Australian Contributions to Strategic and Military Geography
暫譯: 澳大利亞對戰略與軍事地理的貢獻

本書根植於軍事地理的空間基礎，擁抱動態系統，並整合人類與生物物理環境，幫助讀者理解分析模式、過程和系統的價值，以及在複雜世界中跨尺度和多學科行動的方式，同時主張在澳大利亞重新興起戰略與軍事地理的重要性。在這裡，領先的專家展示了地理學在澄清國際、區域、國家及地點層面上，對於物理、網路及人類地理變化的防衛活動的規模和動態方面仍然具有相關性。所呈現的案例顯示澳大利亞在日益增長的戰略與軍事地理中所做出的貢獻。

Associate Professor Stuart Pearson is co-leader of the Strategic and Military Geography group and is at the University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy as a Honorary Associate Professor with over 16 years of experience in teaching Geography. He has been the Innovations Manager for Land & Water Australia and an active member of the Australian Joint Agency Scanning Network. His teaching or integrated geography and environmental science in Australia's officer cadet University and his research in the fields of long-term and environmental change have shown the power of geography in integration of knowledge to achieve impact. He has published widely in the fields of natural resource management and environmental science an education.

Ms. Jane Holloway is a Senior Systems Scientist in the Australian Department of Defence with a background in systems agriculture, wool industry, new and emerging Defence technologies with both operational and strategic impacts. She co-leads a group leading the consideration of environmental and climate change and Defence preparedness. She has worked to bring strategic military geography change into Defence and published a seminal chapter on the concept. She seeks to ensure that strategy occurs in a geography-aware way.

Mr. Richard Thackway is a consulting research scientist implementing ecological frameworks and information systems to improve natural resource decision making. He is the Managing Director of VAST transformations an innovative start-up company. In his contributions to design and implementation of Australia's National Reserve System and National System of Representative Marine Protected Areas and the Indigenous Protected Areas his work stands out. His frameworks are used in Australia's 2011 State of the Environment and the 2013 State of the Forests Reports and he his experience with Australian and state and territory governments, scientists, academics, Defence and regional non-government groups is outstanding.

副教授 斯圖亞特·皮爾森 是戰略與軍事地理小組的共同領導者，目前在澳大利亞新南威爾士大學坎培拉的澳大利亞國防軍學院擔任榮譽副教授，擁有超過16年的地理教學經驗。他曾擔任澳大利亞土地與水資源的創新經理，並且是澳大利亞聯合機構掃描網絡的活躍成員。他在澳大利亞的軍官學院教授綜合地理與環境科學，並在長期與環境變化領域的研究中展示了地理在知識整合以實現影響力方面的力量。他在自然資源管理和環境科學及教育領域發表了大量著作。

女士 簡·霍洛威 是澳大利亞國防部的高級系統科學家，擁有系統農業、羊毛產業以及新興國防技術的背景，這些技術具有操作和戰略影響。她共同領導一個小組，專注於環境與氣候變化及國防準備的考量。她致力於將戰略軍事地理變化引入國防，並發表了一章關於該概念的開創性著作。她希望確保戰略的制定能夠考慮地理因素。

先生 理查德·薩克威 是一名顧問研究科學家，實施生態框架和信息系統以改善自然資源決策。他是VAST transformations的董事總經理，這是一家創新的初創公司。他在設計和實施澳大利亞國家保護區系統、國家代表性海洋保護區系統以及原住民保護區方面的貢獻尤為突出。他的框架被用於澳大利亞2011年環境狀況報告和2013年森林狀況報告中，他與澳大利亞及各州和地區政府、科學家、學者、國防部以及地區非政府組織的合作經驗也非常卓越。