.E.; Moore, O.; Moseley, D.; Prell, C.; Quinn, C.; Redpath, S.; Reid, C.; Stagl, S.; Stringer, L.C.; Termansen, M.; Thorp, S.; Towers, W.; Worrall, F., (2010) Land Use Policy, 26, Suppl.1, S204-216.

• Impacts of biomass and bioenergy crops on landscape, land use and the wider environment in northern Ireland and Scotland - Interim Report., Booth, P.; Brown, I.; Guillaume, P.; Towers, W., (2009) SNIFFER.

• Multifunctional assessment of coastal landscapes with climate change., Brown, I., (2009) In: Coastal and Marine Geospatial Technologies, (ed. D.R. Green), Coastal Systems and Continental Margins, Volume 13, Springer. ISBN: 978-1-4020-9719-5

• Land use and climate change scenarios for managing multifunctional landscapes., Brown, I.; Castellazzi, M., (2009) Knowledge Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, Inverness, 25th March 2009.