Dr Richard Byrne CGeog

Biography

Memo: Richard is a Senior Lecturer in Countryside Management at Harper Adams University College in Shropshire. He has a BSc in Environmental Studies, an MSc in Rural Resource Management and a PhD in Geography for which he examined the landuse and landscape impact of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. His academic interests lie in exploring and understanding the interactions in the countryside and their implications for resource management and his current research is catered on rural crime issues. At present, Richard’s current undergraduate and postgraduate teaching is focussed on the human-environment interface and its resultant impacts and the evaluation of appropriate management strategies. This includes teaching courses on countryside recreation and land management, visitor management, landscape management and countryside interpretation.