Research theses and abstracts
PhD, Masters, Honours
Present - 1999
1998 - 1969

PhD

• 2006 PhD Charlotte Morgan, Revealing Patterns of Campylobacter Infection in South Australia: An exploratory space-time analysis
  This thesis improves the understanding of human Campylobacter infection through the exploratory space-time analysis of public health surveillance data collected in South Australia between 1990 and 1999. It reveals both temporal and spatial patterns and describes who was infected, when infections were notified and where. It uses a combination of log linear modelling, time series analysis, kernel density smoothing and space-time cluster analysis to identify significant interactions between variables in the data, revealing new temporal patterns on an interannual scale, and consistent spatial patterns in the Adelaide metropolitan area that are confirmed by the presence of significant space-time clusters of related cases.
  
• 2006 PhD Selina Tually, Streets Ahead? The Limits to Main Street Programs as a Local Economic Development Strategy: the Case of the Beach Road Main Street Project Incorporated.
  In the late 1980s and 1990s, Main Street Programs (MSPs) were introduced to the suite of tools available to governments and local communities in Australia for affecting place-based local and regional economic development (L&RED). Since that time, MSPs have emerged across the country as localised self-help programs and/or public-private partnerships for revitalising main street districts, and improving the fortunes of such places and those with an interest in them. The typical activities of MSPs include street beautification and amenity improvements; marketing and place-making activities, i.e. local promotions and events; and basic business development training for traders.
  This research used a case study MSP – the Beach Road Main Street Project (BRMSP) – to investigate the limits to MSPs as a L&RED strategy, which is the central research question. To answer this question, the thesis asked: (1) what were the unsuccessful activities undertaken by the BRMSP?; (2) what were its successful activities?; (3) can the failure of the BRMSP and limited success of some of its activities be explained?; and (4) what do these explanations tell us about the limits to MSPs and L&RED initiatives in Australia generally?
  The research examined MSPs in both Australia and the United States to determine the typical activities of MSPs and the support mechanisms extended to, and needed by, them. The research also tested three theoretical explanations for the emergence of MSP, their actions and the behaviours of actors involved in them: neoliberalism, growth coalition theory and public choice theory. The research found that the emergence of the BRMSP, its activities and eventual failure were clearly shaped by neoliberalism and its local implications. The BRMSP emerged out of one of the spaces created for L&RED initiatives by neoliberal rationalisation of government L&RED programs and the consequent devolution of some economic and social policy activities to the local level; specifically to local government and communities themselves. Its eventual failure and the limited success of most of its activities were determined by the severe funding limitations placed on the organisation as a result of governments’ favouring of neoliberal economic management practices and the implications of this for communities.
  
• 2006 PhD Vandra Harris, The Development Contact Zone; Practitioner Perspectives on Culture, Power and participation in Cambodia and the Philippines
  
• 2006 PhD Lincolin Arsyad, An Assessment of Performance and sustainability of Microfinance Institutions: A case study of village credit institutions in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia
  
• 2006 PhD Roberta Ren, Contract Law in China and Vietnam
  The ever increasing complexities of global trading has necessitated the implementation of universal trade rules. These rules are necessary for sustaining contractual certainty and preserving property rights across all jurisdictions. However, contradictions such as those that exist between liberal and socialist legalism, and between international market rules and national customary trade rules have been an impediment to transnational business activities. These contradictions are difficult to remove because they are deep seated in cultural, political and economic traditions. A major trading initiative would be to ensure that some harmonisation of these contradictions is met. Neither a universalist nor a pluralist approach is suggested. Rather, that these contradictions ought to be integrated as one system within the same order.   
• 2006 PhD Peter Smailes, Redefining the Local: The Changing Organisation of Rural Space in South Australia, 1982-2006.
  This thesis brings together a series of existing and ongoing pieces of research, conducted over a period of some years. There are five primary aims.
  The first is to construct a coherent empirical picture of the social organisation of space in rural South Australia by the early 1980s, at the outset of a period of turmoil and rapid change. The second is to bring together two relevant but disparate levels of theory (globalisation/structural change and localism/place attachment), to understand the impact of the rural crisis of 1984-94 on rural communities, families and individuals. The third is to trace the context and development of the crisis itself, the resultant poverty, demographic change, and reduced socio-economic viability of communities. Fourthly, the theoretical and empirical findings are applied to the search for an altered accommodation between society and space, through which a modified and regrouped but still essentially intact rural society can survive beyond the crisis. Finally, I reflect on the methodological contribution and limitations of the thesis, and also on the ethical concerns and values confronting an academic researcher reporting on a local- or micro-level social tragedy, concealed and rationalised by national macro-level success.
  Chapter 1 deals with fundamental concepts and epistemology.
  Chapter 2 sketches the evolution of the South Australian rural habitat up to the 1980s.
  Chapter 3 examines macro-level theory on globalisation in the structuralist and political economy traditions, which seek to explain the forces changing the politico-economic ground rules within which rural communities have to operate.
  Chapter 4 examines theory relating to the world of the individual person and his/her most immediate social reference groups - family, neighbourhood and community. It presents a model of place-making, and evaluates the contributions of various disciplines towards understanding specific aspects of this process, particularly rural sociology, social and humanistic geography, structuration theory and theory relating to human territoriality.
  Chapter 5 reveals how individuals and local social groups actually occupied space and developed place-attachment in rural South Australia in the early 1980s. It draws on field studies carried out between 1979 and 1986, and on a 1982-83 postal sample survey of 2000 rural households.
  Chapter 6 traces the course of a decade of almost continuous rural crisis, from about 1984. It shows how the global economy and political decisions (international, national and State) flowed through to rural people and places. Demographic and economic impacts are examined at State level, with a regional example.
  Chapters 7 (quantitative) and 8 (qualitative) examine the changes wrought by the crisis on rural society and the social organisation of space. They draw on a 1992/93 replication of the previous postal survey to demonstrate the persistence and continuity of major features of the rural society, but also the fragility of the current spatial organisation. The widespread rural poverty in the early 1990s and its impact on the state of rural morale are demonstrated, along with perceived changes in key community characteristics, and divergence of the economic from the social organisation of rural space.
  Chapter 9 assesses requirements for a socially sustainable rural Australia, in the light of the last ten years’ developments in rural research. It argues the need for the focus of localism to be re-defined upwards from individual community to regional level
  Finally in Chapter 10, I reflect on the contribution and limitations of the thesis, and on the wider problem of the role academics could, should and do play in relation to the deeply meaningful social transformations we purport to study.
  
  
  
• 2004 PhD Bridget Kearins, Exporting Locally: Enhancing Export Performance Amongst Small and Medium Sized Industries.
  It has become increasingly accepted in regional development policy and research that the most effective action for increasing economic development and employment prospects is local action. It has also been recognised that in order for a region to achieve economic and employment growth, the region, through its business sector, must improve its capacity to meet the demands of global markets. It is within this context that this research is taking place.
  The primary focus of this research is to identify the most effective forms of action to boost exports among small and medium sized enterprises with the objective of boosting employment and economic activity within the region.
  Involvement in the delivery of the City of Onkaparinga's export enhancement initiative, the Regional Export Extension Service, will form the basis of this research. This will provide the opportunity to observing, first-hand, a local initiative at work and will also facilitate investigation into the elements and actions that lead to success or failure in exporting among SMEs.
• 2004 PhD Neville Crossman, Predictive modelling of weed spread: applying cellular automata to the spatial and temporal movement of the invasive European Olive (Olea europaea L.)
  The overall aim of this study is to test the underpinning criteria of the Animal and Plant Control Commission (APCC) European Olive (Olea europaea L.) risk assessment and management guidelines (guidelines). Of specific interest is the application of cellular automata techniques to the prediction of invasive plant spread, incorporating O. europaea demographic variables and the APCC risk criteria as a rule base for sensitivity analyses. Also of interest is the application of a geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing techniques to modelling spatially and temporally explicit ecological data, thus providing a tool in the management and control of environmental weeds. Study sites will be established in the northern and southern Mt Lofty Ranges and Clare Valley. Research will be conducted in several stages, as determined by demands of the modelling procedure.
  Stage one involves the collection and analysis of O. europaea population dynamic variables. I will define fecundity, growth, survivorship and emigration parameters for a particular cohort, and age structure for varying populations. The goal is to construct a transition matrix to determine intrinsic growth rates in invasive populations. Age structure data will be georeferenced to allow comparisons with historical aerial photographs to determine a relationship between size and age. As it is not feasible to follow a cohort of a tree species, I will use a transition matrix developed for wild O. europaea in Spain. I will collect comparative data for the early life stages at a subset of the field sites.
  Stage two involves the determination of dispersal distances of O. europaea. The inherent difficulties associated with measuring short- and long-distance dispersal will be overcome with temporal aerial photograph analysis. Traditional methods that utilise seed trap data, bird movement observations and seed retention times in frugivore digestive systems will also be employed.
  The next stage is concerned with producing a predictive invasion risk surface across the study area. Or in other words, a surface of likely success with which O. europaea will establish and reproduce, as determined by habitat constraints in which a dispersed propagule arrives. I will combine GIS overlay techniques with statistical analyses to predict suitable habitat based on current O. europaea presence/absence and abundance data.
  The final stage is the production of the model, its subsequent calibration and the inclusion of sensitivity analyses. Most importantly, sensitivity analyses will be performed on the model to aid in risk assessment and management of O. europaea. Predictions surrounding the likelihood of successful establishment and spread of naturalised O. europaea can be made by adjusting the parameters of the model that correspond to the APCC guidelines, namely average annual rainfall, landuse, soil waterlogging and buffer zone width. Another form of sensitivity analysis that will be performed on the final model of spread is the effect of weed control measures. Adjusting elements of O. europaea’s life-stage transition matrix to reflect possible control methods will change the parameters of the model and its predictive outcomes. The likely success of control measures can then be determined from the outset.
• 2004 PhD Bruce Visser, From "Braai" to Barbecue: South African Migration to Australia.
  This thesis uses the example of South African immigration to Australia to shed light on the immigration process in contemporary society. It also examines the settlement theory in Australia and how this relates to South African settlement in Australia. Within the context of the thesis the evolution of migration theory is examined to shed light on the emigration characteristics of the South African phenomena as well as wider implications for migration throughout the world. The thesis uses the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (LSIA) as well as personal interviews as the primary data sources. The main focuses of the thesis are
  o What initiates migration form South Africa to Australia
  o What influences South Africans to choose Australia as well as settlement choices once in Australia
  o How does this all relate to migration theory as well as policy implications for continued migration to Australia.
• 2004 PhD Udoy Saikia, The Paradox of High Fertility in a Matrilineal Tribe in Northeast India.
  Conventional wisdom in demography states that women’s autonomy is highly correlated with several demographic outcomes. Available literature shows that gender-power relations, as dictated by the existing cultural norms in the North Indian kinship system leave women with little or almost no autonomy and provide the central explanatory factor for the very high levels of fertility, and infant, child and maternal mortality in the northern Indian states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. On the other hand, under the South Indian kinship system, women enjoy higher autonomy and status in society resulting in much lower fertility, and lower infant, child and maternal mortality.

