Current Research Projects
in
Physical and Human Geography
Atmospheric and Environmental Science
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