School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management
Sustainable Cities
This rapid population growth will present significant challenges for transport and land-use planning, ensuring access to services, shaping economic development and preserving quality of life. It also calls Over the next three decades 2 billion for careful management of urban sprawl extra people will be added to the world’s population and all of them will live in cities, to protect biodiversity and our natural environment. mostly in Asia and Africa. The year 2008 marked a crucial turning point in our history as urban populations came to outnumber rural populations for the first time.
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The School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management is investigating these issues to generate new knowledge, ideas and solutions to assist governments and communities globally.
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Public Participation GIS FOR LAND USE PLANNING Research led by Associate Professor Greg Brown seeks to improve local and regional land use planning through greater public involvement and engagement with planning processes. Dr. Brown’s research combines public participation methods with geographic information systems technology (GIS) to help professional planners and politicians better understand public values and environmental trade-offs in land use decisions. The research method, called public participation using GIS or simply PPGIS, engages ordinary people in important land use decisions that affect their current and future quality of life. The supposition of the research is that land use planning can be more effective by including “lay” people whose understanding comes from their knowledge and experience of living in the planning area. Dr. Brown believes that spatial technologies such as GIS, GPS, Google Maps, and other participatory mapping techniques provide new opportunities for increasing engagement of ordinary people in land use planning decisions. Researchers: Assoc Prof Greg Brown (UQ), Dr. Delene Weber (University of South Australia), Dr. Pat Reed (U.S. Forest Service), Dr. Jessica Montag (U.S. Geological Survey) Funding: Parks Victoria, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service Email: greg.brown@uq.edu.au
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Genes, Biodiversity and Urban Planning Across the globe, and in Australia, people live in regions that are generally rich in biodiversity and these regions are becoming increasingly urbanised as populations grow, with over half of the world’s population now living in cities. However, how we should plan for urban growth so as to minimise impacts on biodiversity is still not well understood. This project is developing new approaches that combine genetics, spatial modelling and decision theory to help understand and identify optimal planning strategies for maintaining the viability of mammals in regions undergoing urbanisation. A key innovation is that we are using genetic data to providing quantitative information on the ability of mammals to move through the urban landscape; an important determinant of the ability of many species to persist. This information is then being integrated into spatial models of species’ distributions to provide robust approaches for evaluating the implications of alternative urban planning strategies for a range of species. Through linking these models with economic and social objectives we are working with local councils in South East Queensland to identify preferred planning strategies for conserving koalas, gliders, antechinus and bandicoots within the context of rapid urban development. This work has broad implications for how we link ecology and planning to achieve sustainable urban development. Researchers: Dr Jonathan Rhodes & Assoc Prof Clive McAlpine & Dr Ann Peterson & Dr Rachael Dudaniec (UQ), Dr Jessica Worthington Wilmer (Queensland Museum), Dr Frank Carrick (Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation) Funding: Australian Research Council Email: j.rhodes@uq.edu.au
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Child and Youth Friendly CITIES The needs and aspirations of children and young people are often overlooked in the planning, design and management of our cities and neighbourhoods. Redland City Council, through its community planning and engagement activities, identified broad community support for ensuring their community responds to and supports the aspirations of children and young people. Officers from Redland City Council and researchers from the University of Queensland and Griffith University reviewed principles and good practice for child and youth friendly cities and combined this learning with insights gained from local children’s design workshops, site observations, a review of Council policies, plans and guidelines and reflections on our own experiences as parents to develop a framework to assist Redland City Council to create and assess child friendly placesin both urban centre and open space settings. The process deliberately sought to impact existing Council practices and policies across program areas. This differs with some approaches to working with local governments on child-friendly cities where the focus on achieving specific accreditation (through the UN Child-Friendly Cities initiative) requirements has tended to stimulate a range of new activities and under-emphasised the necessity to work with all parts of Council. The project outputs of a Child and Youth Friendly Policy, Child and Youth Friendly Indicators and a Child and Youth Friendly Design Guide are of interest to all Local Governments, urban designers and planners. At the Planning Institute of Australia (QLD) awards this project received the highest accolade in the Best Planning Ideas - small or local project category. Researchers: Laurel Johnson (UQ), Assoc Prof Geoff Woolcock (GU) Funding: Redland City Council Email: l.johnson3@uq.edu.au
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SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT FUTURES FOR CITIES IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
With climate change already happening and affecting the lives of individuals, not just in developed cities but most especially in developing cities, this study examines the potential role of indigenous transport towards increasing community resilience while minimizing vulnerability.
