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Claudia Baldwin

Claudia Baldwin

BA Wat., MA (Regional Planning) Wat.
Position: Lecturer, Environmental and Planning Studies
Office: D1.05
Tel: +61 7 5459 1283
Email: cbaldwin@usc.edu.au

Teaching areas

  • Regional and Urban Planning
  • Participation, Conflict and Mediation in Planning
  • Advanced Planning 
  • Planning Design Studio
  • Regional Infrastructure Planning

Research areas

  • Collaborative decision-making, community engagement, and alternative dispute resolution
  • Social and community sustainability, attitudes/perceptions of natural resource management (NRM) and planning
  • Water planning
  • Community-based governance of NRM
  • Sustainable design, affordable housing

Profile

Claudia Baldwin is a regional planner with more than 20 years experience in Queensland government, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, and as a consultant in Australia and internationally. She has worked in urban and regional planning; natural resource, coastal and marine park planning; community engagement; policy development; impact assessment; and research and monitoring program management, and evaluation. She has considerable experience in collaboration and consultation with all levels of government, research institutions, private enterprise, interest groups, and community. She is an IAMA accredited mediator.

Professional appointments

  • Editorial Board, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 1996 - present

Professional memberships

  • Corporate member, Planning Institute of Australia (PIA)
  • Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ)
  • Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia (IAMA)
  • International Association of Public Participation (IAP2)
  • Queensland Environmental Law Assn (QELA)
  • Environmental Defenders Office, Queensland (EDO)

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Publications

Journal articles
  • Baldwin C, Ross H. Under review. Integrating stakeholder interests and values in water planning in two catchments in Queensland Australia, Society and Natural Resources.
  • Sarker A, Baldwin C, Ross H. In press. Managing groundwater as a common-pool resource in Australia, Water Policy.
  • Baldwin C, Twyford V. 2007. The challenge of enhancing public participation on dams and development: A case for evaluation, International Journal of Public Participation, 1:2, 17
  • Baldwin C. 2005. How can we better address values and interests that underlie conflict in a dispute resolution process? The Arbitrator and Mediator, 24:1, 25-32.
  • Baldwin C. 2004a. Book review: Renegotiating the environment, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 11:3.
  • Baldwin C. 2004b. Book review: Community participation in practice: new directions, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 11:2.
Conference papers
  • Baldwin C, Hamstead M, O'Keefe V.  2008. Social and economic assessment for water planning in Australia, paper presented to Water Downunder, Adelaide, in press.
  • Hamstead M, Baldwin C, O'Keefe V. 2008. Water planning practices and lessons learned, paper presented to Water Downunder, Adelaide, in press.
  • Baldwin C, Ross H. 2006. Stakeholder perceptions of water reform in two catchments in Queensland, paper presented to River Symposium, Brisbane, 4-7 Sept 2006.
  • Baldwin C, Pretty G. 2005. Addressing interests and values in a consensus framework for water allocation, Paper presented to Engaging Communities Conference, Brisbane, 14-17 August 2005.
  • Baldwin C. 2005. Using Photovoice to identify interests in decision making about water, Ideas Café, International Association of Public Participation conference, Sydney, March 2005.
  • Baldwin C. 2005. Interests and values underlying conflicts in water decision making processes (poster), OZWater conference, Brisbane, April 2005.
Recent reports
  • Hamstead M, Baldwin C, O'Keefe V. Under review, Water planning practices and lessons learned, National Water Commission, Canberra.
  • Baldwin C. 2007. An attitudinal survey of water management and use in south east Queensland, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
  • Twyford V, Baldwin C. 2007. Stakeholder Participation in Dams and Development: Report to UNEP Dams and Development Project, United Nations Environment Program, Nairobi.
  • Baldwin C. 2003. Regional natural resource management issues for Queensland's fruit and vegetable industry, Report to Queensland Fruit and Vegetable Growers, August 2003.
  • Smith T, Baldwin C, Lazarow N, Whelan J. 2003. Social and institutional research: literature review and consultation report, Report to Land and Water Australia, July 2003.
Theses
  • Baldwin C. 1974. Access and service in local government: a case study of Moosoonee, Ontario, Masters of Arts in Regional Planning and Resource Development, University of Waterloo.
  • Baldwin C. (In prep) Conflict resolution in water allocation and use, PhD Candidate, University of Queensland 2004-2007

Research grants

  • Conflict resolution in water allocation and use, Baldwin C, CRC Irrigation Futures PhD Scholarship, 2004-2007.
  • Consensus building in water allocation and use, Baldwin C, Queensland Government Smart State Award, March 2005-2007.
  • Public Participation in Dams and Dam Development, Baldwin C and Twyford V, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), 2006
  • Water Planning in Australia: Lessons Learned, Hamstead M, Baldwin C, and O’Keefe V, National Water Commission, 2007
  • Conflict Resolution in Local Government, Baldwin C, USC Seed Grant, Maroochy Shire Council, Noosa Shire Council, 2007.

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