School of Geographical & Earth Sciences

Dr Larissa Naylor

Reader (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences)

telephone: 5403
email: Larissa.Naylor@glasgow.ac.uk

ORCID iD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4065-2674

Research interests

Larissa is a Reader and NERC knowledge exchange fellow at the University of Glasgow. She is an international expert in biogeomorphology, rock coast morphodynamics, coastal erosion risk and coastal climate change adaptation and use of nature-based approaches including ecological enhancement. She is increasingly applying her science to urban environmental issues including applying her blue skies science of biotic-rock interactions to help green hard infrastructure assets in urban, historic and coastal settings. Larissa has led international working groups and initiatives on Stormy Geomorphology and Rock Coast Geomorphology. Her research has been cited in the 4^th IPPC report and has shaped Marine and Flood Risk policies in Scotland and Wales.

Larissa Naylor

She was recently an Associate Editor of Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (2014-2018) and is currently on the Editorial Board of Annals of the American Association of Geographers (until 2020). She currently sits on Adaptation Scotland’s Advisory Network and in 2018 won the Halcrow Prize for best paper in the Institution of Civil Engineer’s Journal: Proceedings in Maritime Engineering and the British Society for Geomorphology’s Mid-Career (Gordon Warwick) Award. The Warwick Award nomination said: "Dr Naylor is an impressive example of the new generation of geomorphologists. She is highly intelligent, energized, and passionate, deeply rooted in conceptual understanding, with extensive field experience and early adopter and innovator in advancing technologies. She is active in applying geomorphology to the significant societal issues we face in the Anthropocene."

Larissa’s knowledge exchange expertise was developed through 6 years of work in industry and government in the UK and Canada. She uses these skills to navigate the science-policy-practice interface to help shape policy and practice Earlier in her career she helped establish the UK’s Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership, has reviewed the coastal chapter for the IPPC and has sat on the IUCN’s peer review college. Larissa is currently co-writing international guidelines on ‘Natural and Nature-based Features’ for improving the multifunctionality of coastal and riverine flood and erosion infrastructure. She is also leading the policy briefing and adaptation components of Scotland’s Dynamic Coast Phase 2, which examines coastal erosion and erosion-induced flood risks across Scotland (www.dynamiccoast.com) and is exploring adaptation options to live with these risks. Larissa is also a co-investigator on two UK-China research projects looking at improving our understanding of how human activities affect fragile karst ecosystems and creating a decision-support tool to support Chinese government officials, farm cooperatives and farmers in developing more sustainable land-management practices. Larissa has overseen the knowledge exchange aspects of these projects.

She currently leads two NERC projects, looking at ecosystem-based urban coastal adaptation to climate change with partners in England and Scotland and a NERC Green Infrastructure Innovation project focused on improving multi functionality of hard infrastructure that must remain primarily grey via greening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJQdURjiztc For these projects, she works closely with over 20 government, industry and non-profit organisations across the UK. The design of key project outputs has been co-developed with project partners, to improve the ease with which academic and government science can be used by practitioners and policymakers. This work is being used to shape statutory policies and improve practice to deliver ecological and climate change adaptation improvements within urbanized coasts, estuaries and catchments.

Larissa also works with artists, designers and makers to help captivate audiences around pressing environmental challenges such as climate change and rapid urbanisation of our natural and semi-natural landscapes. Her work has featured in recent public exhibitions (attended by >43,000 people in 2018), documentary films (http://edinburghshoreline.org.uk/the-edinburgh-shoreline-project-is-1/) and magazines (e.g National Geographic Kids).

Prior to her return to academia on a part-time basis in 2007, Larissa worked for the Environment Agency (2004-2006) and an Environmental Consultancy (Wollsey Parsons Komex). Here she worked on catchment-scale science questions, helping to implement the hydromorphology elements of the European Water Framework Directive and aid implementation/compliance with water quality related matters related to the Habitats Directive. She worked closely with the marine, climate change and social science teams, helping develop and deliver coastal and marine related initiatives. During this period, she won a Royal Society outgoing fellowship to work with CSIRO in Australia to identify best practice in catchment scale water management science that could inform emerging UK practice.

