Staff profile

Dr Howard Fox


Senior Lecturer in Geography

Subject

Geography

College

College of Science and Engineering

Department

School of Built and Natural Environment

Campus

Kedleston Road, Derby Campus

Email

h.r.fox@derby.ac.uk

About

I am a Senior Lecturer in Geography and teach two modules on the Geography programme. Both are practical based modules and include outdoor learning.

In particular at Stage 3 the module I teach involves overseas residential fieldwork in southern Morocco.

Research interests

Land degradation, natural resource management and conservation issues, Morocco. Land reclamation and restoration.

I have also supervised a number of PhD students both in the UK and in Morocco.

Qualifications

Recent conferences

Experience in industry

In the past I have carried out a number of consultancy contracts such as flood risk assessments and contaminated land assessments.

Recent publications

Jiyou, Y., Harrouni, C., Arroud, A., Daud, S., Fox, H.R. & Fatmi, M. (2014) Characterisation of urban waste leachate for better management of Greater Agadir controlled landfill, Suthern Morocco. J.Mater. Environ. Sci. 5 (6) 1816-1824.

Fox, H.R. & Moore, H.R. (2010) Restoration and Recovery: Regeneration Land and Communities. Dunbeath: Whittles Publishing. 341pp.

Wedgebrow, C.S.,Wilby C.S. & Fox, H.R. (2005) Experimental seasonal forecasts of low summer flows in the River Thames, UK, using expert systems. Climate Research 28 131-141.