Research

Scholarly Books

Stanley J, March A, Ogloff J, Thompson J (2020) Feeling the Heat, Vernon Press, Delaware.

March A, Kornakova, M Eds (2017) Urban Planning for Disaster Recovery, Elsevier, ISBN: 9780128042762 (274 pages)

March, A. (2012) The Democratic Plan: Analysis and Diagnosis, Ashgate, Aldershot. (190 pages)

Non Academic Publications and Major Reports

March, A. (2023). Dilemmas in planning education: Resilience: Buzzword or planning fundamental?. Planning News, 49(7), 14-14.

March A & de Moraes L (2021) Multi-hazard review of the comprehensiveness of Victorian urban planning for disaster risk reduction, Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, Melbourne.

March A, Legacy C, Warren-Myers G, Nogueira de Moraes L (2021)

Heatwave and Building Codes in New South Wales: Issues and prospects, Resilience NSW & Bushfire and Natural Hazard Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney.

March, A. (2021). A handbook for urban planning and disaster resilience. Planning News, 47(11), 24-25.

March, A. (2021). More than rules: Additional guidance for bushfire risk management. Planning News, 47(10), 24-25.

March A, Legacy C, Warren-Myers G, Nogueira de Moraes L (2021) A Method for Assessing Built Environment Resilience. Resilience NSW & Bushfire and Natural Hazard Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney.

March A, Gonzales-Mathieson C (2020) Land Use Planning for Disaster Resilient Communities, Australian Institute of Disaster Resilience, Canberra.

March, A. (2020). Bushfire as disaster: Core principles, challenges and opportunities for planning. Planning News, 46(1), 12-13.

March, A. et al. (2020) Integrating bushfire risk reduction and statutory mechanisms in South Australia: assessment of the draft Planning and Design Code 2019. (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2020).

March, A. et al. (2020) Integrated urban planning for natural hazard mitigation. (Bushfire & Natural Hazards CRC, 2020)

March, A. et al. (2020) Urban planning and natural hazard risk reduction: critical frameworks for best practice. (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2020).

March, A. et al. (2019) Australian inquiries into natural hazard events: Recommendations relating to urban planning for natural hazard mitigation (2009-2017). (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2019).

March, A. et al. (2018) Practical and theoretical issues: integrating urban planning and emergency management (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC 2018)

Stanley J, Read P, March A (2016) Submission from researchers in the ARC Linkage project, Building an Integrated System for Australian Bushfire Prevention. Legislative Council Environment and Planning Standing Committee Inquiry Into Fire Season Preparedness Bushfires Submission 28.

Opie, K., March, A., Leonard, J., Newnham, G. 2014. "Indicators of Fire Vulnerability: Risk Factors in Victorian Settlements. CSIRO and Melbourne University report to the report to the Natural Disaster Resilience Grants Scheme. Melbourne.


March, A., Gleeson, B.J., Hillier, J. & MacCallum, D. (2014) ‘Integrated regulation to reduce wildfire risk in Australia,’ Using science for disaster risk reduction: report of the ISDR scientific and technical advisory group, Prevention Web, http://preventionweb.net/go/32609.

Amman, W; March, A et al (2014) "Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice" Outcomes Report PART I: Davos Report on Science and Technology, Education and Training, and Implementation for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) PART II: Comments on the Zero Draft of the Post 2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Davos, Switzerland 24-29 August.

March, A., Groenhart, L., Buxton, M., Pelikan, M., Tran, L., (2013). "Assessing Settlement Fire Vulnerability: An exploration of place-based methods". Stage A Report. The University of Melbourne, RMIT University, Spatial Vision; Melbourne, Australia. NDGRS Scheme.

Scholarly Book Chapters

de Moraes, L. N., & March, A. (2024). 16 Tourism development and climate change adaptation: Second homes, connectivity and building resilience to wildfires in Wye River, Australia. In Second Homes and Climate Change (pp. 16-38). Routledge.

