Journal articles

• Preston, P.D., Dunk, R.M., Smith, G.R. & Cavan, G. (2023). Not all brownfields are equal: A typological assessment reveals hidden green space in the city. Landscape and Urban Planning 104590.
• Dennis, M., Barker, A., Anderson, J., Ashton, J.C., Cavan, G., Cook, P.A., French, D., Gilchrist, A., James, P., Phillipson, C., Tzoulas, K., Wheater, C.P., Wossink, A., Lindley, S. (2022). ‘Integrating knowledge on green infrastructure, health and well-being in ageing populations: principles for research and practice.‘ Ambio,
• Niepsch, D., Clarke, L.J., Tzoulas, K., Cavan, G. (2021) ‘Distinguishing atmospheric nitrogen compounds (nitrate and ammonium) in lichen biomonitoring studies.’ Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 23(12) pp. 2021-2036.
• Niepsch, D., Clarke, L.J., Tzoulas, K., Cavan, G. (2021) ‘Spatiotemporal variability of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution in Manchester (UK) city centre (2017-2018) using a fine spatial scale single-NOx diffusion tube network.’ Environmental Geochemistry and Health: official journal of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health.
• F. Baker, GR. Smith, SJ. Marsden, G. Cavan (2021). Mapping regulating ecosystem service deprivation in urban areas: A transferable high-spatial resolution uncertainty aware approach. Ecological Indicators. 121, pp.107058-107058.
• I. Nababa, E. Symeonakis, S. Koukoulas, T. Higginbottom, G. Cavan, et al. (2020). Land Cover Dynamics and Mangrove Degradation in the Niger Delta Region. Remote Sensing. 12(21), pp.3619-3619.
• F. Baker, C. Smith, G. Cavan (2018). A Combined Approach to Classifying Land Surface Cover of Urban Domestic Gardens Using Citizen Science Data and High Resolution Image Analysis. Remote Sensing. 10(4), pp.537-537.
• M. Dennis, D. Barlow, G. Cavan, P. Cook, A. Gilchrist, et al. (2018). Mapping Urban Green Infrastructure: A Novel Landscape-Based Approach to Incorporating Land Use and Land Cover in the Mapping of Human-Dominated Systems. Land. 7(1), pp.17-17.
• R. Reynolds, G. Cavan, M. Cresswell (2017). The local response of El Niño events and changing disease distribution in Tanzania. Weather. 72(7), pp.206-215.
• F. Kong, C. Sun, F. Liu, H. Yin, F. Jiang, et al. (2016). Energy saving potential of fragmented green spaces due to their temperature regulating ecosystem services in the summer. Applied Energy. 183, pp.1428-1440.
• P. O Hare, G. Cavan, WL. Filho (2016). Introduction to the special issue on adaptive flood risk management. Natural Hazards. 82, pp.145-148.
• Taylor, P. and Cavan, G. (2016). Use of Open Source GIS in local authorities. GeoConnexion March/April edition, 46-48.
• Kong, F. Yan, W. Zheng, G. Yin, H. Cavan, G. et al. (2016). Retrieval of three-dimensional tree canopy and shade using terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data to analyze the cooling effect of vegetation, Agricultural and Forestry Meteorology 217: 22-34.
• Carter, J.G. Cavan, G. Connelly, A. Guy, S. Handley, J. and Kazmierczak, A. (2015). Climate change and the city: Building capacity for Urban Adaptation. Progress in Planning 95: 1-66.
• Aylen, J. Albertson, K. and Cavan, G. (2014). The impact of weather and climate on tourist demand: the case of Chester Zoo, Climatic Change 127(2): 183-197.
• Kong, F. Yin, H. Wang, C. Cavan, G. and James, P. (2014). A Satellite Image-based Analysis of Factors Contributing to the Green-Space Cool Island Intensity on a City Scale. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 13(4): 846-853.
• Jalayer, F. De Risi, R. Depaola, F. Giugni, M. Manfredi, G. Gasparini, P. Topa, M.E. Yonas, N. Yeshitela, K. Nebebe, A. Cavan, G. Lindley, S. Printz, A. & Renner, F. (2014) Probabilistic GIS-based method for delineation of flood-prone areas and identification of urban hotspots. Natural Hazards 73(2): 975-1001.
• Cavan, G. Lindley, S.J. Jayeler, F. Yeshitela, K. Pauleit, S. Renner, F. Gill, S. Capuano, P. Nebebe, A. Woldegerima, T. Kibassa, D. and Shemdoe, R. (2014). Urban morphological determinants of temperature regulating ecosystem services in two African Cities. Ecological Indicators 42: 43-57.
• Cavan, G. and Kingston, R. (2012). “Development of a climate change risk and vulnerability assessment tool for urban areas” International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment 3(3): 253-269.
• Kazmierczak, A. and Cavan, G. (2011). “Surface water flooding risk to urban communities: Analysis of vulnerability, hazard and exposure” Landscape and Urban Planning 103(2): 185-197.
• Albertson, K. Aylen, J. Cavan, G. and McMorrow, J. (2010). “Climate change and the future occurrence of moorland wildfires in the Peak District of the UK” Climate Research 24.
• Albertson, K. Aylen, J. Cavan, G. and McMorrow, J. (2009). “Forecasting the outbreak of moorland wildfires in the English Peak District” Journal of Environmental Management 90, 8: 2642-2651.
• McEvoy, D. Cavan, G. Handley, J. McMorrow, J. and Lindley, S. (2008). “Changes to climate and visitor behaviour: implications for vulnerable landscapes in the North West region of England” Journal of Sustainable Tourism 16(1): 101-121.
• Cavan, G. Handley, J. F. Aylen, J. Albertson, K. McMorrow, J. Lindley, S. and McEvoy, D. (2006).”Climate change and the visitor economy in the uplands” International Journal of Biodiversity Science and Management 2(3): 170-173.
• Thornes, J. E. Cavan, G. and Chapman, L. (2005). “XRWIS: the use of geomatics to predict winter road surface temperatures in Poland” Meteorological Applications 12: 83-90.

