Rockhampton 2050: Climate Hazard Models for Urban Planning

Geoscience Australia modelled five natural hazards for the Rockhampton Regional Council area under current and future climate conditions. The project produced spatial datasets, hazard maps, and a technical report, funded by the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Grants Program. Outputs include data on tropical cyclone wind, bushfire, storm tide, coastal erosion, and sea-level rise.

Use Cases

• Assess regional flood risk for infrastructure planning based on storm tide and sea-level rise modelling.
• Model bushfire hazard zones for land-use planning based on described fire hazard data.
• Evaluate coastal vulnerability for development permits based on coastal erosion and sea-level rise projections.
• Incorporate tropical cyclone wind loads into building codes based on extreme wind hazard maps.

Strengths

• Models five distinct natural hazards: tropical cyclone wind, bushfire, storm tide, coastal erosion, and sea-level rise.
• Includes both current climate conditions and a future climate scenario for comparative analysis.
• Outputs include digital spatial data, maps, and a report, providing multiple formats for analysis.

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 Data

Collection Method

Modelling of natural hazards using spatial techniques, commissioned by Rockhampton Regional Council.

Time Range

Current and future climate conditions (scenario-based).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 03:36:40.402421; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Rockhampton Regional Council area, Australia.