Publications
Book
Steele, Wendy , Eslami-Andargoli, Leila , Crick, Florence , Serrao-Neumann, Silvia, Singh-Peterson, Lila , Dale, Pat , Low Choy, Darryl , Sporne, Ilva , Shearer, Scott and Iotti, Anne-Sophie (2013). Learning from cross-border mechanisms to support climate change adaptation in Australia, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. Gold Coast, QLD, Australia: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.
Book Chapters
Singh-Peterson, Lila and Carnegie, Michelle (2020). Integrating gender in agricultural development initiatives across the South Pacific: customs, values and intersections. Integrating gender in agricultural development: learnings from South Pacific contexts. (pp. 1-12) edited by Lila Singh-Peterson and Michelle Carnegie. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing. doi: 10.1108/978-1-78973-055-520191002
Singh-Peterson, Lila, Carnegie, Michelle, Bourke, R. Michael (‘Mike’), Bue, Veronica, Kunatuba, Joanne Lee, Laqeretabua, Ana, Moala, Temaleti Tano, Pamphilon, Barbara and Vilisoni, Marilyn T. J. (2020). Reflections from the South Pacific – navigating intersectionality and customary contexts to progress gender equality and gender equity. Integrating gender in agricultural development: learnings from South Pacific contexts. (pp. 151-162) edited by Lila Singh-Peterson and Michelle Carnegie. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing. doi: 10.1108/978-1-78973-055-520191013
Singh-Peterson, Lila, Moala, Temaleti Tano and Hamani, Luhia Kanumi (Louna) (2020). Upward reflections of top-down gendered institutions – a community development case study from Tonga. Integrating gender in agricultural development: learnings from South Pacific contexts. (pp. 91-104) edited by Lila Singh-Peterson and Michelle Carnegie. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing. doi: 10.1108/978-1-78973-055-520191009
Carnegie, Michelle and Singh-Peterson, Lila (2020). The international ‘Gender Agenda’ in the context of the South Pacific and agricultural livelihoods. Integrating gender in agricultural development: learnings from South Pacific contexts. (pp. 33-55) edited by Lila Singh-Peterson and Michelle Carnegie. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing. doi: 10.1108/978-1-78973-055-520191005
Singh-Peterson, Lila (2020). South Pacific contexts for gender equity scholarship and practice. Integrating gender in agricultural development: learnings from South Pacific contexts. (pp. 163-173) edited by Lila Singh-Peterson and Michelle Carnegie. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing. doi: 10.1108/978-1-78973-055-520191014
Journal Articles
Singh-Peterson, Lila, Popvic, Igor, Karatela, Shamshad, Raj, Nawin and Batt, David (2025). Strengthening sustainable pathways by detecting variability in a community’s resilience at the sub-local government level using the GCRM. Sustainability, 17 (8) 3372, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/su17083372
Raj, Nawin, Murali, Jaishukh, Singh-Peterson, Lila and Downs, Nathan (2024). Prediction of sea level using double data decomposition and hybrid deep learning model for Northern Territory, Australia. Mathematics, 12 (15) 2376, 1-25. doi: 10.3390/math12152376
Nunn, Patrick D., Kumar, Roselyn, Barrowman, Hannah M., Chambers, Lynda, Fifita, Laitia, Gegeo, David, Gomese, Chelcia, McGree, Simon, Rarai, Allan, Cheer, Karen, Esau, Dorothy, Fa'anunu, 'Ofa, Fong, Teddy, Fong‐Lomavatu, Mereia, Geraghty, Paul, Heorake, Tony, Kekeubata, Esau, Korovulavula, Isoa, Kubunavanua, Eferemo, Lui, Siosinamele, MacLaren, David, Malsale, Philip, Nemani, Sipiriano, Plotz, Roan D., Puairana, Gaylyn, Rantes, Jimmy, Singh‐Peterson, Lila and Waiwai, Mike (2024). Traditional knowledge for climate resilience in the Pacific Islands. WIREs Climate Change, 15 (4) e882. doi: 10.1002/wcc.882
Singh-Peterson, Lila, Kassulke, Anna and Raj, Nawin (2024). From conceptualization to practice: enhancing economic resilience at the local government level in Australia. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 26 (3), 295-310. doi: 10.1080/1523908x.2024.2334709