  However, data from the National Family Health Survey India (1998) show that the state of Meghalaya, which has a strong matrilineal kinship system under which women enjoy high autonomy, has the highest fertility (TFR=4.57) in India. This finding runs against conventional wisdom. According to the 1991 census, Meghalaya has three major matrilineal tribal communities - the Khasis, the Garos and the Jayantias, of which the Khasis constitute more than two-thirds of Meghalaya’s population. The present study was conducted with the main objective of investigating the existence of high fertility in spite of high women’s autonomy in Meghalaya. For the purposes of this study, the Khasi tribe of Meghalaya was chosen to represent the tribe with a matrilineal kinship system and high female autonomy. A patriarchal tribe of a similar socio-economic condition, the Karbi in the adjoining state of Assam in Northeast India was selected for comparative purposes. The selection of the two tribes, the Khasi and the Karbi ensured that two different kinship systems living under similar socio-economic conditions were included in the study, thus facilitating the overall objective of the study. Moreover, both the communities were exposed to, and were experiencing, social transition in the form of religious conversion. Primary data for the study (both quantitative and qualitative) were collected from both the tribal communities during January - June 2000. A total of around 800 ever-married women were interviewed. The overall theoretical framework used in this -study was derived from Freedman’s (1963) concept that normative values have a key role in explaining differentials in fertility between groups. The framework portrays the hypothetical relationship between fertility and other variables that influence fertility outcome. The relationship between the variables is conceptualised by first making a distinction between the proximate variables and the contextual factors determining fertility.

  This study demonstrates that, for a detailed understanding of the gender context of fertility dynamics, it is necessary to go beyond the traditional indicators of women’s autonomy to the broader concept of women’s empowerment, because conventional measurements of women’s autonomy do not fully reflect the power divide between males and females, which is so important in making decisions that affect fertility. Women’s autonomy is only occasionally a force for fertility decline unless there is a supportive environment where women are also empowered to gainfully transform their autonomy into low fertility. The matrilineal system in the Khasi society has empowered women to have greater extrinsic control in certain areas. Control over economic and financial resources has given Khasi women a comparatively high level of autonomy in decision-making within the household and also freedom of movement. But lack of a supportive environment has reduced their intrinsic capability, defined by Batliwala (1994) as greater self-confidence, and inner transformation of one’s consciousness that enables one to overcome external barriers of certain traditional ideology. This research also shows that reproductive behaviour in these communities is strongly influenced by religious norms and the insecurities associated with the fear of identity loss. The perception of minority status and the adoption of a more defensive position vis-à-vis outside groups have pressured Khasi women to reinforce their traditional norms, particularly reproductive norms which are pro-natalist in nature. This reinforcement has resulted in high fertility in Khasi society. These findings call for a decentralised, bottom-up, holistic policy approach with the provision of built-in safeguards to protect the rights of individuals and the community. These policy recommendations are useful not only to Indian population policy makers but also to policy makers in many other countries where indigenous communities are confronted with an identity crisis.
  

• 2003 PhD Michiyo Yoshida, The influence of public policies on the socio-economic adaption of Vietnamese refugee women in Japan and Australia.
  This is a study of refugee women in Vietnamese communities in Tokyo, Kanagawa and Adelaide. The concept of citizenship is used to analyse the policy environment and how people are affected by it, and contrasts between Japan and Australia are highlighted.
  
• 2003 PhD Donna Ferretti, From Rational Planning to Risky Business: the Constitution of Sustainability in Adelaide's 2020 Planning Vision
  This study examines how the meaning of sustainability ha s been constituted in planning discourse, taking the Adelaide Metropolitan Planning Review (2020 Vision) as a case study. In bringing together Michel Foucault\rquotes work on power (especially governmental power) and Ulrich Beck's work on risk, the study seeks to demonstrate how relations of power effectively shape the meaning of environmental sustainability, what are considered environmentally sustainable practices and how the urban population ought to be regulated as a result. The study shows how the Adelaide Planning Review - in its attempt to secure the future wellbeing of urban residents - rationalises its position by invoking a discourse of sustainable development which potentially puts the urban population at grave risk. The rationality of this position is discussed together with the implications on the ways in which urban populations are governed.
  
• 2003 PhD Azizan Marzuki, Sustainable Cultural Tourism: A study on Langkawi Island, Malaysia
  The Tourism sector is expected to play an important role in the economic development in the third world countries. However, an issue arise from tourism activities to natural areas and local cultural also became a new challenge to be resolve. Natural areas and local cultural have a benefit for tourism development, and should have a special concern as long as to protect our local community from any impact and damage. As a result, this research is attempted to achieve the stated objectives:
  a. To establish and evaluate current destination in order to reduce negative impacts through identifying an impact happens due to tourism activities.
  b. To evaluate the tourists attraction from the local people, entrepreneur, decision-maker and also local and foreign tourists opinions or ideas.
  c. To identify a suitable sustainable cultural tourism strategy for tourism development in Langkawi Island.
  
   
• 2002 PhD Chairil Anwar, Labour Mobility and the Dynamics of the Contrustration Industry Labour Market in Makassar and Indonesia
  The thesis deals with labour mobility and the urban labour market, and their response to significant economic changes in developing society. Specifically, the research is designed to explore the pattern of mobility of construction workers, and how construction workers, intermediaries, and contractors respond to economic growth and downturn in the development process.
  
  
• 2002 PhD Dany Breele, The Regional Discourse of French Geography: the Theses of Charles Robequain and Pierre Gourou in the Context of Indochina
  This thesis investigates the regional discourses of two famous works of the classical French school of geography, whose constitution is based on the use of concepts initiated by Paul Vidal de la Blache. The two works were written at the time of the pinnacle of the French Empire, and concern two Indochinese regions of the protectorates of Annam and Tonkin. They opened up new horizons to French geography and were the first substantial works applied in a non-European, colonial and tropical environment.
  The specific questions dealt with in this thesis concern:
  o What position did Robequain and Gourou hold in the French regional discourse of the 1920s and 1930s?
  o What representations, impressions and construction did the works give of the complex Far-East regions of Indochina, associated in the French knowledge with the image of being" the Pearl of the French Empire"?
  o What were the objectives and purposes of their works?
  o To whom were they directed?
  o How did these French geographers portray a colonized region?
  The presentation of the works and of the specific questions are introduced in Chapter I. In Chapter II the thesis is situated in and discusses the recent field of research concerning the epistemology and the philosophy of French geography, through more general theoretical questions:
  o The epistemology of the geographical thought, with consideration regarding the evolution of the principles and methods of the French regional geographical discourse;
  o The idea that the context (cultural, historical, ideological, economic and political) within which any research work takes place cannot be separated from epistemological reflection.
  A methodology to study the theses of Robequain and Gourou is developed which involves an analysis of their geographical discourse in order to explore the dynamics and the cultural principles and ethics in which they are rooted. This is treated through three major themes: the regional one, with a reflection on the way they construct the Thanh-Hoa and the Tonkin Delta regions (Chapters III and IV); the historical, cultural and colonial context of the works (Chapter V and VII); the novelty of their discourse (Chapter VI, VIII).
  The natures of the regional discourses are found to be different in that although conceived in a similar context they construct the regions through two distinctive approaches; an oppositional and ethnographical one was used by Robequain, and a problematic one based on the concept of density was adopted by Gourou. This difference leads to a double observation:
  First, the Indochinese regions that Robequain and Gourou present are modelled, to a large extent, by their cultural knowledge and aspirations which could show similarities but also major differences between cultural realities that the regional inhabitants share with their environment.
  Second, the regional geography has not a universal but a relative value and, therefore, opens an ontological reflection on the finality of the discipline. The combination of cultural practices and ideologies appears to be an integral part of the social life of societies and of their geographers and these produce meanings that are essential to the understanding and interpretation of the geographical works.
  
     
  
• 2002 PhD Megan Harper, The Effect of Habitat Degradation and Enhancement on the persistence of the White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus) in the Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia.
  The Mount Lofty Ranges (MLR) is a region of great significance to birds at a local, State and National scale. Over 50% of the bird species in South Australia have been recorded in the MLR. Although the region contains a vast array of avian habitats, the diversity and abundance of birds has severely declined in response to native vegetation clearance, landscape modification and associated habitat degradation and fragmentation (Cale and Attwood 2003; Paton 2000; Ford and Howe 1980). Approximately 90% of native vegetation in the MLR has been cleared to accommodate the expansion of agricultural and horticultural enterprise (Green 1994; Ford and Howe 1980). Much of the remaining native vegetation is affected by rural residential development, periodic wildfire and weed invasion (Garnett and Crowley 2000; Green 1994). The Ranges are considered an "island" of native vegetation, isolated from similar open forest and woodland areas in southeastern Australia by much drier mallee habitat. (Possingham and Field 2003; Ford and Howe 1980). Here the “island biogeography” theory of MacArthur and Wilson (1967) is applicable; if an area of an “island” is reduced, the rate of extinction will increase.Loss and fragmentation of native vegetation has immediate and future impacts for species diversity and richness. It is expected there will be a significant temporal lag between habitat decline and related loss of species, termed by Possingham and Field (2003) as an “extinction debt”. Possingham and Field (2003) also suggested that for long-lived species like birds, a time lag of hundreds of years is probable.
  
