Future Coastlines
We are a leader of research in planning and management for natural variability and greenhouse-induced climate change on coastlines. The Centre's Queensland Smart State funded Future Coastlines project will build on years of collaboration between Griffith and
- Gold Coast City Council
- Bureau of Meteorology
- Queensland Environmental Protection Agency
- Emergency Management Queensland
- Danish Hydraulics Institute
- CSIRO
to examine natural disaster management for extreme events, emergency management strategies and to develop adaptation tactics.
Other climate adaptation projects include coastal erosion management master planning for Gold Coast beaches as well as climate change adaptations in the Broadwater. These projects will provide a framework of management strategies by investigating the risks of climate change and how we can adapt to these changes.
For more information visit the Future Coastlines page.
Fraser Coast Shoreline Erosion Management Plan Steering Committee
As a highly recognized and experienced specialist within the filed of coastal Engineering and Management, Centre Director, Professor Rodger Tomlinson, was invited in late 2010 to provide technical expertise, critical review of methodology and guidance to two Steering Groups within the Fraser Coast Regional Council to enhance the successful delivery of the best practice Shoreline Erosion Management Plan.
Beach and Surf Tourism and Recreation in Australia: Vunerability and Adaptation
The Centre in collaboration with researchers from Bond University, commenced work in 2011 on a national assessment of the economic importance of beach and surf recreation and the implications of climate change. The project will run for two years and is fully funded by NCCARF the research agency of the federal Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.
The project outcomes include; an estimation of the existing economic importance of beach and surf recreation; identification of key social trigger points which determine tourism and recreation behaviour; the economic consequences which flow from changes in behaviour and the manner in which key stakeholder and user groups may respond to projected climate change scenarios.
ACCARNSI—Australian Climate Change Adaptation Research Network for Settlements and Infrastructure
In 2008 the Australian Government committed funding of $10 million over four years to establish eight national research networks (nodes) investigating the effects of climate change on various areas, with settlements and infrastructure identified as one area worthy of further research. ACCARNSI resides within the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Griffith University and is part of the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. Centre Director, Professor Rodger Tomlinson, leads the node for coastal settlements.