Book contribution

• Cavan, G. Baker, F. Tzoulas, K. & Smith, C.L. (2021). Manchester – The role of urban domestic gardens in climate adaptation and resilience. Forthcoming in ‘Urban Climate Science for Planning Healthy Cities’ published by Springer.
• Lindley, S. J., Gill, S. E., Cavan, G., et al., 2015, Green Infrastructure for climate adaptation in African cities. In Urban Vulnerability and Climate Change in Africa. Springer Nature, p. 107-152.
• Smith, C.L. Cavan, G. & Lindley, S. (2015). UCMap studies in UK: Greater Manchester. In E. Ng, & C. Ren (Eds), The Urban Climatic Map: A Methodology for Sustainable Urban Planning, Ng, E. & Ren, C. (Eds.). Earthscan of Taylor & Frances Group.
• Cavan, G. Butlin, T. Gill, S. Kingston, R. and Lindley, S. (2014). Web-GIS tools for climate change adaptation planning in cities. In Walter, L.F. (ed). Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation. Vol 4 Climate Change Adaptation Technologies. Springer Reference.
• McMorrow, J. Lindley, S. Aylen, J. Cavan, G, Albertson, K and Boys, D. “Moorland wildfire risk, visitors and climate change: Patterns, prevention and policy.” In Drivers of Environmental Change in Uplands, London and New York: Routledge, 2009.