  
• 2002 PhD Thomas Jenkin, Reconciliation and settler spaces, from colonisation to coexistence? Transitions in land management in the Lake Eyre Basin, South Australia
  Through the medium of land management in the Lake Eyre Basin, South Australia, this research explores issues surrounding reconciliation and coexistence and therefore, examines the relationships between land management, reconciliation and coexistence. The research examines the proposition that land management provides a nexus for moving from Aboriginal non-Aboriginal relations built on exclusion to those constructed on notions of coexistence. Land management - access to, use of, and 'active construction' of 'land' - is analogous to, or at least an integral part of, processes of reconciliation. Aboriginal perspectives on land matters needs to be empowered - heard, listened to and acted on - to ensure the prominence of Aboriginal cultures and identities in future imaginations.
  While land management is not synonymous with 'country', land management provides a contemporary avenue for maintaining or (re)establishing associations with country . This is made evident by the continued struggles and persistence of Aboriginal peoples for land rights and for greater participation and control in the management of lands in diverse ways. Therefore, land management, as this research examines, represents a nexus for moving from relations defined under notions of colonialism to those defined by coexistence.
  Five facets of 'contemporary' land management in the Lake Eyre Basin, South Australia are considered. These are pastoralism; protected areas; conservation planning and projects; mining; and tourism. The research approach involves various investigative strategies with interviews being the main research method.
    
• 2002 PhD Susan Lee, Management of farm dams to preserve low and medium streamflows.
  Australia’s rivers and streams are different from those in other parts of the world due to our highly variable climate and flat landscape. To cope with Australia’s highly variable climate, many landholders in the study area (Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia) have installed farm dams into which water is pumped from the intermittently flowing streams in the catchment. The extraction of water from these streams causes a change in flow regime which can have deleterious effects on the stream landscape. The main problem faced by natural resource managers in this area is one of ‘knowledge gaps’, which this project aims to address.
   
  
  
• 2001 PhD Wei, Li, Human Resources and Household Poverty: An Empirical Study in Rural China
   
• 1999 PhD Ms K.G. Santhya, Factors Affecting Reproductive Tract Infections in Southern India.

Masters

• 2005 MA David Bunce
  
• 2005 MA Robert Keane
  
• 2005 MA David Langdon
  
• 2005 MA Anthony O'Flaherty
  
  
  
• 2004 MA (EnvMgmt) Radnaaragchaa Sarangoo, Challenges and Opportunities for the Development of Participatory Forestry in Mongolia
  Mongolia is located in central Asia sandwiched between Russia and China. Mongolia has a total territory of 1.5 million km2 and 11.6 percent of it covered by forest. Natural disasters combined with unsustainable harvesting practices have resulted in the loss of approximately four million ha (25% of the total forested land) of forests during the last century. In Mongolia forests are poorly managed through a central state system. The system is inadequate because the current framework does not meet the needs of local people. Local people heavily rely on firewood, on timber for domestic use and on job opportunities provided by the forest industry. Consequently, the lifestyle and economy of communities located in the forested areas of northern Mongolia are severely affected by the on-going forest degradation and the resulting poverty. Illegal logging and poor harvesting operations are causing forest degradation. Human induced forest degradation is often related to the unclear user or ownership rights over natural resources. Local people do not have direct rights over their forests and no control over management of forest resources. They have no incentive to use forest resources sustainably themselves. A promising but challenging option for forest management in Mongolia is to promote a public-private partnership that includes rural population in forest management by using participatory approaches. This study assesses participatory forestry activities in three regions and to analyze the challenges and opportunities for pursuing such an approach throughout Mongolia. Based on the analysis and findings, recommendations for the development of participatory forestry are developed. In doing so, the thesis has attempted to contribute to an under-researched area and to
  provide directions for further research in the field of participatory forestry.
  
  
• 2002 MA (EnvMgmt) Riawati Rizal, Comparison of landfarming, biopile and composting for the remediation of oily sludge.

• 2001 MA (DVST) Suryono, Pragmatic and Strategic Empowerment: A Case Study of an Indonesian NGO in Transition.

• 2001 MA (DVST) Somsuan Glagarntai, Development and Knowledge Interface Between Peasants and Bureaucrats in Rural Thailand: (De)Forest(ed), Land and Local People.

• 2000 MA (DVST) Tess Balhon, An assessment of the local government code of 1991: A case study of decentralisation in Cazayan de Oro City, Philippines.

• 1999 MA (PPHR) Mr Abdi Rizal, Unmet Need in Family Planning in Jakarta, Lampung, South Sulawesi and Bali, 1997.

• 1999 MA (PPHR) Mr Ida Rosdiawan, The Correlation Between Fertility Decline and Poverty Reduction in Indonesia 1990-1997.

• 1999 MA (PPHR) Ms Chomsook, ThiamklinWelfare of the Elderly in Thailand.

• 1999 MA (DVST) Iwawa, Tatsuya Breaking the hegemony? Discourses of 'development' and 'aid'.

• 1999 MA (DVST) Shah Nawaz, An evaluation of the Adarsha Gram project as a strategy for poverty alleviation
   

Honours

• 2006 Hons (EnvMgmt) Kelly Allen, Co-Intelligence and the Participatory Design of Urban Environments
  Participatory design (PD) is a term which has been used since the 1960’s to describe design processes which involve end users or stakeholders. In its early days this term was most utilised by the manufacturing industry in Scandinavia and then later by the information technology industries of North America, particularly in relation to the development of user interfaces (Spinuzzi 2005, p. 164). Nowadays, PD processes are being applied to the design of commercial products, the design of workplace and non-workplace processes, procedures, and policies, as well as to environmental design including landscape design, architecture and urban planning.
  
• 2006 Hons (Geog) Edoardo Rosso, The Changing Spatial Organisation of Women's Soccer in the Adelaide Metropolitan Region, 1978-2006
  The project focuses on women’s soccer, one of the fastest growing sports in Australia and in the world in the last decade (Football Federation Australia 2006). In particular it will consider the growth of the sport in the Adelaide metropolitan region, aiming to define the geography of women’s soccer in Adelaide through an analysis of its changing spatial organization from its year of foundation, 1978, to the present.
  The study area is the Adelaide region, as considered by the South Australian Women’s Soccer Association (SAWSA) for administrative purposes. It includes clubs from the Sub Statistical Divisions of Adelaide (Southern, Western, Eastern and Northern), Barossa and Mount Lofty Ranges (ABS 2004). The Adelaide region is the state’s most developed women’s soccer region, in terms of both numbers of clubs and players as well as in terms of quality of achieved results. The choice of the study area reflects its dominance in the South Australian women’s soccer scene, as well as providing a practicable task for the chief investigator.
  
• 2006 Alex Clarke (BAGIS) Investigation of Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Spatial behaviour Within a Medium Density 1080 Baited Area of the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
  This project aims to investigate the spatial behaviour of the V. vulpes. Spatial behaviour being: The preferred habitat and the movement patterns across changing habitat. Moreover, the movement patterns and dispersal distances will be investigated. Assessment of habitat preference will be inferred from radio tracking analysis. In addition, a large amount of the final thesis will focus on V. vulpes management.
  The Information gained from this research will shed light on habitat utilisation and preference, activity patterns and management issues. This will contribute to better project planning and more attuned application of V. vulpes management strategies.
• 2006 Bronwyn Bean
  
• 2006 Jonathon McPhail
  
  
• 2005 Hons (EnvMgmt) Erik Van Wijk, Exploring the Potential of Computer Models to Predict Eucalypt Associations in the Mount Lofty Ranges
  Current approaches to conservation activity are not always conducted on the basis of ecological theory or scientific best practice. Moreover vast gaps exist in our current knowledge of the past and present distribution and composition of native vegetation. As a result environmental decision makers are increasingly asking researchers and ecologists to produce explicit predictions on the distribution and composition of species and species groups to help guide conservation decision-making.
  In this study Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS) were used to create spatially explicit predictions of the distribution of seven dominant eucalypt species over a Mount Lofty Ranges study site. The individual species predictions were comparatively assessed at ten 100 x 100m sites and used to create a rank of species dominance at each zone and combined into composite predictions of eucalypt association. These were then compared to floristic classifications based on expert opinion, and existing native vegetation mapping. The methodology presented in this study provided that potentially accurate predictions could be made from simple presence-absence data sets. Furthermore it is revealed that biologically meaningful information on species-environment relationships and distributions suitable for use in conservation management can be produced.
  
• 2005 Hons (EnvMgmt) Elena Mazourenko, The Australian petroleum Industry and the Natural Environment: Valuing the Environmental Costs of Vegetation Removal and Ecosystem Disturbance Associated with Petroleum Operations, Cooper Basin, SA
  This small scale study looks at an alternative way of managing the environmental impacts of the petroleum developments that may assist the petroleum industry in achieving the goals of Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD), while contributing to the change of the community's attitude towards the industry. The contingent valuation method (CVM) based on the direct community's involvement in determing the environmental costs of the native vegetation removal associated with the petroleum developments in the South Australian Cooper Basin, was applied to the selected 'groups of interest'. The collected data were analysed and discussed in the light of a feasibility of a full-scale CVM study, and its potential practical value for the petroleum companies operating in the Cooper Basin and the regulatory state government authorities. The results of this study showed that the application of CVM in the context of the petroleum industry may yield significant benefits for the industry in terms of ESD. In the long term, it may assist in changing the community's perception of the petroleum industry. This study did not intend to contradict, but to complement, the current environmental management practices used by the petroleum developers.
  
