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0000-0002-3991-5211
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Lincoln University
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Research Topics
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Top 5 Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Human Geography | Environment Policy | Urban And Regional Planning | Urban and Regional Studies (excl. Planning) | Human Geography not elsewhere classified | Urban And Regional Studies
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Climate change | Urban planning | Climate Change Adaptation Measures | Regional planning |
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Publications
A systems approach to evaluating sustainability of biofuel systems
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2013
Preface and acknowledgments
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2006
Environmental Sustainability: A Case of Policy Implementation Failure?
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 24-01-2017
DOI: 10.3390/SU9020165
The impacts of environmental and socio-economic stressors on small scale fisheries and livelihoods of fishers in Ghana
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2017
Towards adaptive coastal management law: Lessons from Australia and Brazil
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2022
Climate change and stewardship: Strategies to build community resilience in the Capricorn Coast
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2012
Socio-economic trends and climate change adaptation: The case of South East Queensland
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2012
Science into policy? Discourse, coastal management and knowledge
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2014
Managing Coastal Vulnerability: New Solutions for Local Government
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-06-2009
Reframing water: Contesting H<inf>2</inf>O within the European Union
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2015
Adapting to climate change in south east Queensland, Australia
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 28-11-2014
Third-generation adaptive capacity assessment for climate-resilient development
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-09-2022
Capacity building for Integrated Coastal Management in Asia-Pacific: The case for case studies
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2006
The Australian Experience
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date: 2011
Living with disasters: social capital for disaster governance
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 24-10-2018
DOI: 10.1111/DISA.12257
Abstract: This paper explores how social networks and bonds within and across organisations shape disaster operations and strategies. Local government disaster training exercises serve as a window through which to view these relations, and 'social capital' is used as an analytic for making sense of the human relations at the core of disaster management operations. These elements help to expose and substantiate the often intangible relations that compose the culture that exists, and that is shaped by preparations for disasters. The study reveals how this social capital has been generated through personal interactions, which are shared among disaster managers across different organisations and across 'levels' within those organisations. Recognition of these 'group resources' has significant implications for disaster management in which conducive social relations have become paramount. The paper concludes that socio-cultural relations, as well as a people-centred approach to preparations, appear to be effective means of readying for, and ultimately responding to, disasters.
The roles of capitals in building capacity to address urban flooding in the shift to a new water management approach
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 04-10-2018
Abstract: Stresses on water resources are considerable and will intensify in the future due to climatic and non-climatic drivers. The emerging shift from science-based command and control ‘old’ water management approach to a dynamic and integrative systems view of water—a ‘new’ water management approach—was explored using the concept of capacity, operationalized using the livelihoods capitals approach (i.e. physical, natural, financial, human and social capitals), as a conceptual lens in a multiple case study of notable cases of urban flooding from Canada and Australia. The findings show that there are changing conceptualizations of capacity in both cases over time. Physical and financial capitals have been emphasized for decades and are associated with the old water management approach, responding to major flood events with the construction of large control structures. While the importance of these capital inputs persists, the approach to building capacity under the emergence of the new water management approach places an increasing relative emphasis on social and human capitals. The lack of emphasis on natural capital persisted over time and should be considered explicitly in flood management. This study demonstrates how the capitals approach contributes to the very much needed understanding of how the shift from the old to a new water management approach is being expressed for both present-day decisions and long-term trajectories.
Learning and local government in coastal South Australia: towards a community of practice framework for adapting to global change
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 02-04-2016
Institutional credibility and leadership: Critical challenges for community-based natural resource governance in rural and remote Australia
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 16-01-2008
NRM engagement between remote dryland communities and government agencies: Success factors from Australia
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2011
Global Water Governance and Climate Change: Identifying Innovative Arrangements for Adaptive Transformation
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 02-01-2018
DOI: 10.3390/W10010029
Adaptive capacity and climate change: the role of community opinion leaders
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-11-2016
The tragedy of climate change science
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 24-12-2021
A Sustainable Decision Support Framework for Urban Water Management
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 12-05-2009
Building adaptive capacity in South East Queensland, Australia
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 16-01-2014
Understanding Preferences for Coastal Climate Change Adaptation: A Systematic Literature Review
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 08-2021
DOI: 10.3390/SU13158594
Abstract: Lack of public support for coastal adaptation can present significant barriers for implementation. In response, policy makers and academics are seeking strategies to build public support for coastal adaptation, which requires a deeper understanding of peoples’ preferences for coastal adaptation and what motives those preferences. Here, we conduct a systematic literature review to understand preferences for coastal adaptation options and the factors influencing these preferences. Ninety peer-reviewed publications meet the inclusion criteria. The findings revealed that hard protection options were often the most frequently preferred, likely due to a desire to maintain current shoreline, for the protection of recreational spaces and private property, and a perceived effectiveness of hard protection options. Soft protection, including nature-based approaches, accommodation, and no action were the next most preferred options. Finally, retreat options were the least preferred, often due to strong place attachment. We identify twenty-eight factors that could influence preferences, with risk perception, place attachment, and financial considerations occurring most frequently in the literature. In the conclusion, we outline the most significant research gaps identified from our analysis and discuss the implication for adaptation research and practice.