Grants

UKRI Grants (2013 - Present)

Principal Investigator:

NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellowship: Developing a sustainable, ecosystem-based coastal climate change adaptation routemap for policy makers and practitioners, NE/M010546/1, 2015-2019, £121,997
EPSRC Impact Accelerator Account Award: City of Edinburgh Dynamic Coast Downscaling, 2019, £8000
NERC Innovation Follow-on: Integrated Green Grey Infrastructure Framework Accelerator, NE/R009236/1, 2018-2020, £100,791
Portsmouth City Council: lead partner on eco-formliner design for operational flood risk scheme, 2018, £17,500
EPSRC iCASE PhD Studentship with Arup: Green biofilters, EP/R511936/1, 2017-2021, £83,000
NERC Green Infrastructure Innovation: A Decision Framework for Integrated Green Grey Infrastructure (IGGIframe), NE/N017404/1, 2016-2017, £98, 747
University of Glasgow Academic Returner's Funding, 2015, £10,000
SAGES+ Industrial Exchange Fellowship with Arup, 2014, £15,000

Co-Investigator:

NERC MIDST-CZ: Maximising Impact by Decision Support Tools for sustainable soil and water through UK-China Critical Zone science, NE/S009140/1, 2019-2021, £240,505
Scottish Government: co-investigator on the Dynamic Coast 2 project (www.dynamiccoast.com), 2018-2020, £240,000
NERC Urgency: Dating coseismic marine terrace formation during the Kaikoura 2016 earthquake, NE/P021433/1, 2017-2019, £52,401
NERC Newton: The transmissive critical zone: understanding the karst hydrology-biogeochemical interface for sustainable management, NE/N007425/1, 2016 – 2019, £518,356
NERC Belmont Forum: Multi-scale adaptations to climate change and social-ecological sustainability in coastal areas (MAGIC), NE/L008807/1, 2013-2017, £224,416 (£5K to Glasgow)

Teaching

Geography Summer School (widening participation)

Contribute to the annual programme
Co-design and co-leader (2013-2015)

Level 1 Geography

A world of changing environments
An interacting world

Level 2 Geography

Environmental Geography block (co-conveynor)

Level 3/4 Geography

Dissertation supervisor
Level 4 core course contributor
From 2019/2020: Conveynor of Coasts and Climate Change A: Science and Risk and Coasts and Climate Change B: Vulnerability and Adaptation

Level 4 Earth Science

Supervison of Level 4 projects on cultural heritage science, environmental and geological engineering related topics.

MSc Sustainable Water and Geomatics

Managing Water Environments (co-conveynor)
Supervision of MSc research projects (2014 to present)

Prior to the University of Glasgow, I designed and delivered (both individual and team-taught) courses in interdisciplinary science, coastal geomorphology and biogeomorphology, geomorphology, first year physical geography and learning by experience. I also co-designed and delivered undergraduate fieldtrips and was undergraduate programme director.

Professional activities & recognition

Prizes, awards & distinctions

2018: Halcrow Prize, best paper in Proceedings of the ICE - Maritime Engineering Journal (Institute of Civil Engineers)
2018: Gordon Warwick Award, for excellence in Geomorphology research within 15 years of completing your PhD (British Society for Geomorphology)

Research fellowships

2015 - 2019: NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellowship
2016: MASTS PECRE Award
2014: SAGES Industrial Exchange Fellowship with Arup
2005: Royal Society Outgoing Fellowship to the University of Melbourne

Grant committees & research advisory boards

2018: NERC, Knowledge Exchange Fellowships Interview Panel
2006 - 2009: NERC, Peer Review College (Affiliate)
2010 - 2014: IUCN, Invited Peer Reviewer
2003 - 2006: IPCC, Invited Chapter Reviewer

Editorial boards

2016 - 2020: Annuals of the American Association of Geographers
2014 - 2018: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (Associate Editor)

Professional & learned societies

2002 - 2019: Ordinary Member, British Society for Geomorphology

Selected international presentations

2019: Keynote at European Geography Congress (Galway, Ireland)
2019: Keynote at Young Coastal Scientists Conference (Glasgow, Scotland)
2018: Keynote at the Spanish Geomorphology Society's Bi-Annual Conference (Palma, Majorca)
2018: Gordon Warwick Award Lecture, British Society for Geomorphology's Annual Conference (Aberystwyth, Wales)
2017: Keynote at the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Annual General Meeting (Glasgow, Scotland)

Publications

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Number of items: 52.

