Rockhampton 2050: Current and Future Climate Hazard Models

A 2026 technical report and spatial datasets from Geoscience Australia model natural hazards for the Rockhampton Regional Council area. The work, funded by the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Grants Program, assesses tropical cyclone wind, bushfire, storm tide, coastal erosion, and sea-level rise under current and a future climate scenario. Outputs include hazard maps and digital spatial data.

Use Cases

• Assessing future flood and storm surge risk for land-use planning based on modeled storm tide and sea-level rise data.
• Modeling bushfire hazard under climate change scenarios for emergency management and mitigation planning.
• Evaluating coastal infrastructure vulnerability based on projections for coastal erosion and extreme wind events.
• Integrating multi-hazard spatial data into urban planning frameworks to accommodate climate uncertainty.

Strengths

• Modeling covers five specific natural hazards: tropical cyclone wind, bushfire, storm tide, coastal erosion, and sea-level rise.
• Data includes both current climate conditions and a future climate scenario for comparative analysis.
• Outputs include a technical report, hazard maps, and digital spatial data for multiple formats.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the single-case study of Rockhampton, Australia.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, commissioned by Rockhampton Regional Council.

Collection Method

Natural hazard modeling techniques applied to develop spatial datasets.

Time Range

Current and a future climate scenario (specific years not stated).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 06:31:21.983914; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Rockhampton Regional Council area, Australia.