Professor Simon Kingham
Position
Head of Department, Medical geography, air pollution and transport
Qualifications
B.A. (Hons), Ph.D.(Lanc.)
Contact Details
Room:511
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 7936
Fax: +64 3 364 2907
simon.kingham@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address:
Department of Geography
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
New Zealand
Research
My research is in 3 areas broadly linked by relationships between transport and health. These are:
- Air pollution exposure. This addresses the question of how we quantify the amount of pollution humans actually breathe in. This is important to know if we want to relate pollution to human health.
- Transport. This research area is interested in how we can make transport more sustainable and looks at people’s perceptions and attitudes to transport, focusing specifically on school and work travel.
- Health geography. This focuses on links between spatial patterns of illness and air pollution.
Involved in the following research projects:
- Car Culture and Street Racing in Christchurch
- Spatial-temporal modelling of road traffic accidents in Christchurch, New Zealand: a policy evaluation
- Air Pollution Meteorology
- Air Pollution and Health
- Social Dimensions of Cancer Incidence
- Travel Plans in Travel Demand Management
Teaching
- GEOG 107: Resilient and Sustainable Cities
- GEOG 305: Environmental Hazards and Management
- GEOG 309: Research Methods in Geography
- GEOG 322: Geography of Health
- GEOG 402: Sustainable Urban Development
Selected Publications
Please see Simon's UC Research Profile for a full list of publications