period in Dhaka, Bangladesh. During this period, only rickshaws have the operational capacity
Indigenous transport modes are defined as modes developed by locals to suit the needs of a specific local population, and well-adapted to a specific local context, condition and culture. Some examples would be paratransits such as the Philippine jeepneys and Indonesian angkot, two-wheeler ojeks and non-motorised three-wheeler pedicabs. While indigenous transport modes have been operating for decades in various developing cities, regulations tend to limit their presence without considering their overall contribution to the transport system. This, however, does not paint a complete picture as indigenous transport does contribute in various capacities. For example, cycle-rickshaws complement mainstream public transport by serving as to the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Bogota (Colombia); motorcycle taxis serve as a transport alternative often competing with existing public transport in Ho Chi Minh City (Viet Nam); and in areas with a pronounced lack thereof, cycle-rickshaw Dhaka (Bangladesh) fills in the service gap, even claiming to offer better service than mainstream transport while at the same time enhancing mobility of vulnerable groups such as the elderly, women and children. Their continued presence in developing cities, either formally or informally, further justifies their importance to the transport sector.
role of indigenous transport in four Asia-Pacific cities, namely: Ho Chi Minh City (Viet Nam),
Previous interventions to mitigate climate change were not adequate, therefore, planning for adaptation has become an important agenda to address climate change impacts wherein indigenous transport provides a feasible strategy to increase the adaptive capacity of communities. For example, IT modes provide mobility during the annual monsoon flooding
to provide the much needed mobility and access to different parts of the city. This Study offers a different perspective in exploring and understanding the meaning and Baguio City (Philippines), Bandung City (Indonesia) and Bangkok (Thailand). The study aims to: (1) document the presence of indigenous transport system within selected Asia-Pacific cities; (2) identify the role of indigenous transport modes in climate change adaptation and its potential for mainstreaming into the policy context; and (3) explore its wider socio-economic impacts in developing countries. Outcomes of the study will provide policy-relevant insights to better understand the role of indigenous transport and establish trends and prospects in climate change adaptation within developing cities in Asia and the Pacific. It will advance the knowledge base in transport planning, contribute to preserving local transport knowledge and provide a link to past, present and future generations. Funding: Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies - International Cooperative Research Activity (EASTS-ICRA) Researchers: Dr Iderlina Mateo-Babiano (Australia),Dr Danielle Guillen (Philippines), Dr Tri Basuki Joewono (Indonesia),Dr Yusak Susilo (Sweden, Indonesia), Dr Brian Canlas Gozun (Philippines),Dr Michelle Parumog-Pernia (Philippines), Dr Jane Romero (Japan, Philippines) and Dr Sorawit Narupiti (Thailand). Email: i.mateobabiano@uq.edu.au
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Counting temporary populations Official population statistics count people where they usually live, but population numbers in many localities are in a constant state of flux as visitors and workers come and go. The true population may rise and fall sharply over the course of a day, a week, or a season. Measuring these changes and understanding what drives them is crucial, both for planning government services and facilities, and for private business. The Queensland Centre for Population Research has a wide ranging program of research aimed at understanding the dynamics of this movement and estimating temporary populations. Circuits of Movement People spend time away from home for many reasons. This project classified temporary movements into two broad categories – those that are related to some form of consumption, such as tourism, or visits to friends and relatives, and those that are work-related, such as seasonal agricultural labour, and fly-in-fly-out mining. Some temporary moves, like the seasonal moves of sunbirds, and attendance at conferences and conventions are more difficult to classify. These many forms of movement all have different temporal and spatial signatures, and a key part of the project is to identify how they vary in terms of timing, duration, frequency and seasonality, as well as their spatial pattern and extent. The Centre is now investigating the feasibility of using new information and communication technology data, such as mobile phone usage, to measure these movements. Researchers: Prof Martin Bell and Dr Elin Charles-Edwards Funding: Australian Research Council, The University of Queensland Email: martin.bell@uq.edu.au
