Delene Weber

Prof Delene Weber

Professor of Environmental Science

School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

College of Science

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Delene is a social scientist who focuses on the human dimensions of environmental management. In addition to teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students, Delene enjoys an active research role at UniSA.
Her research includes work on the benefits we derive from green space and how we can engage the wider community in more sustainable practices.
Current projects include:

"Bushfires and Biodiversity: optimising conservation outcomes in places at risk" (funded by the ARC) and
"What should I study? Improving tertiary pathways by improving support for prospective students" (funded by the OLT).

  • The benefits of parks and greenspace
  • Fire risk, perceptions and conservation behaviour
  • Community engagement, public education and environmentally policy
  • Environmentally responsible behaviour
  • Place attachment
  • Student retention

Year Citation
2024 Al Shimaysawee, L. A. H., Finn, A., Weber, D., Schebella, M. F., & Brinkworth, R. S. A. (2024). Evaluation of automated object-detection algorithms for koala detection in infrared aerial imagery. Sensors, 24(21), 1-32.
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2024 Nichols, J., Thomas, U. L., Thomas, T., Thomas, J., Tang, F. H., & Weber, D. (2024). Terrains of Country: mapping Co-Design Methods. ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement, 8(2), 142-163.
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2023 Molan, S., Weber, D., & Kor, M. (2023). Understanding the intention to stay and defend during a bushfire: an application of virtual reality to improve awareness of predictors associated with behavioural response. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 84(103444), 1-19.
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2022 Gore, J., Peters, S., & Weber, D. (2022). A participatory trail web map based on open source technologies. International Journal of Cartography, 8(2), 223-242.
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2022 Molan, S., Weber, D., & Kor, M. (2022). Shaping children's knowledge and response to bushfire through use of an immersive virtual learning environment. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 60(6), 1399-1435.
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2022 Molan, S., Weber, D., & Kor, M. (2022). 'Why can't they just evacuate early' -a study of the effect of a virtual reality experience on residents' intentions related to a wildfire risk. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 81(article no. 103268), 1-19.
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2021 Molan, S., & Weber, D. (2021). Improving bushfire preparedness through the use of virtual reality. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 66(article no. 102574), 1-14.
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2021 Bardsley, D. K., Bardsley, A. M., Moskwa, E., Weber, D., & Robinson, G. M. (2021). Challenges to the co-management of biodiversity in a reflexive modernity. Geographical Research, 59(3), 362-377.
DOI Scopus7 WoS6
2021 Bardsley, A. M., Bardsley, D. K., Conedera, M., Pütz, M., Robinson, G. M., & Weber, D. (2021). Wildfire, environmental risk and deliberative planning in the Locarnese region of Switzerland. Environmental Management, 68(6), 785-801.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2020 Schebella, M. F., Weber, D., Schultz, L., & Weinstein, P. (2020). The nature of reality: Human stress recovery during exposure to biodiverse, multisensory virtual environments. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(1), 1-24.
DOI Scopus81 WoS71 Europe PMC19
2019 Schebella, M. F., Weber, D., Schultz, L., & Weinstein, P. (2019). The wellbeing benefits associated with perceived and measured biodiversity in Australian urban green spaces. Sustainability (Switzerland), 11(3), 28 pages.
DOI Scopus111 WoS97
2019 Schebella, M. F., Weber, D., Schultz, L., & Weinstein, P. (2019). In pursuit of urban sustainability: predicting public perceptions of park biodiversity using simple assessment tools. International Journal of Environmental Research, 13(4), 707-720.
DOI Scopus14 WoS11
2019 Weber, D., Moskwa, E., Robinson, G., Bardsley, D. K., Arnold, J., & Davenport, M. A. (2019). Are we ready for bushfire? Perceptions of residents, landowners and fire authorities on Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Geoforum, 107, 99-112.
DOI Scopus26 WoS24
2018 Moskwa, E., Bardsley, D., Weber, D., & Robinson, G. (2018). Living with bushfire: Recognising ecological sophistication to manage risk while retaining biodiversity values. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 27, 459-469.
DOI Scopus16 WoS14
