A/Prof David M. Kennedy

I am a coastal geomorphologist who specialises on the impacts of climate change, storms, tsunami and sea level rise on coastal landforms, particularly coral reefs and islands, rocky shorelines (cliffs and shore platforms) and estuaries. Surveying using total stations and remote sensing (eg.

LiDAR) technologies are central to my research which is combined with sedimentological and geochronological methodologies as well as real time measurement of wave and tidal processes. My research is based in the Pacific Islands and Australasia as well as in the Caribbean. I currently hold several elected positions chairing research working groups for the International Association of Geomorphologists and the International Quaternary Association. For research page see kennedylab.com

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FEATURED Journal article

Expert perceptions of the 'freak' wave myth on Australia's rocky coasts

David M. Kennedy's selected work

Citizen-Science Drones For Bayside Beaches

Research Contracts

Discovered: The Drowned Apostles

NEWS ARTICLE

The daily-scale entrance dynamics of intermittently open/closed estuaries

Journal article

Bay Beach Resiliance To Climate Change

Research Grant

Intermittently Closed/Open Lakes and Lagoons: Their global distribution and boundary condi..

Journal article

Citizen-Science Drones For Bayside Beach Habitat

Research Grant

Projects

Displaying the 17 most recent projects by David M. Kennedy.

The Role Of Vegetated Foreshores In Stabilising Australia'S Shorelines

This project aims to improve Australia's capacity to predict shoreline position with sea level rise, identify the role of vegetation in fore..

2018 - 2021

Active

Improving Coastal Erosion Assessments For Victoria

2017 - 2021

Active

From Grey To Green: Nature-Based Solutions For Coastal Protection

2017 - 2020

Active

Nesp - Escc Hub Project 2.11. - Establishment Of The National Centre For Coasts And Climate - Phase 1

2016 - 2019

Completed

Nesp - Escc Hub Project 2.11. - Establishment Of The National Centre For Coasts And Climate - Phase 1

2016 - 2019

Completed

Modelling Of Merricks Estuary Geomorphic Processes

2016 - 2016

Completed

Sedimentary Processes On Sandy Coasts In Southern Australia

This project aims to reconstruct sedimentary processes and evolution of key coastal plains in southern Australia. These low-lying coasts, an..

2015 - 2018

Completed

Rock Coast Hazards And Vulnerability On Dynamic Coasts

2014 - 2014

Completed

Acid Sulfate Soils In Victorian Estuaries

2014 - 2015

Completed

Rocky Coasts: A Framework For Risk Assessment In Order To Reduce Drowning

Reducing drowning on the rocky coast through modelling how waves impact and where people use the shore is the aim of this project. In collab..

2014 - 2017

Completed

Rocky Coasts: A Framework For Risk Assessment In Order To Reduce Drowning

Reducing drowning on the rocky coast through modelling how waves impact and where people use the shore is the aim of this project. In collab..

2014 - 2017

Completed

Western Port - A Biodiveristy Assessment To Inform Environmental Decision-Making

2014 - 2015

Completed

Parks Victoria Research Partners Panel Agreement

2013 - 2021

Active

Beach Vulnerability To Sea Level Rise On Rocky Coasts

2011 - 2011

Completed

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Project Types

Research Grant

Internal Research Grant

Research Contracts

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 113 most recent scholarly works by David M. Kennedy.

Variability in infragravity wave processes during estuary artificial entrance openings.

Sarah L McSweeney, Justin C Stout, David M Kennedy

Journal article | 2020 | Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Geologically controlled sandy beaches: Their geomorphology, morphodynamics and classification

Shari L Gallop, David M Kennedy, Carlos Loureiro, Larissa A Naylor, Juan J Munoz-Perez, Derek WT Jackson, Thomas E Fellowes

Journal article | 2020 | Science of The Total Environment

Drowning 'Truths': Contrasting experiential-experts' perceptions with official-experts drowning reports on Australia's hazardous coasts

Peter Kamstra, Brian Cook, David Kennedy, Eveline Rijksen, Shane Daw

Journal article | 2020 | International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Structure-from-motion photogrammetry analysis of historical aerial photography: Determining beach volumetric change over decadal scales

Rafael C Carvalho, David M Kennedy, Yakufu Niyazi, Chloe Leach, Teresa M Konlechner, Daniel Ierodiaconou

Journal article | 2020 | Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

The geomorphology and evolution of intermittently open and closed estuaries in large embayments in Victoria, Australia

David M Kennedy, Sarah L McSweeney, Michela Mariani, Elisa Zavadil

Journal article | 2020 | Geomorphology

The evolution of sea cliffs over multiple eustatic cycles in high energy, temperate environments

Rhiannon Bezore, David M Kennedy, Daniel Ierodiaconou

Journal article | 2019 | Continental Shelf Research

A first evaluation of the contribution of aeolian sand transport to lagoon island accretion in the Maldives

MJ Hilton, DR Borrie, TM Konlechner, SJ Wakes, TP Lane, PS Kench, DM Kennedy, Mohamed Aslam

Journal article | 2019 | Aeolian Research

Aeolian sedimentation and dune development have not been reported from coral atolls at equatorial latitudes. This study presents h..

