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Brian Finlayson

Honorary
Geography
science & technology
physical sciences
geology
geosciences, multidisciplinary
life sciences & biomedicine
water resources
environmental sciences & ecology
social sciences
environmental sciences
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Brian Finlayson

 
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Science
 
Primary Interest
Fluvial geomorphology and river management
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Projects

Displaying the 7 most recent projects by Brian Finlayson.

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The Technopolitics of China's South - North Water Transfer Project

This project aims to investigate the motives, processes, and socio-political and hydrological consequences of the South-North Water Transfer..

2017 - 2021
Active
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Adapting to climate, management and policy driven risks to freshwater supply in Shanghai

This project aims to identify the multiple drivers of risk to freshwater supply in Shanghai, opportunities for adaptation to sustain that su..

2011 - 2015
Completed
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Historical changes in floodplain sedimentation in SE Australia: using radionuclides to validate a new approach

2009 - 2009
Completed
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Historical changes in floodplain sedimentation in SE Australia: using radionuclides to validate a new approach

2008 - 2008
Completed
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THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF POOLS ON THE LOWER-MEKONG RIVER: POOL SPACING, SIZE, MAINTENANCE AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF FLOW REGULATION.

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SCIENCE & CITIZENSHIP: DEMOCRACY IN AN AGE OF SCIENCE-MEDIATED RISK

This community-based project in the Goulburn Valley focuses on citizens' negotiation of scientific expertise, perceptions of risk and partic..

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SCIENCE & CITIZENSHIP: DEMOCRACY IN AN AGE OF SCIENCE-MEDIATED RISK

This community-based project in the Goulburn Valley focuses on citizens' negotiation of scientific expertise, perceptions of risk and partic..

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Projects

Project Types

6

Research Grant

1

Research Contracts

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Brian Finlayson.

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The multidecadal spatial pattern of erosion on sandstone shore platforms in south-eastern Australia

Runjie Yuan, David M Kennedy, Wayne J Stephenson, Brian L Finlayson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Geomorphology

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G J (Geoff) Missen OBITUARY

Ruth Fincher, Michael Webber, Brian Finlayson, Alaric Maude

Journal article  |  2020  |  Geographical Research

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Between Project and Region: The Challenges of Managing Water in Shandong Province After the South-North Water Transfer Project

Dan Chen, Zhaohui Luo, Michael Webber, Sarah Rogers, Ian Rutherfurd, Mark Wang, Brian Finlayson, Min Jiang, Chenchen Shi, Wenjing Zhang

Journal article  |  2020  |  Water Alternatives

This paper examines the challenges that a region of China is facing as it seeks to integrate a centrally planned, hierarchically d..

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Beyond contradiction: The state and the market in contemporary Chinese water governance

M Jiang, M Webber, J Barnett, S Rogers, I Rutherfurd, M Wang, B Finlayson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Geoforum

State/market interactions in water governance have long been interpreted in terms of the contradiction between water as a commons ..

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An integrated assessment of China's South-North Water Transfer Project

Sarah Rogers, Dan Chen, Hong Jiang, Ian Rutherfurd, Mark Wang, Michael Webber, Britt Crow-Miller, Jon Barnett, Brian Finlayson, Min Jiang, Chenchen Shi, Wenjing Zhang

Journal article  |  2020  |  Geographical Research

China’s South–NorthWater Transfer Project (SNWTP) is a vast and still expanding network of infrastructure and institutions that mo..

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Sunburnt Country: The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia

Brian Finlayson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Geographical Research

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Managing Cumulative Effects of Farm Dams in Southeastern Australia

CR Morris, MJ Stewardson, BL Finlayson, Lee Godden

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Challenges abound for water managers attempting to address problems that have cumulative effects. This paper discusses some of the..

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Will river erosion below the Three Gorges Dam stop in the middle Yangtze?

X Lai, D Yin, BL Finlayson, T Wei, M Li, W Yuan, S Yang, Z Dai, S Gao, Z Chen

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Hydrology

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Estimating urban water demand under conditions of rapid growth: the case of Shanghai

Maotian Li, Brian Finlayson, Michael Webber, Jon Barnett, Sophie Webber, Sarah Rogers, Zhongyuan Chen, Taoyuan Wei, Jing Chen, Xiaodan Wu, Mark Wang

Journal article  |  2017  |  Regional Environmental Change

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Estimating urban water demand under conditions of rapid growth: the case of Shanghai (vol 17, pg 1153, 2017)

Maotian Li, Brian Finlayson, Michael Webber, Jon Barnett, Sophie Webber, Sarah Rogers, Zhongyuan Chen, Taoyuan Wei, Jing Chen, Xiaodan Wu, Mark Wang

Journal article  |  2017  |  Regional Environmental Change

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Expanding Knowledge
Human Geography
Hydrology
Land and Water Management
Non-Oriented Research
Other Earth Sciences
Environmental and Resource Evaluation
Environmental Science and Management
Archaeology

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2002

Royal Society of Victoria
1995

Australian Speleological Federation, Edie Smith Award for contributions to Australian Speleological Research
1970

University of Queensland Honours Scholarship
1969

University of Queensland Teaching Fellowship Type B
1967

Commonwealth Later Year Scholarship

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Geography

Member

Institute of Australian Geographers

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Bristol

Bachelor of Arts (first Class Honours in Geography)

The University of Queensland

Teaching Certificate

Kedron Park Teachers' College

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