Singh-Peterson, Lila and Iranacolaivalu, Manoa (2024). Investigating the “thief in the night”: The reproduction and erosion of Indigenous forms of social resilience in rural Fiji. Human Ecology, 52 (1), 143-154. doi: 10.1007/s10745-024-00483-8
Shantharaju, Anupama, Islam, Md Aminul, Kath, Jarrod M., Mushtaq, Shahbaz, Muniyappa, Arun and Singh-Peterson, Lila (2024). Understanding constraints and enablers of climate risk management strategies: Evidence from smallholder dairy farmers in regional South India. Sustainability, 16 (5) 2018, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/su16052018
Singh-Peterson, Lila (2023). Transitions and intersections between communalism and possessive individualism in rural Fiji: repercussions for responding to climate change. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 24 (2), 116-133. doi: 10.1080/14442213.2022.2146739
Singh-Peterson, Lila and Iranacolaivalu, Manoa (2018). Barriers to market for subsistence farmers in Fiji - a gendered perspective. Journal of Rural Studies, 60, 11-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.03.001
Underhill, Steven J. R., Zhou, Yuchan, Sherzad, Shukrullah, Singh-Peterson, Lila and Tagoai, Semua Militini (2017). Horticultural postharvest loss in municipal fruit and vegetable markets in Samoa. Food Security, 9 (6), 1373-1383. doi: 10.1007/s12571-017-0734-7
McKenzie, Tara J., Singh-Peterson, Lila and Underhill, Steven J. R. (2017). Quantifying postharvest loss and the implication of market-based decisions: a case study of two commercial domestic tomato supply chains in Queensland, Australia. Horticulturae, 3 (3) 44, 44. doi: 10.3390/horticulturae3030044
Underhill, Steven J. R. and Singh-Peterson, Lila (2017). Improving non-communicable disease remediation outcomes in Tonga: the importance of domestic fruit production systems: an analysis. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 118 (1), 91-103.
Singh-Peterson, Lila and Underhill, Steven J. R (2016). A multi-scalar, mixed methods framework for assessing rural communities’ capacity for resilience, adaptation, and transformation. Community Development, 48 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/15575330.2016.1250103
Singh-Peterson, Lila and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2016). The changing face of the Mary Valley: considering the fairness, sustainability and resilience of the agricultural system in a peri-urban setting. Local Environment, 22 (5), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/13549839.2016.1233953
Singh‐Peterson, Lila, Salmon, Paul, Goode, Natassia and Gallina, John (2016). An evaluation of the Community Disaster Resilience Scorecard Toolkit by small, high-risk communities on the Sunshine Coast. Natural Hazards, 84 (1), 489-505. doi: 10.1007/s11069-016-2435-5
Singh-Peterson, Lila, Lieske, Scott, Underhill, Steven J. R. and Keys, Noni (2016). Food security, remoteness and consolidation of supermarket distribution centres: factors contributing to food pricing inequalities across Queensland, Australia. Australian Geographer, 47 (1), 89-102. doi: 10.1080/00049182.2015.1093700
Davidson, Julie L., Jacobson, Chris, Lyth, Anna, Dedekorkut-Howes, Aysin, Baldwin, Claudia L., Ellison, Joanna C., Holbrook, Neil J., Howes, Michael J., Serrao-Neumann, Silvia, Singh-Peterson, Lila and Smith, Timothy F. (2016). Interrogating resilience: toward a typology to improve its operationalization. Ecology and Society, 21 (2) 27. doi: 10.5751/ES-08450-210227
Singh-Peterson, Lila, Salmon, Paul, Baldwin, Claudia and Goode, Natassia (2015). Deconstructing the concept of shared responsibility for disaster resilience: a Sunshine Coast case study, Australia. Natural Hazards, 79 (2), 755-774. doi: 10.1007/s11069-015-1871-y
Singh-Peterson, Lila, Salmon, Paul, Goode, Natassia and Gallina, John (2015). An assessment of community disaster resilience for small, high-risk communities on the Sunshine Coast, Qld. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 30 (1), 35-40.
