MA (Town and Regional Planning), Liverpool University, UK BSc (Landscape Architecture), Shanghai University, China
PhD Theis Title:
Enhancing Green Infrastructure Management for Flood-Drought Resilience in Brisbane, Australia: A Landscape Architecture Approach
PhD Research Summary:
In the past several decades, the city of Brisbane in the Australian state of Queensland has experienced a cyclic pattern of flood and drought. Both the Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council have pursued several initiatives to confront these flood and drought challenges. Nevertheless, many of their approaches have been short-term or ineffective. As a long-term strategy in the United States, green infrastructure (GI) planning at the catchment scale is becoming popular within sustainable management practice to reduce flood and drought risks. However, GI applications in Australia are scattered and have not been fully integrated, especially at the catchment scale. This research makes suggestions for GI guidelines in Brisbane to achieve flood and drought resilience. These can contribute new ideas and insights for landscape architects regarding green infrastructure, including considering the whole catchment scale in the planning of future developments.