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8/22/2021 12:16:23 PM
(MENAFN- The Conversation) Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney Profile Articles Activity
Nicole Gurran is an urban planner and policy analyst whose research focuses on comparative urban planning systems and approaches to housing and ecological sustainability. She has led and collaborated on a series of research projects on aspects of urban policy, housing, sustainability and planning, funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC), the Australian Urban and Housing Research Institute (AHURI), as well as state and local government. Recent research has included AHURI Inquiries on affordable housing supply (2016-17); housing markets, economic productivity, and risk (2014) and planning system performance (2012), as well as an ARC Discovery Project on the impact of urban regulation on housing affordability in Australian cities and regions (2011-2014). Professor Gurran has authored and co-authored numerous publications and books including Urban Planning and the Housing Market: International Perspectives for Policy and Practice with Glen Bramley(Palgrave Macmillan 2017), Politics, Planning and Housing Supply in Australia, England and Hong Kong, with Nick Gallent and Rebecca Chiu (Routledge, July 2016) , and Australian Urban Land Use Planning: Principles, Policy, and Practice (Sydney University Press 2011, 2007).
Professor Gurran teaches core urban planning and housing subjects at post graduate level, and undertakes post graduate and doctoral research supervision.
Prior to joining the School of Architecture Design and Planning, Professor Gurran practiced as a planner in several state government roles, concerning local environmental plan making, environmental management, and housing policy. She now serves as a State appointed member for the Sydney Western City and Sydney South Planning Panels, which consider matters of regional planning significance.
Experience
- –present Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
Education
- 2002 University of Sydney, PhD, Urban and Regional Planning
Research Areas
- Urban And Regional Planning (1205)
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