Mr Xavier Goldie1 1The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Considerable research has examined the relationships between queer communities and the city, particularly within a qualitative, North American context. As an extension of my work providing the first quantitative treatment of...
  • June 11, 2019
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Travis Young Penn State University   As Australian cities increase in population and area, the contrast between urban and rural is diminishing. This growth has led to changes in the demographic and socioeconomic structure of the suburbs and small towns...
  • June 5, 2019
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(Sponsored by the Cultural Geography and Urban Geography Study Groups) Organisers: Michele Lobo (Deakin) Ashraful Alam (Otago, NZ), Donna Houston (Macquarie), Andrew Burridge (Macquarie) In an increasingly mobile world cities are sites of difference, encounter and struggle – humans/nonhumans, nature/culture...
  • May 31, 2019
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Nicholas Kirk1, Robyn Kannemeyer1, Alison Greenaway1, Dean Stronge1 1Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research   New Zealanders value nature for diverse reasons and this affects their perception of technologies which eradicate predator species to protect native species. Predator Free New Zealand is...
  • May 20, 2019
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Melissa Nursey-Bray1, Susan Oakley1 1University Of Adelaide   In an increasingly urban and climate change-challenged world, there is a necessity to build connections between spaces, people and environment. Urban spaces require the engagement of citizens to create and shape them...
  • May 19, 2019
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Nicolas Lewis, Richard Le Heron   This paper examines efforts to realise blue economy development aspirations in Kaikoura, New Zealand. Community groups and local business have turned to the Government’s Provincial Growth Fund to finance a green economy development vision...
  • May 16, 2019
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Associate Professor Janelle Knox-Hayes   Examining processes of sensemaking in communities coping with land loss, changes in local natural resources, and increased intensity of storm events uncovers the complexities of climate adaptation in coastal communities. Vulnerabilities to climate change are...
  • May 13, 2019
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Getting Published in The Conversation I have some experience of publishing pieces in The Conversation. This interactive session will share some of those tips and insights and how this may increase both your citations and altmetrics for publications in geography. The session will be...
  • May 10, 2019
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Roundtable: trends in the discipline and implications for writing and publishing This session promises lively conversation among editors, reviewers, Wiley Publishers, and early, mid, and later career academics about emergent, convergent, and divergent trends in the discipline and their implications...
  • May 10, 2019
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Matt Novacevski1 1The University Of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC   This paper explores the development of layered walking, a research method that builds on walking interviews to gain a deeper understanding of places and how they are made. Layered walking is...
  • May 10, 2019
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