• 2005 Alice Egan
  
• 2005 Allan Kane
  
• 2005 Hons (EnvMgmt) Fung Pik Yee, Pegky, Public Attitudes Towards Wind Farms in South Australia
  In many countries, public support for wind energy is very high. However, the level of public support varies with the actual experience of a wind farm. Given that public support is frequently described as one of the greatest challenges faced by many renewable energy industries today, and wind energy is playing a more important role, this thesis aims to explore public attitudes wind farms in South Australia. Appropriate methods to enable this evaluation to take place include a search of literature, consideration of submissions from residents likely to be affected by a wind farm, and the collection of actual impressions of individuals living adjacent to a wind farm.
  The outcomes of this investigation include a better understanding of public attitudes which, based on the South Australian case study can be applied to other areas. It was found that there were differences between perceived and actual impacts. There was general support for wind energy developments by the NIMBY syndrome meant many people who supported wind power did not support a wind farm in their area. Conversely people who were actually living close to a wind farm supported it as long as there was no expansion and surprisingly the closer they lived to the development the greater support they had.
  
  
• 2004 Hons (EnvMgmt) Laura J. Mitchell, Assessing the Potential of Aerial Imagery as an Alternative to Ground-Based Monitoring in Semi-Arid Rangelands
  Rangelands cover over 75% of Australia, dominated by a range of climates, landforms and vegetation. The biodiversity of Australia's rangelands have been considerably reduced over the last 200 years, with the most widespread pressure being the grazing by herbivores. Monitoring of grazing pressure is essential for the early detection of change and to guide future management decisions. However, the time and labour involved in ground-based monitoring has outlined the need for a more efficient method to monitor and detect change in rangelands.
  This research examined the use of aerial imagery as an alternative to field monitoring in the Flinders Ranges National Park for providing rapid, objective and cost-effective information about the impacts of grazing pressure. In order to test its use for monitoring vegetation, the results of two aerial surveys using a digital camera taken from a low-flying helicopter were compared to the ground-based monitoring. The image interpretations have been compared to the ground-based observations to provide information on the use of aerial imagery for monitoring plant cover, diversity and density in rangelands. Four observers undertook the image interpretation to determine the use of aerial imagery in semi-arid environments.
  
• 2004 Hons (EnvMgmt) Josephine Noolan, Environmental behaviour, Attitudes and Socio-Economic Status: A Case Study of Residential Water Use in Adelaide
  Residential water use in Adelaide was investigated to examine how environmental attitudes and water use relate with socio-economic status. questionnaire surveys on how water is used in home and environmental attitudes were sent to 1940 randomly selected residents of the Adelaide metropolitan area. 15.3% were returned. Both water use and pro-environmental attitudes regarding interrelationship of people with the environment increase with different socio-economic measures. Education related to how participants saw relationship with the environment (R2 = 0.232 & 0.205). Income was found to be related water use (R2 = 0.144). While there is a correlation between education and income there is no evidence of a relationship between water use and environmental attitudes. Further investigation into the water use data was undertaken and a regression equation for water use was derived. The regression accounted for just over 50 percent of the variation of water use for the sample population. Findings must be treated cautiously as the sample group was small when compared with other studies on residential water use. The study highlights a significant weakness in the methods used in assessing the relationship between environmental attitudes and water use behaviour of other studies and my own.
  
• 2004 Hons (EnvMgmt) Tony Savige, The Semapore Part Foreshore Protection Strategy - Reducing Stakeholder Opposition by Maximising Community Involvement
  Due to the dynamic nature of physical coastal processes, exacerbated by urban development, the Adelaide metropolitan beach system exhibits an erosion trend on the southern beaches with accretion occurring in the northern regions. Since this was identified in the 1970s, the government has developed a strategy for the management of the metropolitan coast with sand replenishment being the primary method used to combat the erosion problem. The Coast Protection Board has administered the management program to artificially maintain the beach system for the benefit of the general community.
  Contrary to the accretion trend in the north of the system, Semaphore Park has suffered from a severe pattern of erosion with coastal housing at risk from storm damage. With sand replenishment alone being unsustainable in the area, a new strategy was developed involving a trial offshore breakwater used to trap passing sand. The proposal sparked a degree of community opposition, but after a lengthy consultation process the project was implemented.
  This research explores the issues contained in the sand management debate and establishes the success of community engagement methods used by the government during the consultation process. The study will conclude with the identification of future possibilities to improve communication and consensus between the two stakeholder groups.
  
  
• 2003 Hons (EnvMgmt) Jacqueline Watts, Developing an Early Detection and Response Weed Management Plan
  Early detection of weeds is widely recognised as being the most cost-effective management stage. Development of early detection and response protocols is a priority of the National Weed Strategy and the South Australian Weed Strategy. This thesis develops a generic early detection and response weed management plan template. Three major objectives of this plan template are: to identify and prioritise weed threats; develop and implement a surveillance plan; and to provide an initial action plan for response to weed incursions in any region.
  This plan template is applied in a case study of the 'Riverland Ramsar', South Australia, deriving a specific plan focussed on obligate aquatic weeds. This specific plan identified 25 potential aquatic weeds and 21 sites withint he 'Riverland Ramsar' case study area. Three volunteers implemented this plan in a trial. Plastic aquarium plants (Egeria densa) were used to test the ability of the plan to meet objectives. Application of the generic plan to the case study area and implementation of the resultant draft specific plan is critically evaluated, and these results are used for plan amendment. Findings indicate that the final plan is likely to be effective in achieving its stated goals of early detection and response to weeds.
• 2003 Hons (EnvMgmt) Jacqueline Best, Environmental Influences on Frog Distributions in the Mount Lofty Ranges of South Australia
  The habitat distribution of four frog species in the Mount Lofty Ranges (MLR) was modelled using Frog Census data and a range of environmental variables. These species were the Common Froglet (Crinia signifera); Brown Tree Frog (Litoria ewingi); Eastern Banjo Frog (Limnodynastes dumerili); and Spotted Grass Frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis). Environmental variables explained less than 30% of the variation in the distribution of the frog species at this scale. The variables common soil and landuse were determined to be important for predicting suitable habitat for the presence of all the frog species. The habitat model for the Brown Tree Frog was considered to be the most robust of the models produced. In contrast, models for the Common Froglet did not improve on a random selection of suitable habitats.
  In addition to habitat models, conditional models were built for each species, revealing information about the recordability of the frogs. Characteristics of this data included large numbers of categorical variables, multicollinearity, non-linear species response curves and interactive effects that could not be modelled reliably using traditional statistical methods. Therefore, the automated regression modelling tool MARS© (Salford Systems, 2001) was used in conjunction with classification trees to build these models.
• 2003 Hons John Elliot, EIA in South Australia
• 2003 Hons Debra Frankiewicz, Assessment of Land Use Impacts on Water Quality in the Field River Catchment During Wet Conditions
  Water pollution problems, associated with land use and other human activities, have been identified by the Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board as a concern in the Field River Catchment. Nineteen sites in the Field River and its tributaries, were chosen in relation to predominant land uses, to assess water quality variations according to land use, and with reference to antecident rainfall conditions. Monitoring was conducted from July to September 2003, for a limited range of chemical, physical and biological parameters.
  Fluctuations in indicator values were specific to each sample location. Parameter concentrations were highly influenced by storm events, determining pollutant movement; particularly sediment derived from streambank erosion. Runoff during storm events contributed to changes in natural processes, affecting water quality. Urban land use caused the most significant changes, with parameter concentrations infringing ANZECC turbidity guidelines for most of the sampling period. In particular, developing areas under construction contributed to elevated levels of total dissolved solids and turbidity. it was not determined whether recreational land use caused changes in water quality, as urban land use that is well integrated with recreational sites, dominated pollutant levels, especially elevated nutrient and faecal coliform concentrations.
  It is recommended that additional monitoring be conducted during dry periods, and at additional sites for more conclusive results. Effective management of the field River Catchment would require the implementation of remedial methods, for the control of current causes of water quality pollution.
  
  

• 2003 Hons (EnvMgmt) Peter Howieson, Groundwater-surface Water Interaction Between Bonney's Camp North Wetland and the Northern Outlet Drain
  
• 2003 Hons Tim Pfeiffer, Stormwater Pollution Prevention, Industry and Government
  This thesis aims to determine the success of the Marion and Mitcham Environmental Education Project (MMEEP) in encouraging industrial businesses to participate in stormwater pollution prevention. The MMEEP is a project administered by State and Local Government, and enacted solely by Local Government. The two local government authorities involved are the City of Marion and the City of Mitcham. Both councils have large numbers of businesses within their boundaries, particularly light industrial businesses that have tended to agglomerate in the Edwardstown and Melrose Park areas. The MMEEP has sought to reduce stormwater pollution from industry, business and the community in general. This thesis aims to seek and address the MMEEPs strengths and challenges as a multi-tiered, industry based, stormwater pollution prevention project. It is hoped that the results and conclusion of thes thesis may be useful to the administrators of the MMEEP for designing future policies.
  
  
• 2002 Hons (EnvMgmt) Sara Boulton, Projecting the Structure and Habitat Value of Revegetation on the Willunga Hills Face Zone
  
• 2002 Hons (GEOG) Fletcher Farrington, Social Inclusion in South Australia: An Analysis of the South Australian Labor Party's Social Inclusion Initiative.
  This thesis examines the new South Australian Labour Party's Social Inclusion Initiative. The general policy direction is assessed in light of the unique pattern of multiple disadvantage in South Australia. Each policy component is examined separately, both in the context of Labor Party Policy generally, and their new Platform for Government specifically. Issues raised by the implementation of similar programs overseas are examined. In addition, research regarding social exclusion and related policy in Australia also is utilised to assess this new SALP initiative. The concept of social exclusion is also assessed. A true assessment of the policy must wait until post-implementation.
  
