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Transforming The Relationship Between Citizens And Local Councils Using Web 2.0 Technologies, Rodney J. Clarke, John James Jan 2010

Transforming The Relationship Between Citizens And Local Councils Using Web 2.0 Technologies, Rodney J. Clarke, John James

Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Australian local government organisations (LGOs) are unique in terms of the variety anddiversity of services that they provide to their communities. These include traditionalfunctions like maintaining local roads, managing property information, regulating real estatedevelopment, and collecting and disposing of waste. LGO service portfolios have expandedas a result of federal and state governments devolving their traditional responsibilities to localgovernments. LGOs have also raised community expectations by delivering a vast array ofcommunity and commercial services in addition to their traditional services. For example, thecommercial services operated by Wollongong City Council (2002) include facilities such astourist parks, leisure facilities, tourist information centres, and …


Late Quaternary Aeolian And Fluvial Interactions On The Cooper Creek Fan And The Association Between Linear And Source-Bordering Dunes, Strzelecki Desert, Australia, Timothy J. Cohen, Gerald C. Nanson, Joshua R. Larsen, B. G. Jones, David M. Price, Maria Coleman, Tim Pietsch Jan 2010

Late Quaternary Aeolian And Fluvial Interactions On The Cooper Creek Fan And The Association Between Linear And Source-Bordering Dunes, Strzelecki Desert, Australia, Timothy J. Cohen, Gerald C. Nanson, Joshua R. Larsen, B. G. Jones, David M. Price, Maria Coleman, Tim Pietsch

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

The Innamincka Dome and associated low-gradient fan in the Strzelecki Desert is the product of Cenozoic crustal warping that has aided formation of an extensive array of palaeochannels, source-bordering transverse dunes and superimposed linear dunes. These dunes have impeded the course of Cooper Creek and provided a repository of evidence for Quaternary climate change as well as the interactive processes between transverse and linear dune formation. At Turra, Gidgealpa and sites nearby are extensive fluvial and aeolian sand bodies that date from marine isotope stages (MIS) 8-3 and the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and are now surrounded or buried by …


Gel-Carbon Nanotube Materials: The Relationship Between Nanotube Network Connectivity And Conductivity, Naratip Songmee, Pisith Singjai, Marc In Het Panhuis Jan 2010

Gel-Carbon Nanotube Materials: The Relationship Between Nanotube Network Connectivity And Conductivity, Naratip Songmee, Pisith Singjai, Marc In Het Panhuis

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

The electrical resistance of carbon nanotube networks (NNs) prepared from combinations of gellan gum, xanthan gum, Triton X-100, SWNT and MWNT is reported. It is demonstrated that the NN conductivity can be obtained by analysing the resistance of two overlapping NN as a function of their overlap distance. Unexpectedly, the connectivity between two overlapping NN was found to scale with the electrical conductivity over 4 orders of magnitude. Insights into the dependence of inter-NN contact on applied pressure were obtained.


Functional Relationships Between Vegetation, Channel Morphology, And Flow Efficiency In An Alluvial (Anabranching) River, John D. Jansen, Gerald C. Nanson Jan 2010

Functional Relationships Between Vegetation, Channel Morphology, And Flow Efficiency In An Alluvial (Anabranching) River, John D. Jansen, Gerald C. Nanson

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

Water and sediment flux interactions are examined in Magela Creek, an alluvial (anabranching) sand bed river in the northern Australian tropics. Dense riparian vegetation stabilizes the channels and floodplains thereby preventing erosional instability at flow depths up to 6.2 times bankfull and discharges up to 15 times bankfull. Narrow anabranching channels characterize > 92% of the alluvial reach and transport bed load more efficiently than short reaches of wide single-channels, yet overall 29 +/- 12% of the bed load is sequestered and the average vertical accretion rate is 0.41 +/- 0.17 mm yr (1) along the 12 km study reach. The …