Ashley, Richard, Professor

Professor Richard Ashley

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Emeritus Professor of Urban Water

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r.ashley@sheffield.ac.uk

Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)

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Professor Richard Ashley
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)
Mappin Street
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My research now spans disciplines from engineering through economics and social science in order to better influence policy makers, regulatory systems and the practice of ensuring health, welfare and security of all aspects of urban water systems.

Professor Richard Ashley

A Professional Chartered Civil and Environmental Engineer and former MD of the Pennine Water Group (PWG), with a research career spanning more than 50 years in the design and science of urban water systems. Highlights include: Member of the UK’s (Defra & DTI) Foresight Future Flooding research team in the early 2000s then to Sir Michael Pitt in 2007, Scientific Adviser to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee inquiry into Water Management in England in 2006; Scientific adviser to OECD for flood risk in the Loire Basin (2009); Greater Paris (2012). OECD consultant for future need for water and wastewater infrastructure in 2004 and in 2018. Research leader in the UK Building Knowledge for a Changing Climate programme on adapting local drainage to climate change 2002-2006. Various international projects, including in the Netherlands (e.g. the Room for the River programme review) and Australia, for example as part of the Cooperative Research Programme on Water Sensitive Cities on flood resilience (2014-2017). Recent activities include co-developing the CIRIA economic assessment tool for blue-green infrastructure (B£ST) and application to various projects.

Adjunct Professor at Lulea Technical University, Sweden. Recipient of the IWA/IAHR Joint Committee on Urban Drainage 2014 triennial Career achievement award and 2008 IWA award for research into sustainable water systems. Richard has some 600 publications, mainly for adapting urban drainage and water systems to cope with future uncertainties.

Research Themes

Infrastructure

Research interests

Research interests include:

All aspects of urban water systems, especially urban drainage, asset management and economics.
Adaptation of infrastructure and water systems to climate and other societal changes.
Sustainability of water systems, services and assets.
Institutional and governance aspects of water services
social and behavioural aspects of water service provision and utilisation.

Publications

Journal articles

Sayers P, Gersonius B, den Heijer F, Klerk WJ, Fröhle P, Jordan P, Ciocan UR, Rijke J, Vonk B & Ashley R (2021) . Water Security, 12, 100085-100085.
Veerbeek W, Pathirana A, Ashley R & Zevenbergen C (2015) . Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 50, 53-65.
Ashley R, Walker L, D’Arcy B, Wilson S, Illman S, Shaffer P, Woods-Ballard B & Chatfield P (2015) . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering, 168(3), 125-130.
Fletcher TD, Shuster W, Hunt WF, Ashley R, Butler D, Arthur S, Trowsdale S, Barraud S, Semadeni-Davies A, Bertrand-Krajewski J-L , Mikkelsen PS et al (2015) . Urban Water Journal, 12(7), 525-542.
Cettner A, Ashley R, Hedström A & Viklander M (2014) . Journal of Environmental Management, 146, 29-41.
Berggren K, Packman J, Ashley R & Viklander M (2014) . Urban Water Journal, 11(7), 543-556.
Ashley R, Lundy L, Ward S, Shaffer P, Walker L, Morgan C, Saul A, Wong T & Moore S (2013) . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer, 166(2), 65-76.
Zevenbergen C, van Herk S, Rijke J, Kabat P, Bloemen P, Ashley R, Speers A, Gersonius B & Veerbeek W (2013) . Natural Hazards, 65(3), 1217-1225.
Ashley RM, Blanskby J, Newman R, Gersonius B, Poole A, Lindley G, Smith S, Ogden S & Nowell R (2012) . Journal of Flood Risk Management, 5(1), 14-22.
Brown R, Ashley R & Farrelly M (2011) . Water Resources Management, 25(15), 4037-4050.
Ashley R (2011) . Water and Environment Journal, 25(3), 438-440.
Newman R, Ashley R, Molyneux-Hodgson S & Cashman A (2011) . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability, 164(1), 95-102.
Faram MG, Ashley RM, Chatfield PR & Andoh RYG (2010) . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability, 163(2), 107-116.
Ashley R (2010) . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability, 163(2), 55-56.
Hurley L, Ashley R & Mounce S (2008) . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability, 161(1), 23-30.
Schellart ANA, Buijs FA, Tait SJ & Ashley RM (2008) . Water Science and Technology, 57(9), 1405-1411.
Ashley R, Blackwood D, Butler D, Jowitt P, Davies J, Smith H, Gilmour D & Oltean-Dumbrava C (2008) . Journal of Environmental Engineering, 134(3), 200-209.
Cashman A & Ashley R (2007) . Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 32(3), 283-297.
Chocat B, Ashley R, Marsalek J, Matos MR, Rauch W, Schilling W & Urbonas B (2007) . Indoor and Built Environment, 16(3), 273-285.
Ashley R, Blanksby J, Cashman A, Jack L, Wright G, Packman J, Fewtrell L, Poole T & Maksimovic C (2007) . Built Environment, 33(1), 70-84.
Schellart A, Veldkamp R, Klootwijk M, Clemens F, Tait S, Ashley R & Howes C (2005) . Water Science and Technology, 52(3), 137-146.
Ashley R, Bertrand-Krajewski J-L & Hvitved-Jacobsen T (2005) . Water Science and Technology, 52(3), 73-84.
Horoshenkov KV, Yin YA, Schellart A, Ashley RM & Blanksby JR (2004) . Water Science and Technology, 50(11), 97-104.
Ashley RM, Tait SJ, Stovin VR, Burrows R, Fraser A, Buxton AP, Blackwood DJ, Saul AJ & Blanksby JR (2003) The utilisation of engineered invert traps in the management of near bed solids in sewer networks. Water Science and Technology, 47(4), 137-148.
Horoshenkov KV, Ashley RM & Blanksby J (2003) . Water Science and Technology, 47(2), 87-93.

Conference proceedings papers

Moore SL, Stovin VR, Wall M & Ashley RM (2012) . Water Science and Technology, Vol. 66(2) (pp 275-283)
Gersonius B, Ashley R, Blanksby J, Walker L, Richter S, Zeller S & Stone K (2012) Water sensitive Urban design as an essential component of adapting water systems to cope with flood risks. WSUD 2012 - 7th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design: Building the Water Sensitive Community, Final Program and Abstract Book
Blanksby J, Ashley RM, Hogg JR & Poole AF (2010) . Low Impact Development 2010
Ashley RM, Faram MG, Chatfield PR, Gersonius B & Andoh RYG (2010) . Low Impact Development 2010
Savic D, Boxall JB, Ulanicki B, Kapelan Z, Macropoulos C, Fenner R, Soga K, Marshall I, Maksimovic C, Ashley RM & Graham N (2008) . Proceedings: Water Distribution Systems Analysis. South Africa, 17 August 2008 - 20 August 2008.
McIlhatton TD, Ashley RM & Tait SJ (2005) . Water Science and Technology, Vol. 52(5) (pp 143-150)
Horoshenkov KV, Yin YA, Ashley RM & Blanksby J (2003) Acoustic monitoring of boundary condition in drainage systems. Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress on Sound and Vibration (pp 3531-3538)
Tait SJ, Ashley RM, Verhoeven R, Clemens F & Aanen L (2003) . Water Science and Technology, Vol. 47(4) (pp 51-60)

Research group: Water Engineering

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School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Professor Richard Ashley

Research Themes

Journal articles

Conference proceedings papers

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