March, A. (2022). Uncanny Revelations: Australian statutory planning. In Planning in an Uncanny World (pp. 73-92). Routledge.

LN de Moraes, A March (2021) Disaster risk reduction beyond command and control: Mapping an Australian wildfire from a complex adaptive systems’ perspective in Understanding Disaster Risk, pp. 205-221

González-Mathiesen, C., & March, A. (2021). Developing guidelines for increasing the resilience of informal settlements exposed to wildfire risk using a risk-based planning approach. In Understanding Disaster Risk (pp. 159-178). Elsevier.

March A; Nogueira de Moraes L; Stanley J (2020) Dimensions of Risk Justice and Resilience: Mapping Urban Planning’s Role Between Individual Versus Collective

Rights in Natural Hazards and Disaster Justice: Challenges for Australia and Its Neighbours. Palgrave Macmillan

Nogueira de Moraes L; March A (2020) Disaster risk reduction beyond command and control: mapping an Australian wildfire from a complex adaptive system’s perspective in Understanding Disaster Risk Elsevier

Gonzalez-Mathiesen, C, March, A (2020) Developing guidelines for increasing the resilience of informal settlements exposed to wildfire risk using a risk-based planning approach in Understanding Disaster Risk: A Multidimensional Approach. Elsevier (pp.159-178)

Legacy C, March A (2017) Bridging the theory and method nexus in planning: The potential and limits of Habermas for urban planning scholarship in Murphy, M., (Ed.) Habermas and Social Research: Between Theory and Method. Series: Routledge advances in sociology. Routledge: Oxon. (175-189).

Leon J, March A (2017) An urban form Response to Disaster Vulnerability: Examining tsunami evacuations in two Chilean Cities, Ch 9 In “Planning for Community-Based Disaster Resilience Worldwide: Learning from Case Studies in Six Continents” (Ed) Adrenrele Awotona. Routledge. New York. (130-146)

Buxton, M., Goodman, R., & March, A. (2012). Planning systems, Urban Form and Housing. In R. Tomlinson (Ed.), Australia's Unintended Cities: The Impact of Housing on Urban Development. Canberra: CSIRO Publishing. (103-116)

March A, (2012) "Handling Disasters", in 2020 Vision for a Sustainable Society Ed C Pearson. Emerald Press, Melbourne. (210-220)

March, A (2010), Institutional Impediments to Planning: Professionalism in Victoria, Australia. Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning: Volume 4. Thomas L. Harper, Michael Hibbard, Heloisa Costa, Anthony Gar-On Yeh New York, Routledge. (270-297)

March, A. and Low, N. (2007). Knowing and Steering: Mediatisation, Planning and Democracy in Victoria, Australia. Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning: Volume 2. B. Stiftel and V. Watson. New York, Routledge. (172-200)

March, A. and Low, N. (2005) 'Dilemmas, Consent & Consensus: A critique of the Democratic Culture of Victorian Urban Planning’. In D. Cryle & J. Hillier (Eds) Consent and Consensus: Politics, Media and Governance in 20th Century Australia. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press. (pp 233-255).

Refereed Journal Articles

Hurlimann, A., March, A., Bush, J., Moosavi, S., Browne, G. R., & Warren-Myers, G. (2024). Climate change transformation in built environments–A policy instrument framework. Urban Climate, 53, 101771.

Gonzalez-Mathiesen, C., & March, A. (2023). Long-established rules and emergent challenges: spatial planning and wildfires in Chile. International Planning Studies, 28(1), 37-53.

Moosavi, S., Hurlimann, A., Nielsen, J., Bush, J., Warren-Myers, G., & March, A. (2023). Transforming the agency and influence of landscape architects in climate change actions: An empirical analysis of barriers and facilitators. Landscape and Urban Planning, 234, 104735.

Hurlimann, A., Beilin, R., & March, A. (2023). ‘Rethinking the way we practice our professions’: social-ecological resilience for built environment professionals. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 47(1), 118-133.

