ARC-Linkage project: Climate variability, water allocation and land use change impacts on surface-groundwater interactions and salinity discharge

Regional Indicators framework for SW VIC
Farmer Survey on Climate Change
Local Government change agents

Selection of publications:
Jorgensen, B., Graymore, M. and O’Toole, K. (2009) Household Water Use Behavior Models: The role of trust? Journal of Environmental Management, 91, 227-236.

Graymore, M. L. M., and Wallis, A. M. (2010). Water savings or water efficiency? Water-use attitudes and behaviour in rural and regional areas. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 17(1), 84 - 93.

Graymore, M.L.M., Sipe, N.G. and Rickson, R.E. (2008) Regional Sustainability: How useful are current tools of sustainability assessment at the regional scale? Ecological Economics, 67, pp 362-372.

Graymore, M.L.M, Richards, A.J and Wallis, A.M. (2009) An Index of Regional Sustainability: a GIS based multiple criteria analysis decision support system for progressing sustainability. Ecological Complexity, 6(4), 453-462.

Graymore, M. L. M., Sipe, N. G., and Rickson, R. E. (2010). Sustaining Human Carrying Capacity: A tool for regional sustainability assessment. Ecological Economics, 69(3), 459-468.

In 2011 Sandra completed her Masters research at the Fenner School for Environment and Society at ANU: "Learning to Communicate by Communicating to Learn: Social Learning in the Michelago Region - A Case Study". Sandra is currently a PhD scholar in the School of Sociology, Research School of Social Sciences, ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences.

Sandra's PhD research explores the changing functions of rural fire brigades in New South Wales, within the context of national policy changes toward "shared responsibility" when managing emergencies or disaster. The research examines the expectations for rural fire brigades by the NSW Rural Fire Service, local communities and other stakeholders. Using a case study in the Monaro region of South-East New South Wales, the research develops an understanding of how rural fire brigades represent both fire agencies and communities, and what this pertains for future fire management strategies within New South Wales and Australia. The Australian Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre has stressed that existing fire management practices, at all levels, are not sustainable in today’s changing world and as such, research at the “grassroots” end of fire management is prudent and timely.

Creating futures: development and application of an integeated spatial decision support system (www.creatingfutures.org.nz).
Ecosystem services as a concept for integrated environmental, economic and social accounting.
Development of alternative indicators of societal progress (other than GDP).