2019

Naylor, L. A. , Brady, U., Quinn, T., Brown, K. and Anderies, J. M. (2019) A multiscale analysis of social-ecological system robustness and vulnerability in Cornwall, UK. Regional Environmental Change, (doi:10.1007/s10113-019-01530-7) (Early Online Publication)

MacArthur, M., Naylor, L. A. , Hansom, J. D. , Burrows, M. T., Loke, L. H.L. and Boyd, I. (2019) Maximising the ecological value of hard coastal structures using textured formliners. Ecological Engineering: X, 1, 100002. (doi:10.1016/j.ecoena.2019.100002)

Kennedy, D. M., Woods, J. L.D., Naylor, L. A. , Hansom, J. D. and Rosser, N. J. (2019) Intertidal boulder-based wave hindcasting can underestimate wave size: evidence from Yorkshire, UK. Marine Geology, 411, pp. 98-106. (doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2019.02.002)

Risner, I. J., Naylor, L. A. and Marshall, J. (2019) Interdisciplinary palimpsest: visual representations of coastal change combining digital craft and geomorphology. Journal of Maps, (doi:10.1080/17445647.2019.1578700)

Zheng, Y., Naylor, L. A. , Waldron, S. and Oliver, D. M. (2019) Knowledge management across the environment-policy interface in China: what knowledge is exchanged, why, and how is this undertaken? Environmental Science and Policy, 92, pp. 66-75. (doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2018.09.021)

Buckerfield, S. J., Waldron, S. , Quilliam, R. S., Naylor, L. A. , Li, S. and Oliver, D. M. (2019) How can we improve understanding of faecal indicator dynamics in karst systems under changing climatic, population, and land use stressors? - Research opportunities in SW China. Science of the Total Environment, 646, pp. 438-447. (doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.292) (PMID:30056232)

2018

Stephenson, W. S.J., Naylor, L. A. , Smith, H., Chen, B. and Brayne, R. P. (2018) Wave transformation across a macrotidal shore platform under low to moderate energy conditions. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43(1), pp. 298-311. (doi:10.1002/esp.4245)

Fazey, I. et al. (2018) Transformation in a changing climate: a research agenda. Climate and Development, 10(3), pp. 197-217. (doi:10.1080/17565529.2017.1301864)

Naylor, L. , Coombes, M., Kippen, H., Horton, B., Gardiner, T., Roca Collell, M., Simm, J. and Underwood, G. J.C. (2018) Developing a business case for greening hard coastal and estuarine infrastructure: preliminary results. In: Burgess, K. (ed.) Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2017: Realising the Potential. Series: ICE Coasts, Maritime Structures and Breakwaters Conference Series. ICE Publishing, pp. 801-814. ISBN 9780727763174

2017

Brown, K., Naylor, L. A. and Quinn, T. (2017) Making space for proactive adaptation of rapidly changing coasts: a windows of opportunity approach. Sustainability, 9(8), 1408. (doi:10.3390/su9081408)

Bishop, M. J. et al. (2017) Effects of ocean sprawl on ecological connectivity: impacts and solutions. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 492, pp. 7-30. (doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2017.01.021)

Heery, E. C. et al. (2017) Identifying the consequences of ocean sprawl for sedimentary habitats. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 492, pp. 31-48. (doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2017.01.020)

Naylor, L. A. , MacArthur, M., Hampshire, S., Bostock, K., Coombes, M. A., Hansom, J., Byrne, R. and Folland, T. (2017) Rock armour for birds and their prey: ecological enhancement of coastal engineering. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Maritime Engineering, 170(2), pp. 67-82. (doi:10.1680/jmaen.2016.28)

Coombes, M. A., Viles, H. A., Naylor, L. A. and La Marca, E. C. (2017) Cool barnacles: Do common biogenic structures enhance or retard rates of deterioration of intertidal rocks and concrete? Science of the Total Environment, 580, pp. 1034-1045. (doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.058)

Naylor, L. A. , Spencer, T., Lane, S. N., Darby, S. E., Magilligan, F. .J., Macklin, M. G. and Möller, I. (2017) Stormy Geomorphology: geomorphic contributions in an age of climate extremes. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 42(1), pp. 166-190. (doi:10.1002/esp.4062)

Spencer, T., Naylor, L. , Lane, S., Darby, S., Macklin, M., Magilligan, F. and Möller, I. (2017) Stormy geomorphology: an introduction to the Special Issue. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 42(1), pp. 238-241. (doi:10.1002/esp.4065)

Hansom, J., Maxwell, F., Naylor, L. and Piedra, M. (2017) Impacts of Sea-Level Rise and Storm Surges Due to Climate Change in the Firth of Clyde. Project Report. Scottish Natural Heritage, Inverness.