2018 Bardsley, D., Moskwa, E., Weber, D., Robinson, G., Waschl, N., & Bardsley, A. (2018). Climate change, bushfire risk, and environmental values: examining a potential risk perception threshold in peri-urban South Australia. Society and Natural Resources, 31(4), 424-441.
DOI Scopus24 WoS22
2018 Robinson,, G., Bardsley, D., Raymond, C., Underwood, T., Moskwa, E., Weber, D., . . . Bardsley, A. (2018). Adapting to climate change: lessons from farmers and peri-urban fringe residents in South Australia. Environments, 5(3), 40-1-40-16.
DOI Scopus18 WoS12
2018 Moskwa, E., Bardsley, D. K., Robinson, G. M., & Weber, D. (2018). Generating narratives on bushfire risk and biodiversity values to inform environmental policy. Environmental Science and Policy, 89, 30-40.
DOI Scopus16 WoS16
2017 Schebella, M. F., Weber, D., Lindsey, K., & Daniels, C. B. (2017). For the love of nature: exploring the importance of species diversity and micro-variables associated with favorite outdoor places. Frontiers in psychology, 8(2094), 1-21.
DOI Scopus42 WoS41 Europe PMC8
2016 Moskwa, E., Ahonen, I., Santala, V., Weber, D., Robinson, G., & Bardsley, D. (2016). Perceptions of bushfire risk mitigation and biodiversity conservation: a systematic review of fifteen years of research. Environmental Reviews, 24(3), 219-232.
DOI Scopus13 WoS13
2015 Bardsley, D., Weber, D., Robinson, G., Moskwa, E., & Bardsley, A. (2015). Wildfire risk, biodiversity and peri-urban planning in the Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia. Applied Geography, 63, 155-165.
DOI Scopus40 WoS35
2015 Brown, G., Weber, D., & de Bie, K. (2015). Is PPGIS good enough? An empirical evaluation of the quality of PPGIS crowd-sourced spatial data for conservation planning. Land Use Policy, 43, 228-238.
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2015 Brown, G. G., Bie, K. D., & Weber, D. (2015). Identifying public land stakeholder perspectives for implementing place-based land management. Landscape and urban planning, 139, 1-15.
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2014 Zanon, D., Hall, J., Lockstone Binney, L., & Weber, D. L. (2014). Development of a whole agency approach to market segmentation in parks. Journal of leisure research, 46(5), 563-592.
2014 Brown, G., Schebella, M. F., & Weber, D. L. (2014). Using participatory GIS to measure physical activity and urban park benefits. Landscape and urban planning, 121, 34-44.
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2014 Brown, G., Weber, D., & De Bie, K. (2014). Assessing the value of public lands using public participation GIS (PPGIS) and social landscape metrics. Applied Geography, 53, 77-89.
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2013 Brown, G., & Weber, D. (2013). Using public participation GiS (PPGIS) on the Geoweb to monitor tourism development preferences. Journal of sustainable tourism, 21(2), 192-211.
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2013 Brown, G., & Weber, D. L. (2013). A place-based approach to conservation management using public participation GIS (PPGIS). Journal of environmental planning and management, 56(4), 455-473.
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2012 Brown, G., & Weber, D. (2012). Measuring change in place values using public participation GIS (PPGIS). Applied geography, 34(2), 316-324.
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2012 Crilley, G., Weber, D., & Taplin, R. (2012). Predicting visitor satisfaction in parks: comparing the value of personal benefit attainment and service levels in Kakadu National park, Australia. Visitor studies, 15(2), 217-237.
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2012 Brown, G., Weber, D., Zanon, D., & de Bie, K. (2012). Evaluation of an online (opt-in) panel for public participation geographic information systems surveys. International journal of public opinion research, 24(4), 534-545.
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2011 Brown, G., & Weber, D. (2011). Public participation GIS: a new method for national park planning. Landscape and urban planning, 102(1), 1-15.
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2010 Raymond, C., Brown, G., & Weber, D. (2010). The measurement of place attachment: personal, community, and environmental connections. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 30(4), 422-434.
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2010 Weber, D., & Anderson, D. (2010). Contact with Nature: recreation experience preferences in Australian parks. Annals of leisure research, 13(1-2), 46-69.
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2008 Waudby, H. P., Petit, S., & Weber, D. L. (2008). Human perception and awareness of ticks in a South Australian rural community and implications for management of amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum. Experimental and applied acarology, 45(1-2), 71-84.
DOI Europe PMC1

