Griffith University

Professor Lex Brown

B Engineering, M Urban Studies, PhD

Contact details for Professor Lex Brown

Research Expertise

• Environmental assessment and planning
• Project environmental appraisal
• Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment
  
• Transportation
• Environmental noise and soundscapes
• International development
• Environment and development
  
• Human perception of environment
  

Current Teaching Areas 

• Quantify accessibility of urban development sustainability in urban growth and renewal
• Integrating environmental modelling into transport travel demand modelling
• Effectiveness and efficiency in Environmental Impact Assessment
  
• Principles and practices of Strategic Environmental Assessment
• Soundscapes 

Selected Publications 

• BROWN, A.L. and  van KAMP, I.  Response to a change in transport noise exposure: a review of evidence of a change effect. Submitted to The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  4 April, 2008.
• SMIT, R., BROWN, A.L. AND CHAN Y.C.  Do air pollution emissions models for roadways include the effects of congestion in the roadway traffic flow?  Accepted for publication in Environmental Modelling and Software, (February, 2008).
• PAMANIKABUD, P., TANSATCHA, M., and BROWN, A.L.  (in press) Development of a highway noise prediction model using an Leq20s measures of basic vehicular noise.  Accepted for publication in .Journal of Sound and Vibration (Ref: Ms. No. JSV-D-07-00435R1) 25 February, 2008
• BURKE, Matthew, and BROWN, A.L. (2007) Distances people walk for transport. Roads and Transport Research, 16 (3) 16-29.
• BROWN, A.L. (2006) Thinking about "Quiet Areas": Sounds we want and sounds we do not want'.  In Quiet Areas and Health, Publication 2006/12, Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague.
• SOWMAN, M. and BROWN, A.L. (2006) Mainstreaming environmental sustainability into South Africa???s Integrated Development Planning process.   Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 49 (5) 695-712.
• TANSATCHA, M., PAMANIKABUD, P., BROWN, A.L. and AFFUM, J.A. (2005) Motorway noise model based on perpendicular propagation analysis of traffic noise.  Applied Acoustics, 66. 1135-1150.
• BROWN, A.L. and MUHAR, A. (2004). An Approach to the Acoustic Design of Outdoor Space. Submitted to Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 47(6), 827-842.
• BROWN, A.L. (2004). Road traffic noise: losing the fight? Invited Keynote Paper. Proceedings of Acoustics 2004, Australian Acoustical Society, Gold Coast, November, 31-39.
• BROWN, A.L. (2004). An approach to soundscape planning. Proceedings of Acoustics 2004, Australian Acoustical Society, Gold Coast, November, 565-570.
• ROBINSON, P., BROWN, A.L., TODES, A. and KITCHIN, F. (2003). Methods of achieving integration in development planning: Early experience from South African municipalities. International Development Planning Review, 25 (3), 263-281.   
  
• BROWN, A.L. and BULLEN, R.B. (2003). Road traffic noise exposure in Australian capital cities. Acoustics Australia, 31(1), 17-22.
• AFFUM, J.K., BROWN, A.L. and CHAN, A. (2003) Predicting and managing traffic-induced air pollution levels as part of the road transport planning process: The TRAEMS approach. Science of the Total Environment, 312, 1-14.  
  