• 2002 Hons (EnvMgmt) Megan Harper, Using an Individual-Based Simulation Model to Explore Bridal Veil (Asparagus Declinatus) Invasion and Control
  Environmental weeds many be defined as non-indigenous plants (exotic or native) that invade natural environments, witht he potential to decrease biodiversity, conservation value and integrity. Bridal veil (Asparatus declinatus) is a recognised environmental weed threatening natural ecosystems within South Australia and Western Australia. This plant has a slender, scrabling and clibing growth form that smothers and outcompetes native understorey species. This bird-dispersed geophyte can inhabit a range of vegetation communities and tolerate a spectrum of climatic conditions. Little is known of the invasive capabilities of Bridal veil.
  An Individual-Based Simulation Model was developed using Visual basic Application (VBA) in the ArcGIS 8.1 Geographical Information System to explore avian-facilitated seed dispersal and invasion of Bridal veil in the southern Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. The model was tested on a series of computer generated artificial landscapes to ensure correct outputs were generated before being applied to the southern Fleurieu Peninsula landscape. Model sensitivity to biological parameters was determined through an exhaustive sensitivity analysis. The relative effectiveness of three weed control strategies for reducing Bridal veil invasion intensity and threat was also measured.  
• 2002 Hons (ENVS) David Langdon, Environment and development in a traditionalist Indonesian community. A case study of the Baduy of West Java
  An investigation the recent influences and impacts of modern development on the environment, culture and society of the Baduy people. This reclusive tribal group has lived a relatively undisturbed, traditional lifestyle in a closed society until the recent encroachment of economic and social pressures from the outside world. Most of the fieldwork will be undertaken in the area of Baduy villages approximately 120 kilometres south of Jakarta.
  The Baduy follow strict religious and cultural practices and live in an isolated area of mountainous tropical forest inaccessible to vehicles. However, some Baduy have begun to wear non-traditional clothing and are buying manufactured goods with money obtained through growing cash crops. As these changes have only recently begun, it is a valuable opportunity to investigate some of the effects of development and the beginnings of a market economy on the local environment and on the Baduy themselves.
  
• 2002 Hons (EnvMgmt) Noel Richards, Community Education for Weed Management: a Case Study of the Purple Peril Woody Weed Management Programme
  Environmental and agricultural weeds are a major ecological threat and economic cost to Australia. To reduce this threat the entire community needs to be engaged in the control and management of weeds. Community education programs, which raise awareness of the threat posed by weeds and develop the capacity of people to deal with them, are a vital part of any strategy to control weeds. This research examines ways that community education may be improved, so that adoption of weed management methods by landholders is increased. Elements, derived from theories on the diffusion of innovations, agricultural extension and social marketing are examined. These provide a framework to identify how community education for weed management may better achieve landholder adoption of weed control methods. In addition a case study of the long running community-based weed management education program conducted by the "Purple Peril Woody Weed Management Committee" in Adelaide's Mt Lofty Ranges is presented. This program operates in a peri-urban environment, which rpesents many challenges to community educators due to its social and land use heterogeneity. Analysis of the results of the case study is combined with aspects of the theories examined to develop recommendations for the improvement of the Purple Peril Woody Weed program and for community weed management education generally.
  
• 2002 Hons (ENVS) Elen Shute, Exploring the Habitat for Ground Parrot Reintroduction on the Fleurieu Peninsula
  The ground parrot became extinct on South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula during the mid-19th Century, and had all but disappeared from the state’s south-east region by the early 20th Century. It survives in eastern Australia, but has declined in numbers and distribution, and has a conservation rating of Vulnerable. A reintroduction programme to South Australia has been proposed as one measure to conserve the species, and reintroduction to the Fleurieu Peninsula could be linked to conservation of the Critically Endangered Mt Lofty Ranges southern emu-wren.
  The present research assessed the extent of potential habitat on the Fleurieu Peninsula, and its ability to support a viable reintroduced ground parrot population. Potential habitat patches were located using two spatial information datasets. Patches were assessed remotely for their ability to support ground parrots on the basis of size and shape. In addition, potential ground parrot food resources, and other factors likely to influence ground parrot survival, were assessed in the field at two sites. Most potential habitat patches are small, and are influenced by human activities. No single patch is large enough to support a viable ground parrot population, and extensive habitat rehabilitation would be needed to make a reintroduction tenable.
  
• 2002 Hons (EnvMgmt) Dainis Skabe, GIS and Archaeology: GIS Modelling of Indigenous Archaeology at Lake Condah
  A study using Geographic Information Systems was undertaken to examine the operation of fishtraps, weirs and channels constructed by Indigenous Australians around Lake Condah in South Western Victoria. The aims were to collect data at an appropriate resolution so that the operation of fishtraps could be examined. It is hypothesised that the data capture technique and density is directly related to the amount of detail and accuracy a Digital Elevation Model can represent. In order to investigate the operation of fishtraps, within an area which has been drained, hydrological modeling was done on a representative digital landscape to determine at what lake depths which fishtraps within the study area would be useable.
  The study compared the terrain and hydrological mdoeling outcomes using data from the same area collected at different resolutions to investigate the above hypotheses. The study examines the operation of fishtraps within a selected area of Lake Condah through hydrological modeling conducted on a high resolution terrain model.
   