Naylor, L. A. , Kippen, H., Coombes, M. A., Horton, B., MacArthur, M. and Jackson, N. (2017) Greening the Grey: A Framework for Integrated Green Grey Infrastructure (IGGI). Technical Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

2016

Dassow, J., Lee, M. , Li, X. , Harkness, P. , Hild, S. , Naylor, L. and Leslie, A. (2016) New Approaches to Assess Weathering of Sandstone. In: 2016 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, MA, USA, 27 Nov - 2 Dec 2016,

Naylor, L. A. , Stephenson, W. J., Smith, H. C.M., Way, O., Mendelssohn, J. and Cowley, A. (2016) Geomorphological control on boulder transport and coastal erosion before, during and after an extreme extra-tropical cyclone. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 41(5), pp. 685-700. (doi:10.1002/esp.3900)

Dassow, J., Li, X. , Harkness, P. , Hild, S. , Leslie, A., Naylor, L. and Lee, M. (2016) Sandstone Weathering: New Approaches to Assess Building Stone Decay. In: 13th International Congress on the Deterioration and Conservation of Stone, Paisley, Scotland, 6-10 Sept 2016, p. 642.

2015

Coombes, M. A., La Marca, E. C., Naylor, L. A. and Thompson, R. C. (2015) Getting into the groove: opportunities to enhance the ecological value of hard coastal infrastructure using fine-scale surface textures. Ecological Engineering, 77, pp. 314-323. (doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.01.032)

Coombes, M. A., La Marca, E. C., Naylor, L. A. , Piccini, L., De Waele, J. and Sauro, F. (2015) The influence of light attenuation on the biogeomorphology of a marine karst cave: a case study of Puerto Princesa Underground River, Palawan, the Philippines. Geomorphology, 229, pp. 125-133. (doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.10.007)

Naylor, L. and Coombes, M.A. (2015) Bioprotection: working with nature to manage coastal hazards. Geography Review, 28(4), pp. 37-41.

2014

Kennedy, D. M., Stephenson, W. J. and Naylor, L. A. (2014) Introduction to the rock coasts of the world. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 40(1), pp. 1-5. (doi:10.1144/M40.1)

Naylor, L. A. , Kennedy, D. M. and Stephenson, W. J.> (2014) Synthesis and conclusion to the rock coast geomorphology of the world. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 40(1), pp. 283-286. (doi:10.1144/M40.17)

2013

Coombes, M. A., Feal-Pérez, A., Naylor, L. A. and Wilhelm, K. (2013) A non-destructive tool for detecting changes in the hardness of engineering materials: application of the Equotip durometer in the coastal zone. Engineering Geology, 167, pp. 14-19. (doi:10.1016/j.enggeo.2013.10.003)

Coombes, M. A., Naylor, L. A. , Viles, H. A. and Thompson, R. C. (2013) Bioprotection and disturbance: Seaweed, microclimatic stability and conditions for mechanical weathering in the intertidal zone. Geomorphology, 202, pp. 4-14. (doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.09.014)

Naylor, L. and Coombes, M. (2013) Engaging industry and government agencies with applied research: ecological enhancement of hard coastal structures. In: Nicholson, D. T. and Wheater, C. P. (eds.) Public Engagement in the GEES Disciplines: A Good Practice Guide. The Higher Education Academy: York, pp. 24-25. ISBN 9781907207921

2012

Naylor, L. A. , Coombes, M. A. and Viles, H. V. (2012) Reconceptualising the role of organisms in the erosion of rock coasts: A new model. Geomorphology, 157-15, pp. 17-30. (doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.07.015)

Moura, D., Gabriel, S., Gamito, S., Santos, R., Zugasti, E., Naylor, L. , Gomes, A., Tavares, A.M. and Martins, A.L. (2012) Integrated assessment of bioerosion, biocover and downwearing rates of carbonate rock shore platforms in southern Portugal. Continental Shelf Research, 38, pp. 79-88. (doi:10.1016/j.csr.2012.03.003)

Coombes, M. A. and Naylor, L.A. (2012) Rock warming and drying under simulated intertidal conditions, part II: weathering and biological influences on evaporative cooling and near-surface micro-climatic conditions as an example of biogeomorphic ecosystem engineering. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 37(1), pp. 100-118. (doi:10.1002/esp.2232)

Naylor, L. A. , Coombes, M. A., Venn, O., Roast, S. D. and Thompson, R. C. (2012) Facilitating ecological enhancement of coastal infrastructure: The role of policy, people and planning. Environmental Science and Policy, 22, pp. 36-46. (doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2012.05.002)

2011

Stephenson, W.J. and Naylor, L.A. (2011) Geological controls on boulder production in a rock coast setting: Insights from South Wales, UK. Marine Geology, 283(1-4), pp. 12-24. (doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2010.07.001)

Coombes, M.A., Naylor, L.A. , Thompson, R.C., Roast, S.D., Gómez-Pujol, L. and Fairhurst, R.J. (2011) Colonization and weathering of engineering materials by marine microorganisms: an SEM study. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 36(5), pp. 582-593. (doi:10.1002/esp.2076)

Paris, R., Naylor, L. A. and Stephenson, W. J. (2011) Boulders as a signature of storms on rock coasts. Marine Geology, 283(1-4), pp. 1-11. (doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2011.03.016)

Stephenson, W.J. and Naylor, L.A. (2011) Within site geological contingency and its effect on rock coast erosion. Journal of Coastal Research, 61, pp. 831-835.

