Rockhampton 2050 Climate Hazard Maps and Data for Current and Future Scenarios

A 2026 technical report and spatial datasets from Geoscience Australia model natural hazards for the Rockhampton Regional Council area. The work, funded by a National Climate Change Adaptation Research Grant, 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 tide risk for land-use planning based on the described hazard modelling.
• Modeling bushfire vulnerability under climate change scenarios for emergency management.
• Evaluating coastal erosion and sea-level rise impacts on infrastructure development.
• Integrating tropical cyclone wind hazard data into regional risk mitigation strategies.

Strengths

• Hazard modelling conducted by Geoscience Australia, a national scientific agency.
• Covers five specific natural hazards: tropical cyclone wind, bushfire, storm tide, coastal erosion, and sea-level rise.
• Provides analysis for both current climate conditions and a defined future climate scenario.

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 is focused on a single regional council area, limiting geographic generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, commissioned by Rockhampton Regional Council.

Collection Method

Natural hazard modelling techniques applied to develop spatial datasets.

Time Range

Current and a future climate scenario.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 17:33:20.780429; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Rockhampton Regional Council area, Australia.