Dr Sadasivam Karuppannan

I have research interests in urban and regional planning, housing, planning in developing countries, land use planning, and sustainability. Please contact me if you are interested in these topics or doing research in this area.

I teach courses in introduction to regional and urban planning, land use planning, comparative planning, and planning information management. I also teach geographical Information Systems (GIS) and its applications in urban and regional planning. If you are interested in any of the courses please do not hesitate to contact me.

• I teach wide range of courses in urban and regional planning, housing, planning in developing countries, planning process, planning techniques and GIS applications in urban and regional planning.

Corporate member - Planning Institute of Australia

Associate member - Institute of Town Planners India

Ph.D. Melbourne university

Master of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning, Ahmedabad

M.A. Geography, Mysore university

B.A. Geography, Madras university

• Housing
• Urban planning
• Land use planning
• Planning in developing countries
• GIS applications in urban and regional planning

Karuppannan, S. (2009). Use of spatial data in housing and urban studies. In: Ostendorf B., Baldock, P., Bruce, D., Burdett, M. and P. Corcoran (eds.), Proceedings of the Surveying & Spatial Sciences Institute Biennial International Conference, Adelaide 2009, Surveying & Spatial Sciences Institute, pp. 265-275. ISBN: 978-0-9581366-8-6.

Davidson, K., Sivam, A., Wilson, L. & Karuppannan, S. (2009) Are TODs are a sustainable solution to urban development?, Paper presented at the 2009 Housing Researchers Conference, 5-7 August, Sydney.

Baud, I., Kuffer, M., Pfeffer, K., Sliuzas, R. & Karuppannan, S. (under review) Refining poverty mapping in metropolitan India; what can remote sensing data add to analyzing informal settlement patterns?, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation.

Baharuddin, Z. M., Sivam, A., Karuppannan, S. & Daniels, C. (2009) Role and Perception of Green Spaces: Attitudes Towards Urban Wildlife in Kuala Lumpur and Adelaide, Paper to be presented at the International Symposium on Construction in Developing Economies: Commonalities Among Diversities, 5-7 October, University of Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.

Sivam, A., Karuppannan, S. & Singh, K. (forthcoming) A Brief Review of the Gulf Countries’ Construction Industry, In Brunn, S. D. (Ed.) Engineering Earth: The Impacts of Megaengineering Projects, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Science+Business Media.

Karuppannan, S. & Sivam, A. (2009) Sustainable Development and Housing Affordability, Presented at the European Network for Housing Research Conference 2009, 28 June to 1 July, Prague, Czech Republic.

Sivam, A. & Karuppannan, S. (2009) Density Design and Sustainable Residential Development, Presented at the European Network for Housing Research Conference 2009, 28 June to 1 July, Prague, Czech Republic.

Karuppannan, S. & Sivam, A. (2008) Housing options for ageing population, Presented at the International Federation on Ageing's 9th Global Conference on Ageing, 4-7 September, Montréal, Canada.

Sivam, A. & Karuppannan, S. (2008) Density, design and their impact on urban fabric, IN Hassan, A. S., Ghani, A. N. A., Badarulzaman, N. et al. (Eds.), Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Built Environment in Developing Countries, 3-4 December, Universiti Sains Malaysia, ISBN 978-983-3986-40-8, Penang, Malaysia.

Sivam, A. & Karuppannan, S. (2008) Built environment and healthy ageing, Presented at the International Federation on Ageing's 9th Global Conference on Ageing, 4-7 September, Montréal, Canada.

Sivam, A. & Karuppannan, S. (2008) Role and Challenge of Street: Cross Culture Examination, IN Boontharm, D., Viray, E., Hee, L. et al. (Eds.), Presented at the 5th Great Asian Streets Symposium: A Public Forum of Asian Urban Design, 5 - 7 December, Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture (CASA), Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, ISBN: 978-981-08-2013-8, Singapore.

Sivam, A. & Karuppannan, S. (2008) Factors Influencing Old Age Persons’ Residential Satisfaction: a case study of South Australia, IN Majoribanks, T., Barraket, J., Chang, J.-S. et al. (Eds.), Presented at the Reimagining Sociology Conference, 2-5 December, The Australian Sociological Association (TASA), ISBN 978-0-7340-3984-2, Melbourne.

Ness, D., Kellett, J., Wilson, L., Pullen, S., Karuppannan, S., Sivam, A., Tisato, P. & Davidson, K. (2008) Integrated sustainability assessment of urban development and infrastructure: complementarities and contradictions, IN Foliente, G. & Paevere, P. (Eds.), Presented at the World Sustainable Building Conference, 21-25 September, CSIRO, ISBN 978-0-7340-3984-2, Melbourne.

Karuppannan, S. & Sivam, A. (2008) Housing affordability and its implications for social policy, IN Majoribanks, T., Barraket, J., Chang, J.-S. et al. (Eds.), Presented at the Reimagining Sociology Conference, 2-5 December, The Australian Sociological Association (TASA), ISBN 978-0-7340-3984-2, Melbourne.

Karuppannan, S. (2008) Housing and urban planning in a globalising economy, IN Hassan, A. S., Ghani, A. N. A., Badarulzaman, N. et al. (Eds.), Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Built Environment in Developing Countries, 3-4 December, Universiti Sains Malaysia, ISBN 978-983-3986-40-8, Penang, Malaysia.

Sivam, A., Karuppannan, S. & Evans, D. (2007) Public decision making using Fuzzy Logic, Urban Policy and Research, Vol. 25 (2) pp. 213-227.

Sivam, A. & Karuppannan, S. (2007). Human ecology and public open space: cross-country comparison, Presented at the International conference on Built Environment in Developing Countries, 3-4 December, University of Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.

Sivam, A. & Karuppannan, S. (2007) Ageing and its Implications for Housing and Urban Development: South Australia, Presented at the State of Australian Cities National Conference 2007, 28-30 November, SOAC, 978-0-646-48194-4, Adelaide.

Sivam, A. & Karuppannan, S. (2002) State intervention in housing market: India, Presented at the International ENHR conference on 'Housing culture-convergence and diversity', July 2002, Vienna.

Sivam, A. & Karuppannan, S. (2002) Role of state and market in housing delivery for low-income groups in India, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, Vol. 17 (1) pp. 69-88.

Sivam, A. & Karuppannan, S. (2001) Strategic View of Housing Policy Reform for Developing Countries, Presented at the International Conference on 'Managing Housing and Social Change: Building Social Cohesion, Accommodating Diversity', April 2001, Hong Kong.

Karuppannan, S. & Fraser, C. (1999). Urban landuse planning in developing countries: A GIS approach to plan monitoring, Presented at the Australasian and Regional Information Systems Association (AURISA) conference, Blue Mountains, New South Wales.

Bishop, I. D., Escobar, F., Karuppannan, S., Suwarnarat, K., Williamson, I. P., Yates, P. M. & Yaqub, H. W. (1999) Spatial data infrastructure for cities in developing countries, Cities, Vol. 17 (2) pp. 85-96.