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Counting Visitors Official population statistics typically consist of a single figure indicating the number of people who live in a locality or region, but the true population count fluctuates widely as visitors come and go, with major impacts on the demand for goods and services. Researchers in QCPR have developed a range of tools to estimate these ‘service populations’, as they are becoming known. At the regional level, the Centre has developed a simulation model, based on data from the Census and the National Visitor Survey, which shows how visitor populations fluctuate from month to month. This model is being used in concert with survey data collected by research partner Queensland Treasury, to produce estimates of temporary populations for parts of Queensland’s Bowen basin, one of Queensland’s resource intensive regions that attracts large numbers of fly-in fly-out workers. At the local level, the Centre has also used cutting edge technologies to monitor the rise and fall of population on the UQ St Lucia campus, and measure how the number of beach-goers on Noosa’s main beach changes over the course of the day. Researchers: Dr Elin Charles-Edwards, Prof Martin Bell Funding: Queensland Treasury, The University of Queensland Email: e.charles-edwards@uq.edu.au
UQ population grows, but bridge keeps it green On any day of the year, the University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus is thronged with staff, students and visitors, but how many people are there on campus at any one time? Accurate counts are needed if the University is to provide adequate facilities, and manage the movement of people in, out and around the Campus. But there is no easy source of statistics. QCPR tackled the problem using a combination of infrared and pneumatic counters situated at 10 strategic points around the campus, coupled with data from Translink, and an internet survey of staff and students. The results put the Campus population at almost 22,000 on a weekday in the middle of second semester 2011, up by 27 per cent on the figure of 17,140 recorded in a similar survey in 2002. The chart shows the daily variation – numbers rise rapidly after 7am, plateau between 10 and 2, then fall steadily.
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Construction of the Eleanor Schonell bridge has made a major impact on the travel behaviour of the University population improving access to the St Lucia Campus from Brisbane’s southern and eastern suburbs and reducing travel times from the CBD. More than 10,000 people, many of whom would have previously travelled to campus by car, now cross the bridge each weekday by bus, on foot, or by bike. The development of this green transport infrastructure has contributed tangibly to the sustainability of The University of Queensland’s St Lucia Campus.
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Underpinning these numbers, there are more than 42,000 movements onto and off the Campus every day. This is equivalent to a capacity crowd at the Gabba, and confirms that the University of Queensland is one of Brisbane’s largest daily traffic generators. Overall, the number of visitors has increased by 7,000 since 2002, but this growth has been achieved without any increase in the volume of traffic on St Lucia roads. In fact, 3,000 fewer people travelled to campus by car than in 2002. Instead bus patronage has doubled and there has been a 70 per cent increase in people travelling by bicycle and on foot.
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The development of a creative economy Governments and councils across the globe are realising the importance of nurturing opportunities for business and industry to invest in their region. Research by Dr Sebastien Darchen is investigating recent economic development policies targeting creative economy activities in Brisbane and Melbourne. By studying both the policy-making phase and the implementation aspect of recent economic development policies targeting the New Media industry in Brisbane and Melbourne the project will determine if these policies are strongly informed by the local context or rather the product of ideas circulating on a global scale through specific networks In a context of economic competitiveness, city marketing and urban planning play a decisive role in promoting urban environments likely to attract creative industry firms and their associated workforce. This project will identify the strategies in place for both cities and their effects on the development of New Media economy clusters. Researchers: Dr SĂŠbastien Darchen Funding: School of GPEM (UQ) Email: s.darchen@uq.edu.au
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Facilities, Research Students, Staff
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World Class Facilities and Resources
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The University of Queensland combines modern infrastructure with a culture that champions research excellence. As a result students and staff at the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management have access to cuttingedge resources and technology.
Other specialised • Physical Geography Laboratories capable of Electron Microscopy and Isotope Analysis • Image processing facility • Marine Laboratory • Studio space
The School offers extensive computing resources, well equipped laboratories and dedicated postgraduate facilities as well as state-of-the-art laboratory and field equipment and studios.
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• Climate Station and Portable Weather Stations • Field and Surveying Equipment including Total Stations, rafts, RTK-DGPS, Automatic Samplers and Loggers • Dedicated field and safety staff
facilities include; • A comprehensive suite of scientific instrumentation enabling the collection of a wide range of in situ hydrological, atmospheric and climatological data including ground penetrating radar; ceilometers (for measuring cloud fields and atmospheric boundary layer structure); eddy covariance systems; acoustic sounders; micro-rain radar; automatic weather stations; kite and blimp sounding systems; radiosonde systems and a extensive range of ancillary meteorological sensors.