Singh-Peterson, Lila, Salmon, Paul, Goode, Natassia and Gallina, John (2014). Translation and evaluation of the Baseline Resilience Indicators for Communities on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 10 (Part A), 116-126. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2014.07.004
Steele, Wendy, Sporne, Ilva, Dale, Pat, Shearer, Scott, Singh-Peterson, Lila, Serrao-Neumann, Silvia, Crick, Florence, Choy, Darryl Low and Eslami-Andargoli, Leila (2014). Learning from cross-border arrangements to support climate change adaptation in Australia. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 57 (5), 682-703. doi: 10.1080/09640568.2013.763771
Singh-Peterson, Lila and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2014). Insights into community vulnerability and resilience following natural disasters: perspectives with food retailers in Northern NSW, Australia. Local Environment, 20 (7), 782-795. doi: 10.1080/13549839.2013.873396
Singh-Peterson, Lila, Shoebridge, Amanda and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2013). Food pricing, extreme weather and the rural/urban divide: a case study of northern NSW, Australia. Journal of Food Security, 1 (2), 42-48. doi: 10.12691/jfs-1-2-5
Singh-Peterson, L., Serrao-Neumann, S., Crick, F. and Sporne, I. (2013). Planning for climate change across borders: insights from the Gold Coast (QLD) - Tweed (NSW) region. Australian Planner, 50 (2), 148-156. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2013.776980
Shoebridge, Amanda, Buultjens, Jeremy and Singh Peterson, Lila (2012). Indigenous entrepreneurship in Northern NSW, Australia. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 17 (03), 1292001. doi: 10.1142/s1084946712500173
Proudfoot, M. and Singh Peterson, L. (2011). Positive SOI, negative PDO and spring tides as simple indicators of the potential for extreme coastal erosion in northern NSW. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 18 (3), 170-181. doi: 10.1080/14486563.2011.598257
Singh Peterson, L. (2011). Book Review: ‘Controversies in Local Economic Development: Stories, Strategies, Solutions’ by Martin Perry. Journal of Economic and Social Policy, 14 (3), 148-152.
Conference Papers
Singh-Peterson, L. and Lawrence, G. (2015). The changing face of Mary: a story of agricultural resilience. 2nd International Global Food Security Conference, Ithaca, United States, 11-15 October 2015.
Shoebridge, A., Buultjens, J. and Singh-Peterson, L. (2011). Australian Indigenous Entrepreneurship: Lessons for Success. 34th Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Conference: Sustainable Futures: Enterprising Landscapes and Communities, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 9-10 November 2011. ISBE.
Generic Document
Singh-Peterson, L., Smit, S., Lawrence, G. and Carter, R. (2015). The Changing Face of Mary. University of the Sunshine Coast.
Creative Work
Singh-Peterson, L. and Smit, S. (2015). Changing face of Mary. Sippy Downs, QLD, Australia: University of the Sunshine Coast.
Research Report
Singh-Peterson, L., Baldwin, C., Dickinson, M, Bohnen, S., Woolcock, G., Malcom, F., Salmon, P., Goode, N. and Gallina, J. (2014). Re-framing Community Disaster Resilience: From a Systems Perspective: Sunshine Coast Case Study Report. Queensland, Australia: University of the Sunshine Coast, Local Government Association of Queensland, Wesley Mission, Queensland Council of Social Science, Sunshine Coast Council.
Theses
Singh Peterson, Lila (2025). Cultural reproduction, loss and limitations of Indigenous traditions of social resilience in rural Fiji. PhD Thesis, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/d102a45
Singh Peterson, Lila (2007). Modelling secondary organic aerosol formation: from chemical mechanistic modelling to empirical modelling. PhD Thesis, School of Physics, University of New South Wales.