Hürlimann, A. C., Nielsen, J., Moosavi, S., Bush, J., Warren-Myers, G., & March, A. (2022). Climate change preparedness across sectors of the built environment–A review of literature. Environmental Science & Policy, 128, 277-289.

Hürlimann, A. C., Warren-Myers, G., Nielsen, J., Moosavi, S., Bush, J., & March, A. (2022). Towards the transformation of cities: A built environment process map to identify the role of key sectors and actors in producing the built environment across life stages. Cities, 121, 103454.

March, A., & Gonzalez-Mathiesen, C. (2022). Embracing the challenges of urban resilience. The Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 37(2), 29-30.

Hurlimann, A., Cobbinah, P. B., Bush, J., & March, A. (2021). Is climate change in the curriculum? An analysis of Australian urban planning degrees. Environmental Education Research, 27(7), 970-991.

Gonzalez-Mathiesen, C., Ruane, S. & March, A. (2021) Integrating wildfire risk management and spatial planning – A historical review of two Australian planning systems. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 53

March A, Riddell G, de Moraes L, Stanley J; van Delden H, Beilin R; Dovers S; Maier H (2020) Urban planning capabilities for bushfire: Treatment categories and scenario testing Australian Journal of Emergency Management 35 (1)

Hurlimann A; Cobbinah PB; Bush J; March A (2020) Is climate change in the curriculum? An analysis of Australian urban planning degrees Environmental Education Research Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Allouf, D., Martel, A., & March, A. (2020). Discretion versus prescription: Assessing the spatial impact of design regulations in apartments in Australia. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 47(7), 1260-1278.

Gonzalez-Mathiesen C; March A; Leonard J; Holland M; Blanchi R (2019) Urban planning: historical changes integrating bushfire risk-management in Victoria.

The Australian Journal of Emergency Management

Gonzalez-Mathiesen C; March A; Stanley J (2019) Challenges for wildfire-prone urban-rural interfaces: the case of Melbourne Urbano Universidad del Bío Bío

Killin E, March A (2019) Path dependency of the development contributions system, Planning News, 45 (1)

Gonzalez-Mathiesen C; March A (2018) Establishing Design Principles for Wildfire Resilient Urban Planning Planning Practice and Research

Kornakova M; March A; Gleeson B (2018) Institutional Adjustments and Strategic Planning Action: The Case of Victorian Wildfire Planning Planning Practice and Research

Kornakova M, March A (2017) Activities in defendable space areas: reflections on the Wye River – Separation Creek fire. Australian Journal of Emergency Management 32 (1) 60-66.

Kornakova M, March A (2017) The Role of Citizens in DRR Planning Exercises: when to inform or consult, International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment.

March, A. (2016) Integrated Planning to Reduce Disaster Risks: Australia's Challenges and Prospects, Built Environment, 42 (1), 158 - 173.

Leon, J March, A (2016) An urban form response to disaster vulnerability: Improving tsunami evacuation in Iquique, Chile. Environment and Planning B 43(5) 826–847.

Nolan, E. and March, A (2016) Remembering Participation in Planning: the case of the Princes Hill Community Garden, Australian Planner. 53 (3) 187-200.

Leon J, March A (2016) Taking Responsibility for Shared Responsibility: Urban Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction across Different Phases. Examining Bushfire Evacuation in Victoria, Australia. International Planning Studies.

March, A., Rijal, Y. (2015) "Reducing Bushfire Risk by Planning and Design: A Professional Focus" Planning, Practice and Research 30 (1) 33-53.

Legacy, C. March, A. Mouat, C. (2014) "Limits and potentials to deliberative engagement in highly regulated planning systems: Norm development within fixed rules." Planning Theory & Practice, 1-15.

Gonzalez-Mathiesen, C., March, A. (2014). "Nine Design Features for Bushfire Risk Reduction via Urban Planning" Australian Journal of Emergency Management. 29 (3).