Current Information Provision Rarely Helps Coastal Households Adapt to Climate Change
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 02-03-2022
DOI: 10.3390/SU14052904
Abstract: Households play an important role in reducing coastal vulnerability through in idual and collective action. Information provision is a key strategy adopted by governments to support household adaptation. However, there is limited evidence of the effectiveness of the different types of information and their influence on coastal household response. Drawing on case study research in two Australian coastal communities, we explore the types of information shaping household responses to three hazard scenarios: a heatwave, a severe storm, and sea-level rise. We find that passive information informs action in fewer than half of all households. Furthermore, even current attempts at more action-oriented information only informs coping strategies. If coastal adaptation is to achieve the transformational changes vital to manage the impacts of climate change, information provision must transition from passive and generic delivery via traditional modes, to actively communicating adaptation as the ‘glue’ between hazard management and household resilience through context-relevant and household-driven communication modes. Further research into the types of information that promote more-than-coping responses, such as information to facilitate collective action, is also recommended.
Understanding vulnerabilities in transitional coastal communities
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Date: 28-03-2008
DOI: 10.1061/40968(312)87
Adapting to climate change through local municipal planning: Barriers and challenges
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 26-05-2011
Co-Learning in Marine Protected Areas for Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 03-01-2013
Water: Drought, Crisis and Governance in Australia and Brazil
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 31-10-2016
DOI: 10.3390/W8110493
Bayesian belief modeling of climate change impacts for informing regional adaptation options
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2013
The relationship between adaptive management of social-ecological systems and law: a systematic review
Publisher: Resilience Alliance, Inc.
Date: 2018
Toward a new conceptualization of household adaptive capacity to climate change: applying a risk governance lens
Publisher: Resilience Alliance, Inc.
Date: 2014
Participatory futures methods: Towards adaptability and resilience in climate-vulnerable communities
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 11-2009
DOI: 10.1002/EET.524
Decentralised bioenergy systems: A review of opportunities and threats
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2011
A method for building community resilience to climate change in emerging coastal cities
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2011
Perspectives on the art of facilitation: a Delphi study of natural resource management facilitators
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2007
Perceptions of Risk among Households in Two A ustralian Coastal Communities
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 20-04-2015
Crisis management: Regional approaches to geopolitical crises and natural hazards
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 31-08-2022
Abstract: Crisis management planning and response can be improved by regional governments and organisations learning from one another. Specifically, comparative learning may be a benefit when groups understand the perceived effectiveness of various regional approaches when responding to different types of hazards. This article presents findings from a comparative case study analysis of regional governance perspectives of crisis management for geopolitical events and natural hazards in the Sunshine Coast, Australia, and Gotland, Sweden. Data were collected and analysed using document analyses and semi‐structured interviews with regional practitioners. It was found that regional crisis management is increasingly influenced by global processes that are affecting the scales and characteristics of crises. As a result, prospective regional governance must evolve to include more international perspectives in crisis management and account for activities and processes that take place beyond arbitrary political boundaries.
