Sydney Olympic Park Authority has a strong background in research facilitated at the site. Many of the research projects have been innovative and unique, setting the benchmark in achieving best environmental practice during the development phase of Sydney Olympic Park.
A range of reports, presentations and scientific publications are available below. We hope the information is a valuable resource for scientific communities and environmental managers, to learn from our practical experiences during the evolution of Sydney Olympic Park.
Research topics covered within these reports and presentations include:
EGIS Consulting Australia 2001.Best Practice Report for Contaminated Site Assessment, Remediation and Management report for the Olympic Coordination Authority(PDF - 2.58 MB)
Binet MT, Adams MA, Stauber JL, King CK, Doyle CJ, Lim RP and Laginestra E 2003. Toxicity assessment of leachates from Homebush Bay Landfills. Australasian Journal of Ecotoxicology, 9(1): 7-18.
Burchett M D, Pulkownik A, Eamus D and Laginestra, E 2003 Review of Environmental Risk Assessments (1990 - 1995): Executive Summary report to Sydney Olympic Park Authority (PDF - 197KB)
Byrne M, Pollak J, Oakes D and Laginestra E 2000. Comparison of the submitochondrial particle test, Microtox and sea urchin fertilisation and development tests: Parallel assays with leachates. Australasian Journal of Ecotoxicology, 9(1)19-28.
Hudson J, Hughes K and Daffern P 2000.Harnessing Corporate Memory for the Environmentally Responsible Management of Remediated Lands in 2000 proceedings of AURISA 28th Annual Conference (PDF - 4.79MB)
Laginestra E 2003. Developing long term monitoring plans at the Homebush Bay Olympic site. Australasian Journal of Ecotoxicology, 9(1): 1-6.
Laginestra E 2002. Monitoring the effectiveness of remediation: A case study from Homebush Bay, Sydney, Australia. in Brownfield Sites: Assessment, Rehabilitation and Development, eds Brebbia, Almorza and Klapperich, WIT Press.
Laginestra E and Hughes K 2000.The Olympics in Australia: Managing and Monitoring Remediated Land Contamination Assessment and Bioremediation at Wilson Park in Brownfields 2000 conference proceedings, Research and Regionalism: Revitalising the American Community, eds Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh (PDF - 832K)
Laginestra E and Pym J 2004. Long term stewardship at a remediated site: a study of land use controls at Sydney Olympic Park, Australia. In Brownfield Sites II, ed Donati, Rossi and Brebbia, WIT Press
Shao Q, Li Y, Campbell E, De Boer E, Laginestra E and Statzenko A 2003. Statistical visualization for data exploration: A case study on Sydney Olympic Park. in special issue on Environmental and Public Health Management of Chemosphere.
Hughes K 2000. Restoration Ecology at the Millennium Parklands, Homebush Bay: An Introduction for Geographers, AGTA Geographical Education,13 (PDF - 665K)
Developing Practical Constraints - Mapping at the Homebush Bay Olympic Site (in Landscape Australia, Vol 22, Issue 3, August-October 2000) (PDF - 2.98 MB)
Cooper R 2000. Decision support system for managing Bicentennial Park wetlands, Proceedings of the Sydney Harbour Research Conference, June 16, University of Sydney, Sydney.
Kelaher B, Underwood A, Chapman M 1998. Effect of boardwalks on the semaphore crab Heloecius cordiformis in temperate urban mangrove forests, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 227, pp281-300.
Laginestra E, Lambous C and Hughes K 2001. Towards Sustainable Urban Ecology, the Olympic Site Message (in AGTA Geographical Education, Vol 14, 2001) AGTA Geographical Education,14.(PDF - 565K)
MacFarlane G, Pulkownik A, Burchett M 2003. Accumulation and distribution of heavy metals in the grey mangrove (Avicennia marina Forsk) Vierh.: biological indication potential. Environmental Pollution.
MacFarlane G and Burchett M 1999. Zinc distribution and excretion in the leaves of the grey mangrove, Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 41, pp167-175.
Paul S and Illek S 2001. Is today's restoration tomorrow's destruction: Bringing partnerships into good wetlands practices, Proceedings of the Asian Wetland Symposium 2001 Conference, August 27-30, Penang, Malaysia.
Paul S and Loveridge R 2001. A preliminary trial on propogation of suspected albino mangrove propagules: Bringing partnerships into good wetlands practices, Proceedings of the Asian Wetland Symposium 2001 Conference, August 27-30, Penang, Malaysia.
Paul S 2001. Good restoration needs good science: Repairing our wetlands - learning by doing, Proceedings of the 2nd National Wetlands Conference, November 14-16, South Stradbroke Island, Queensland.
Paul S and Kandan-Smith C 2001. Reinstating tidal exchange in magroves: innovation in restoration of wetland ecosystems, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mangroves: Evolution, Physiology and Conservation, July 10-12, Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Paul S 2001. A simple and authentic method for tidal mapping in mangrove wetlands, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mangroves: Evolution, Physiology and Conservation, July 10-12, Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Paul S and Illek S 2000. Wetlands-Wastelands-Wetlands-Cycle: zooming in on Homebush Bay wetlands, Sydney, Proceedings of the Millennium Wetland Event Conference, August 6-12, Quebec, Canada.
Paul S and Illek S 2000. Research policy and programs in Bicentennial Park, Homebush Bay, Proceedings of the Sydney Harbour Research Conference, June 16, University of Sydney, Sydney.
Paul S 2000. A simple and accurate method for tidal mapping in mangrove wetlands, Proceedings of the Millennium Wetland Event Conference, August 6-12, Quebec, Canada.
Bicknell B, Muir M, Sheumack D and Laginestra E (submitted). Intrinsic bioremediation of BTEX in a treatment pond at a historical gasworks site in Sydney Olympic Park. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.
Sheumack D, Pym J, Howe M, Bicknell B, Ling E and Hughes K (in press). Enhancing natural biofiltration of pollutant volatile organic compounds, International Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology.
Sheumack D, Bicknell B, Muir M, Hughes K, Howe M and Pym J 2000. The Validation of Bioremediation Trials at Wilson Park report for the Olympic Coordination Authority (PDF - 163K)
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Irish P. 2004. When is a scar a scar? Evaluating scarred and marked trees at Sydney Olympic Park. Australian Archaeology 59:59-61
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