David King

• Bachelor of Arts (London)
• PGCE (Cambridge)
• PhD (London)

Associate Professor

• EV1002: Society and Environment
• EV2301/EV5301: Urban Geography & Design
• EV3606: Disasters: Vulnerability, Mitigation and Planning
• GE5603: Planning Legislation and Professional Practice
• GE 5605: Professional Planning Work Experience
  

Research Interests

General interests are in human geography, especially migration and rural and urban development in the third world and Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and the socio-economic impacts of mines, especially the social impact of Ok Tedi mine, and roads and major developments. Research projects include the roles and functions of small towns and service centres, especially in the north Australia savannah, town planning and urbanisation in north Australia and South Pacific, census analysis, social and community planning, and disaster studies in North Queensland and the South West Pacific.

Director of the Centre for Disaster Studies

How to Find Me

• Visit: Room 110, TESAG building
• Call: (+61) 747 81 4430
• Fax: (+61) 747 81 4020
• Email: david.king@jcu.edu.au