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Biography

John Corkindale holds a part-time (fte0.2) post as Senior Lecturer in Economics in the School of Surveying and Planning. He has previously worked in an economic advisory capacity for a number of government departments including the Ministry of Agriculture, Nairobi, Kenya (as a Fellow of the Overseas Development Institute), the (then) Department of Employment, HM Treasury, the Northern Ireland Department of Finance and Personnel, the (then) Department of the Environment, and, most recently, the Environment Agency. In 1995-96, he was a Visiting Government Research Fellow in the Department of Land Economy, Cambridge University where he carried out research, subsequently published, on the economics of land use planning.
Apart from his professional work, John has carried out fieldwork for the British Trust for Ornithology (Birds of Estuaries Enquiry), the RSPB (Wetland Bird Survey and Northern Ireland Breeding Wader Survey), and Richmond Park Bird Recording Group. He is also an opera singer and has recently given concert performances of substantial extracts from L'Ormindo (title role), Otello (title role) and Die Walküre (Siegmund).

Research expertise

John Corkindale's main research interests are in (a) the economics of land use planning, (b) the economics of conserving the built and natural environment, (c) cost-benefit analysis, economic appraisal and environmental valuation. Selected key research outputs are as follows:
» Corkindale, JT (1980): 'Employment Trends in the Conurbations' in Evans, A and Eversley, D (1980): 'The Inner City: Employment and Industry', Heinemann
» Corkindale, JT (1993): 'Recent Developments in Environmental Appraisal', Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol.36, No.1
» Willis, KG and Corkindale, JT (eds.) (1995): 'Environmental Valuation: New Perspectives', CAB International
» Corkindale, J (1999): 'Land Development in the United Kingdom: private property rights and public policy objectives', Journal of Environment and Planning A, Vol.31, pp.2053 – 2070
» Corkindale, J (2004): 'The Land Use Planning System: Evaluating Options for Reform', IEA Hobart Paper 148, London: Institute of Economic Affairs
» Corkindale, J (2007): 'Planning Gain or Missed Opportunity? The Barker Review of Land Use Planning', Economic Affairs 27(3), September
» Corkindale, J (2010): 'Applying property rights analysis and using market-based instruments for ecosystem conservation purposes: a case study in the Severn catchment', Environmental Law and Management, Vol.22, No.1
» Corkindale, J (2011): Resolving environmental disputes and providing remedies for environmental damage: the use of environmental valuation research in court proceedings in England and Wales', Environmental Law and Management, Vol. 23, Issue 2, March-April
» Corkindale, J (forthcoming): 'Economic Blueprints for Sustainability', in K. Eames (ed.): 'Developing Sustainability', Istanbul Bilgi University Press

Teaching areas & responsibilities

Economic sustainability for MA Planning & Sustainability, MSc Real Estate; Conservation economics for MSc Conservation of the Built Environment

Professional activity

• 1993 - 1996OECD Expert Group on the Economic Aspects of Biodiversity Conservation, Paris and Cairns, Australia
• 1993IPCC Preparatory Workshop for the World Coast Conference, New Orleans
• 1990 - 1991Inter-Governmental Negotiating Committee for the Convention on Biological Diversity, Nairobi & Madrid
• 1990 - 1991
• 1989 - 1991UNECE Task Force on the Relationship between Economic Development and the Conservation of Flora, Fauna and their Habitats, Helsinki
• 1989UNECE ad hoc Expert Group on Economics and Environment, Oslo
• 1988 - 1990UNECE Convention on Long Range Transport of Air Pollution (LRTAP), Group of Economic Experts on Air Pollution, Geneva

Educational and professional qualifications

• 1969Diploma Agricultural Science (Economics) (Cantab.)
• 1968BA(Hons) (Dunelm.) Class 2, Division 1: Economics and Economic History

Consultancy

» Agricultural Economist, Agro-industrial Projects Group Ltd, Reading, 1972. Project appraisal of proposed agricultural development in Angola;
» Joint Secretary, FAO International Consultation on the Economics of Tse tse and Trypanosomiasis Control, Rome, 1975;
» Environmental Economist, Institute of Environmental Health, University of Leicester/ Department for International Development, 1997-98. Economic aspects of the Bulgarian and Kyrgyzstan National Environmental Health Action Plans (NEHAP);
» Lichfield Associates, from 1998 - 2002. Projects included economic aspects of land use planning, Reykjavik, Iceland; land value taxes and eco-taxation; the valuation of London's built heritage;
» Hague Academy for Local Governance, October 2010. Seminar on Sustainable Development in Practice.

Research groups & programmes

• Real Estate Research Centre

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