The UQ Master Plan has been awarded for planning excellence. As a member of the VC’s expert advisory team, UQ|UP’s Laurel Johnson was an active participant in the development of the UQ Master Plan. Learn more about the UQ Master Plan. Learn more about this year’s PIA awards in Queensland. Continue reading
State Election Forum – South Brisbane. With state election coming up on 24 November, this forum was an opportunity for residents to meet the candidates and discuss important local issues such as: transport and mobility, density and affordable housing, and green and open space. UQ|UP team members Laurel Johnson and Neil Sipe gave expert speeches … Continue reading
Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning 6 | The Right to the City Edited by Christopher Silver, Robert Freestone, Christophe Demaziere Chapter 9: “Putting Children in the Place on Public Transit: Managing Mobilities in the Child-Friendly City” by Deanna Grant-Smith, Peter Edwards and Laurel Johnson The Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning series offers a … Continue reading
The UQ Planning group is part of the wining project PLACEMAKING SANDBOX: A collaborative and living laboratory approach to create inclusive, engaging and resilient cities awarded by the Myer Foundation. Dr. Sébastien Darchen, Professor Neil Sipe (team leaders), Laurel Johnson, Warren Rowe and Michael Dickson (UQ Architecture) are part of the winning project “PLACEMAKING SANDBOX: … Continue reading
Confirmation seminar by Laurel Johnson: The relationship between transport disadvantage and social disadvantage has been the subject of much research activity in recent years. The relationship between them is clear, though it is complex. Social capital theory and particularly the role of social capital as a mediating factor in the relationship is an emergent theoretical … Continue reading
I guided a tour of 12 laneways in Brisbane city this week for the World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research. These spaces are hidden treasures for sanctuary and walking ‘short cuts’ that enable empathy through the sharing of city space. BUT they could produce so much more than coffee consumption. They are limited … Continue reading
The Queensland Minister for Housing and Public Works recently launched the Building Housing Options report at Parliament House. The report is the product of a UQ|UP group research consultancy led by Laurel Johnson and Neil Sipe that included a survey of over 150 Logan public housing tenants by 10 of our talented urban planning students. … Continue reading
Laurel Johnson from the UQ|UP group was quoted in the Brisbane Times article ‘Money Flows Along the River’ about the location of Queensland’s top income earners (based on postcode and an ATO measure) on Friday 14 April. Continue reading