Rockhampton 2050 Climate Hazard Maps for Tropical Cyclones, Bushfires, and Coastal Erosion

Geoscience Australia modelled five natural hazards for the Rockhampton Regional Council area under current and a future climate scenario. Outputs include a technical report, hazard maps, and digital spatial data describing tropical cyclone wind, bushfire, storm tide, coastal erosion, and sea-level rise. The project was funded by the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Grants Program to evaluate urban planning practices.

Use Cases

• Assessing future flood and storm surge risk for infrastructure planning based on modelled storm tide and sea-level rise data
• Prioritizing bushfire mitigation efforts based on projected changes in fire hazard under a future climate scenario
• Evaluating coastal development vulnerability using spatial data on coastal erosion and extreme wind hazards

Strengths

• Hazard modelling conducted by Geoscience Australia, a national scientific agency
• Covers five specific hazard types: tropical cyclone wind, bushfire, storm tide, coastal erosion, and sea-level rise
• Includes outputs for both current climate conditions and a future climate scenario

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on the Rockhampton region

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 (likely mid-to-late century)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 15:33:05.853461; freshness should be verified

Geography

Rockhampton Regional Council area, Australia