Associate Professor - Human Geography
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Alberta

Publications

Cote, D.W. and McGee, T.K. (2014). An exploration of residents' intended evacuation responses in Mt. Lorne, Yukon, Canada, The Forestry Chronicle, 90(4), 498-502.

McGee, T.K., McFarlane, B.L. & Tymstra, C. (2014). Wildfire: A Canadian Perspective. In Wildfire Hazards and Disasters. Paton, D. (ed.). Elsevier.

Ross, H. and McGee, T.K. (2014). Conceptual Frameworks for SIA Revisited: A cumulative effects study on lead contamination and economic change'. In Developments in Social Impact Assessment. Vanclay, F. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, UK. Originally published in Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 24(2), 139-149.

Christianson, A., McGee, T.K. and L'Hirondelle, L. (2014). The Influence of Culture on Wildfire Mitigation at Peavine Metis Settlement, Alberta, Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal, 27(9), 931-947.

Christianson, A., McGee, T.K. and L'Hirondelle, L. (2012). How Historic and current wildfire experiences in an Aboriginal community influence wildfire mitigation preferences. International Journal of Wildland Fire.
http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=WF12041

Christianson, A, McGee, TK and L'Hirondelle, L (2012) Community Support for Wildfire Mitigation at Peavine Métis Settlement, Alberta, Canada. Environmental Hazards: Human and Policy Dimensions. Available online at DOI:10.1080/17477891.2011.649710

McGee, TK and Gow, GA (2012). Potential responses by on-campus university students to a university emergency alert, Journal of Risk Research, 15(6), 693-710. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13669877.2011.652653

McGee, TK (2011). Public engagement in neighbourhood level wildfire mitigation and preparedness: Case studies from Canada, the US and Australia, Journal of Environmental Management, 92(10), 2524-2532. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.05.017

McFarlane BL, McGee TK and Faulkner H, (2011) Complexity of homeowner wildfire risk mitigation: An integration of hazard theories. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 20(8), 921-931. http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=WF10096

Harris LM, McGee TK, McFarlane BL, (2011). Implementation of Wildfire Risk Management by Local Governments in Alberta, Canada. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 54(4), 457-475. DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2010.515881

Amy Christianson, Tara McGee, and Cindy Jardine (2011) An Examination of Communication Strategies Used to Encourage Residential Wildfire Mitigation in Alberta, Canada, Australian Journal of Emergency Management. 26(3); 40-51 » read online

Gow GA, McGee TK and Romanowski S (2011) Warning response on a university campus: Anticipating message confirmation behaviour among undergraduate students, Journal of Emergency Management, September/October 2011, 31-37. DOI:10.5055/jem.2011.0071

McGee, T.K., McFarlane, B.L. McFarlane, J. Varghese (2009). An examination of the effect of experience on wildfire risk perceptions and adoption of mitigation measures. Society and Natural Resources, 22(4), 308-323. DOI: 10.1080/08941920801910765

Faulkner H, McFarlane BL, and McGee TK, (2009). Comparison of homeowner response to wildfire risk among towns with and without wildfire management. Environmental Hazards: Human and Policy Dimensions, 8(1): 38-51. DOI:10.3763/ehaz.2009.0006

Gow GA, McGee T, Townsend D, Anderson P, Varnhagen S, (2009). Communication Technology, Emergency Alerts, and Campus Security. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 28(2): 34-41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MTS.2009.932797

Garvin, TD, McGee, TK, Smoyer-Tomic, KE & Aubynn, EA (2009). Community-Company Relations in Gold Mining in Ghana, Journal of Environmental Management, 90(1): 571-586. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.12.014

Masuda JR, McGee TK and Garvin TD (2008). Power, Knowledge and Public Engagement: Constructing 'Citizenship' in Alberta's Industrial Heartland, Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 10(4): 359-380. DOI: 10.1080/15239080802332026

McGee, TK (2007) Urban residents' approval of management measures to mitigate wildland-urban interface fire risks in Edmonton, Canada. Landscape and Urban Planning, 82(4): 247-256. DOI:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.03.001

Ross H and McGee TK (2006). Conceptual frameworks for social impact assessment revisited: a cumulative effects study on lead contamination and economic change. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 24(2): 139-149.

McGee TK (2005) Completion of recommended WUI fire mitigation measures within urban households in Edmonton, Canada. Global Environmental Change Part B: Environmental Hazards, 6(3): 147-157. doi:10.1016/j.hazards.2006.05.002

McGee TK and Russell S (2003) "It's just a natural way of life." An investigation of wildfire preparedness in Rural Australia. Global Environmental Change Part B: Environmental Hazards, 5(2003): 1-12. doi:10.1016/j.hazards.2003.04.001

Robertson HA and McGee TK (2003). Applying local knowledge: The contribution of oral history to wetland rehabilitation at Kanyapella Basin, Australia, Journal of Environmental Management, 69:275-287. doi:10.1016/S0301-4797(03)00155-5

Miller KK and McGee TK (2001). Towards Incorporating human dimensions information into wildlife management decision-making, Human Dimensions of Wildfire, 6(3): 205-221.

McGee TK (1999). Private responses and individual action: Community responses to chronic environmental lead contamination. Environment and Behavior, 31(1): 66-83.

McGee TK (1998). The social context of responses to lead contamination in an Australian community: Implications for Health Promotion. Health Promotion International, 13(4): 297-306.

McGee TK (1996). Conducting Sensitive Research: The Broken Hill Community's response to low-level lead contamination and mine closure, People and Physical Environment Research, 50:20-24.