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Prof David Wood

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    • Role:
    • DVC, International
    • Department:
    • Office of the DVC International
    • Location:
    • Chancellory 202
    • Telephone:
    • +61 8 9266 3064

David holds senior positions on the State Government's peak planning boards including: Chair of the State’s Coastal Planning and Coordination Council and the Perth Coastal Planning Strategy Steering Committee; Deputy Chair of the Ningaloo Sustainable Development Committee; Commissioner of the Western Australian Planning Commission; and member of the Steering Committee for the WA State of the Environment Report.

David recently completed terms as a Councillor of the Heritage Council of Western Australia, Director of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute and a Councillor of the Planning Institute of Australia (Western Australia).

Research Interests

David Wood's primary research foci are coastal and tourism planning. David works extensively on Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre projects and is currently project leader for three national projects. David’s PhD examines participatory tourism planning in the North West of Western Australia and is based on a case study which involved the preparation of a regional tourism planning strategy.

Ongoing research involves tourism and its environmental, cultural and economic impacts in sensitive environments and involving Aboriginal communities. David's other research interests are in heritage and the use of morphology in urban design and the effect of insurgency and dissent on planning decision-making.

Research Projects

David has spent the last eight years collecting and analysing tourism data from Exmouth in Western Australia's North West. Some of this work is incorporated in his dissertation and planning and management documents for the Gascoyne Region and its National and Marine Parks. Current research projects include:

  • Economic, social and environmental evaluation of natural areas (STCRC) with case studies in Western Australia, Victoria and Tasmania
  • Community heritage tourism (STCRC) with case studies in Western Australia and Victoria
  • Destination modeling (STCRC) for Ningaloo.

In 2001, David worked as visiting scholar at the University of New Mexico where he investigated the economic impacts of tourism on some of the Pueblos in New Mexico. This research provides case studies that compliment David's work with Yamatji communities in Western Australia's North West.

Awards

  • Visiting Scholar, University of New Mexico, 2000.
  • Royal Australian Planning Institute Medal, 1991.
  • James Hardey Prize, 1991.
  • Churchill Fellowship, 1977.

Publications

Books (Authored, Research)

  • Chapman, K, Pambudi, D, Spurr, R, Fredline, L, Lewis, A, Hughes, M, Fulton, B, Wood, D, Dwyer, L, Chandler, P, Tien, P, Catlin, J, Jones, T, Jones, R, and Deery , M. 2011. Ningaloo collaboration cluster: Socio-economics of tourism. Western Australia: CSIRO and Curtin University.
  • Lewis, A, Jones, R, Pambudi, D, Catlin, J, Chandler, P, Chapman, K, Wood, D, Dwyer, L, Deery , M, Fredline, L, Jones, T, Spurr, R, Hughes, M, Pham, T, and Fulton, B. 2011. Ningaloo Collaboration Cluster: Socioeconomics of Tourism. Hobart, Australia: CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship.
  • Macbeth, J, Pforr, C, Wood, D, Fountain, J, and Clark, K. 2007. The dynamics of a coastal tourism development: attitudes, perceptions and processes. Gold Coast, Queensland: Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism.

Book Chapters (Authored, Research Quality)

  • Haward, M, O'Toole, K, Stocker, L, Harvey, N, Wood, D, Smith, T, and Pokrant, R. 2010. Australian Unviersities, Government Research and the Application of Climate Change Knowledge in Australian Coastal Zone Management. In Climate Change Management - Universities and Climate Change, eds Professor Walter Leal Filho, 31-46. Berlin, Germany: Springer.
  • Wood, D, Birdsall Jones, C, and Jones, R. 2007. Great Expectations: Indigenous land-based tourism in Western Australia. In Striving for Sustainability: case studies in Indigenous tourism, eds Jeremy Buultjens and Don Fuller, 187-209. Lismore, NSW: Southern Cross University Press.

Refereed Articles (Scholarly Journals)

