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David King

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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
Doctorate by Research - time-based
RECASTING THE PAST: MODERN CULTURAL HEIRS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
Doctorate by Research - time-based
Optimized Street Green Strategy to Mitigate Urban Heat: A Case Study in Townsville and Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Doctorate by Research - time-based
PRACTICAL APPROACHES FOR THE TOURISM PLANNING OF SMALL ISLANDS BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Doctorate by Research - time-based
Completed JCU Research Students
Material Flow Analysis of Rare Earth Elements and their Sustainable Use in Australia to Reduce Potential Environmental Impacts
Doctorate by Research - time-based- 2023
TOBIAN CUSTOMARY PRINCIPLES OF OWNERSHIP IN CONTEMPORARY NEGOTIATIONS OVER HELEN REEF IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU
Doctorate by Research - time-based- 2019
Adaptive capacity of islands of the Maldives to climate change
Doctorate by Research - time-based- 2018
Endemic birds in Papua New Guinea’s Montane forests: Human use and conservation
Doctorate by Research - time-based- 2018
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES AFFECTING THE ENVIRONMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SETTLEMENT PATTERS OF TROPICAL QUEENSLAND
Masters by Research - time-based- 2018
Transferring knowledge from remote area I hostile environment sites to facilitate project design for a stage 2 manned Mars base
Doctorate by Research - time-based- 2019

Output

Palle Paul Mejame, M.; King, David; He, Yinghe (2023) Circular Economy as a Way Forward Against Mate. Cham, Switzerland: [DOI] ...
Other Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Gurtner, Yetta; King, David (2021) Socio-economic vulnerabilities to natural disasters and social ju. London, UK: [DOI] ...
Other Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Gurtner, Yetta; King, David (2021) Traveling Safely in an Unsafe World – A Shared Responsibility. New York, NY, USA: [DOI] ...
Other Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
King, David; Gurtner, Yetta (2020) Planning for demographic change and population loss: land use pla. Cham, Switzerland: [DOI] ...
Other Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
King, David (2022) 'Hearing Minority Voices: Institutional Discrimination Towards LGBTQ in Disaster . Journal of Extreme Events, 8 (4). [DOI] ...
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Mejame Mejame, Palle Paul; King, David; Banhalmi-Zakar, Zsuzsa; He, Yinghe (2022) 'Circular economy:. Current Researc, 4 . [DOI] ...
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King, David; Gurtner, Yetta (2021) 'Focusing post-disaster research methodology: reflecting on 50 ye. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 36 (4):32-39. ...
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Li, Qian; Stoeckl, Natalie; King, David; Gyuris, Emma (2018) 'Using both objective and subjective in. Social Indicators Research, 137 (3):895-921. [DOI] ...
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Anh Le, Tuan; Cottrell, Alison; King, David (2018) 'Using comparative historical analysis to compens. International Journal of Development and Susta, 7 (6):1914-1935. ...
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King, David (2023) 'Controlling floods in megacities with no regrets' Nature Water, 1 :136-137. [DOI] ...
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Boon, Helen J.; Cottrell, Alison; King, David (2016) Disasters and Social Resilience: a bioecologica. London, UK: Taylor & Francis. ...