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Email

alanpm@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor - Urban Planning
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Masters (Coursework & Research)
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
Bachelors Degree
Curtin University of Technology
ORCID

0000-0001-9953-0615

Prof Alan March

Professor - Urban Planning
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning

180 Scholarly works
14 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    The influence of urban form on urban fire risk in Mandalay’s historical precinct
    DOI: 10.1108/JCHMSD-02-2024-0026
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Interdisciplinary challenges for wildfire futures
    DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104175
  • 2023

    Book Chapter

    Tourism development and climate change adaptation: Second homes, connectivity and building resilience to wildfires in Wye River, Australia
    DOI: 10.4324/9781003091295-2
  • 2021

    Book Chapter

    Chapter 3.1 Disaster risk reduction beyond command and control: Mapping an Australian wildfire from a complex adaptive systems’ perspective
    DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-819047-0.00003-2
  • 2020

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Integrating Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Built Environments
  • 2017

    Research Contracts

    Integrated Urban Planning for Natural Hazard Mitigation
  • 2016

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Building an Integrated System for Australian Bushfire Prevention
Alan March

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2025
The University of Melbourne
2017
Planning Institute of Australia (National) Commendation, Planner of the Year
2016
Planning Institute of Australia (Victoria) Planner of the Year
2014
Planning Institute of Australia, Cutting Edge Research

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Does Metropolitan Policy Guide Urban Consolidation in Melbourne’s Greyfields? Assessing Policy and Development Outcomes in Reservoir
    DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2026.2628635
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Six principles to guide climate action in built environments
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106522
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Adaptive Survey Design for Smart-City Geotechnical Mapping in Setagaya, Tokyo
    DOI: 10.66033/judsc2025-219
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Exploring informal settlement fires in Indonesia: A study of fire risk assessment and fire resilient strategies in Medan
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rcns.2025.11.001
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Australian urban planners’ preparedness to act on climate change
    DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105486
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Facilitating climate change action across built environment life stages – perspectives from built environment professionals
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106113
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Elevating survivability as the goal of community wildfire risk reduction
    DOI: 10.1016/j.crsus.2025.100436
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Towards transformative climate actions in landscape architecture
    DOI: 10.1007/s10980-025-02129-6

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