Griffith University

The focus of PURG research is change and continuity in rural and regional Australia - with particular emphasis on peri urban and coastal areas. Natural resource management, especially in coastal zones, is a key concern.

Current projects include investigations into:

• The sustainable management of peri urban areas proximate to rapidly growing metropolitan centres;
• Local government natural resource management; and
• Regional landscape planning.

Staff Contact: A/Prof Darryl Low Choy

Publications

Change and continuity in peri-urban Australia

These monographs are part of a collaborative research project conducted by the URP, Griffith School of Environment, and RMIT's School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning.

• RMIT peri urban research

• Peri-urban futures and sustainable development (PDF 2486k)
  A/Prof Darryl Low Choy, Cassara Sutherland, Prof Brendan Gleeson, Dr Jago Dodson and Dr Neil Sipe
  Research Monograph 4
  May 2008
• Peri-Urban Case Study: South-East Queensland (PDF 9735k)
  A/Prof Darryl Low Choy, Cassara Sutherland, Sally Scott, Kylie Rolley, Prof Brendan Gleeson, Dr Jago Dodson and Dr Neil Sipe
  Research Monograph 3
  November 2007
• Peri-Urban Case Study: Bendigo Corridor (PDF 8348k)
  Michael Buxton, George Tieman, Sarah Bekessy, Trevor Budge, Andrew Butt, Matthew Coote, Alex Lechner, Dave Mercer, Danny O'Neill, Curtis Riddington
  Research Monograph 2
  September 2007
• State of the peri-urban regions: A review of the literature (PDF 1932k)
  Michael Buxton, George Tieman, Sarah Bekessy, Trevor Budge, Dave Mercer, Matthew Coote and Jo-Anne Morcombe
  Research Monograph 1
  October 2006

Natural resource management futures

• NRM futures - Local government and regional body partnerships (PDF 4835k)
  A/Prof Darryl Low Choy and Ben Cebuliak
  Final Report
  July 2008