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Professor Alan March is a leading academic in Urban Planning at the Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne. He specializes in disaster risk reduction, bushfire resilience, and climate adaptation within urban systems. His teaching focuses on urban design, planning law, and theory, earning a Faculty Teaching Prize in 2007. He has supervised over 60 theses on urban planning and design topics.
Research interests include urban governance mechanisms for managing change, disaster resilience in urban environments, and wildfire risk mitigation. He has led the 'Risk Resilience and Transformation' and 'Cities and Towns' research themes at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute. His work bridges academic and practical domains, informed by over 30 years of professional experience in Australia, the UK, and beyond.
Key projects include climate change adaptation frameworks, integrated wildfire prevention systems, and policy analysis for built environment sustainability. He has authored numerous publications on disaster governance, urban policy, and spatial planning. Awards include the Global Planning Education Network’s Best Planning Paper (2007, 2011).
Recent articles explore climate policy portfolios, barriers to urban climate action, and wildfire risk reduction strategies. His work emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration to address complex challenges like urbanization and environmental hazards.
