Doug Mercer
Biographic Data
| ID | 210990 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Doug Mercer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Doug |
| FAMILY NAME | Mercer |
| SIGNATURE | MERCER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation, University of Washington, Seattle |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7616-2696 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Subdivision Policy and Planning for Bushfire Defence
From time to time, catastrophic bushfires cause substantial losses of life and property in southern Australia. Moreover, recent analyses of longitudinal fire weather behaviour point to a steady increase in the Forest Fire Danger Index. Although natural hazards such as bushfires can rarely be prevented, effective hazard-mitigation strategies can manage and lessen the impact on humans and the environment. This paper investigates subdivision design …
Vulnerability to Bushfire Risk at Melbourne's Urban Fringe
The 7 February 2009 bushfires in the peri-urban region to the north of metropolitan Melbourne heralded what many have called an entirely new epoch in terms of weather-related disasters in Australia. A total of 173 people and 2000 properties were destroyed and, as with the 1939 fires in Victoria, a Royal Commission was subsequently instituted to inquire into the causes and responses to the fire. The Royal Commission has heard much evidence about a…
Sustainability Science Partnerships
Drawing largely on recent educational and policy developments in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Austria, de la Vega-Leinert et al. (2009: this issue) both make the case for, and highlight, the growing interest in 'sustainability science' in universities, often encouraged by national science research councils. They also point out that, at least in the progressive political climate of Western Europe, there is now considerable support for 'sustain…
Award of the Institute of Australian Geographers' Griffith Taylor Medal
Planning to Reduce Risk
In a world where climate change is a 'given', the concepts of vulnerability, resilience and risk are now pivotal in public policy debates in many countries. Within this context, planning controls are designed to facilitate safe, sustainable and prosperous communities. In line withMarch's (2007, 11) observation that 'one important "reason to plan" is the reduction of risk', Victoria's Wildfire Management Overlay (WMO) was developed with the aim of…
The Dangers of Autobiographical Research
Ecologically Sustainable Development in a 'Quarry' Economy
An overview is presented of recent work on the environmental changes impacting on Australia and the policy responses of the State and Commonwealth governments, especially over the last ten years. This period has seen a remarkably stable phase of conservative government administration in Canberra and consistent resistance to a strong environmental policy agenda, both domestically and internationally. Attention is focused particularly on rural and …
Environmental Management. Processes and Practices for Australia - by Ian Thomas
Future-histories of Hanford
Arguably the largest and most expensive land remediation project in world history is under way at the Hanford plutonium production facility in Washington State. This paper examines competing visions for the future Hanford landscape focusing on the narratives told by agriculturists and environmental preservationists. I show that their narratives, what I call 'future-histories', rely on historical geographies of the region to make moral as well as …
Vulnerability to Bushfire Risk at Melbourne's Urban Fringe
The 7 February 2009 bushfires in the peri-urban region to the north of metropolitan Melbourne heralded what many have called an entirely new epoch in terms of weather-related disasters in Australia. A total of 173 people and 2000 properties were destroyed and, as with the 1939 fires in Victoria, a Royal Commission was subsequently instituted to inquire into the causes and responses to the fire. The Royal Commission has heard much evidence about a…
Future-histories of Hanford
Arguably the largest and most expensive land remediation project in world history is under way at the Hanford plutonium production facility in Washington State. This paper examines competing visions for the future Hanford landscape focusing on the narratives told by agriculturists and environmental preservationists. I show that their narratives, what I call 'future-histories', rely on historical geographies of the region to make moral as well as …
The Dangers of Autobiographical Research
Subdivision Policy and Planning for Bushfire Defence
From time to time, catastrophic bushfires cause substantial losses of life and property in southern Australia. Moreover, recent analyses of longitudinal fire weather behaviour point to a steady increase in the Forest Fire Danger Index. Although natural hazards such as bushfires can rarely be prevented, effective hazard-mitigation strategies can manage and lessen the impact on humans and the environment. This paper investigates subdivision design …
Planning to Reduce Risk
In a world where climate change is a 'given', the concepts of vulnerability, resilience and risk are now pivotal in public policy debates in many countries. Within this context, planning controls are designed to facilitate safe, sustainable and prosperous communities. In line withMarch's (2007, 11) observation that 'one important "reason to plan" is the reduction of risk', Victoria's Wildfire Management Overlay (WMO) was developed with the aim of…
Ecologically Sustainable Development in a 'Quarry' Economy
An overview is presented of recent work on the environmental changes impacting on Australia and the policy responses of the State and Commonwealth governments, especially over the last ten years. This period has seen a remarkably stable phase of conservative government administration in Canberra and consistent resistance to a strong environmental policy agenda, both domestically and internationally. Attention is focused particularly on rural and …
Future-histories of Hanford
Arguably the largest and most expensive land remediation project in world history is under way at the Hanford plutonium production facility in Washington State. This paper examines competing visions for the future Hanford landscape focusing on the narratives told by agriculturists and environmental preservationists. I show that their narratives, what I call 'future-histories', rely on historical geographies of the region to make moral as well as …
Ecologically Sustainable Development in a 'Quarry' Economy
An overview is presented of recent work on the environmental changes impacting on Australia and the policy responses of the State and Commonwealth governments, especially over the last ten years. This period has seen a remarkably stable phase of conservative government administration in Canberra and consistent resistance to a strong environmental policy agenda, both domestically and internationally. Attention is focused particularly on rural and …
Environmental Management. Processes and Practices for Australia - by Ian Thomas
The Dangers of Autobiographical Research
Sustainability Science Partnerships
Drawing largely on recent educational and policy developments in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Austria, de la Vega-Leinert et al. (2009: this issue) both make the case for, and highlight, the growing interest in 'sustainability science' in universities, often encouraged by national science research councils. They also point out that, at least in the progressive political climate of Western Europe, there is now considerable support for 'sustain…
Award of the Institute of Australian Geographers' Griffith Taylor Medal
Planning to Reduce Risk
In a world where climate change is a 'given', the concepts of vulnerability, resilience and risk are now pivotal in public policy debates in many countries. Within this context, planning controls are designed to facilitate safe, sustainable and prosperous communities. In line withMarch's (2007, 11) observation that 'one important "reason to plan" is the reduction of risk', Victoria's Wildfire Management Overlay (WMO) was developed with the aim of…
Vulnerability to Bushfire Risk at Melbourne's Urban Fringe
The 7 February 2009 bushfires in the peri-urban region to the north of metropolitan Melbourne heralded what many have called an entirely new epoch in terms of weather-related disasters in Australia. A total of 173 people and 2000 properties were destroyed and, as with the 1939 fires in Victoria, a Royal Commission was subsequently instituted to inquire into the causes and responses to the fire. The Royal Commission has heard much evidence about a…
Subdivision Policy and Planning for Bushfire Defence
From time to time, catastrophic bushfires cause substantial losses of life and property in southern Australia. Moreover, recent analyses of longitudinal fire weather behaviour point to a steady increase in the Forest Fire Danger Index. Although natural hazards such as bushfires can rarely be prevented, effective hazard-mitigation strategies can manage and lessen the impact on humans and the environment. This paper investigates subdivision design …
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