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A/PROF BRIAN LESLIE FINLAYSON



Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne School of Land and Environment
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)
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Homepage: http://www.sages.unimelb.edu.au/staff/finlayson.html
Work: +61 3 8344 9169
Room: 2.01
Level: 02
Building: 233 Bouverie St.
Campus: Parkville

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Teaching Certificate Kedron Park Teachers' College 11-Dec-1964
Bachelor of Arts (first Class Honours in Geography) The University of Queensland 27-Apr-1971
Doctor of Philosophy University of Bristol 07-Jul-1976

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
SCIENCE & CITIZENSHIP: DEMOCRACY IN AN AGE OF SCIENCE-MEDIATED RISK Chief Investigator MOIRA SHIRE COUNCIL,
SHIRE OF STRATHBOGIE,
SHIRE OF CAMPASPE,
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY,
GOULBURN BROKEN CATCHMENT & MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY,
GREATER SHEPPARTON CITY,
DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2005
Historical changes in floodplain sedimentation in SE Australia: using radionuclides to validate a new approach Chief Investigator AINSE Special Awards 01/01/2008

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF POOLS ON THE LOWER-MEKONG RIVER: POOL SPACING, SIZE, MAINTENANCE AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF FLOW REGULATION. Chief Investigator MEKONG RIVER COMMISSION 01/05/2006

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • The Yellow River in Transition
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Environmental Science & Policy
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 422-429
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Rural industries and water pollution in China
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Environmental Management
    Volume: 86
    Page numbers: 648-659
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  • Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1633-1644
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Flows that form: the hydromorphology of concave-bank formation in the Ovens River, Australia
    Year: 2006
    Book: Sediment dynamics and the hydromorphology of fluvial systems
    Publisher: IAHS Press(Wallingford)
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Journal Articles

  • Managing the Yellow River: Questions of borders, boundaries and access
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Transforming Cultures eJournal
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 114-135
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  • Ten key questions about the management of water in the Yellow River Basin
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Environmental Management
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 179-188
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  • The impact of land use change on catchment hydrology in large catchments: The Comet River, Central Queensland, Australia
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Hydrology
    Volume: 326
    Page numbers: 199-214
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Roar of the dragon: economy and environment in China
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Geodate
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 1-4
    Publisher: Warringal Publications(Fitzroy)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • GIS-based analysis of changes in the Goulburn River channel, Victoria, Australia
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
    Conference Publication: 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 1-8
    Publisher: IE Aust(Melbourne)
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  • Ten key questions about the human dimensions of water in the Yellow River Basin
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 2nd International Yellow River Forum
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 2nd International Yellow River Forum on keeping healthy life of the river
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 127-135
    Publisher: Yellow River Conservancy Press(Zhengzhou)
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  • The Yellow River in the big picture
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 2nd International Yellow River Forum
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 2nd International Yellow River Forum on keeping healthy life of the river
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 263-271
    Publisher: Yellow River Conservancy Press(Zhengzhou)
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Publications in 2004

Books

  • Stream Hydrology: An Introduction for Ecologists
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(West Sussex)
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Book Chapters

  • "Putting It All Together": Assessing Stream Health, Stream Classification, Environmental Flows and Rehabilitation
    Year: 2004
    Book: Stream Hydrology: An Introduction for Ecologists
    Publisher: Wiley - John Wiley & Sons(Chichester)
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Journal Articles

  • Continental differences in the variability of annual runoff - update and reassessment
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Hydrology
    Volume: 295
    Page numbers: 185-197
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • The Snowy River Debate
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria
    Volume: 116
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: xi-xx
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  • The dendroecological potential of eucalyptus camaldulensis dehnhardt (river red gum) from the barmah forest, victoria, australia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Geographical Studies
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 89-102
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
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Reports

  • The impact of land use change on catchment hydrology in large catchments: the Comet River, Central Queensland
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Droughts and anti-droughts: the low flow hydrology of Australian rivers
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Freshwater Biology
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 1147-1160
    Publisher: Blackwell Science
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Estimating discharge at an ungauged site
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Journal of Water Resources
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 113-117
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia
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  • Implications of the relationship between catchment vegetation type and the variability of annual runoff
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Hydrological Processes
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 2995-3002
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(West Sussex)
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  • Rhetoric and reality in the allocation of water to the environment: a case study of the Goulburn River, Victoria, Australia
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Rivers Research and Applications
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 555-568
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
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  • Variability of annual precipitation and its relationship to the El Nino-Southern Oscillation
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Climate
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 545-551
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society(Massachusetts)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Managing soil erosion on the loess plateau of China to control sediment transport in the Yellow River - a geomorphic perspective
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Sustainable utilization of global soil and water resources
    Conference Publication: Proceedings 12th International Soil Conservation Organization Conference: Sustainable utilization of global soil and water resources
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 398-404
    Publisher: Tsinghua University Press(Tsinghua)
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Creighton's Creek (Central Victoria, Australia)
    Year: 2001
    Book: Source-to-Sink sedimentary cascades in Pacific Rim Geo-systems
    Publisher: Matsumoto Sabo Work Office(Nagona)
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Journal Articles

  • Acreman, M., 'The hydrology of the UK: a study of change
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Progress in Physical Geography
    Publisher: Arnold Hodder Headline(London)
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  • Barriers to science informing community-based land and water management
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Journal of Environmental Management
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 99-104
    Publisher: Environmental Institute of Australia
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  • Identification and explanation of continental differences in the variability of annual runoff
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Hydrology
    Volume: 250
    Page numbers: 224-240
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Enhancing instream habitat with large woody debris: a flume experiment
    Year: 2001
    Event name: Third Australian Stream Management Conference: the value of healthy streams
    Conference Publication: Third Australian Stream Management Conference: the value of healthy streams
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 397-402
    Publisher: Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology(Clayton)
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Reports

  • Development of a Rehabilitation Plan for the lower Thomson and Macalister Rivers: A Scoping Study
    Year: 2001
    Publisher: University of Canberra(Canberra)
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