Griffith Centre for Coastal Management
The Centre for Coastal Management is a research centre based in the Faculty of Environmental Sciences at Griffith University. In partnership with Gold Coast City Council, our goal is to become a Centre of Excellence by developing and promoting, at a national and international level, targeted research that contributes to all aspects of sustainable management of coastal regions.
Our objective has been to develop broad research and training agendas for coastal management. This has been achieved by improving and developing new best practices through the encouragement of research relevant to the sustainable management of urban environments in coastal areas and, in particular, Gold Coast City.
Currently the Centre's research is grouped under five program areas:
- Estuarine Modelling
- Coastlines
- Infrastructure and Technology
- Urban Catchments and Waterways
- Water Future
We are also committed to involving the local community in coastal decision making through the CoastEd and Beachcare programs which provide educational activities and encourage valuable community interaction in the management and maintenance of Gold Coast beaches, foreshores, waterways and coastal areas.
Our uniquely qualified researchers have expert knowledge on the impacts of climate change and climate variability on coastlines and coastal communities and the Centre is an integral part of the Griffith Climate Adaptation Program and the Smart Water Research Consortium.
In recognition of our expertise in this area the Queensland Government awarded the Centre Smart State funding for a project entitled Future Coastlines - Modelling Impacts of Extreme Events on Coastal Environments.
The Centre has also recently released a study entitled Severe storms on the east coast of Australia 1770-2008 which is the result of seven years work by coastal planning researcher Dr Peter Helman and retired Bureau of Meteorology extreme weather forecaster Jeff Callaghan. Copies of this publication are available by completing and returning the publication flyer(PDF77.6kb).
Information about Gold Coast City Council's BeachCare program facilitated by Griffith Centre for Coastal Management.
Seeks to increase the capacity of the Gold Coast community to participate in coastal decision making
The project investigates the management of the sandy shoreline environment on the Gold Coast