Developing a nature-based coastal defence strategy for Australia

Rebecca L Morris, Elisabeth MA Strain, Teresa M Konlechner, Benedikt J Fest, David M Kennedy, Stefan K Arndt, Stephen E Swearer

Journal article | 2019 | Australian Journal of Civil Engineering

Experimental investigations into the influence of biofilms and environmental factors on short-term microtopographic fluctuations of supratidal sandstone

Runjie Yuan, David M Kennedy, Wayne J Stephenson, Lluis Gomez-Pujol

Journal article | 2019 | Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Expert perceptions of the 'freak' wave myth on Australia's rocky coasts

Peter Kamstra, Brian Cook, David M Kennedy, Sarah McSweeney, Eveline Rijksen, Shane Daw

Journal article | 2019 | Ocean & Coastal Management

Intertidal boulder-based wave hindcasting can underestimate wave size: Evidence from Yorkshire, UK

David M Kennedy, Josephine LD Woods, Larissa A Naylor, James D Hansom, Nick J Rosser

Journal article | 2019 | Marine Geology

A morphology-based drowning risk index for rock platform fishing: a case study from southeastern Australia

Rafael C Carvalho, David M Kennedy, Colin D Woodroffe

Journal article | 2019 | Natural Hazards

Re-casting experience and risk along rocky coasts: A relational analysis using qualitative GIS

Peter Kamstra, Brian Cook, Tim Edensor, David M Kennedy

Journal article | 2019 | The Geographical Journal

Patterns of early-colonising species on eroding to prograding coasts; implications for foredune plant communities on retreating coastlines

Teresa M Konlechner, David M Kennedy, Roger D Cousens, Josephine LD Woods

Journal article | 2019 | Geomorphology

Qualitative GIS to Relate Perceptions with Behaviors among Fishers on Risky, Rocky Coasts

Peter Kamstra, Brian Cook, David M Kennedy, Chris Brennan-Horley

Journal article | 2019 | The Professional Geographer

Hourly to daily-scale microtopographic fluctuations of supratidal sandstone

Runjie Yuan, David M Kennedy, Wayne J Stephenson

Journal article | 2018 | Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Interglacial-glacial climatic signatures preserved in a regressive coastal barrier, southeastern Australia

Thomas SN Oliver, David M Kennedy, Toru Tamura, Colin Murray-Wallace, Teresa M Konlechner, Paul C Augustinus, Colin D Woodroffe

Journal article | 2018 | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Combining pixel and object based image analysis of ultra-high resolution multibeam bathymetry and backscatter for habitat mapping in shallow marine waters

Daniel Ierodiaconou, Alexandre CG Schimel, David Kennedy, Jacquomo Monk, Grace Gaylard, Mary Young, Markus Diesing, Alex Rattray

Journal article | 2018 | Marine Geophysical Research

Wind Waves and Cliff Shaking on Macrotidal Shore Platforms: A Case-study from North Yorkshire, UK

David M Kennedy, Emma C Vann Jones, Mark E Dickson, Nick J Rosser

Conference Proceedings | 2018 | Journal of Coastal Research

Treating risk as relational on shore platforms and implications for public safety on microtidal rocky coasts

Peter Kamstra, Brian Cook, David M Kennedy, Barbara Brighton

Journal article | 2018 | Natural Hazards

The daily-scale entrance dynamics of intermittently open/closed estuaries

Sarah Louise McSweeney, David M Kennedy, Ian D Rutherfurd

Journal article | 2018 | Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Invasive cordgrass (Spartina spp.) in south-eastern Australia induces island formation, salt marsh development, and carbon storage

David M Kennedy, Teresa Konlechner, Elisa Zavadil, Michela Mariani, Vanessa Wong, Daniel Ierodiaconou, Peter Macreadie

Journal article | 2018 | Geographical Research

Intermittently Closed/Open Lakes and Lagoons: Their global distribution and boundary conditions

SL McSweeney, DM Kennedy, ID Rutherfurd, JC Stout

Journal article | 2017 | Geomorphology

A geomorphic classification of intermittently open/closed estuaries (IOCE) derived from estuaries in Victoria, Australia

SL McSweeney, DM Kennedy, ID Rutherfurd

Journal article | 2017 | Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment

The temporal and spatial scales of rocky coast geomorphology: a commentary

David M Kennedy, Martin A Coombes, Derek N Mottershead

Journal article | 2017 | Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Wave hazards on microtidal shore platforms: testing the relationship between morphology and exposure

David M Kennedy, Daniel Ierodiaconou, Adam Weir, Barbara Brighton

Journal article | 2017 | Natural Hazards

The subtidal morphology of microtidal shore platforms and its implication for wave dynamics on rocky coasts

David M Kennedy

Journal article | 2016 | Geomorphology