Gursewak Aulakh

Teaching interests

Landscape design, Landscape assessment and planning, Geographical information systems and land use analysis, planning problem environments, land use planning

Research interests

. Sustainable settlements
. Cultural perceptions of countryside access

. Mapping wilderness using GIS

. Broad scale landscape assessment and planning problems

. GIS analysis of land use and landscape change

. GIS applications in land use conflict mediation/mitigation such as golf courses as a land use

Other research
Cordiale - Interreg iv project with Devon County Council, Tamar AONB and French partners amongst others 

Creative practice & artistic projects

Worked on a number of landscape consultancy projects ranging from large scale environmental assessment to detailed design eg.

Environmental Assessment, recreational planning, resource management for an indigenous community in Broome, Western Australia

Landscape plans for industrial cities, shopping complexes, Asian games village complex - in several Asian countries

Publications

Published work and other scholarly activities:

•Aulakh, G.S., Loram A.  (2011) Re-creating sustainable living environments within urban landscapes, paper to be presented at Healthy Cities Conference, Australia

•Aulakh, G.S. (2010) Rock Garden Chandigarh, Cultural politics of Landscape, paper presented at Land and Water Research Group, University of Plymouth.

•Aulakh, G.S. (2006) GIS in recreation land use decision making - a case study of golf, paper prepared for Parks and Leisure Australia Conference, Sydney

• Aulakh, G.S., Thomas, C.F.G. and Tollington, S. (2005) Using friction surfaces to model gene pool movement across agricultural landscapes – final report to Seale Hayne Education Trust

• Aulakh, G.S. (2003) GIS in environmental conflict resolution, Parks and Leisure Australia - Queensland group seminar, Brisbane

• Aulakh, G.S. (2003) Accessibility of Countryside for Rural ‘others’ Parks and Leisure Australia conference, Perth

• Aulakh, G.S. (2001) Environmental management education in the UK seminars Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

• Aulakh, G.S. (1997) A Framework For Land Suitability Analysis - A Case Study of Golf In Berkshire, England doctoral thesis, Department of Geography, Reading University

• Aulakh, G.S. et. al. (1997) Internationalizing the Curriculum Across RMIT University, Commonwealth Staff Development Fund Internationalization Project Report, RMIT University

• Aulakh, G.S. (1997) Using GIS in Recreational Land Use Decisions Landscape, Environment and Planning Research Seminar Series, RMIT University

• Aulakh, G.S. (1996) Use of GIS in Planning Chinese planning delegation seminar series, RMIT University

• Aulakh, G.S. Burgess, J. and Mitcheltree, R. (1995) Keeping Country: The Sacred and the Profane The Big Sky: Landscape at the Pacific Edge Conference, Sydney

• Aulakh, G.S. with the RMIT Planning Team (1995) Keeping Country: A Final Report, for the Rubibi Working Group

• Aulakh, G.S. and Koukoulas, S. (1993) Finding New Sites for Golf Courses Using GIS, Mapping Awareness November, pp41- 43

• Aulakh, G.S. (1992) Using Quantitative Techniques for Land Evaluation for Recreation Human Geography and Planning Research Colloquia, Reading University

• Aulakh, G.S. (1988) Land Use Options: Lake Joondalup, Perth, Masters thesis, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Western Australia

• Aulakh, G.S. (1987) Alternative Methodologies for Land Use Planning National Conference Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, Perth

• Aulakh, G.S. (1985) The Relevance of Environmental Impact Statements to Development Projects in Third World Countries International Conference Environmental Impact Assessment, Kathmandu, Nepal

• Aulakh, G.S. and Bandhu, D. (1979) Environmental Education, Indian Environmental Society, New Delhi

• Aulakh, G.S. (1978) Landscape Design - Zoological Park Postgraduate Diploma thesis, Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi