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Climate change adaptation through land use planning and disaster management: Local government perspectives from Queensland (with Iraphne Childs and Peter Hastings), Paper presented at the 17th Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES) conference: Climate change and property: Its impact now and later (2011)

Climate change will manifest in altered regimes of natural hazard occurrence, and therefore can be...

 

Evolving governance model for community building: Collaborative partnerships in master planned communities (with Shahed Khan), Urban policy and research (2010)

The development and management of master planned communities (MPCs) involve achieving the twin goals of...

 

The Second Life of urban planning? Using NeoGeography tools for community engagement (with Marcus Foth, Ross Brown, and Greg Hearn), Journal of location based services (2009)

The majority of the world's citizens now live in cities. Although urban planning can thus...

 

Integrating sustainability and principles of Local Agenda 21: A study of four local governments in NSW and QLD (with Shahed Khan), Australian planner (2004)

Local Agenda 21 (LA21) under the 1992 Earth Summit charter highlighted the important role of...

 

Demographic and employment change in mega-cities of south-east and east Asia (with G. Jones and C. Tsay), Third world planning review (2000)
 

Visions, planning processes and outcomes of master planned communities in South East Queensland (with John Minnery), Australian planner (1999)

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A number of master planned communities (MPCs) have been built or are in...

 

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Promoting small towns for rural development: A view from Nepal, Asia-Pacific population journal (1995)

The article investigates the nature of urban-rural relations between a small town in Nepal with...

 

Book Chapters

Green transit oriented development and subtropical design (with Daniel O'Hare and Jason Byrne), A climate for growth: Planning South-East Queensland (2010)

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In this chapter we review the historical development of TOD as an idea...

 

Integrating regional and infrastructure planning: Lessons from South East Queensland, Australia (with Michael Regan), Sustainable urban and regional infrastructure: Technology, planning and management (2010)

Economic and social infrastructure provision presents a conundrum for urban planners, especially in high growth...

 

Emerging role of ICT in the development of knowledge-based master planned communities (with Janelle Allison), Sustainable Development (2008)

With the recent trends toward knowledge-based urban development and networked society, information and communication technologies...

 

Sustainability framework for transit oriented development in South East Queensland (with Shahed Khan), Queensland: Geographical perspectives (2006)

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Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is currently being advocated as an effective land use...

 

Conference Papers

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Nurturing small firms in the knowledge-based economy: Programs and challenges (with Kay Imukuka, Linda Too, and Greg Hearn), 3rd knowledge cities world summit (2010)

This paper aims at providing some insights into how the knowledge-based economy trend has been...

 

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Building a sustainable university campus: A case study of Bond University (with Linda Too), State of Australian cities national conference: City growth, sustainability, vitality and vulnerability (2009)

Given the increasing evidence of an ailing earth, many would today agree and accept that...

 

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Parking and access issues in transit oriented developments (with Shahed Khan), State of Australian cities national conference: City growth, sustainability, vitality and vulnerability (2009)

The objective of this paper is to examine the planning issues relating to parking and...

 

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Developing knowledge precincts in regional towns: Opportunities and challenges (with Linda Too, Joan Imukuka, and Greg Hearn), Paper presented at the 2nd international urban design conference: Survival: Implementing tomorrow's city (2009)

While extensive literature exists on creative cities and knowledge-based urban development focusing on large metropolitan...

 

Partnerships for community building and governance in master planned communities: A study of Varsity Lakes at Gold Coast (with George Earl and Shahed Khan), Sustainable Development (2008)

The development and management of master planned communities (MPCs) involve achieving the twin goals of...

 

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Governance and implementation challenges for transit oriented developments: Findings from a comparison of South East Queensland and Perth region (with Shahed Khan), Paper presented at the State of Australian cities national conference 2007 (2007)

In the last three decades, a number of master planned communities (MPCs) have been developed...

 

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Masterplanned communities and governance (with Paul Donehue and Douglas Baker), Paper presented at the State of Australian cities national conference 2007 (2007)

In the last three decades, a number of master planned communities (MPCs) have been developed...

 

Integrating subtropical design in transit oriented developments of South East Queensland, Australia (with Daniel O'Hare), International urban design conference: Waves of change- Cities at crossroads (2007)

The objective of the paper is to stimulate the dialogue on subtropical design of transit...

 

Collaborative teaching in planning education: Benefits and issues (with Shahed Khan), ANZAPS 2003: From Hippies to Highrise (2003)

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Extensive planning literature exists supporting the need for collaborative planning (Healey, 1998; Innes...