• 2001 Hons (EnvMgmt) Pritha Hariram, Reducing the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect: the Rationale for Introducing Community-based Social Marketing to Reduce Household Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Adelaide.
  The enhanced greenhouse effect is having a discernable influence on the global climate. The increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere is artificially enhancing the greenhouse effect and altering the world's average temperature and hydrological regimes. The effects of higher global temperatures have been projected to severely impact ecological, economic and social systems.
  Scientific evidence indicates that intensifying human activities have given rise to the enhanced greenhouse effect, identifying the industrial revolution as the turning point. Recognising the impact of human activities on rising greenhouse gas emissions and following ecologically sustainable development principles, strategies developed to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions should aim to alter these human activities.
  This thesis explores strategies to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions at the local (household) level in Adelaide. Conventional approaches have relied on technical solutions and public information and education programs to improve community knowledge and awareness of greenhouse issues. However strategies to promote behavioural change, a central factor that influences human activity, has been largely overlooked. Bearing this in mind, this thesis presents community-based social marketing as a potential alternative to conventional strategies utilised to reduce household greenhouse gas emissions in Adelaide. Hence, community-based social marketing is introduced as a potential strategy to engage communities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions sustainably.  
• 2001 Hons (EnvMgmt) Andrew Johnston, Potential Environmental Impacts of a Proposed Wastewater Storage Dam in the Willunga Basin.
  The storage of treated wastewater in large surface winter storage dams, to augment dry season irrigated agriculture, is an emerging field in Australian water resource development. Whilst such schemes provide many potential environmental benefits, the surface storage of wastewater requires informed construction methods and management to avoid subsequent environmental perturbation. This Honours thesis examines the potential environmental impacts on inter-connected groundwater and surface water systems in the vicinity of a proposed multi Giga-litre wastewater storage dam, as well as a review of literature specific to the biology of stored wastewater. The proposed site is located in an economically valuable area of irrigated agriculture in South Australia that is experiencing crippling water supply shortages. Preliminary findings suggest that, in the event of seepage from a clay lined bottom layer, negligible impacts on deeper aquifer systems are likely. This is due to a combination of factors including superior wastewater quality in terms of TDS when compared to native groundwater, and the presence of thick aquicludes.
  However, research suggests any seepage is likely to recharge shallow watertables, which are hydraulically connected to an adjacent creek and floodplain system. This floodplain area currently experiences seasonal waterlogging, which results in impaired septic system function during periods of elevated watertables that is likely to be exacerbated by dam seepage. While stored wastewater quality is high in terms of conventional parameters, recent International research has identified a range of additional micro-contaminants in treated effluent (endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDSs) etc.), which are difficult to detect and have potentially disastrous ecological effects. Given the likelihood of dam seepage recharging shallow watertables in the nearby floodplain area, and the uncertainty relating to EDCs and other organic contaminants yet to be detected, every precaution relating to the effective sealing and operation of the proposed storage dam is recommended. Refined techniques of assessing influent wastewater quality are recommended, in conjunction with a careful monitoring program.  
• 2001 Hons (EnvMgmt) Andrew Leah, The Impacts of the Environmental Weed Bridal Veil (Asparagus declinatus) on Native Vegetation in South Australia.
  Environmental weeds are a threat to the conservation of ecosystems throughout Australia. They pose this threat due to their ability to invade and then alter areas of native vegetation – often resulting in a decrease of the native biodiversity present. One family of plants posing a major threat is the asparagaceae. The most widespread week of this group is Asparagus asparagoides or Bridal Creeper. Asparagus declinatus or Bridal Veil is becoming increasingly important as another environmental weed. An escaped garden plant, it is now naturalised in several regions in South Australia and has become well established in areas of native vegetation. This thesis examines the impact of A. declinatus on native vegetation.
  Data gathered in this thesis suggests that an infestation of A. declinatus in native vegetation has an effect ont his vegetation in several ways. Firstly, it alters the composition of the ground cover stratum – leading to a significant decrease in the cover of native species, litter and areas of bare ground. Over the study area, cover of native species declined by 32-81%, litter declined by 51-90% and bare ground by 76-93%. Secondly, it leads to reductions of species richness and diversity. All sites recorded reductions of species richness and diversity of between 8-71%. Finally, infestation of A. declinatus leads to a reduction in the seedling recruitment of overstorey and woody plant species. A reduction in the density of seedlings of 69% was recorded over the study area. This could lead to a possible successional change changing the structure of woodland communities to meadows.
  It is argued that A. declinatus is a serious environmental weed and effective measures for its control must be implemented before the threat from this weed becomes even greater.  
• 2001 Hons (EnvMgmt) Susan Lee, Reclaimed Water Use in Mount Barker: Exploring Current and Potential Reclaimed Water Use in Mount Barker to Reduce the Discharge to Mount Barker Creek.
  Water scarcity is one of the most pressing environmental issues facing South Australia, the direst Australia state. With a growing population, particularly in outer-lying suburbs, the demand for high quality or potable water is steadily increasing. The major sources of water are showing signs of stress and their long term viability is uncertain. Given that the majority of domestic and municipal water use does not require potable water, the need to supply scarce potable water for all uses is questionable.
  Reclaimed water or treated wastewater represents a secure supply of water for non-potable uses such as irrigation, provided that the associated public health concerns are adequately addressed. Using this nutrient-rich source of water for non-potable uses not only reduces the demand on potable water but also reduces the deleterious effects of wastewater discharges to the environment. This thesis seeks to explore the environmental and health issues surrounding reclaimed water use in Mount Barker, the fastest-growing town in the Outer Adelaide Statistical Division.  
• 2001 Hons (EnvMgmt) Ingvill Osland, The Legality of the Colonisation of the Indigenous Mind: an 'Empty Mind' - a Mens Mentis Nullius.  
• 2001 Hons (EnvMgmt) Jayne Randall, Assessment of Remote Sensing for an Investigation of Mangrove Demography.
  The capabilities of aerial photographs and image analysis techniques were tested for identifying demographic trends in mangroves. Avicennia marina mangrove stands between Port Gawler and Bolivar exhibit two distinct demographic trends: advancing/stable, and declining.
  A local variance analysis and a Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) were qualitatively assessed for their ability to separate areas in decline from those in advance. There was no initial relationship found between variation values and these areas. However the local variance of the infrared (IR) band did indicate that populations with uniformed canopies had a low variance and irregular canopies a high variance. A NDVI was used to try and separate young uniformed canopies from mature uniformed canopies and young irregular canopies from mature irregular canopies. Results suggested that NDVI could not be used to distinguish between these two groups. It was more suited to separating high canopy cover from low canopy cover.
  The findings of this project may assist in future management of mangrove communities. It provides a basis for further research and has uncovered a potential image analysis technique for identifying demographic trends.  
• 2001 Hons (EnvMgmt) Jacqui Symonds, Determining the Impacts of a Wetland on Water Quality in the Lower Torrens River Using Diatoms as an Indicator.
  This thesis aims to determine what impacts a small, onstream wetland is having on water quality in the lower Torrens River. Breakout Creek, the last 3.5 kilometers of the Torrens and an engineered channel, is the focus of the study. Stormwater and nutrient pollution, enhanced by horse agistment at Breakout Creek, have greatly decreased water quality in the Torrens. Diatoms (microscopic algae) were sampled from 6 sites along the channel and used as environmental indicators of water quality. Physico-chemical data was also sampled and analysed to produce a picture of water quality in the channel. The Breakout Creek wetland is expected to improve water quality somewhat but during winter, when flow is high and residence times are low, this effect is expected to be minimal. Horse agistment downstream of the wetland is expected to decrease water quality.  
• 2001 Hons (GEOG) Veronika Thiel, The Location of German Direct Investment in Adelaide: Markets and Mis-Perceptions.
  The thesis analyses the distribution of foreign direct investment in Australia, a topic, which has not been widely researched so far. FDI contributes to the already strong concentration of economic activity especially in Melbourne and Sydney. Interstate competition seems to add up to this agglomeration.
  A survey among German companies in Australia was conducted to identify factors that influenced their decision to choose a particular location in Australia. The results show that the nature of German direct investment in Australia limits the choice of location of companies. Most of the companies are consumer market seeking, for which the best sites are either Melbourne or Sydney. But perception plays an important role as well. Companies in these cities regarded location factors (eg operational costs) to be important although some of them rated better in other State capital cities. Thus, the companies are not aware of the endowments and location advantages of the other capital cities. The marketing strategies of the State investment agencies attempt to tackle this problem.
  Australia has to attract non-market dependent companies that could locate in the smaller States. The Federal Government should revise its non-interventionist stance to assist the smaller States in breaking these patterns, and to put them on the map.  
• 2001 Hons (EnvMgmt) Shannon Waite, Modelling the Risk of the Environmental Weed Bridal Veil (Asparagus declinatus).
  Bridal Creeper, Asparagus asparagoides, is a notorious environmental weed threatening the biodiversity of native vegetation across southern Australia. Bridal Veil, Asparagus declinatus, is a close relative of A. asparagoides. Current knowledge on A. declinatus is very limited therefore little of the weed’s capabilities are known. This research intends to create a model that will sufficiently predict the weeds invasibility across the Fleurieu Peninsula. Such a model will determine the current distribution of A.  
• 2001 Hons (EnvMgmt) Lisa Wilkins, What are the Barriers to Changing Irrigation Methods of Riverland Grape Growers?
   
• 2000 Hons (EnvMgmt) Donna Bagshaw, Seasonal Burrow Microclimate, Flies and Rabbit Calcivirus Disease in South Australia.
  There are some differences in the RCD mechanical vectors between RCD study sites Turretfield Research Station, Sandy Creek and Oraparinna Station, South Australia. The Turretfield Research Station site and Sal de Palma's Property are approximately 7 kilometers apart and show markedly different patterns of RCD transmission, which initiated the thesis idea. Flying mechanical vectors are yet to be researched in relation to natural warren systems and the environmental conditions at both sites. These vectors are yet to be researched in relation to natural warren systems and the environmental conditions at both sties. These vectors are sampled directly by insect trapping on warren systems at each of the three sites. Similarly, temperature and humidity differences exist within rabbit burrows at each of the sites. This may explain the differences in insect fauna attracted to the warren or rabbit carcass deterioration or if it has a more direct effect on the RCD virus. In addition, the primary habitat conditions will be surveyed in order to attempt to explain fly abundance and behaviour at each of the sites.  
• 2000 Hons (ENVS) Trent Daley, Shoreline Changes at Adelaide SA, 1935 to 1993: an Aerial Photograph Comparison, Together With Analysis of the Causes of Change.
  The determination of the position of the shoreline over time allows for analysis to be made as to whether the coast is accreting, eroding or staying the same. This study examines the position of the shoreline at Adelaide, South Australia, from Largs Pier to Kingston Park over a time period of 58 years. Other studies of the Adelaide shoreline position have only examined the coast from 1949. Through the manual analysis aerial photographs from the years 1935/1936, 1975 and 1993 it has allowed the change in shoreline position and the rate of change to be examined. The reasons for the changes along the coast at Adelaide are due to the sediment budget, alignment and orientation of the coast and the loss of seagrass offshore.
  The magnitude of the shoreline position change has been minimal, largely due to the metropolitan sand replenishment scheme. Beaches examined in the study that were eroding before the replenishment scheme was initiated have either slowed in their rates of erosion or changed to an area of accretion. The study has revealed that both the position of the shore and the rates of change along the coast vary locally because of different local factors.  
• 2000 Hons (EnvMgmt) Sharie Detmar, The Effectiveness of Environmental Policy in the City of Onkaparinga: a Case Study of Christie Creek.  
• 2000 Hons (EnvMgmt) Michael Durant, Avifauna and Arboreal Mammals in the Roadside Vegetation Corridors of the Mt Lofty Ranges.
  Avian communities and arboreal mammals within remnant stringybark woodlands on the roadsides of the southern Mt Lofty Ranges were investigated. For ten study sites, vegetation was described according to its structure and a number of other habitat variables. Corridors were assessed according to structural connectivity and width. Sites were compared according to the number of species present and, or the avifau7na, the foraging guilds represented. Meaningful data were obtained for bird species only. A total of 33 bird species (19 woodland and 14 ‘farmland’) were recorded from ten 200m roadside transects in the region. Avifauna was described according to ten foraging guilds of which nine had representative species within the corridors of the study area. Guild structure within the study sites was dominated by four ‘core-guilds’ – ground carnivores, insectivores of the taller foliage, nectarivores and seed eaters. Two arboreal mammals were spotlighted in the same transects: the common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) was observed in eight of the ten corridors; and the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecular) was observed on two occasions in a single site.
  Vegetation cover in the shrub layer influenced the numbers of woodland species using the corridors. Structural connectivity did not influence bird species numbers or guild structure. It was concluded that the scale at which birds used the landscape (functional connectivity) was above that at which structural connectivity was assessed in the study. Corridor width did appear to influence the numbers of birth species within corridors through an associated increase in habitat area. This was particularly evident in two unmade road reserves within the study area. Avifauna was most diverse within the unmade road reserves with both recording a high number of total bird species, equal highest woodland bird species and retaining a diverse guild structure. Unmade road reserves constitute a significant habitat for woodland birds and should be managed accordingly.  
• 2000 Hons (EnvMgmt) Nigel Hayball, Effects of Grazing and Water Depth on the Growth of Three Wetland Plant Species.
  It is widely recognised, both here in Australia and overseas, that stock have an enormous impact upon riparian lands and their native vegetation. Preferential browsing of particualr species limits their presence in favour of less palatable species. With an increasing focus on the management and rehabilitation of Australia's rivers, there is a need to better understand the factors influencing maintenance and regeneration of native vegetation. My Honours Thesis will observe above and below ground biomass response differences of three acquatic plant species grown in artificial environment that have been subjected to different grazing (clipping) intensities and frequencies, and different water regimes. Results found may provide further evidence to exclude stock during sensitive periods, such as after a large flood or when plants are setting seed or germinating. It may also provide evidence for conservation managers and private landholders, to pay closer attention to specific aquatic plant species that are more sensitive to different types of disturbances.  
• 2000 Hons (ENVS) Rani Hunt, The Use of GIS in Land Evaluation: a Review and Cast Study for the Blue Rock Region of Gippsland.  
• 2000 Hons (EnvMgmt) Susan Lawrie, Finding Animals Amongst the Weeds: An Audit System for Animal-Weed Relationships.
  The aim of this thesis is to determine how the interactions of native species and weeds can be accounted for in weed management. The thesis, through an extensive literature review and empirical research, aims to develop an audit system or model that can be undertaken/applied prior to weed control. The model would allow managers to proceed through a checklist of points that aids in determining whether removing an environmental weed is to the detriment or benefit of the native fauna present. Furthermore, the model would point the manager towards the appropriate methods of weed removal. The outcome of the research would be a more holistic approach to ecosystem management - considering current plant/animal interactions rather than simply acting on the anthropocentric targeting of environmental weeds. In developing the model, the thesis will also address various socio-political factors such as current weed removal policies, funding of 'weed' control activities and possibly the landholders perceptions of environmental weeds in a study area.
  
  
• 2000 Hons (EnvMgmt) David McInnes, Ecological Sustainable Development: Innes National Park and Fire.
  
  
• 2000 Hons (EnvMgmt) Samantha Muller, Towards Decolonisation of Australia's Protected Area Management: An Exploration of the Nantawarrina Indigenous Protected Area.
  My thesis aims to explore the partnerships between government agencies and indigenous landholders in relation to land management. Aboriginal lands have been recognised in the 1990s as being an essential component of a National Reserve System to conserve all ecosystems in Australia. As a consequence, the government has created the Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) scheme, whereby indigenous landholders receive financial and technical assistance for setting aside their property for conservation purposes. Traditionally, such partnerships have been constricted within westernised noations of 'involvement' and 'conservation'.
  However, this scheme has potential for enhancing self-determination in management for indigenous communities, pending upon successful relationships with government agencies. Nantawarrina in the Flinders Ranges was the first IPA declared and will be considered as a case study. Currently leased by the Nepabunna community, land management programs have been implemented through the partnership with the Aboriginal Lands Trust (ALT) in South Australia. The recent award by the United Nations for the best indigenous land management worldwide indicates the success of this partnership. Therefore, the partnerships in relation to the management of Nantawarrina will be explored to determine the successful elements and the potential for further improvement.
  
  
• 2000 Hons (GEOG) Rebecca Shultz, Still Dreaming? The Home Purchase Aspirations of the 1970s Generation
  This thesis is an exploration of attitudes towards the "Great Australian Dream" of home ownership for people born in the 1970s in Adelaide, South Australia. For three decades, since the beginnings of the 1960s, Australia has had a stable home ownership rate of 70 per cent as the result of a combination of social trends, economic conditions and government policies. Recent trends have shown a decline in home purchasing rates especially amongst the post-Baby Boomers generations. This thesis aims to examine and explain the causes of home ownership decline, specifically for young adults in Adelaide who were born in the 1970s, and to conclude whether it is the result of changing preferences (choice), growing constraints, or both. Focus groups with people born in the 1970s and interviews with key figures in Real Estate will help to unravel changes in tenure preferences and the perceptions of access to home ownership. Interviews with key individuals from financial institutions will validate findings on home ownership access and affordability in Adelaide and provide insights into the characteristics and nature of the housing market.
  
  
• 2000 Hons (GEOG) Phillip Stevenson, Provision of Health Services for the Elderly in Rural and Remote Areas. A Case Study: The Health Region of Eyre, South Australia
  Australia's population is rapidly ageing. Therefore the issues of providing appropriate health services for South Australia's ageing population are of great importance. My research will focus on the provision of health services for the elderly within communities located on the West Coast of South Australia (Region of Eyre).
  
  
• 2000 Hons (GEOG) Charmaine Thredgold, Tourism Development and Traditional Culture in Samoa
  In recent years tourism has been hailed by many as an economic saviour for small island developing states in the South Pacific. On the other hand voices have been raised against tourism because it is also seen to have negative environmental and cultural impacts for the receiving community. This thesis intends to explore the feasibility and sustainability of a small scale tourist venture in Samoa. The photos on this page were taken in January/February 1993. They highlight Samoa's natural beauty, colonial past and my son Toa with his great-uncle Tuivanu and a small cousin outside a fale in the village of Matautu.
  
• 2000 Hons (EnvMgmt) Jacob Wallace, Cultural Heritage Partnerships: A Study of Consultative Relationships Between Aboriginal Communities and Metropolitan Adelaide Local Government.
  The desires of many Aboriginal communities to maintain and revive their cultural heritage, combined with the increasing role of local government in heritage matters makes effective consultation vital. The issues surrounding cultural heritage partnerships in the Adelaide metropolitan region stem from local government structures and from the traditions of the Kaurna people and practices of their representative organisations. Further issues arise from fundamental differences in culture and relations (both historical and contemporary) between indigenous and non-indigenous in Australia. The Warriparinga wetlands project in the Marion council and the initiatives undertaken in Salisbury and Port Adelaide-Enfield councils provide excellent examples of these issues. Difficulties have been faced during the process of consultation. If effective outcomes are to be produced for concerned parties, local government procedures must be examined, differences and needs understood and methods of improvement sought.
  
  
• 2000 Hons (EnvMgmt) Damian Wells, The Impact of Agricultural Restructuring Programs: a Case Study of Kickstart Sunraysia.
  The thesis investigates the outcomes of an agricultural restructuring program implemented in Sunraysia (Vic & NSW ) Australia. The thesis establishes the extent of economic leakage, i.e. the amount of money from the program that left the region. Recommendations are made regarding how leakage could have been minimised. Intangible benefits/costs of the program are identified and the significance of these impacts are discussed. Leakage occurs through farmers purchasing goods and services from outside the Sunraysia region. Recommendations may include the need for a broader program to incorporate local suppliers of agricultural materials and services to minimise leakage. Intangible benefits of the program may include increased likelihood of further adoption of new agricultural technology by farmers. New technology, such as drip irrigation can reduce water use and give farmers greater control over irrigation scheduling and new trellis designs can increase production efficiency.
  
  
• 2000 Hons (EnvMgmt) Sarah Wilson, Winter Habitat of the Orange Bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) in the Coorong, South Australia
  The orange-bellied parrot is a small migratory species which breeds in Tasmania during summer and over winter on the southeast coasts of South Australia and Victoria. The population has declined over the past 100 years until now there are fewer than 200 birds in the wild. Destruction of its favoured saltmarsh feeding grounds at wintering sites are thought to be the main reason for the population decline.
  
  
  
• 1999 Hons (EnvMgmt) Simon Beed, Can We Live With Wind?
  It has been found that perception plays an important role in the process of implementing sustainable technologies, particularly for wind generation. Perception is a subjective issue and is shaped by many forces. People who have experience with wind farms tend to reflect a positive perception while those inexperienced tend to hold an uncertain or negative perception. Positive perception will lead to success while negative perception can lead to opposition that in turn can materialise into action stopping a development. For these reasons perception forms the major theme under investigation in this thesis. It is suggested that a change of perception leading to a positive outcome is more likely to be achieved if the right elements, such as direct knowledge of the sustainable benefits of wind energy for the planet, are effectively communicated to a community. This thesis argues that the role of the wind farm developer is a sensitive one and is central to shaping people's perception. Appropriate methodologies available from expert opinion and established guidelines with regard to influencing people's perceptions have been researched, and issues have been identified that constitute a 'best practice' approach for the successful implementation of wind farms.
  
  
• 1999 Hons (EnvMgmt) Neville Crossman, The Impact of European Olive (Olea europaea) on Greybox (Eucalyptus microcarpa) Woodland in South Australia
  Environmental weeds have recently come to the attention of conservationists as the most serious threat to Australia's natural heritage. Examples exist across the country of plants introduced into native vegetation communities that originated from overseas or other parts of Australia. These plants naturalise by reproducing successfully in the wild over several generations, and given the right conditions undergo a rapid growth in population leading to a reduction in the integrity and conservation value of native biota.
  The European olive (Olea europaea) is an introduced plant that has naturalised in several parts of Australia. Originating in the Mediterranean region, O. europaea was imported into Australia and cultivated for its high oil content. Escapes from the original olive groves have invaded native vegetation communities, including Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) woodland in South Australia.
  This thesis examines the impact of O. europaea on e. microcarpa woodland, the history of and processes leading to invasion, and the relevance of the plant as an environmental weed.
  Evidence in this thesis suggests that O. europaea invasion can lead to a considerable reduction in native species richness and abundance in E. microcarpa woodland. Invasion also alters the canopy structure of the woodland. Species most at risk are E. microcarpa, Acacia pycnantha and Dodonaea viscosa. It is argued that the reduction in light infiltration caused by the dense canopy of O. europaea prevents regeneration of native species. there may also be an allelopathic effect on the soil beneath O. europaea canopy. O. europaea should be considered as a serious threat to the integrity of vegetation communities it invades and be given the status of a serious environmental weed. An argument is provided in this thesis that O. europaea fits into the category of environmental weed. This thesis should be read and widely distributed amongst managers of natural ecosystems to strengthen their case for an increase of O. europaea removal and control programs.
  