• 24 hour access computer labs with specialised applications such as −− General statistical, demographic and climatological analysis software −− Extensive statistical data sets including census information and surveys covering Australia and other world regions. −− Atmospheric modelling software −− Leica Geosystems including ERDAS Imagine and Leica Photogrammetry Suite; ENVI/IDL; Definies Developer, eCognition and all ESRI ArcGIS products −− Google sketchup, QSR nVivo, SPSS - stats package and a wide range of other statistical packages
• Access to Australia’s most extensive marine science teaching and research facilities, with field stations in the Great Barrier Reef (Heron Island), Low Isles and Moreton Bay (North Stradbroke Island). • Access to boats and vehicles for field studies • UQ Library has one of the largest collections amongst academic libraries in Australia and by far the largest in Queensland.
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RESEARCH THAT MATTERS School research staff and students are at the forefront of major international initiatives to better manage our natural and built environments. Multifaceted research projects are undertaken at the School investigating a spectrum of issues, from managing the population boom in South-East Queensland to assisting with poverty reduction in South-East Asia. Governments, agencies and industry across the globe draw on the knowledge and practical skills of the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management staff to help solve contemporary problems.
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Opportunities for Research Students Research students at the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management are able to concentrate on their areas of research interest and work on projects of national and international significance in a unique interdisciplinary environment. A strong research culture exists within the School and the sharing of ideas between staff across disciplines is encouraged. The School provides leadership and support for its research staff and we will ensure that as a student with us you will have access to supervisors, mentoring programs, excellent resources and professional development initiatives.
The School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management (GPEM) at The University of Queensland is at the forefront of cutting-edge research into the widely debated issues confronting us today. It is a vibrant and multidisciplinary School boasting world class facilities and staff.
The School forms part of the Faculty of Science, which is the largest and most diverse of the University of Queensland’s faculties. It is widely recognised and awarded for its quality of teaching, the strength of its graduates and its world leading research.
This research profile provides an introduction to the School, showcasing its research and significant outcomes which provide valuable insight into the ‘big issues’ including:
The School has a solid research foundation and one of its greatest strengths lies in its diversity. It takes an integrated approach to the pressing issues confronting the natural and built environments. The School is able to offer a truly multidisciplinary perspective by employing expert teaching and research staff and fostering collaboration between disciplines.
• Sustainable Cities
The School has strong links to industry and works extensively with all levels of government on a number of joint projects. It also operates in a consultancy capacity, taking a leading role in policy development to ensure adequate planning for the future at a local, national and global level. The School is dedicated to continuous improvement and is proactive in its pursuit of new partnerships on which to grow its expertise.
• Climate Change and Adaptation • Marine and Coastal Processes and Management • Sustainable Livelihoods • Conservation and Natural Resource Management It is not possible to profile all the significant research projects being conducted within the School but this profile aims to provide you with a snapshot of the School’s leading-edge research across its many disciplines. We invite you to explore more fully the research accomplishments and capabilities of the School by visiting our website www.gpem.uq.edu.au
Contact Please contact the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management at postgrad.gpem@uq.edu.au if you are interested in undertaking a research higher degree, or if you have any enquiries. Alumni Profiles of successful graduates can be viewed at www.gpem.uq.edu.au/profiles
Please contact the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management or the research staff directly to discuss any issues of interest. Ph: +61 7 3365 6455 Fax: +61 7 3365 6899 Email: gpem@uq.edu.au
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ACADEMIC STAFF AND AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST
Greg Baxter
Bob Beeton
Martin Bell
Greg Brown
Nikolaus Callow
Jonathan Corcoran
SĂŠbastien Darchen
Marc Hockings
Laurel Johnson
Ron Johnstone
John Kirkwood
Yan Liu
The ecology and conservation of wildlife including; Landscape ecology; Investigating novel ways to solve intractable environmental problems and in finding ways to apply scientific research
Urban regeneration; Economic development strategies; Globalization & network society; Mobility of urban policies; Urban design and place-making; Public participation in planning
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Environmental problem solving, restoration, and reporting; Total Landscape Management including Protected Areas; Sustainable tourism; sustainability issues associated with both natural and rural systems; Rural and Regional Community Development
Monitoring and evaluation of conservation management with a particular focus on protected areas; Biodiversity outcomes in protected areas; Adapting protected area management to address climate change impacts; Modelling the costs of effective management for protected areas.