Organizational approaches to the facilitation of education for sustainability: An interpretive case study
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 02-06-2015
DOI: 10.3390/SU7067011
Opinion leaders and complex sustainability issues
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 02-03-2010
DOI: 10.1108/14777831011025535
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to identify mechanisms and strategies involved in in idual and local responses to complex global sustainability issues such as climate change. This paper describes an innovative approach to understanding the role of informal leadership and its utility in influencing societal attitudes and practice. The approach builds on theories of diffusion in which learning about new ideas, practices or technologies occurs through interpersonal communication with informal opinion leaders. It draws on findings from studies in other fields of social research, such as community health, development aid, and agriculture, in which the engagement of opinion leaders has been found to speed up the spread of responsive behaviours. The approach also analyses linkages between the concepts of response capacity to climate change and social capital with the strategies of opinion leaders for influencing societal change through informal social networks. Research related to social change in response to climate change has focused predominantly on the need for reform at the public policy and institutional level, and at the other extreme, on in idual behaviour change. The role of leaders has been cited as an important component of social change in case studies of adaptive management of natural resources, sustainability studies, and in research on social capital. Development of the approach will contribute to the understanding of social mechanisms and processes involved in community engagement with complex problems and more specifically, response capacity for climate change at the regional level.
Enhancing the knowledge–governance interface: Coasts, climate and collaboration
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2013
The influence of consumers' environmental beliefs and attitudes on energy saving behaviours
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2011
Planning for uncertainty: Local scale coastal governance
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2013
Framing adaptive capacity through a history-futures lens: Lessons from the South East Queensland Climate Adaptation Research Initiative
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2012
Interrogating resilience: Toward a typology to improve its operationalization
Publisher: Resilience Alliance, Inc.
Date: 2016
Igniting change in local government: lessons learned from a bushfire vulnerability assessment
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 29-11-2008
Disaster risk reduction and climate policy implementation challenges in Canada and Australia
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 13-03-2022
How are coastal households responding to climate change?
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2016
Shock treatment: Adaptive learning in response to the South-East Queensland oil spill
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Date: 21-06-2011
DOI: 10.1061/41185(417)75
Improving the quality of life in coastal areas and future directions for the Asia-Pacific region
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2006
Adaptation or manipulation? unpacking climate change response strategies
Publisher: Resilience Alliance, Inc.
Date: 2012
Mobilising adaptive capacity to multiple stressors: Insights from small-scale coastal fisheries in the Western Region of Ghana
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2018
Monitoring and evaluation for adaptive coastal management
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2014
A Wideband Circularly Polarized Dielectric Resonator Antenna over A Metasurface
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 07-2018
Perceptions matter: household adaptive capacity and capability in two Australian coastal communities
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 27-06-2016
Adaptive capacity of small‐scale coastal fishers to climate and non‐climate stressors in the Western region of Ghana
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 22-10-2018
DOI: 10.1111/GEOJ.12282
Impacts of tourism on coastal areas
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 14-11-2022
DOI: 10.1017/CFT.2022.5
Abstract: The socioeconomics of the Anthropocene is exposing coastal regions to multiple pressures, including climate change hazards, resource degradation, urban development and inequality. Tourism is often raised as either a panacea to, or exacerbator of, such threats to ecosystems and sustainable livelihoods. To better understand the impacts of tourism on coastal areas, Scopus and Web of Science databases were searched for the top 100 cited papers on coastal tourism. Web of Science suggested ‘highly cited’ papers were also included to allow for more recent high-impact papers. Of the papers retrieved, 44 focused on the impacts of tourism. Social/cultural and environmental impacts were viewed as mostly negative, while economic impacts were viewed as mostly positive but only of actual benefit to a few. In addition, when compared with recent whole-of-sector reviews and reports it was evident that coastal tourism is increasingly a global enterprise dominated by large corporations that leverage various interests across local to transnational scales. Through this global enterprise, even the positive economic benefits identified were overshadowed by a broader system of land and property development fuelling local wealth inequity and furthering the interests of offshore beneficiaries. Only two highly cited papers discussed tourism within a broader context of integrated coastal zone management, suggesting that tourism is mostly assessed as a discrete sector within the coastal zone and peripheral to other coastal management considerations or the global tourism sector as a whole. The findings have relevance to the holistic management of coasts, coastal tourism and the achievement of sustainable development goals in a way that considers the increasing threats from coastal hazards, resource extraction and urbanisation, as well as the pervasive impacts of international business systems from local to global scales.
Cumulative pressures on sustainable livelihoods: Coastal adaptation in the mekong delta
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 17-01-2013
DOI: 10.3390/SU5010228
Related Organisations
Patterson Britton And Partners (acquired By Worley Parsons)
Location: Australia
Related Funding Activities
Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1093583
Start Date: 2010
End Date: 12-2014
Amount: $220,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
View Funded ActivityARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT180100652
Start Date: 04-2019
End Date: 03-2023
Amount: $996,191.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
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