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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Missing the Gold Coast train? The interaction between private development and three levels of government planning in attempting to co-locate a new railway station and a major new town centre, Sustainable Development (2008)

Queensland’s Gold Coast was established as a collection of coastal tourist resorts by the late...

 

Integrating subtropical design in transit oriented developments of South East Queensland, Australia (with Bhishna Bajracharya), Sustainable Development (2007)

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

 

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Creating a sustainable Sunshine Coast: the potential contribution of an expanded Sippy Downs (with Michael Hefferan), Sustainable Development (2007)

The reality of the quest for a sustainable urban future is that to get there...

 

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Sustaining an indiscrete cultural landscape: A case study of the South Brisbane peninsula, Paper presented at the 11th international planning history conference 2004: Planning models and the culture of cities (2004)

The aim of this paper is to expand heritage conservation philosophy and practice, particularly as...

 

Inner-urban sustainability: A case study of the South Brisbane peninsula, Paper presented at the CIB 2003 international conference on smart and sustainable built environment (2003)

The combination of elements and conditions in inner-urban areas may be argued to constitute established...