Ben Calnan
Research Fellow AUNT-SUE
+44 (0)207 133 5181
b.calnan@londonmet.ac.uk
Interests and Expertise
* ArcGIS and ArcObjects Development
* Geodemographic Analysis
* Sustainable urban planning
Research interests/expertise:
Ben Calnan has experience working for national research organisations, local government and the private sector. He has an MSc in Geographic Information Science from UCL and a BA (also from UCL) in Geography. His research interests include developing spatial decision support systems, Internet mapping, sustainable urban planning and transport.
Current/recent projects and awards
EPSRC Aunt Sue: Street Design Index: developing a tool to help design and planning for the Whole Journey Environment.
This GIS based tool is being developed to enable designer and planners to model various aspects and features of the urban environment to understand how these can affect users perceptions of streets and public areas. It hopes that by doing so it will help planners to identify areas that are negatively perceived by pedestrians and so have become potential barriers to their movements and journeys.
Publications
(2006) Calnan, B & ERM Ltd. MSc Dissertation "Developing an internet mapping system to help in the planning process of offshore wind farms."