Conference contributions

• Cavan, G. (2020) ‘The contribution of gardens to urban ecosystem services in Manchester.’ In Natural Capital Group Annual Conference. Manchester, 11/2/2020 – 11/2/2020.
• Cavan, G., Lindley, S., Dennis, M. (2020) ‘Exploring the needs, provision & value of green infrastructure for older people with the GHIA online tools.’ In Green Infrastructure Influences on an Ageing Population Final Conference. Manchester, 7/1/2020 – 7/1/2020.
• Preston, P., Cavan, G., Dunk, R., Smith, G. (2019) ‘A new approach for the city-scale assessment of brownfield land and impact upon climate resilience.’ In SEGH 2019 – 35th International Conference on Geochemistry and Health. Manchester, UK, 1/7/2019 – 5/7/2019.
• Cavan, G., Fletcher, C., Baker, F., Tzoulas, K., Smith, C. (2019) ‘Co-production of knowledge on urban gardens to aid urban planning and encourage citizens to implement local scale adaptation solutions.’ In European Conference on Climate Change Adaptation. Lisbon, 28/5/2019 – 31/5/2019.
• Dunk, R., Cavan, G., Mork, J. (2019) ‘Evaluation of climate literacy training: Taking action to improve urban resilience.’ In European Conference on Climate Change Adaptation. Lisbon, 28/5/2019 – 30/5/2019.
• Cavan, G., Baker, F., Smith, C. (2018) ‘Using volunteered geographic information to characterize garden composition for modelling climate regulation potential.’ In 10th International Conference on Urban Climate jointly with the 14th Symposium on the Urban Environment. New York, USA, 8/8/2018 – 10/8/2018.
• Cavan, G., Kazmierczak, A., Connelly, A., Lindley, S. (2017) ‘Multi-dimensional social vulnerability and flood disadvantage assessment to support socially just flood risk management.’ In 21st International Congress on Biometeorology. Durham, UK, 3/9/2017 – 7/9/2017.
• Hamshire, C., Cavan, G., Fatoye, F.A. (2017) ‘An exploration of the benefits of an urban park for promoting health and well-being.’ In WCPT 2017. Cape Town, 2/7/2017 – 5/7/2017.
• Cavan, G. (2017) ‘What’s in your back yard? Using citizen science to understand the contribution of gardens to urban ecosystem services.’ In Green Infrastructure Nature Based Solutions for Sustainable and Resilient Cities. Orvieto, Italy, 4/4/2017 – 7/4/2017.
• Cavan, G. (2015) ‘Enhancing adaptation to climate change in urban environments through brownfield land.’ In ICUC9 – 9th International Conference on Urban Climate jointly with the 12th Symposium on the Urban Environment. Toulouse, France.
• Cavan, G. & Lindley, S. (2015) The importance of tourist type in understanding weather and climate driven demand sensitivities. European Conference on Climate Change Adaptation, Copenhagen 11-14^th May 2015.
• Cavan, G. Kazmierczak, A. and Tzoulas, K. (2014). The Manchester case for Green Infrastructure. Natureparif 5th annual conference in Paris, France, 4-7 June 2014.
• Cavan, G. Gill, S. Butlin, T. (2014). Decision support tools for assessing regulating ecosystem services and urban climate change adaptation planning. 2013 International Conference on Geo-Informatics in Resource Management and Sustainable Ecosystems, Wuhan, China 8-10 November 2013.
• Cavan, G. Lindley, S. et al. (2013). Urban morphological determinants of temperature regulating ecosystem services in African cities: The case of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Geophysical Research Abstracts 15: EGU2013-12086
• Cavan, G. and Kazmierczak, A. (2011). Realising a green scenario: Sustainable urban design under a changing climate in Manchester, UK. In Hebbert, Jankovic and Webb (Eds.) CITY WEATHERS: Meteorology and urban design, 1950-2010, Manchester Architecture Research Centre: Manchester.
• Cavan, G. (2011). The challenge of retrofitting buildings to address climate change in Manchester, UK. In Ecocity World Sommet 22-26 August 2011. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• Cavan, G. (2011). Costing footpath repair: a case study in the Peak District National Park, England. In 3rd Conference of the International Association for Tourism Economics 4-7 July 2011. Bournemouth University, UK.
• McMorrow, J. and Cavan, G. (2011). Mapping the Spring 2011 fires. In Wildfire 2011 14-15 September 2011. Buxton, Derbyshire, UK.
• Cavan, G. and Kazmierczak, A. (2011). Realising a green scenario: Sustainable urban design under a changing climate in Manchester, UK. In City weathers: meteorology and urban design 1950-201023 June 2011 – 24 June 2011. University of Manchester, UK.
• Cavan, G. Kazmierczak, A. (2011). Sustainable urban design under a changing climate: Oxford Road Corridor in Manchester, UK. In The 5th International Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU). National University of Singapore.
• Cavan, G. Kingston, R. Lindley, S. Kazmierczak, A. Gong, Y. 2010. Climate change and urban areas: Development of a climate change risk and vulnerability Assessment Tool. In RICS Research Conference COBRA 2010. Paris-Dauphine University.
• Aylen, J. Albertson. K, Cavan, G, and McMorrow, J. (2009). Forecasting the Incidence of Moorland Wild Fires Given Realistic Climate Change Scenarios. In International Symposium on Forecasting conference, 29th annual conference. Hong Kong: International Society of Forecasters.
• McMorrow, J.M, Lindley, S.J., Aylen, J., Albertson, K. and Cavan, G. (2008). Wildfire risk and climate change in the Peak District National Park. In FIRES2, The impact of wildfire on ecosystem services: relationships between wildfire, climate change and people. Manchester: FIRES seminar series.
• Bonn, A., Cavan, G., Lindley, S., McMorrow, J., Walker, J., Worrall. F. (2008). Ecosystem services in Britain’s oldest national park. In EURECO, Joint meeting of European Ecological Federation (EEF) and Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland; Leipzig.
• McMorrow, J., Lindley, S., Aylen, J., K. Albertson, G. Cavan. (2007). Wildfire risk and Climate change in the Peak District National Park. In Adapting upland ecosystems services to climate change: planning for the future at community level. University of Cumbria, Newton Rigg campus, Penrith: International Centre for the Uplands.
• Cavan, G. Lindley, S. Handley, J. (2007). Climate change, tourism and landscape impacts: A regional analysis. In Climate change and tourism in Portugal: Potential impacts and adaptation measures. Lisbon, Portugal.
• Cavan, G. (2006). Climate change and the visitor economy: Upland case studies. In Sustainable Uplands: Future Scenarios for People, Environment and Landscape. International Centre for the Uplands, Cumbria.
• Aylen, J. Albertson, K. & Cavan, G. (2006). Visitor attraction figures in relation to climate: the potential impact of global climate change on zoos, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Zoo Marketing and Public Relations. Allwetterzoo Mnster, Germany, WAZA, Bern, Switzerland, 79-87.
• Cavan, G. (2006). Climate change, tourism and environmental capacity. Climate Change Research Group Annual Meeting, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, 24/03/06.
• Cavan, G. (2005). Climate change scenarios for the North West region. North West Regional Development Agency Working Lunch, Warrington, 25/04/05.
• Cavan, G. (2005). Climate change and moorland wildfires: risk and management. Planning Research Conference, Manchester, 06/04/05.