Leon, J., March, A. (2014). "Urban morphology as a tool for supporting tsunami rapid resilience: A case study of Talcahuano, Chile" Habitat International 43 July, 250 - 262.

Holland, M., March, A., Yu, J., Jenkins , A (2013) "Land Use Planning and Bushfire Risk: CFA Referrals and the February 2009 Victorian Fire Area." Urban Policy and Research 31, 41-54.

Hurlimann A, March A, Robins J (2013) "University curriculum development – stuck in a process and how to break free". Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 35 5, 639-651.

Mouat C, Legacy C, March A (2013) The Problem is the Solution: Testing Agonistic Theory's Potential to Recast Intractable Planning Disputes. Urban Policy and Research. 31:150-166.

March, A. et al. (2013) "Accreditation of Australian Urban Planners: Building Knowledge and Competence." Australian Planner 50 233-243.

Hurlimann, A. and March, A. (2012) "The role of spatial planning in adapting to climate change." WIREs Clim Change 3 477-488.

March, A., Rijal, Y et al. (2012) "Measuring Building Adaptability and Street Vitality " Planning Practice and Research 27 (5) 531-552.

Pandhe A, March A, (2012) "Parking availability influences on travel mode: Melbourne CBD offices" Australian Planner 49 161-171

Collia C, March A, (2012) "Urban Planning Regulations for Ecological Sustainable Development (ESD) in Victoria: Beyond Building Controls" Urban Policy & Research 30 105-126

Ford M, March A, (2012) "Assessing the Delivery of Sustainable Residential Development" International Planning Studies 17 1-21.

Groenhart L, March, A Holland, M (2012) Shifting Victoria's Emphasis in Land Use Planning for Bushfire: Towards a Place-Based Approach" Australian Journal of Emergency Management 27 4 33-37.

March A, (2010) "Practising Theory: When Theory Affects Urban Planning" Planning Theory 9 108-125

Lee A, March A, (2010) "Recognising the Economic Role of Bikes: Sharing Parking in Lygon Street, Carlton" Australian Planner 47 85-93

March A, (2008), "Centralisation and devolution in Victorian statutory planning; " Urban Planning International 23 11-18

March A, Goodman R, (2008) "Australia", in International Manual of Planning Practice Eds J Ryser, J Franchini (ISOCARP, The Hague) p 98

March A, (2007), "Institutional Impediments to Planning Professionalism in Victoria, Australia" International Planning Studies 12 367-389

March A, Henry S, (2007), "A Better Future From Imagining the Worst: Land use planning training responses to natural disaster" Australian Journal of Emergency Management 22 17-22

Refereed Conference Papers

González-Mathiesen, C., & March, A. (2021). Guide proposal for urban planning for fostering wildfire resilient timber construction in the urban-rural interface. World Conference on Timber Engineering, Santiago 9-12 August.

March A, Clements R, Kornakova, M (2016) Governing Risk Reduction in the Built Environment: the Case of Victoria, Australia. International Disaster Risk Conference, Davos Switzerland. 28 August – 1st September, 2016. Chair: Amman, Walter.

March A, Kornakova M, Clements, R (2016) Learning from Wye River and Separation Creek: Towards Improved Community Bushfire Safety. Safe Cities Conference. Melbourne 22 – 23 August 2016. Publisher: Klemick, Zara

Kornakova M, March A (2016) The role of defendable space as a key urban design tool for bushfire risk management. International Urban Design Conference, Canberra 7-9 November, Canberra, Australia.

March, A (2015) “Can Education Lead Policy and Research? Interdisciplinary Planning & Design for Bushfire Risk Reduction” ANZAPS Conference 2015: Melbourne, Australia.

March, A., Leon, J. (2014). "A Framework for Urban Planning to Reduce Disaster Risks" AESOP Conference July 2014: Utrecht, The Netherlands.


