Mrs Daisy San Martin Saldias1, Dr Karin Reinke1, Dr Blythe McLennan1 1RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia   A landscape is an area whose character is the result of the interaction of natural and human factors across time. The perception of landscape...

Mr Ratiranjan Jena1, Prof Biswajeet Pradhan1, Prof Ghassan Beudoun1 1Centre for Advanced Modelling and Geospatial Information Systems (CAMGIS), Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia   The vulnerability assessment of earthquake in urban or regional scale...

Ms Jan Turner1, Miss Daisy Tjuparntari Ward2,3 1Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, 2Ngaanyatjarra Lands School, Ngaanyatjarra Lands, Australia, 3Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council, Alice Springs, Australia   For two weeks in 2014 the Federal Court heard evidence at a claypan called...

A/Prof. Daniel Robinson1, Dr Margaret Raven1, Dr John Hunter2 1UNSW, Sydney, Australia, 2Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia   The Emu is one of the world’s largest flightless birds, endemic to Australia. It is an iconic species featuring in Aboriginal and Torres...

Ms Ayusha Bajracharya1, Mr Krishna  Shrestha1, Ms Eileen  Baldry1, Mr Anthony Zwi1 1University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia   Disasters such as earthquakes have become frequent and building community resilience is now a pressing issue.  The current approach of...

Mr Mark Williams1 1School of Technology, Environments and Design, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia   Conservation of novel, representative and diverse landforms, rocks and soils is termed ‘Geoheritage Conservation.’ Conservation of geoheritage is both popular and supported by robust assessment...

Mr Nick Fitzgerald1, Distinguished Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick, Dr Jenny Scott1, Associate Professor Arko Lucieer1 1University Of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia   Eradication of invasive European rabbits from subantarctic Macquarie Island was achieved in 2011. The impacts of introduced rabbits on the...

Dr Kayode Adepoju1, Dr Samuel Adelabu1 1University of The Free State, Phuthadijthaba, South Africa   Fire disturbance and recovery exert a strong influence on distributions and future spread pattern of encroaching species. Encroaching species and fire disturbance are likely to...

Mr Nathaniel Young1, Dr Christopher Watson1 1University Of Tasmania, Sandy Bay, Australia   Time series of site positions determined using Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) have revolutionised the understanding of geophysical phenomena such as plate motion, earthquake deformation and crustal...

Fanqi Liu1 1School of Geography, the University Of Melbourne   Food(stuff) is often connected with identities; eating makes worlds. In multicultural societies, food has been used as a signifier in transnational connections that span contemporary life in a globalised urban...