David King
- david.king@jcu.edu.au
- Adjunct Professor
- Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Biography
David King is an Adjunct Professor of Geography in the discipline of Earth and Environmental Sciences at James Cook University, and is Director of the Centre for Disaster Studies, and the Centre for Tropical Urban and Regional Planning. He is a Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia. He has worked in North Queensland for thirty two years and was formerly at the University of Papua New Guinea for ten years.
He began his career as a school teacher on the diamond fields of Sierra Leone, turning that experience into a doctorate on the social impact of the diamond rush. His research has gone on to specialise in social impact and evaluation in such areas as planning, natural hazard vulnerability, climate change adaptation and resilience, disaster mitigation and recovery, as well as the social impact of mining projects, development projects, and census analysis. He holds a BA honours and PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies of London University and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education from Cambridge University.
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Chair; Independent Academic
Current JCU Research Students
Tornadoes in Australia: Increasing the awareness and addressing the gaps in disaster risk management
Doctor of Philosophy (Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies)
Output
King, David (2022) 'Hearing Minority Voices: Institutional Discrimination Towards LGBTQ in Disaster and Recovery'. Journal of Extreme Events, 8 (4). [DOI]
Circular economy: A sustainable management strategy for rare earth elements consumption in Australia
2022
Mejame Mejame, Palle Paul; King, David; Banhalmi-Zakar, Zsuzsa; He, Yinghe (2022) 'Circular economy: A sustainable management strategy for rare earth elements consumption in Australia'. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, 4 . [DOI]
King, David; Gurtner, Yetta (2021) 'Focusing post-disaster research methodology: reflecting on 50 years of post-disaster research'. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 36 (4):32-39.
Li, Qian; Stoeckl, Natalie; King, David; Gyuris, Emma (2018) 'Using both objective and subjective indicators to investigate the impacts of coal mining on wellbeing of host communities: a case-study in Shanxi Province, China'. Social Indicators Research, 137 (3):895-921. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Anh Le, Tuan; Cottrell, Alison; King, David (2018) 'Using comparative historical analysis to compensate shortcomings of cross-sectional methods in explaining causal mechanisms: lessons from a study of rice farmers in Vietnam'. International Journal of Development and Sustainability, 7 (6):1914-1935.
King, David (2023) 'Controlling floods in megacities with no regrets' Nature Water, 1 :136-137. [DOI]
Journal Contribution
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Palle Paul Mejame, M.; King, David; He, Yinghe (2023) 'Circular Economy as a Way Forward Against Material Criticality: The Case of Rare Earth Elements in the Context of Sustainable Development' In: Palle Paul Mejame, M., King, David, and He, Yinghe (2023) Circular Economy as a Way Forward Against Material Criticality: The Case of Rare Earth Elements in the Context of Sustainable Development. In: Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan, (ed.) Life Cycle Assessment & Circular Economy. Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes . Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 47-67(Eds.). Environmental Footprints and Eco-Design of Products and Processes. Cham, Switzerland : Springer. [DOI]
Book Chapter
ResearchOnline@JCU
Gurtner, Yetta; King, David (2021) 'Socio-economic vulnerabilities to natural disasters and social justice' In: Gurtner, Yetta, and King, David (2021) Socio-economic vulnerabilities to natural disasters and social justice. In: Chaiechi, Taha, (ed.) Economic Effects of Natural Disasters: theoretical foundations, methods, and tools. Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, London, UK, pp. 493-509(Eds.). Economic Effects of Natural Disasters: theoretical foundations, methods, and tools. London, UK : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier. [DOI]
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Gurtner, Yetta; King, David (2021) 'Traveling Safely in an Unsafe World – A Shared Responsibility' In: Gurtner, Yetta, and King, David (2021) Traveling Safely in an Unsafe World – A Shared Responsibility. In: Wilks, Jeff, Pendergast, Donna, Leggat, Peter A., and Morgan, Damian, (eds.) Tourist Health, Safety and Wellbeing in the New Normal. Springer, New York, NY, USA, pp. 167-187(Eds.). Tourist Health, Safety and Wellbeing in the New Normal. New York, NY, USA : Springer. [DOI]
Book Chapter
ResearchOnline@JCU
King, David; Gurtner, Yetta (2020) 'Planning for demographic change and population loss: land use planning for demographic change after disasters in New Orleans, Christchurch and Innisfail' In: King, David, and Gurtner, Yetta (2020) Planning for demographic change and population loss: land use planning for demographic change after disasters in New Orleans, Christchurch and Innisfail. In: Karacsonyi, David, Taylor, Andrew, and Bird, Deanne, (eds.) Demography of Disasters: impacts for population and place. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 101-123(Eds.). Demography of Disasters: impacts for population and place. Cham, Switzerland : Springer. [DOI]
Boon, Helen J.; Cottrell, Alison; King, David (2016) Disasters and Social Resilience: a bioecological approach. London, UK: Taylor & Francis.