Congratulations everyone! Very proud to have such a dedicated urban planning team at UQ who delivered teaching excellence during a most unusual and difficult year. Faculty of Science Award for Excellence in Teaching & Learning – Recognises and rewards individuals and small teams who make a significant contribution to the outstanding Teaching & Learning achievements … Continue reading
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Congratulations, Dr Laurel Johnson!
On Friday, UQ|UP’s Laurel Johnson will be conferred her PhD degree from The University of Queensland. Heartfelt congratulations to Dr Johnson from the whole UQ|UP community. Laurel is an urban and social planner with over 25 years of experience as a practitioner and an educator/researcher. As well as being a full-time academic at UQ|UP, Laurel … Continue reading
UQ|UP Research Paper no. 7 on representative democracy in spatial planning
New research from another award winning UQ|UP student, Sirena Kwok. Sirena recently graduated from our MURP program. Her research compares two high profile Australian planning cases and finds that local voices are often overwhelmed in the politicised planning system. Download the full text of UQ|UP Research Paper no. 7 below. Continue reading
UQ|UP Research Paper no. 6 on residential energy efficiency policies
In the latest paper in the UQ|UP research series, award winning Master of Urban and Regional Planning student Alex Dimmock shares his evaluation of Australian energy efficiency policy at the Federal and State levels. Download the full text: UQ|UP_Dimmock_6 Continue reading
Laurel Johnson on The Conversation presenting the Sunshine Coast Design Book
The Sunshine Coast design approach is an exemplar of government-initiated, community-led design that reflects local values in ‘good design’ to guide new public and private developments in that fast growing region of Australia. UQ|UP’s Laurel Johnson provided planning advice about design regulation to the Sunshine Coast Council during production of the Sunshine Coast Design Book. … Continue reading
New article in Habitat International on rural culture in China, coauthored by Laurel Johnson
Rapid urbanization, especially in many developing countries, is accompanied by the decline of rural populations and rural culture. Tangwan village in Shanghai in China is a typical case. Based on the theory of production of space, this article presents spatial production of rural culture from three dimensions: ideological space, superficial space and everyday life space, … Continue reading
Laurel Johnson and Dorina Pojani on the Westender discussing planning issues in the Gabba
With elections coming up, what are the key planning issues in the Gabba Ward, that will get people’s vote? Read what the experts and the political candidates say: westender.com.au/the-gabba-votes-what-are-the-issues-that-will-get-your-vote/ Continue reading