Name and Contact Details
Graham Smith Research Associate Institute for Environment, Sustainability
and Regeneration Staffordshire University Science Centre, Leek Road
Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2DF Tel 01782 294038 g.r.smith@staffs.ac.uk
Research Interests
Graham specialises in applied GIS research in areas including population and risk, housing, regeneration, environmental justice and environmental indices and health.This includes detailed knowledge of Ordnance Survey mapping products and key socio-economic, environment and land use datasets, including the census and Indices of Multiple Deprivation.
Graham also provides mapping and geocoding services such as postcode mapping, customised GIS tools and databases and tailored GIS training.Research Projects
- Stoke-on-Trent Primary Care Trust: My Health Matters - Community Approaches to Reducing Health Inequalities, 2008-12... view project
- Medical Research Council: Social Ecological Mapping of Physical Activity Behaviours and Health Outcomes in Deprived Inner-city Communities, 2006-8... view project
- Health and Safety Executive: A National Population Database for Major Accident Hazard Modelling, 2003-4, updated 2007-8... view project
- European Commission: Links between the social and environmental pillars of sustainable development (in collaboration with AEA Technology plc), 2007... view project
- Environment Agency: Environmental justice in South Yorkshire, 2007... view project
- Environment Agency: Addressing Environmental Inequalities, 2005-6... view project
- Staffordshire University Strategic Planning Team: GIS capability training for strategic planning, 2005.
- Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER): Investigating Environmental Justice in Scotland, 2005... view project
- Environment Agency. Environmental Quality and Social Deprivation: Phase II: National Analysis of Flood Hazard, IPC Industries and Air Quality, 2003... view report
- Advantage West Midlands & Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce: Renewable Energy Business Support, 2003.
Selected Publications
Davey, R.C.; Hurst, G.L.; Smith, G.R.; Grogan, S.; Kurth, J. (2011) The impact and process of a community-led intervention on reducing environmental inequalities related to physical activity and healthy eating - a pilot study. BMC Public Health, 11: 697.
Gidlow, Christopher; Cochrane, Thomas; Davey, Rachel C.; Smith, Graham; and Fairburn, Jon (2010) Relative importance of physical and social aspects of perceived neighbourhood environment for self-reported health. Preventive Medicine, 51:157-163.
Smith, Graham; Gidlow, Christopher; Davey, Rachel; and Foster, Charles (2010) What is my walking neighbourhood? A pilot study of English adults' definitions of their local walking neighbourhoods. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 7:34.
Cochrane, Thomas; Davey, Rachel C.; Gidlow, Chris; Smith, Graham R.; Fairburn, Jon; Armitage, Christopher J.; Stephansen, Hilde and Speight, Svetlana (2009) Small area and individual level predictors of physical activity in urban communities: a multi-level study in Stoke on Trent, England. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 6(2): 654-677.
Fairburn J, Butler B and Smith G (2008) Environmental justice in South Yorkshire: locating social deprivation and poor environments using multiple indicators. Local Environment, 14:139–154.
Smith, Graham and Fairburn, Jon (2008) Updating and improving the National Population Database to National Population Database 2. Research Report 678. Health and Safety Executive Publications
Davey, Rachel C; Cochrane, Thomas; Gidlow, Christopher; Fairburn, Jon and Smith, Graham (2008) Design of a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial: Ecological approach to increasing physical activity in an urban community. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 29: 774-782.
Smith, Graham and Davey, Rachel (2008) Socio-ecological mapping of physical activity behaviours and health outcomes in deprived inner-city communities. Geographical Information Systems Technical Report. Report to the Medical Research Council.
Walker G, Mitchell G, Fairburn J & Smith G (2005) Industrial pollution and social deprivation: evidence and complexity in evaluating and responding to environmental inequality. Local Environment, 10:361-377.
Fairburn J, Walker G, Mitchell G & Smith G (2005) Investigating Environmental Justice In Scotland: links between measures of environmental quality and social deprivation. Report for the Scottish Executive, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, Forestry Commission and Scottish Natural Heritage.Walker G, Mitchell G, Fairburn J and Smith G (2003) Environmental Quality and Social Deprivation. Phase II: National Analysis of Flood Hazard, IPC Industries and Air Quality. R&D Project Record E2-067/1/PR1, The Environment Agency, Bristol, 133pp, ISBN 1 8443 222....read report.
Conference Presentation PapersConference: Third International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health, May 2010. Venue: Toronto, Canada. Poster presentations: ‘Understanding English Adults’ Definitions Of Their Local Walking Neighbourhoods: A Pilot Study’ and ‘Introducing a UK Walkability Index; a Tool for Urban Planners Looking to Design Healthy Urban Environments’.
Conference: International Physical Activity and Environment Network (IPEN) grant holders meeting Venue: Toronto. Title: Innovative use of GIS for Mapping Environmental Determinants of Physical Activity.
Workshop: ‘Population 24/7’ workshop, January 2010. Venue: University of Southampton. ‘Population 24/7’ is an ESRC funded project led by Professor David Martin of the School of Geography, University of Southampton. Graham presented IESR’s work on the National Population Database (NPD) for Major Accident and Hazard Modelling commissioned by the Health and Safety Executive.
Conference: 16th UKPHA Annual Public Health Forum 2008, 1st April Host: UK Public Health Association Venue: Arena & Convention Centre Liverpool Title: Measuring the Environmental Determinants of Physical Activity in a Deprived Urban Landscape Using Geographical Information Systems
Conference: 16th UKPHA Annual Public Health Forum 2008, 1st April Host: UK Public Health Association Venue: Arena & Convention Centre Liverpool Title: Environmental Neighbourhood Indices Related to Physical Activity Behaviour in Deprived Inner-City Communities Conference: 15th UKPHA Annual Public Health Forum 2007, 28th March Host: UK Public Health Association Venue: Edinburgh International Conference Centre Title: Deriving a “Walkability” Index in Stoke using GIS Conference: BASES Annual Conference 2006, 13th September Host: British Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences (BASES) Venue: University of Wolverhampton Title: Environmental determinants of physical activity behaviour: new methodologies in physical activity research Conference: Society of Cartographers Annual Summer School 2006, 7th September Host: Society of Cartographers Venue: Keele University Title: Health Mapping in Stoke-on-Trent Neighbourhoods