Transport infrastructure and transport services are vital to a city’s function. Transport connects citizens to employment, goods, services and each other. Despite this shared understanding of the central role of transport in urban life, for some city residents, the cost, availability, reliability, convenience and/or quality of transport constrain their access to the city’s assets. These … Continue reading
Dr. Sébastien Darchen (The University of Queensland), Dr. Damien Charrieras (City University, Hong Kong) and Dr. John Willsteed (QUT) have just signed a book contract with Palgrave McMillan for an edited collection entitled “Electronic cities: Music, Policies and Space in the 21st century” to be published in 2021. This edited volume analyses the governance of … Continue reading
Founded in 1948 in Bogota, Universidad de los Andes is regarded as the top university in Colombia and one of the best in Latin America. It offers education in urbanism, architecture and design, as well as environmental/transport engineering. In the past week, Dr Dorina Pojani delivered guest lectures on sustainable transport planning and gender issues … Continue reading
Parking, albeit pedestrian, is an international issue of rising importance. Worldwide, the amount of land dedicated to the storage of motor vehicles is substantial and urgently needs to be carefully enumerated and then reconsidered in the context of progress towards an environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable urban future. Cities need to develop better ways to … Continue reading
As cities grow, both the productivity of their inhabitants and their income distribution are expected to change. While the empirical literature has widely shown how productivity (and income) changes with city size, empirical evidence on the effects on income inequality remains very limited. In addition, the few papers that study the relationship between city size … Continue reading
UQ|UP is growing. We are looking for a new Lecturer in Planning (Level B) to join our team. This is a full-time, continuing, tenure-track position. For more details, visit: http://search.jobs.uq.edu.au/caw/en/job/508124/lecturer-in-planning. The application deadline is 30 August 2019. Hurry! Continue reading
Along with international collaborators from McGill University, University of Toronto, and Leeds University, UQ Senior Lecturer Dr Thomas Sigler has been awarded a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The project is titled ” Cities, Short-term Rentals and the Sharing Economy: Housing Impacts, Social Dynamics, and Policy Options”, and will … Continue reading
UQ and UGM (Universitas Gadjah Mada) presented their group work examining the development complexities faced by local communities in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, as part of the course PLAN3200/7200. Students spend two weeks working with local communities, learning from local experiences and making sense of interrelated factors influencing development. Yesterday the six groups of students presented their … Continue reading
The Swedish Network for Feminist Urban Planning was initiated for the purpose of developing the concept and making relevant research more easy to use for practitioners. NFUP newsletters typically include two interviews, one with an academic and one with a practitioner. Dr Pojani gave an interview on women’s safety in public space. Read the interview … Continue reading
A student is sought who can film and edit: A community co-design workshop. Time & place: August 5th 9-11am, AHEPA Hall, 128 Boundary St, West End. ~20 hours. UQ Placemaking Summit. Time & place: November 20th, UQ. ~20 hours. Pay scale: HEW level 3.4 (approx. $40/hour). If you have the relevant skills, please contact Dr. … Continue reading
New article on gated communities and income inequality in Indonesia by UQ|UP’s Sonia Roitman and Redento Recio. The article examines the relationship between increasing number of gated communities in Indonesian cities and increasing income inequality. It argues that there is a mutual reinforcing relationship between this type of housing and inequality. Jakarta and Yogyakarta are … Continue reading
ANZAPS2019 concluded on Friday, after two days packed with presentations, discussions, and activities. It was our pleasure to host delegates from all over Australia, New Zealand, and farther afield. We hope that attendees left the conference with tips for building meaningful and enduring research links with government, industry and the community. The host of ANZAPS2020 … Continue reading
UQ Indonesia field trip course has just started. Twenty two UQ students from planning, environmental management, GIS, development practice and social sciences and 18 UGM (Universitas Gadja Madah) from planning has just started their annual studio course. The course takes places in Yogyakarta, Indonesia for two weeks. Students work with urban and rural communities on … Continue reading
As part of the Myer Foundation Grant on Placemaking, UQ planning students will be working in the advanced planning studio (coordinated by Dr. Sebastien Darchen) on the regeneration of West End town centre with Landscape Architect John Mongard and the West End community Article published in the Westender here: Continue reading
Eighty people have registered for this year’s conference. Get in quick to secure your place: uq-urbanplanning.org/conferences/. Registrations close Monday, 1 July 2019 at 5.00pm. The latest news and updates are below. Continue reading
Dr. Darchen presents on “Local planning innovations and governance for water sensitive cities” as part of the Urban Design Challenge organized by the CRC for water sensitive cities. Read the full story here Continue reading
The Habitat-UNI partnership has just published the Big Blue Book! It is a compilation of the activities done by all partner universities worldwide in relation to urban sustainable development. UQ|UP activities are featured on pages 58 and 59 of the book, briefing about the teaching, research and engagement activities by staff and students. UQ|UP is … Continue reading
The article entitled “Contextual and external factors enabling planning innovations in a regeneration context: the Lyon Confluence project (France)” has just been published in International Planning Studies. Read the full article. Continue reading
In Spain, economic disparities between regions have traditionally played a relevant role in migration. Nevertheless, during the previous high-instability period, analyses provided conflicting results about the effect of these variables. In this work, we aim to determine the role that labour market factors play in internal migration during the Great Recession, paying special attention to … Continue reading
Free speech is critical to urban planning research and practice, as this profession is predicated on the ability to conduct open public debate and participation. The article below originally appeared in The Conversation, 7 June 2019. “Because we are so saturated in American culture, very few Australians realise that free speech in this country isn’t … Continue reading