• BROWN, A.L. and AFFUM, J.K. (2002) A GIS-based environmental modelling system for transport planners. Computers, Environment & Urban Systems, 26(6), 577-590.
• BROWN, A.L. and NITZ, T. (2002). Applying SEA to policy-making: the policy cycle model and the Queensland Policy Handbook. In Marsden, S. and Dovers, S. (Eds) Strategic Environmental Assessment in Australasia. The Federation Press: Sydney, 84-98.
• NITZ, T. and BROWN, A.L. (2001) SEA must learn how policy-making works. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 3(3), 329-342.
• BROWN, A.L. (2001) Overview of research on the effects of noise on wildlife. Terra Borealis, No 2, 10-14.
• BROWN, A.L. (2001) The response of seabirds to simulated acoustic and visual aircraft stimulus. Terra Borealis, No 2, 56-59.
• BROWN, A.L. and NITZ, T.   Applying SEA to policy-making: the policy cycle model and the Queensland Policy Handbook. To be published as chapter in Marsden, S. and Dovers, S. SEA in Australia (submitted October 2001).
• BROWN, A.L. (2000).  Integrating crosscutting issues in the Environmental Assessment of Development Assistance Projects.  In Lee, N. and Kirkpatrick, C. (eds) Sustainable Development and Integrated Appraisal in a Developing World, Edward Elgar:  Cheltenham, 34-45.
• BROWN, A.L. (2000).  SEA experience in development assistance using the Environmental Overview.  In Partidario, M.R. and Clark, R. (eds) Perspectives on Strategic Environmental Assessment.  Lewis Publishers:  Boco Rator, 131-140.
• AFFUM, J.K. and BROWN, A.L. (1999).  A GIS-based method for estimating the environmental impacts of road traffic. Journal of Eastern Asian Society for Transportation Studies; 3(1), 139-150.
• THERIVEL, R. & BROWN,A.L. (1999).  Methods of Strategic Environmental Assessment. In Petts, J. (ed) The  Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment; Vol 1, Blackwell Science:  Oxford, 441-464.
• BROWN, A.L. and RICHARDSON, C.M.  (1998) A comprehensive noise management strategy for an urbanised river catchment.  Journal of Environmental Planning and Management; 41(3), 299-312.
• BROWN, A.L. Experience in SEA in the UNDP Environmental Management Guidelines. Paper in the Proceedings of "Environmental Impact Assessment for the 21st Century". The University of Adelaide and The British Council (in press) (1997).
• BROWN, McDONALD & O'KEEFE. The Role of Development Control Plans in the Queensland Planning System. (in preparation).
• BROWN, A.L. Effectively integrating the EIA process in the evolution of sustainable projects: Decision-scoping. Proceedings of NSW Dept of Urban Affairs and Planning, EIA Forum: Towards the next generation of EIS. Sydney, April, 1997. (proceedings in press).
• BROWN, A.L. (1997) Further developments of the Environmental Overview as a Strategic Environmental Assessment tool in Development Assistance. International Association of Impact Assessment 17th Annual Meeting, May 28-31, 1997, p12. (abstract)
• LAM, K.C. and BROWN, A.L. (1997) EIA in HK: effective but limited. Asian Journal of Environmental Management. 5(1), 51-66.
• LANE, M., BROWN, A.L., CHASE, A. (1997) Land and resource planning under Native Title: towards an initial model. Environmental and Planning Law Journal. 14(4), 249-258.
• BROWN, A.L. and CLARKE, S. (1997) The Employability of Environmental Science Graduates in Australia. The Environmentalist, 17 (1), 45-55.
• BROWN, A.L. (1997) The Environmental Overview in development project formulation. Impact Assessment, 15(1), 73-88.
• BROWN, A.L. (1996) Changing the Culture of Environmental Impact Assessment. Invited paper to the National Environmental Law Association Conference. Courting the Environment: Environmental Management and the Law. pp1.1.1-4.1.7. Coolum.
• LOSEE, S.P. and BROWN, A.L. (1996) The practicality of combining travel forecasting and environmental modelling: a survey of transport planners. Transport Engineering in Australia. 2 (2), 24-29.
• BROWN, A.L. (1996) Retooling tired old EIA. Queensland Environmental Practice Reporter 2(10), 182-188.
• LOSEE, S.P. and BROWN, A.L. (1996) Exploiting GIS technology to incorporate environmental modelling in travel forecasting. Proc 18th ARRB Transport Research Conference. Christchurch, NZ, Vol 6 297-313
• LOSEE, S.P. and BROWN, A.L. (1996) Using Structural Systems Analysis to design an integrated system for transport planning and environmental Analysis. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 8(2), 129-144.
• BROWN, A.L. and HILL, R.C. (1995) Decision-scoping: making environmental assessment learn how the design process works. Project Appraisal, 10 (4), 223 - 232.
• BROWN, A.L. and LOW CHOY, D. (1995) Structuring a new degree in environmental planning. Sydney Vision, UTS Papers in Planning No. 4 (August), 155-62.
• BROWN, A.L. and McDONALD, G.T. (1995) From Environmental Impact Assessment to environmental design and planning. Australian Journal of Environmental Management, 2(2) 65-77.
• O'KEEFE, M.J., McDONALD, G.T. and BROWN, A.L. (1995) Development Control Plans in Queensland 1990-1994. (Part 2) Queensland Planner, 35 (2) 12-21.
• McDONALD, G.T. and BROWN, A.L. (1995) Going beyond EIA: Environmental input to planning and design. EIA Review, 15(6), 483-495.
• O'KEEFE, M.J., McDONALD, G.T. and BROWN, A.L. (1995) Development Control Plans in Queensland 1990-1994 (Part I). Queensland Planner, 35 (1) 21-27.