2010

Cruslock, E. M., Naylor, L. A. , Foote, Y. L. and Swantesson, J. O.H. (2010) Geomorphologic equifinality: A comparison between shore platforms in Höga Kusten and Fårö, Sweden and the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, UK. Geomorphology, 114(1-2), pp. 78-88. (doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.02.019)

Naylor, L.A. and Stephenson, W.J. (2010) On the role of discontinuities in mediating shore platform erosion. Geomorphology, 114(1-2), pp. 89-100. (doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.12.024)

Naylor, L.A. , Stephenson, W.J. and Trenhaile, A.S. (2010) Rock coast geomorphology: Recent advances and future research directions. Geomorphology, 114(1-2), pp. 3-11. (doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.02.004)

Stephenson, W.J. and Naylor, L.A. (2010) Rock coast geomorphology. Geomorphology, 114(1-2), pp. 1-2. (doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.02.013)

2009

Vaughan, I.P., Diamond, M., Gurnell, A.M., Hall, K.A., Jenkins, A., Milner, N.J., Naylor, L.A. , Sear, D.A., Woodward, G. and Ormerod, S.J. (2009) Integrating ecology with hydromorphology: a priority for river science and management. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 19(1), pp. 113-125. (doi:10.1002/aqc.895)

Coombes, M.A., Naylor, L.A. , Roast, S.D. and Thompson, R.C. (2009) Coastal Defences and Biodiversity: The Influence of Material Choice and Small-Scale Surface Texture on Biological Outcomes. In: 9th International Conference on Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters: Adapting to Change, Edinburgh, UK, 16-18 Sept 2009, ISBN 9780727741318 (doi:10.1680/cmsb.41318.0045)

2008

Rotman, R., Naylor, L. , McDonnell, R. and MacNiocaill, C. (2008) Sediment transport on the Freiston Shore managed realignment site: An investigation using environmental magnetism. Geomorphology, 100(3-4), pp. 241-255. (doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.12.006)

Viles, H.A., Naylor, L.A. , Carter, N.E.A. and Chaput, D. (2008) Biogeomorphological disturbance regimes: progress in linking ecological and geomorphological systems. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33(9), pp. 1419-1435. (doi:10.1002/esp.1717)

Day, J. W., Christian, R. R., Boesch, D. M., Yáñez-Arancibia, A., Morris, J., Twilley, R. R., Naylor, L. , Schaffner, L. and Stevenson, C. (2008) Consequences of climate change on the ecogeomorphology of coastal wetlands. Estuaries and Coasts, 31(3), pp. 477-491. (doi:10.1007/s12237-008-9047-6)

2005

Naylor, L. A. (2005) The contributions of biogeomorphology to the emerging field of geobiology. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 219(1-2), pp. 35-51. (doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.10.013)

2003

Naylor, L. A. , O'Riordan, T., Gill, J. A. and Watkinson, A. R. (2003) Climate Change and the Coastal Challenge: Innovative Means of Stakeholder Involvement. In: International Conference on Coastal Management 2003, Brighton, UK, 15-17 Oct 2003, ISBN 9780727732552 (doi:10.1680/icocm2003.32552.0026)

2002

Naylor, L.A. , Viles, H.A. and Carter, N.E.A. (2002) Biogeomorphology revisited: looking towards the future. Geomorphology, 47(1), pp. 3-14. (doi:10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00137-X)

Naylor, L. A. and Viles, H. A. (2002) A new technique for evaluating short-term rates of coastal bioerosion and bioprotection. Geomorphology, 47(1), pp. 31-44. (doi:10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00139-3)

Viles, H. A. and Naylor, L. A. (2002) Editorial. Geomorphology, 47(1), pp. 1-2. (doi:10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00136-8)

2000

Naylor, L. A. and Viles, H. A. (2000) A temperate reef builder: an evaluation of the growth, morphology and composition of Sabellaria alveolata (L.) colonies on carbonate platforms in South Wales. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 178(1), pp. 9-19. (doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.178.01.02)

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