Omar, M., March, A. (2014). "Exploring Discretion as a Central Element of Urban Planning Professionalism: Evidence from English, Victorian and Dutch Statutory Planning" AESOP Conference July 2014: Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Kornakova, M., March, A. (2014). "A Method for Learning Across Different Disaster Cases: Example of Urban Planning and Disaster Risk Reduction". 5th International Disaster Resilience Risk Conference, Global Risk Forum, Davos, Switzerland 24-28 August.


Kornakova, M., March, A. (2014). "A Comparative Analysis of Integrating Urban Planing and DRR: Victorian wildfires and UK Floods". 5th International Disaster Resilience Risk Conference, Global Risk Forum, Davos, Switzerland 24-28 August.

Leon, J., March, A. (2014). "An Urban Design Framework for Tsunami Evacuation Safety: A case study of two Chilean cities." 5th International Disaster Resilience Risk Conference, Global Risk Forum, Davos, Switzerland 24-28 August.

Omar, M., March, A. (2014). "Good Design as Professional Discretion: Planning Practice Perspectives". 7th International Urban Design Conference, Adelaide, South Australia. 1-3 September.


March, A., Leon, J. (2014). "Establishing Deeper Connections between Urban Planning and Disaster Risk Reduction". AFAC14 - Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council, Wellington, New Zealand 2-5 September.

March, A., Leon, J. (2014). "A Policy Analysis View of Urban Planning Changes to Improve Disaster Resilience" 7th Making Liveable Cities Conference, Kingscliffe, NSW.

March, A., & Leon, J. (2013) Urban Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction: Establishing second wave criteria Paper presented at the State of Australian Cities, Sydney, Australia. http://www.be.unsw.edu.au/research-centres-and-clusters/city-futures/soac.

Leon, J., & March, A. (2013). Urban Structure and Evacuation Times in a City Fringe Bushfire: Modelling three scenarios in Bendigo, Victoria. Paper presented at the State of Australian Cities, Sydney. http://www.be.unsw.edu.au/research-centres-and-clusters/city-futures/soac.

Omar, M., & March, A. (2013) Empowering the Professional Judgment of Planners: A study of Australian discretion in international comparison. Paper presented at the State of Australian Cities, Sydney. http://www.be.unsw.edu.au/research-centres-and-clusters/city-futures/soac.

Kornakova, M., & March, A. (2013) Finding Appropriate Participation in Urban Planning for Reduction of Disaster Risks Paper presented at the State of Australian Cities, Sydney. http://www.be.unsw.edu.au/research-centres-and-clusters/city-futures/soac.

March, A (2013) “Urban Planning to Modify Disaster Risks” The Emergency Management Conference 2013 – Preparing Victoria. Pullman Melbourne, Albert Park 9-10 July 2013 (Invited Paper).

March, A. and S. Sturup (2012) Resilience in Complex Adaptive Systems: the relationship between planning and institutional resilience in bushfire prone regional Australia AESOP 2012: Planning to Achieve, Planning to Avoid. Ankara, Turkey, METU.

March, A. Groenhart, L. Leonard, J. (2012) “Human Settlement Indices for Bushfire in Australia”, International Disaster Resilience Risk Conference, Global Risk Forum, Davos, Switzerland 26-30 August.

March, A. Sturup, S. (2012) “Building Organisational Disaster Resilience: Lessons from Australian Bushfire”, International Disaster Resilience Risk Conference, Global Risk Forum, Davos, Switzerland 26-30 August.

March A, (2012) "Operationalising Resilience in City Design ", in National Disaster Management Research Institute Seminar Series Ed P P Taylor (Melbourne University).

Mouat C, Legacy C, March A, (2011) "The Problem is the Solution: Testing Agonistic Theory’s Potential to Explain Intractable Planning Disputes." in 6th Interpretative Policy Analysis Conference (June, 2011).

March A, (2011), "Round table: bridging between academia and practice", in 3rd World Planning Schools Congress (The University of Western Australia (Perth), Perth, Western Australia).

