Richard Thackway

Richard Thackway is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland; an Adjunct Fellow in the Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University; and Visiting Fellow at the UNSW Australian Defence Force Academy. His research aims to help others improve their decision-making about natural resources, by developing and implementing spatial and temporal decision-support tools, frameworks and information systems for assessing and reporting natural resource conditions associated with land use and land management. His recent research involves assessing ecological change and trends associated with the transformation of native vegetation condition and extent caused by the effects of land management practices and associated climate patterns.

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Past, Present and Future

Edited by: Richard Thackway
Publication date: February 2018
Land Use in Australia: Past, Present and Future, is a compilation of invited chapters from Australia’s leading specialists in land use policy and planning and land management. Chapters present many widely recognised issues involved in Australia’s land use policy and planning, including limited understanding and poor awareness of: the rich history of poor decisions on land use planning and management across different levels of government the discontinuities…