PhD, MA(UrbDes), BTP Hons, Medal 

Dr Daniel O’Hare is an urban design and planning academic with a strong commitment to a
collaborative interdisciplinary approach to Urban Design. This professional attitude
initially developed due to the close relationship developed between Planning,
Architecture and Landscape Architecture students during his undergraduate Planning degree
years at UNSW (1982-1987), and his early professional career in Sydney (1986-1990),
particularly in his roles with the National Trust and work with the Mosman Council. In
the ensuing years Daniel has been able to confirm and extend his collaborative approach
to Urban Design, through his work in a Faculty that contains several related disciplines,
and through his involvement as a co-founder and active member of the Urban Design
Alliance of Queensland (UDAL/Q). 

Research Highlights 

Dr O’Hare’s main research interests are the interpretation, design and management of
distinctive urban cultural landscapes (including inner cities and small coastal
settlements); and improving public health opportunities through supportive environments
for physical activity (design for ‘active transport’). Both of these research areas are
encompassed within a concern for the development of cities and city regions that are more
environmentally, socially, culturally and economically sustainable.

Book Chapters

Not another Waikiki? Mobolizing topophilia and topophobia in coastal resort areas, Topophilia and topophobia: Reflections on twentieth-century human habitat (2007)

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This chapter explores international discourses of love and aversion relating to the development...

 

Mobilising myths in paradise: The planning and development of Noosa as 'not another Gold Coast', Queensland: Geographical perspectives (2006)

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Many tourist brochures carry the message "see it before it is spoilt" (Selwyn,...

 

Conference Papers

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Transforming the tourist city into a knowledge and healthy city: Reinventing Australia's Gold Coast (with Bhishna Bajracharya and Isara Khanjanasthiti), IFKAD-KCWS 2012 joint conference - Knowledge, innovation and sustainability: Integrating micro and macro perspectives (2012)

Purpose – With rapid growth of Australia’s Gold Coast into a tourist consumption city (Mullins...

 

Confusion between centrality and remoteness in cross-border regional planning: An Australian case study, 3rd World Planning Schools Congress 2011 (2011)

Cross-border regional planning raises particular planning issues due to the different planning philosophies and mechanisms...

 

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Subtropical transit oriented development in the emerging South East Queensland city region: How well are we doing?, 3rd International subtropical cities conference: Subtropical urbanism beyond climate change (2011)

Subtropical design and transport oriented development (TOD) are key policies of the South East Queensland...

 

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The development of knowledge nodes and health hubs as key structuring elements of the sustainable city region, 17th Annual Pacific Rim Real Estate Society conference (PRRES) (2011)

Universities and hospitals are recognised as key infrastructure in the social and economic life of...

 

An analysis of walkability in a late 20th century masterplanned suburb on Australia’s Gold Coast (with Nigel Cartlidge), Paper presented at the 2nd international urban design conference: Survival: Implementing tomorrow's city (2009)

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This paper presents some of the findings of a case study carried out...

 

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