Dr Eleanor Bruce, PhD

Senior Lecturer

Madsen Building (F09), Rm 458
Phone: +61 2 9351 6443
Fax: +61 2 9351 3644
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Eleanor Bruces research interests are in environmental spatial analysis and modelling. More specifically this research has focused on examining processes of habitat loss in urban coastal environments, the use of GIS and remote sensing in vegetation change detection and landscape heritage management, marine zone planning and evaluating the impact of spatial data uncertainty in environmental decision-making. Current research projects include examining coastal wetland response to changes in inter-tidal sedimentation rates in Sydney Harbour and investigating links between spatio-temporal pattern and processes of landscape change to facilitate longer-term vegetation monitoring in Angkor, Cambodia. Eleanor is currently working on collaborative research projects with the Sydney Olympic Park Authority, Ku-ring-gai Council, Department of Environment and Climate Change, APSARA and UNESCO.

• Bruce, E.M. and Eliot, I.G., 2006. A spatial model for marine park zoning, Coastal Management, 34(1): 17-38.
• Bruce, E.M., 2005. Spatial Uncertainty in Marine and Coastal GIS, in D.Bartlett and J. Smith (eds.), GIS for Coastal Zone Management. London: CRC Press, pp. 51-62.
• Bruce, E., Cowell P. C. and Stolper, D., 2003. Development of a GIS based Estuary Sedimentation Model, in C Woodrofe and R. Furness (eds), Coastal GIS An Integrated Approach to Australian Coastal Issues: 271-85. Wollongong: Centre for Maritime Policy. Wollongong Papers on Maritime Policy 14.
• Bruce, E.M., 2003. Building upon an evolving field of spatial inquiry: Recent developments in GIS application in Australia, Geographys New Frontiers, The Geographical Society of New South Wales Conference Papers No. 17, March 2003, pp. 277-287.
• Bartlett, D. J. and Bruce, E., 2002. Quality Control in Coastal GIS, in B.C. Sain, I. Pavlin and S. Belfiore (eds), An Evaluation of Progress in Coastal Policies at the National Level, A Transatlantic and Euro-Mediterranean Perspective: 221-39. Dordtrecht: Kluwer Academic. NATO Science Series.
• Bruce, E.M., Eliot, I. G. and Milton, D. J., 1997. A method for assessing the thematic and positional accuracy of seagrass mapping, The International Journal of Marine Geodesy, 20(3-4): 175-193.

• GEOS 2111/2911 - Natural Hazards: a GIS approach
• GEOS 3014/3914 - GIS in Coastal Management
• GEOG 5002 - Geographic Information Science B