Physical Geography

• Earth Surface Processes and Geoecology
  • Studies of hillslope stability and hydrology, and gully erosion
  • Soil formation and the role of fauna
  • Stratigraphic interpretation of soil materials
  • Impacts of climatic variability and land management on river flow regimes
  • Erosion processes, flooding, and environmental change in mid-western NSW
  • Quaternary evolution of landscapes in eastern Australia
  • Dynamics of saltmarsh and mangroves in Sydney estuaries
  • Mine site rehabilitation
  • Quaternary history of East Antarctica
  • Pedology and archaeology
  • Land degredation in Australasia and South East Asia
  • Sustainability assessment of agricultural systems in Papua New Guinea
  • Wind erosion and soils
  • Monsoon palaeoclimatology
  • Environmental magnetic records of climate change
  • Aeoliam impacts on the oceans and Quaternary climates
  • Palaeomagnetic dating of vertebrate fossil sites
  • Landscape evolution of Eastern Australian highlands

• Natural Hazards in Australia and the Pacific Region
  • Rabaul volcanic eruption
  • Heatwaves in Australia
  • Flood hazards in Fiji
  • Seismic risk in the Botany Basin
  • Lightning fatalities
  • Australian tsumanis

• Atmospheric Science
  • Global atmospheric modelling
  • Radiation Measurements
  • Wind pattern analysis
  • Numerical simulation of the mesoscale climate
  • Retrieval of thermodynamic and cloud microphysical information from mesoscale air flow data
  • Impacts of both natural and human-induced climatic change and extreme weather on human society
  • Biometeorology
  • Applied meteorology and climatology studies
  • Cloud-radiation interractions
  • Global cloud patterns and distribution
  • Development of landsurface parameterization schemes
  • Simulation of climate change (natural and anthropogenic)
  • Ocean-atmosphere interraction
  • Statistical prediction of tropical cyclones
  • Ocean dunamics
  • El Niño - Southern Oscillation
  • Physical Oceanography

• Climatic Impacts
  • Australia's Activities Implimented Jointly (AIJ) program
  • Human health and climate change
  • Environmental performance in the manufacturing sector
  • Application of tropical cyclone models to GCM simulations
  • Human climatic comfort evaluation
  • Refining regional climatic records
  • Economic and social benefits of weather forecasting
  • Assessing agricultural implications of climatic impacts
  • Numerical climate modelling
  • Policy implications of climate change on savanna
  • Communication of climate science information
  • Public and policy responses to the greenhouse issue in Australia
  • Prediction of greenhouse-related climate change
  • Assessing uncertainty in the simulation of climate change
  • Indoor climate and air quality impacts on human health

Human Geography

• Social, Cultural, Demographic and Political Analysis
  • Geographical analysis of social and demographic change
  • Historical geography of Sydney
  • Geographical dimensions of social well-being
  • Geography of public health in Australia
  • Geopolitical changes in the Asia-Pacific region
  • Regional development strategies for remote Aboriginal groups
  • Geography of Australian politics
  • Changing class and gender composition of suburban Sydney
  • Images of Western Sydney
  • Cultural and feminist perspectives on urban life
  • Planning and Metropolitan development
  • Sexuality and space

• Geography of Economic Restructuring
  • Financial, corporate and production restructuring of Australian mining, forest products, agri-food, manufacturing and service industries
  • Contemporary and historical impacts of public and private sector restructuring
  • Restructuring of labour markets
  • Changing corporate and spatial structure of retailing
  • Internationalisation of Australia's service industries with special reference to Australian-based and foreign-owned transnational corporations
  • Agricultural and food industries in the Philippines in relation to rural development and environmental change

• Resource and Environmental Management
  • Australian involvement in international environment negotiations and Australian implementation of agreements
  • Sustainability and environmental management - theory and Australian practice
  • Social impact assessment of resource projects, particularly for Aboriginal communities

• Geographic Information Systems
  • GIS education and research
  • Aircraft noise assessment

• Climate Change
  • Climate change and human health
  • Climate change policy
  • Implications of climate change policy for industry policy and urban planning
  • Climate change and security in the Pacific Islands region
  • International politics associated with climate change

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Created: by R Firkin. Last update: 25th February 1998