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329

Overview

Allan Curtis is affiliated with Charles Sturt University in Australia and specializes in Environmental Science with a focus on several interrelated subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Ocean Engineering, and Political Science and International Relations.

The main topics of Curtis's research cover a range of areas within environmental and resource management. These topics include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Forest Management and Policy, Water Resources Management and Optimization, Water Governance and Infrastructure, Hydropower, Displacement and Environmental Impact, Rural Development and Sustainability, and Agricultural Innovations and Practices.

Curtis has contributed to several publications, with notable papers including:

  • Coming together: Insights from an Australian example of collective action to co-manage groundwater (2022, Journal of Hydrology)
  • Stakeholder judgements of the social acceptability of control practices for kangaroos, unmanaged goats and feral pigs in the south-eastern rangelands of Australia (2020, The Rangeland Journal)
  • Does rural landowner identity shape the adoption of sustainable farming practices? (2020, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management)
  • What's Trust Got to do With it? Lessons From Cross-Sectoral Research on Natural Resource Management in Australia and the U.S. (2021, Frontiers in Communication)
  • Public attitudes to animal welfare and landholder resource limitations: implications for total grazing pressure management in the southern rangelands of Australia (2020, The Rangeland Journal)

The venues where Curtis frequently publishes research include The Rangeland Journal, Journal of Hydrology, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, and Frontiers in Communication.

Collaborations have been a part of Curtis's research output, with frequent co-authors including Eric Toman, K.B. Sinclair, R. B. Hacker, T. Atkinson, and Sarah Shalsi. These collaborations have contributed to the variety and depth of investigations in related environmental and resource management fields.

Best Publications

  • Understanding and promoting adoption of conservation practices by rural landholders

    David Pannell;Graham Marshall;Neil Barr;Allan Curtis

  • Governance Principles for Natural Resource Management

    Michael Lockwood;Julie Davidson;Allan Curtis;Elaine Stratford

  • Nipped in the bud: Why regional scale adaptive management is not blooming

    Catherine Allan;Allan Curtis

  • The role of Landcare group networks in rural Australia: exploring the contribution of social capital

    Jonathan Sobels;Allan Curtis;Stewart Lockie

  • Landcare and Catchment Management in Australia: Lessons for State-Sponsored Community Participation

    Allan Curtis;Michael Lockwood

  • The great experiment with devolved NRM governance: lessons from community engagement in Australia and New Zealand since the 1980s

    A Curtis;H Ross;G R Marshall;C Baldwin

  • Landcare in Australia: Does it Make a Difference?

    Allan Curtis;Terry De Lacy

  • Multi-level environmental governance: lessons from Australian natural resource management

    Michael Lockwood;Julie Davidson;Allan Curtis;Elaine Stratford

  • Taking over the reins: trends and impacts of changes in rural property ownership.

    Emily Mendham;Allan Curtis

  • Understanding the Role of Assigned Values in Natural Resource Management

    Eloise Seymour;Allan Curtis;D Pannell;Catherine Allan

  • Locating Communities in Natural Resource Management

    Christopher Harrington;Allan Curtis;Rosemary Black

  • Landcare, Stewardship and Sustainable Agriculture in Australia

    A. Curtis;T. de Lacy

  • Risk Perceptions, Aquaculture, and Issues of Trust: Lessons From Australia

    Nicole A. Mazur;Allan L. Curtis

  • Understanding community perceptions of aquaculture: lessons from Australia

    Nicole A. Mazur;Allan L. Curtis

  • Development and testing of a rapid appraisal wetland condition index in south-eastern Australia

    C Spencer;A.I Robertson;A Curtis

  • Regional Natural Resource Management: Is It Sustainable

    Sandy Paton;Allan Curtis;Geoff McDonald;Mary Woods

  • Exploring landholder willingness and capacity to manage dryland salinity in the Goulburn Broken Catchment

    Allan Curtis;Michael Lockwood;Jacinta MacKay

  • Adaptive Management and Watersheds: A Social Science Perspective

    Catherine Allan;Allan Curtis;George Stankey;Bruce Shindler

  • Maintaining volunteer commitment to local watershed initiatives.

    Ian Byron;Allan Curtis

  • Understanding landholder management of river frontages: The Goulburn Broken

    Allan Curtis;Alistar Robertson

  • Proceedings of the 5th Australian stream management conference: Australian rivers: making a difference

    AL Wilson;RL Dehaan;RJ Watts;KJ Page

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Lockwood
Michael Lockwood University of Tasmania
Anthony J. Jakeman
Anthony J. Jakeman Australian National University
David J. Pannell
David J. Pannell University of Western Australia
Barry Croke
Barry Croke Australian National University
Susan A. Moore
Susan A. Moore Murdoch University
Gabriele Bammer
Gabriele Bammer Australian National University
Helen Ross
Helen Ross University of Queensland
Craig T. Simmons
Craig T. Simmons University of Newcastle Australia
Christopher M. Raymond
Christopher M. Raymond University of Helsinki
Patricia Gober
Patricia Gober Arizona State University

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