Population mobility; Internal migration; Demographic forecasting
Power in Planning- the sources of power that planners deploy in their quest to shape the built environment; Passenger transport solutions and strategies in urban and rural communities; The contributions (and limitations) of planning in delivering an inclusive city
Public participation GIS (PPGIS) and community and social assessment methods; environmental and sustainable land use planning; Parks and protected areas planning and management; Climate change adaptation
Integrated coastal resource management; Marine resource management & auditing; Coral reef, estuarine & general marine nutrient dynamics; Biogeochemical processes and sediment geochemistry; Ecosystem nutrient budgeting
Interaction of humans with physical environmental processes; Impacts of land management on hydrology; River geomorphology and eco-hydrology; Management interventions in changing landscapes and climates
Integrating ecological, economic and social approaches to fisheries management; Marine ecology, concentrating on fisheries and Antarctic ecosystems; Human nutrition, food security and the sustainability of global fisheries; Evolutionary impacts of artificial selection by fisheries
Application of quantitative geographical methods for urban modelling; Use of geo-analytical, geo-visualisation and prediction techniques
GIS applications in urban and human environments - spatial analysis and modelling; GIS in health and demographic studies; Learning with GIS in schools
ACADEMIC STAFF AND AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST
Martine Maron
Iderlina Mateo-Babiano
Clive McAlpine
Hamish McGowan
Chris McGrath
John Minnery
Tiffany Morrison
Patrick Moss
David Neil
Ann Peterson
Stuart Phinn
David Pullar
Landscape ecology and habitat restoration; Conservation policy; Decision support tools for targeting investment in natural resource management; Habitat change and land stewardship
Environmental policy, planning, governance and institutions; Australian natural resource management policy; Climate adaptation planning; Comparative environmental policy and planning (USA, Japan, Australia); Scale, coordination and participation in environmental policy and institutional design
Transport planning; Pedestrian research and accessibility planning; Land use-transport integration; Asian megacities; Urban design
Quaternary environments of eastern Australia; The Eocene environments of the Okanagan highliands in British Columbia and Canada through pollen analysis; Mangrove ecology; Human impacts on Australian ecosystems; General palaeoecology , biogeography and landscape ecology
Processes driving landscape change; The conservation of biodiversity in human-modified landscapes; The ecological and climatic consequences of landscape change
Human-environment interactions; Environmental history and management responses in river catchments and coastal and coral reef systems
Earth surface - atmosphere energy exchanges; Complex terrain wind fields; Atmospheric transport of aerosols; Climate variability and coastal meteorology
Natural resource management; Regional planning and new regionalism; Coasts and climate change; The pedagogy of teaching
Evaluation of the effectiveness for environmental regulation; Climate change and greenhouse gas accounting; Vegetation management laws and policies
Use of satellite and airborne images to map, monitor and model biophysical properties of terrestrial and aquatic environments for scientific and management applications
Urban policy and its implementaton, Urban governance, Slums and slum upgrading; Housing, especially housing affordability and social housing; The historic dimensions of urban policy
Spatial information systems; Urban landscapes; Spatial analysis and modelling and environmental management integration
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ACADEMIC STAFF AND AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST
Jonathan Rhodes
Biodiversity conservation in human-dominated and dynamically changing landscapes; Optimal monitoring for environmental management; Koala ecology and conservation
Christiaan Roelfsema
Developing operational approaches for mapping and monitoring, spatial and temporal biophysical properties of coral reefs and associated waters, using field and remote sensing imagery
Annie Ross
Indigenous Management of Natural and Cultural Resources; Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management; People, Environment and Society; Social factors in environmental management - Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands
Glen Searle
Institutional and political economy perspectives on urban planning; Urban consolidation; The spatial dynamics of advanced economy services
James Shulmeister Head of School
Understanding long term climate change with a focus on Austrasia and Antarctica; General palaeoecology, climatic geomorphology,Quaternary science
David Wadley
Futurological and risk analyses of urban development and social ideologies
For the most up to date list of staff and their interests please visit http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/our-people Scarla Weeks
Ecosystem-scale specific applications of satellite data to the oceanographic environment; The link between climate change, oceanography and the biological response, regional to local processes; Movements patterns of marine megafauna in relation to ocean dynamics and productivity
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Dona Whiley
drivers and tools for environmental practice in organisations and firms; Regulatory and non regulatory mechanisms to achieve sustainable development; Ecotourism – philosophy, principles and practice; Tourism policy and sustainable development; Corporate Social Responsibility
Bradd Witt
Decadal to century scale environmental change in rural areas and rangelands; The management of productive agricultural landscapes for diverse socio-ecological values (such as emerging carbon, biodiversity and other social goods); Communications between urban and rural communities regarding environmental policy and management
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RESEARCH STAFF
Grant Brearley
Elin Charles-Edwards
Jianting Chu
Jim Cooper
Rachael Dudaniec
Fisher, Adrian
Kasper Johansen
Andrew Kythreotis
Javier Leon Patino
Morena Mills
Christopher Raymond
Justin Ryan
Wildlife ecology and biology; Wildlife eco-physiology; Influence of human-induced landscape change on terrestrial fauna
Image processing and analysis of high spatial resolution airborne and satellite image data with a focus on riparian environments and geographic object based image analysis
Temporary population mobility; Internal Migration; Small area population estimates
The way in which power is configured and negotiated across space by state and non-state stakeholders involved in the governance of climate change related events.