  
• 1999 Hons (EnvMgmt) Tiffany Inglis, Temporary Wetland Seed Banks - the Influence of Environmental Variables on Vegetation Patterns Within and Between Wetlands.
  Floodplain wetlands are unique habitats of ecological significance and rich biodiversity. Temporary wetlands located on the Chowilla Anabranch adjacent to the River Murray are managed by the Bookmark Biosphere Reserve. These sites are threatened by altered water regime, exotic species invasion and grazing. Germination from viable seed banks stored within the wetland substrate, influence vegetation patterns. Fluctuating water levels are the major factor determining vegetation zonation. The impacts of five environmental variables other than water regime on plant distribution were assessed at ephemeral wetlands. Percentage vegetation cover, percentage little cover, soil salinity, soil pH and distance from the wetland centre were also recorded. From four wetland lakebeds, 360 soil samples were collected and germinated in submerged and moist greenhouse conditions. Seedlings emerging from the samples were placed into six vegetation categories and the abundance correlated with abiotic variables.
  Seed bank viability was approximately 50% across the four wetlands. Similarity between the seed bank and extant wetland vegetation was negligible. Soil salinity was greater at the wetland centre, which favoured salt tolerant species. In the presence of trees and aquatic vegetation little cover increased. Shade caused by overhanging vegetation and litter may inhibit seedling germination. Soil pH became acidic toward the wetland margins favouring small emergent species. Percentage vegetation cover was less in the presence of trees. Distance from the wetland centre displayed inconclusive results on vegetation zonation. Understanding the influences on vegetation patterns within temporary wetlands is vital for management programs aimed at restoring natural water regimes and regenerating degraded sites.
  
  
• 1999 Hons (EnvMgmt) Julian James, Achieving Compliance: A Study of Pollution Regulation in the Motor Vehicle Servicing Industry in Adelaide.
  Historically, the management of stormwater in Adelaide has focussed on the dogmatic removal of urban runoff, with maximum speed. Adelaide has an excellent system of stormwater drainage channels as a result of this. The increasing urbanisation and industrialisation of the city throughout the 20th century, has seen this stormwater system concentrating pollutants from the urban areas in the city's waterways. The declaration of the Patawalunga River as Australia's most polluted waterway was, in part a catalyst for a new administration of stormwater focussed on catchment wide issues. Amongst other things this had led to the Environmental Protection Act 1993, and a set of draft Codes of Practice, which outline best management practice for industrial, commercial and retail premises. Local government has been assigned the role of encouraging the small business community to comply with these codes. Presently the level of compliance with these codes in unknown. This study has aimed to discover how well small business, and in particular the motor vehicle service industry complies with these Codes. This research breaks new ground in the study of small business and compliance, furthermore, it establishes the relationship between these small businesses and the regulatory environment in which they operate. It is concluded that the codes of practice are complied with in a non uniform manner. Several characteristics of these businesses have been identified as contributing to compliance, the most striking being profitability and age of business. Socioeconomic factors are shown to have some effect, and business premises tenure has been identified as an issue which could stall the compliance process. Finally this study discusses the implications of these findings for the regulation of small business, and suggests areas for further research.
  
  
• 1999 Hons (ENVS) Tom Jenkin, Myth, Place, Representation and Power: An Exploration of World Heritage and the Lake Eyre Basin.
  Against a backdrop of intensifying globalisation, geographers are giving heightened levels of attention to contemporary meanings of place, locale, sovereignty and culture. In this thesis, these issues are explored through an 'environmental' conflict. This thesis deconstructs the conflict informed by recent writings in cultural and political geographies. In 1993 a pre-election promise to nominate areas within the Lake Eyre Basin for World Heritage listing was followed by highly contested and polarised debate. In 1998 the federal government brought the issues to a rest, withdrawing from World Heritage discussions. The way people constructed and assigned meanings to place and World Heritage during the debate are explored here through an analysis of origin stories and myth. Representations of imagined place and identities are also revealed through a textual analysis of media coverage. Relations of power are mapped defining the space-place tensions that gave meaning to the World Heritage conflict. From this reading, the relational nature of place, identity and power is examined within shifting imaginations of place under processes of globalisation.
  
  
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• 1999 Hons (GEOG) Rosemary Markwell, Keeping Local Government ‘Local’: The Future Role of Neighbourhood Houses in the City of Onkaparinga.
  The thesis will focus on community development, specifically Neighbourhood Centres, within the City of Onkaparinga. A needs analysis will be undertaken in two communities sharing similar characteristics. There are two branches of inquiry as one community is currently served by a Neighbourhood Centre and the other community is not. Thesis data will be collected in consultation with Council staff, by discussions with Centre co-ordinators and quota sampling by questionnaire. At present Neighbourhood Centre activities include community education programs such as literacy and numeracy, parenting courses and family support, physical fitness and art and craft activities. Demand for activities will be analysed and recommendations
  made for individual long term planning strategies.
  
  
• 1999 Hons (ENVS) Dan Meldrum, Modelling Sheet and Rill Erosion Using GIS: Application of the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation Using GIS for the Hundred of Kuitpo, South Australia.
  Since the 1830s in Australia, land degradation has spawned an ever increasing need to conserve the land and repair the damage caused by inappropriate land management. Since Federation, these efforts have been approached in an increasingly coordinated and methodical manner. More recently, evolution in the processing power of computers has increased the ability of researchers to model land systems and processes. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) provide some of the necessary tools for physical geographers and environmental scientists to conduct these modelling exercises. They are capable of rapidly producing information which may have taken years to generate in the past.
  This thesis examines the issue of land degradation, focussing on the processes of sheet and rill erosion. It investigates the modelling of these processes through the application of the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) linked to a widely used GIS. The case study conducted for the Hundred of Kuitpo in South Australia's Mount Lofty Ranges provided the backdrop for an assessment of the ability of the GIS to process the RUSLE accurately and rapidly. Land and water management activities within this area are also investigated in order to highlight areas of potential application of the GIS-linked RUSLE and the information that it produces.
  The thesis shows that, using existing data, the methods employed have the potential to dramatically increase the quality of sheet and rill erosion related data currently used in planning land and water management. With further development, the GIS-linked RUSLE has the potential to provide accurate information at a very high resolution and is capable of assessing large areas quickly and economically. This capability will be enhanced with further advances in computing and software related technology.
  
  
• 1999 Hons (EnvMgmt) Kristy Nattrass, What Motivates People to be Involved in Carp Management? The Case of the Bookmark Biosphere Reserve, South Australia.
  Since carp (Cyprinus carpio) were introduced into the Murray-Darling Basin approximately thirty years ago they have been identified as a problem by communities, based on their detrimental effects on aquatic environments. This has prompted people within these communities to act on managing carp. People involved in carp management have been motivated by differing factors. The purpose of this research is to identify and explore factors motivating involvement, focusing on the Bookmark Biosphere Reserve, South Australia. A variety of people are involved in carp management within Bookmark. The informants for this research included people with a long association with the Riverland area and people relatively new, resulting in a range of views regarding motivation to be involved.
  By knowing and understanding what motivates people to be involved in carp management, several key areas can be developed in order to get other people to act and maintain this action. The concluding chapter draws together motivation and prompting people to act, with the aim of developing better carp management.
  
  
• 1999 Hons (EnvMgmt) Jacob Nicholson, The Impact of Broom (Cytisus scoparius ) on Native Vegetation in the Adelaide Hills.
  This thesis examines the invasion of broom (Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link) in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. It includes a study of the structural character of broom in this region and the impacts on the local vegetation, and a comparison with studies at Barrington Tops, New South Wales.
  The study found that where broom stands occurred, it promoted an increase in bare ground and plant litter and a decrease in herbaceous ground cover. It results in a decline in diversity and the numbers of species present, resulting in changes in the composition and structure of the local vegetation community.
  Results of this study indicate that location influences the structural characteristics of broom and its impacts on native vegetation. They also showed a departure from the characteristics of broom that have been described in the eastern states, which has important implications for its management in South Australia.
  
  
• 1999 Hons (EnvMgmt) Laura Phipps, Ecological Responses to Wetland Flow Regime Management in the Riverland, South Australia.
  Wetland flow regime management is a recent practice which aims to improve wetland health through manipulating inflows and outflows. The aquatic biota and water quality of six wetlands in the Riverland in South Australia was studied in July 1999 to assess the physical and biotic responses to management. The specific objectives of the study were:
  to assess fish, macroinvertebrate and plankton assemblages, vegetation and water quality;
  evaluate wetland health based on findings
  assess each wetland, based on knowledge of management
  comment on future management needs
  compare wetlands to assess whether management improves wetland health and improves the abundance and diversity of small native fish.
  
  
• 1999 Hons (ENVS) Ben Pilgram, Managing Environmental Weeds: A System for Prioritising Local Weed Management Resources.
  European settlement of the Australian continent resulted in the importation of many plant species. Increased global (and national) transportation of plant material over the last 200 years has increased the extent, diversity and destinations of plant material. The importation of plant material has resulted in the naturalisation of exotic and non-indigenous species and increased their impacts upon native terrestrial ecosystems. The importance of prioritising resources for the local management of such plant invasions has long been recognised. This research takes an analytical view of the various methods by which future populations of weed species may be predicted in a given area and reviews various methods by which resources may be prioritised for weed management. Emerging from this research is a method of prioritising resources for weed management that includes aspects of weed risk assessment and allows for the documentation of management decisions and the justification of fund allocation.
  
  
• 1999 Hons (EnvMgmt) Sarah Rhodes, A Prediction of Pittosporum undulatum Vent. Distribution and Invasion Risk Using GIS.
  Geographic Information Systems are increasingly being incorporated into many species distribution models. The recurring problems caused by environmental weeds have instigated the development of many predictive models. In this study, the site characteristics of areas currently invaded by Pittosporum undulatum Vent (Sweet Pittosporum) have been used to predict its potential distribution on the Fleurieu Peninsula of South Australia.
  P. undulatum was found to inhabit rainfall areas of 600-1100mm on the Fleurieu Peninsula, with mean annual maximum and minimum temperatures of 17o-21o and 6o-12oC respectively. Vegetation was dominated by four main types: E. obliqua, E. microcarpa, E. leucoxylon and E. camaldulensis, while soil types ranged from clay loams and stony sands to sandy loams and loamy sands. P. undulatum was found on slopes between 0o and 35o, and aspects between 0o-180o and 305o-335o, with elevations between 170 and 560 metres.
  A limited number of very small areas on the Fleurieu Peninsula were located with site characteristics identica