Year Citation
2017 Parks, A., Mills, J., Weber, D., Westwell, M., & Barovich, K. (2017). Ready or not, here I come! Learning to support: year 12 students' university study choices. In HERDSA: Research and Development in Higher Education: Curriculum Transformation Vol. 40 (pp. 272-281). Australia: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia.
2017 Parks, A., Mills, J., Weber, D., Westwell, M., & Barovich, K. (2017). What should I study? An exploration of the study choice process of year 12 students. In CDAA National Conference (pp. 1-6). Australia: Career Development Association of Australia.
2016 Quinn, D., Sutton, P., Corcoran, P., & Weber, D. (2016). Tracking discipline mastery: the development of an online program assessment and evaluation tool. In ASCILITE 2016 - Conference Proceedings - 33rd International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education: Show Me the Learning (pp. 523-528). Australia: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education.
2015 Parks, A., Mills, J., & Weber, D. (2015). What to study? Supporting prospective student enrolment choice. In Students Transitions Achievement Retention and Success (STARS) (pp. 1-6). Australia: Students Transitions Achievement Retention and Success.
2012 Chileshe, N., Rofe, M. W., Rameezdeen, R., Sivam, A., Weber, D., Karuppannan, S., . . . Butland, R. (Eds.) (2012). Proceedings of the 6th International conference and workshop on the built environment in developing countries. In Proceedings of the 6th International conference and workshop on the built environment in developing countries. Australia: Casual Productions.
2012 Schebella, M., Weber, D., & Brown, G. (2012). The relationship between urban greenspace, health and climate change. In N. Chileshe (Ed.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference and Workshop on the Built Environment in Developing Countries (ICBEDC 2012) (pp. 358-371). Adelaide: ICBEDC.
2012 Russell, D., & Weber, D. (2012). The importance of engagement in the creation of icon developments that promote sustainable and healthy communities. In N. Chileshe (Ed.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference and Workshop on the Built Environment in Developing Countries (ICBEDC 2012) (pp. 925-936). Adelaide: ICBEDC.
2011 Weber, D. L., & Brown, G. (2011). Responding to climate change : use of public participation GIS to understand preferences of Adelaide park visitors. In ICWES 15: the 15th international conference for women engineers and scientists (pp. 296-305). Australia: Engineers Australia.
2011 Koth, B., & Weber, D. L. (2011). Join the queue: the difficulty of engaging rural communities in park-based volunteerism. In J. Mills, & R. Gravina (Eds.), Proceedings from the 15th International Conference for Women Engineers and Scientists: ICWES15 (pp. 306-315). Adelaide, South Australia: Engineers Australia.
2010 Crilley, G. P., Weber, D. L., & Taplin, R. (2010). Beyond Clean Toilets: The Importance of Personal Benefit Attainment, and Service Levels in Park Visitor Satisfaction. In M. Townsend (Ed.), Beyond Clean Toilets: The Importance of Personal Benefit Attainment, and Service Levels in Park Visitor Satisfaction Proceedings. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Convention Centre.
2010 Weber, D. L., & Anderson, D. (2010). Healthy Parks, Healthy People: from Marketing Rhetoric to Management. In M. Townsend (Ed.), Healthy Parks, Healthy People International Congress 2010 Proceedings. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Convention Centre.
2007 Weber, D. L., Choudhury, N. R., & Griesser, H. J. (2007). Antibacterial surfaces of covalently immobilized dendrimers. In IDS:5 International Dendrimer Symposium 5. Toulouse, France: Toulouse, France.
2006 Weber, D. L., Anderson, D., & Cuthil, M. (2006). Managing parks downunder: the role of place attachment in benefit attainment and conservation action in Australian parks. In BOOK OF ABSTRACTS The 12th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. Vancouver, Canada: International Association for Society and Natural Resources.
2006 Anderson, D., Stein, T., Davenport, M., Leahy, J., Weber, D. L., & Fulton, D. (2006). Managing Landscapes for sustainable recreation: what do we know? what do we need to know?. In BOOK OF ABSTRACTS: The 12th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. Vancouver Canada: International Association for Society and Natural Resources.
2001 Weber, D. L. (2001). Economic Development: Not always a dirty word. In 5th World Congress Heritage Interpretation International.
2001 Weber, D. L. (2001). Creating Meaningful Interpretive Exhibits. In 9th National Conference Interpretation Australia Assoc: Getting to the heart of it - connecting people with heritage.