Interaction between afforestation and climate extremes; Dynamical downscaling with regional climate models; High-resolution land surface data for modelling from remote sensing images
Geospatial applications to coastal processes and management; Remote Sensing and Object-based image analysis (OBIA); GIS and Terrain analysis
Population forecasting and demographic modelling
Human-environmental issues; Systematic conservation planning; Integrating conservation and social goals into spatial planning.
Applying population genetics to spatial questions in conservation biology (landscape genetics); Characterising the impacts and molecular ecology of hostparasite interactions and invasive species; Behavioural ecology and evolutionary divergence of species on islands
Public participation GIS (PPGIS); Knowledge integration for environmental management; Climate change adaptation; Protected area management and evaluation; Measurement of proenvironmental behaviour
Developing automated image processing methods for Landsat TM/ETM+, SPOT5 and airborne LiDAR data, focusing on regional vegetation monitoring
My fields of research are ecohydrology and adaptive management of native vegetation in production landscapes.
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Leonie Seabrook
Ecological and environmental history; Anthropogenic and environmental drivers of land cover/land use change; Impacts of habitat loss and fragmentation on fauna; Climate change impacts on biodiversity
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Tom Wilson
Population projection modelling, especially multistate and probabilistic methods; Migration analysis; Demographic estimation techniques; State and local demographic analyses;
Craig Woodward
Quaternary environments and environmental change; Human impact on aquatic ecosystems; Limnology; Paleoecology
The School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management would like to thank and recognise the generous contributions of funding bodies, institutions and individuals who actively support our research.
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Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
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Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
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Prince of Songkla University
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Sugar Research and Development
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Queen’s University Belfast
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Australian Department of Industry Innovation and Scientific Research
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Global Environment Fund
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Gold Coast City Council
Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management
Australian Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
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Griffith University
Queensland Department of Local Government and Planning
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Gunns Limited
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Instiution of Surveyors, Australia
Queensland Department of Premier and Cabinet
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James Cook University
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Queensland Fire & Rescue Services
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Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation
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Queensland Government Department of Infrastructure and Planning
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Landscape Values & PPGIS Institute
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Lockyer Valley Regional Council
Queensland Government Department of Main Roads
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Logan City Council
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Queensland Murray Darling Committee Inc.
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Moreton Bay Regional Council
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Queensland Museum
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Murray Darling Basin Authority
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Queensland Seafood Industry Association
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National Health & Medical Research Council
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Australian Research Council
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Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment Management Authority
National University of Ireland
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Tangalooma Island Resort
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Tasmania Forest Practices Authority
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The Nature Conservancy
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UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre
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University of Cantebury
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University of Hawaii
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University of Melbourne
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University of New England
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University of Regina
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University of Sydney
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University of The South Pacific
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University of Western Australia
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Redland City Council
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University of Western Ontario
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Research Institute for Development (Noumea)
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Utah State University
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Victorian Department of Planning and
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Bush Heritage Australia
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Can Tho University
New South Wales Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
Seafood Services Australia Ltd
Condamine Alliance
New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
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CSIRO
New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage
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Curtin University
South Pacific Applied Geosciences Committee
Planning Insitute of Australia
Swedish International Development
Queensland University of Technology
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