  • Jones, T, Wood, D, Fulton, B, and Glasson, J. 2011. Regional Planning and Resilient Futures: Destination Modelling and Tourism Development – the case of the Ningaloo Coastal Region in Western Australia. Planning Practice and Research 26(4): 393-415.
  • Jones, T, norman, B, Jones, R, Wood, D, and Catlin, J. 2010. Discovering wildlife tourism: a whale shark tourism case study. Current Issues in Tourism 13(4): 351-361.
  • Jones, T, Catlin, J, Wood, D, and norman, B. 2010. Consolidation in a wildlife tourism industry: the changing impact of whale shark tourist expenditure in the Ningaloo Coast region. International Journal of Tourism Research 12(2): 134-148.
  • Lockington, D, Walker, P, Jones, T, Cavanagh, L, Schianetz, K, and Wood, D. 2009. The Practicalities of a Learning Tourism Destination: a Case Study of the Ningaloo Coast. International Journal of Tourism Research 11(6): 567-581.
  • Catlin, J, Jones, T, Wood, D, and norman, B. 2009. Expenditure and Ecotourism: Predictors of Expenditure for Whale Shark Tour Participants. Journal of Ecotourism 8(1): 32-50.
  • Wood, D, and Stocker, L. 2009. ‘Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change: Towards Reflexive Governance’. The International Journal of Science in Society 1(3): 137-145.
  • Jones, T, and Wood, D. 2008. Researching Tourism to the Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, or how the Social Sciences can Collaborate in Researching Complex Problems. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 3(6): 137-144.
  • Wood, D, and Freestone, R. 2006. Exploring Strategies for Linking Research and Teaching. Journal for Education in the Built Environment 1(1): 94-111.
  • Wood, D, and Hughes, M. 2006. Tourism accommodation and economic contribution on the Ningaloo Coast of Western Australia. Tourism and hospitality planning & development 3(2): 77-88.
  • Wood, D, and Glasson, J. 2005. Giving the Environment a Voice: the Transformational Potential of Valuing Tourism in Sensitive Natural Environments: The Case of the The Ningaloo Coastal Region, Western Australia. Planning Practice and Research 20(4): 391-407.

Fully written papers (Refereed Conference proceedings)

  • Fulton, B, Wood, D, and Jones, T. 2011. Challenging tourism theory through integrated models: how multiple model projects strengthen outcomes through a case study of tourism development on the Ningaloo Coast of Western Australia. 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, 12/11/2011. Perth, Australia: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand,.
  • Kennedy, D, Middle, G, Stocker, L, Wood, D, Metcalf , S, and Dambacherd , J. 2011. Modelling coastal planning in southwest Western Australia: complexity, collaboration and climate adaptation. MODSIM 2011 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation; Sustaining Our Future: understnding and living with uncertainty, 12/12/2011. Perth: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
  • Wood, D, Jones, T, and Glasson, J. 2010. Planning Resilient Futures: Modelling the Ningaloo Coastal Region in Western Australia. Council of Australian University Hospitality and Tourism Educators (CAUTHE), 08/02/2010. Hobart, Tasmania: CAUTHE and the University of Tasmania.
  • Wood, D, and Jones, T. 2009. The challenges of managing destinations: understanding sustainability and change through destination modelling. See Change: Tourism & Hospitality in a Changing World, 10/02/2009. Fremantle, WA: CAUTHE.
  • Jones, T, and Wood, D. 2007. Calculating the Tourist Expenditure Generated by Natural and Heritage Areas: The Valuing Places Toolkit.. Tourism: Past Achievements, Future Challenges, 11/02/2007. Manly, Sydney, Australia: University of Technology, sydney.
  • norman, B, Wood, D, Jones, T, and Catlin, J. 2007. Determinants of Spending of Whale Shark Tour Participants.. Tourism: Past Achievements, Future Challenges, 11/02/2007. Manly, Sydney, Australia: University of Technology, sydney.
  • Carlsen, J, and Wood, D. 2006. Corporate Social Responsibility or Government Intervention? A case study of sustainable tourism development at Ningaloo in Western Australia's North West.. BEST Education Network Think Tank VI, 'Corporate Social Responsibility for Sustainable Tourism', 13/06/2006. Girona, Spain: University of Western Sydney.
  • Wood, D, and Carlsen, J. 2006. Estimating the Direct Economic Value of Natural Areas for Tourism. Travel and Tourism Research Association 37th Annual Conference - "New Frontiers in Global Tourism: Trends and Competitive Challenges", 18/06/2006. Dublin, Ireland: Omnipress.
  • Wood, D, Hughes, M, and Carlsen, J. 2006. Measuring the Economic Value of Cultural Heritage Tourism in Two Western Australian Cities. CAUTHE 2006 Conference "to the city and beyond...", 06/02/2006. Melbourne, Australia: Victoria University.
  • Wood, D, and Carlsen, J. 2005. The economic value of tourism to National and Marine Parks in the Gascoyne Coast Region of Western Australia. 11th Annual Council for Australtian University Tourism Hospitality Education Conference, 01/02/2005. Alice Springs, Australia: Charles Darwin University.
  • Carlsen, J, and Wood, D. 2004. Mad Dogs and Englishmen': A Profile of Backpacker Tourists at Ningaloo in North Western Australia. Tourism State of the Art II, 01/06/2004. Glasgow: The Scottish Hotel School, University of Strathclyde.
  • Hopkins, D, and Wood, D. 2004. Planning for Sustainable Tourism Development in a Fragile Coastal Environment: A Case Study from Ningaloo in Australia's North West.. Tourism State of the Art II, 27/06/2004. Glasgow: The Scottish Hotel School, University of Strathclyde.
  • Wood, D, and Carlsen, J. 2004. Valuing national parks for tourism. Tourism State of the Art II, 01/06/2004. Glasgow: The Scottish Hotel School, University of Strathclyde.