Year Citation
2017 Moskwa, E., Robinson, G., Bardsley, D. K., & Weber, D. (2017). Bushfires and biodiversity: optimising conservation outcomes in peri-urban areas at risk. Australia: Government of South Australia: Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources.
2014 Raymond, C. M., & Weber, D. L. (2014). Landholder values and preferences for carbon farming and native vegetation management on the Southern Yorke Peninsula. Australia: Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board.
2014 Weber, D. L., & Brown, G. (2014). Identifying and mapping the values of Victorian public lands. Australia: Parks Victoria.
2010 Weber, D. L. (2010). Evaluation of current interpretive product at the Bay Discovery Centre, Glenelg, South Australia. Australia: UniSA.
2009 Brown, G., & Weber, D. L. (2009). Mapping park experiences and Environmental Impacts in the Greater Alpine Region of Victoria, Australia: A PPGIS Survey of Park Visitors. Australia: University of South Australia.
2006 Brown, G., Koth, B., & Weber, D. L. (2006). Managing Australia's Protected Areas: A Review of Visitor Management Models, Frameworks and Processes: Source details - Title: Managing Australia's Protected Areas: A Review of Visitor Management Models, Frameworks and Processes. Australia: Sustainable Tourism CRC.
2006 Weber, D. L. (2006). Healthy Parks, Healthy People. Improving our understanding of visitors to Belair National Park. Australia: Sustainable Environments Research Group.
2006 Weber, D. L. (2006). Healthy Parks, Healthy People. Improving our understanding of visitors to Innes National Park: Source details - Title: Healthy Parks, Healthy People. Improving our understanding of visitors to Innes National Park. Australia: Sustainable Environments Research Group.
2006 Weber, D. L. (2006). Healthy Parks, Healthy People. Improving our understanding of visitors to Wilsons Promontory National Park: Source details - Title: Healthy Parks, Healthy People. Improving our understanding of visitors to Wilsons Promontory National Park. Australia: Sustainable Environments Research Group.
2006 Weber, D. L. (2006). Healthy Parks, Healthy People. Improving our understanding of visitors to Jells Park. Australia: Sustainable Environments Research Group.
2006 Weber, D. L. (2006). Understanding the benefits and social capital associated with park experiences: a study of selected Australian metropolitan and regional protected areas. Australia: Sustainable Environments Research Group.

  • Living Lightly Locally for Regenerative Regions, Race for 2030, 21/10/2024 - 21/10/2027

  • Koala Detection using Biologically Inspired Vision, Forest and Wood Products Australia, 18/06/2024 - 31/05/2027

  • Healthy Country, Healthy People: Using Fire as a Tool to Improve Mental Health and Restore Country, The Trustee for The Montebello Foundation, 23/06/2025 - 19/06/2026

  • Ocean beach ecology and threats: a stakeholder perspective, CLLMM: Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Research Centre (Goyder Inst), 31/03/2025 - 31/03/2026

  • Living Lightly Locally: Smarter and Stronger through Citizen Science, Green Adelaide Board, 28/06/2021 - 07/09/2024

  • Public perceptions and benefits of urban blue space under different amenity levels, City of Salisbury, 01/05/2020 - 30/04/2021

  • What should I study? Improving tertiary pathways by improving support for prospective students, OLT-Grants - Innovation & Development, 25/09/2015 - 31/01/2018

Courses I teach

  • ENVT 3016 Environmental Interpretation and Community Engagement (2025)
  • ENVT 3030 Environmental and Geospatial Field Project (2025)
  • ENVT 4032 Fire and Culture (2025)
  • SCSTM 90014 Executive Certificate in Plantation Silviculture SC (2025)
  • ENVT 2004 Park and Ecotourism Management (2024)
  • ENVT 3016 Environmental Interpretation and Community Engagement (2024)
  • ENVT 3030 Environmental and Geospatial Field Project (2024)
  • ENVT 4032 Fire and Culture (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Catherine Mary Barnes
2025 Principal Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dianne Patzel
2025 Principal Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Travis Neil Thomas
2021 Co-Supervisor - - Master Full Time Mr Alan Dale Harbour

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