- Environmental law and policy
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Insurance and Financial Risk Management
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Conservation Techniques and Studies
- Space exploration and regulation
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Conferences and Exhibitions Management
- Polar Research and Ecology
- Human Rights and Development
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Property Rights and Legal Doctrine
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Climate Change and Sustainable Development
- Metallurgy and Material Forming
- International Law and Aviation
Macquarie University
2012-2025
Abstract This article investigates whether environmental planning law can demonstrate ethical responsibility for its role in settler colonialism. Planning contributes to colonialism by diminishing, excluding, and eliminating alternative views of land that are fundamental First Nations culture, philosophy, law/lore. The adopts a transnational legal frame recognizes promotes as sovereign. investigation is focused primarily on the system New South Wales (NSW), Australia, while being guided...
This paper looks at the positioning of climate policy, particularly change adaptation (CCA), as part burgeoning resilience policy New Orleans, Louisiana. In contrast to other papers in this special issue contribution is forward looking and limited space attempts coalesce lessons from Katrina with managing Social-Ecological Systems an uncertain future affected by change. The Orleans can provide some insights complementary nature while galvanising city against extreme events.
Flooding is exacerbated by climate change, and the ecosystem functions of wetlands can assist in mitigating risk contribute to adaptation. Nature based solutions (NbS) have emerged as an alternative exclusive reliance on grey infrastructure drive adaptation responses flooding. This article critically examines role planning law facilitate NbS urban context Dhaka, Bangladesh. The will explore following research question: does land use Bangladesh help establishment maintenance adapting flood...
This article addresses extinction and the need for ethical change within our legal system. The evaluates this issue in context of law that mediates humanity's use management land by extension more-than-human species we share with. Humanity frames its relationship with through property. Whilst land, different species, ecosystems formations inhabit it represents a physical material state being, property exists dephysicalised state.Dephysicalisation does not allow humanity to recognise...
This commentary critically evaluates the capacity for Green Climate Fund to deliver distributive justice in light of Conference Parties 17 and Durban Platform Enhanced Action (UNFCCC, 2011b).
Abstract Biodiversity offsetting is firmly established as an integral part of environmental law regimes across the world. Whether offsets are appropriate for a particular development determined through application mitigation hierarchy. Whilst rich vein scholarship exists dealing with operation hierarchy in principle, implementation has received comparatively small coverage. From legal perspective this prompts questions relating to planning process. This article critically examines issue...