Associate Professor Peter Waterman RFD
BA W.Aust., MSc W.Aust., GradDipUrbanPlan Tasmanian CAE, DipSocSci W.Aust.IT, TeachCert W.Aust.Ed.Dept
Position: Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Coordinator Climate Change, Coasts and Catchments
Office: I2.05B
Tel: +61 7 5459 4679
Fax: +61 7 5430 2887
Email: peter.waterman@usc.edu.au
Teaching areas
- Climate Change Adaptation (Graduate Program)
- Integrated Coastal Zone Management (Graduate Program)
- Environmental Change Management (Graduate Program)
- Wetlands Management (Graduate Program)
Research areas
- Regional engagement focusing on enterprising human capital, mobilising the productive aging and regional development
- Adaptive growth management focusing on Smart Growth and regional strategic planning
- Integrated coastal zone management and integrated catchment management with special reference to governance and institutional arrangements, ecosystems services and contingency response
- Climate change adaptation in particular assessing coastal vulnerability
- Sustainable development of island nations and the built environment
Profile
Peter Waterman is an environmental planner with over 37 years professional experience working for governmental and private sector clients. Professional work has encompassed:
- strategic and statutory planning
- intergovernmental relations
- environmental research (physical, biological, social, economic and cultural); public and environmental health, and
- natural resource and environmental management
Peter’s formal professional qualifications are in geography, social science, urban planning and environmental management.
Commencing work as an environmental planning consultant in 1970, Peter has carried out a large number of land use planning and environmental impact and risk assessments in all Australian States and Territories as well as overseas. Through this work Peter has become an acknowledged leader in developing integrated and holistic approaches to the environmental management of natural systems, industrial facilities and built infrastructure with a geographic focus on the coastal zone.
On becoming actively involved with the USC in 2001, Peter has represented the University:
- as the Convenor of the Port of Brisbane Community Consultative Committee (2001-07)
- on the Steering Committee of the Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional Australia (SEGRA) conferences
- as a Director of the Consortium for Integrated Resources Management (CIRM), and
- on the Management Group for the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF)
Publications
Electronic copies of various academic papers from Associate Professor Peter Waterman RFD are available on the USC Coast Research Database website.
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