March A, (2011) "Steering to a Respatialised Victorian Planning", in 3rd World Planning Schools Congress (The University of Western Australia(Perth), Perth, Western Australia).

March A, (2011) "Urban design to increase bushfire resilience - lessons from Australia", in 11th IDER Conference (Florence, Italy).

March A, Harwood A, Rijal Y, (2011), "Towards Fire Resilience in Suburban Morphology", in 4th International Urban Design Conference Ed Hoekwater (AST Management(Southport, Queensland, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia) pp 122-138.

March, A., M. Holland, et al. (2011). Planning for Bushfire Resilient Urban Design. State of Australian Cities National. R. F. C. Whitzman. Melbourne, Australian Sustainable Cities and Regions Network.

March A, Holland M, (2011) "Fire Penetration and the Australian Suburb", in 3rd World Planning Schools Congress, Perth, Western Australia.

March A, Wilkinson S, (2011) "Measuring Mixed Use Area Resilience: Adaptability and Vitality", in 3rd World Planning Schools Congress; (The University of Western Australia) Perth pp 1-13.

Wang J, Yao, Z, March A (2010) Preservation and regeneration via hai pai cultural renaissance– a case study of tianzifang creative quarter in shanghai The 4th International Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU) Amsterdam/Delft, The New Urban Question – Urbanism beyond Neo-Liberalism.

Guthrie, J. and A. March (2010) “Families in High Density Housing: Design and Regulation of Open Space in Melbourne and Singapore”. Healthy Parks, Healthy People Congress. Melbourne.

Guthrie J, March A, (2009) "Private Open Space for High Density Living", in 2nd International Urban Design Conference: Survival Implementing Tomorrow's City Ed A M P Ltd, AST Management Pty Ltd, Conrad Jupiters Hotel, Gold Coast - Queensland, Australia.

March A, Hurlimann A, Robins J, (2009) "European Education and Australian Urban Planning Accreditation", in Australian New Zealand Association of Planning Schools Conference 28-30 August 2009, Brisbane.

March, A. (2007) Complementarity, Convenience and Opportunity in Planning Governance (Invited Paper). AESOP 21st Conference. E. Alexander. Naples.
March, A (2007) Developing Land Use Planners and Emergency Managers, Emergency Management Australia, Local Government Planning and Disaster Management Workshop 18-20 June 2007.

March A, (2006) "Viewsharing: A case study in rights versus utility", in 2nd World Planning Schools Congress Ed L Albrechts, WPSC, Mexico City.

March A, Low N, (2006) "Knowing & Steering: Mediatisation, Planning Democracy in Victoria, Australia", in 2nd World Planning Schools Congress Ed L Albrechts, WPSC, Mexico City.

March, A and Henry, Susan (2006) A Better Future from Imagining the Worst: Land use planning natural disaster. Combined New Zealand Planning Institute and Planning Institute of Australia National Conference; Surfers Paradise, Queensland.

March, A (2005) Urban Design as Governance: finding the best balance. Invited Keynote paper presented at National Urban Design Forum, Geelong, Australia.

Creative or Alternative Outputs

March A, González Mathiesen C (2023) A Charter for Wildfire Adapted Settlements (CFAS) Wildfire Exchange. Melbourne Australia and Concepcion, Chile.

Website - March A, Gonzales-Mathieson C, Richter F (2023) Wildfire Exchange (English and Spanish Versions). WildfireX

Website and Interactive Risk Calculator - Warren G, Leonard J, Opie K, Blanchi R, March A, Ollington B, Holland M (2021) “Bushfire Best Practice Guide” CSIRO. Melbourne Bushfire best practice guide (csiro.au)

Hurlimann, A., Browne, G., Bush, J., March, A., Warren-Myers, G., Moosavi, S. & Nielsen, J. (2022). Mapping built environment policy instruments for Victoria, Australia: Data Table. doi:10.26188/21391416