A/Prof David King ~ Associate Professor

David King is an Associate Professor of Geography in the School 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 twenty 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.

Teaching

• EV1008: Human Geography (Level 1; TSV)
• EV1009: Introduction to Planning (Level 1; TSV)
• EV1010: The Environmental Professional (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• EV2301: Urban Geography and Design (Level 2; TSV)
• EV3001: Environmental and Regional Planning (Level 3; TSV)
• EV3110: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (Level 3; CNS & TSV)
• EV3606: Disasters, Communities and Planning (Level 3; TSV)
• EV5001: Environmental and Regional Planning (Level 5; TSV)
• EV5110: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (Level 5; CNS & TSV)
• EV5301: Urban Geography and Design (Level 5; TSV)
• EV5603: Planning Legislation and Professional Practice (Level 5; TSV)
• EV5606: Disasters, Communities and Planning (Level 5; CNS & TSV)
• EV5607: Disaster Management Principles (Level 5; CNS & TSV)
• EV5910: Professional Planning Project (Pt 1 of 2) (Level 5; CNS & TSV)
• EV5920: Professional Planning Project (Pt 2 of 2) (Level 5; TSV)

Research Disciplines

• Urban and regional planning (3304)
• Development studies (4404)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• environmental policy, climate change and natural hazards (1999)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Anh Le T, Cottrell A and King D (2018) Using comparative historical analysis to compensate shortcomings of cross-sectional methods in explaining causal mechanisms: lessons from a study of rice farmers in Vietnam. International Journal of Development and Sustainability, 7 (6). pp. 1914-1935
• Li Q, Stoeckl N, King D and Gyuris E (2018) Using both objective and subjective indicators to investigate the impacts of coal mining on wellbeing of host communities: a case-study in Shanxi Province, China. Social Indicators Research, 137 (3). pp. 895-921
• Li Q, Stoeckl N, King D and Gyuris E (2017) Exploring the impacts of coal mining on host communities in Shanxi, China – using subjective data. Resources Policy, 53. pp. 125-134
• Vachette A, King D and Cottrell A (2017) Bonding, bridging and linking social networks: a qualitative study of the emergency management of Cyclone Pam, Vanuatu. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 58 (3). pp. 315-330
• Box P, Bird D, Haynes K and King D (2016) Shared responsibility and social vulnerability in the 2011 Brisbane flood. Natural Hazards, 81 (3). pp. 1549-1568
• King D, Gurtner Y, Firdaus A, Harwood S and Cottrell A (2016) Land use planning for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: operationalizing policy and legislation at local levels. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 7 (2). pp. 158-172

Books

• Boon H, Cottrell A and King D (2016) Disasters and Social Resilience: a bioecological approach. Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies. Taylor & Francis, London, UK

Book Chapters

• Gurtner Y and King D (2021) Traveling Safely in an Unsafe World – A Shared Responsibility. In: Tourist Health, Safety and Wellbeing in the New Normal. Springer, New York, NY, USA, pp. 167-187
• Gurtner Y and King D (2021) Socio-economic vulnerabilities to natural disasters and social justice. In: Economic Effects of natural Disasters: theoretical foundations, methods and tools. Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, London, UK, pp. 493-509
• King D and Gurtner Y (2020) Planning for demographic change and population loss: land use planning for demographic change after disasters in New Orleans, Christchurch and Innisfail. In: Demography of Disasters: impacts for population and place. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 101-123
• King D and Gurtner Y (2017) Utilizing post‐disaster surveys to understand the social context of floods–experiences from Northern Australia. In: Flood Damage Survey and Assessment: new insights from research and practice. Geophysical Monograph, 228. AGU Wiley, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 107-120
• Dale A, Vella K, Potts R, Voyce B, Stevenson B, Cottrell A, King D, Babacan H, Boon H, Gooch M and Pert P (2016) Applying social resilience concepts and indicators to support climate adaptation in tropical North Queensland, Australia. In: Climate Adaptation Governance in Cities and Regions: theoretical fundamentals and practical evidence. Wiley, Chichester, UK, pp. 23-43

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 71+ research outputs authored by A/Prof David King from 2000 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Developing strategies for optimized vegetation planting to mitigate urban heat: A case study of Townsville and Ipswich, Queensland, Australia (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Tornadoes in Australia: Increasing the awareness and addressing the gaps in disaster risk management (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies: Environmental Impact Assessment of Resource Consumption (Rare Earth Elements Flows) in High Technology and Energy Devices in Australia to Reduce Potential Environmental Impacts (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Local people, nature-based tourism and protected areas in Nepal (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• Political Ecology of Tourism and Climate Change Adaptation in the Philippines: Batan, Boracay, and Samal Islands (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Exploring the interactions between lost tourists, searchers, and other stakeholders to identify preventative search and rescue opportunities for lost tourist events in terrestrial wilderness environments (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)

Completed

• Flood risks on assets and livelihoods in tropical catchments within oil palm landscapes (2017, Masters , Primary Advisor)
• Learning on country with Bana Yarralji Bubu: educational tourism and Aboriginal development aspirations (2017, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• New and emerging issues affecting climate change adaptation on the environment, economic development and settlement patterns of the Mitchell River catchment (2018, Masters , Primary Advisor)
• Endemic birds in Papua New Guinea's montane forests: human use and conservation (2018, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Adaptive capacity of islands of the Maldives to climate change (2018, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Remote villages as heterotopias and places of utopics: analogue case studies in Sweden and Israel in preparation for future Mars settlement (2019, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Education to increase climate change adaptation for a Vietnamese community's coastal members (2017, PhD , Secondary Advisor)