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Professor Stephen Hamnett
Position: Professor of Regional & Urban Planning Professor Stephen Hamnett
Division/Portfolio: Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment
School/Unit: School of Natural and Built Environments
Campus: City East Campus
Office: BJ3-20
Telephone: +61 8 830 22297
Fax: +61 8 830 22252
Email: Steve_dot_Hamnett_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au
URL for Business Card: http://people.unisa.edu.au/Steve.Hamnett

Professor Steve Hamnett is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning. He has qualifications in geography (University of Oxford), planning (Oxford Polytechnic), and a PhD (University of Reading). Steve’s teaching and research interests include strategic planning, urban design, planning for climate change and risk management, transport planning and planning in developing countries. Steve is a Commissioner of the Environment, Resources and Development Court of South Australia and in 2004 was made a Life Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia for outstanding contributions to planning and planning education.

Teaching interests

  • Sustainable Urban Design
  • Planning in Developing Countries
  • Transport and Land Use Planning
  • Strategic Metropolitan Planning
  • Planning Law, Planning Practice and Professional Ethics

I teach the following courses

ARCH 4042Environmental Impact Assessment
ARCH 3016Planning and Professional Ethics

Professional associations

Life Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia

Qualifications

BA (Honours) University of Oxford

MA University of Oxford

Diploma in Town Planning (with Distinction) Oxford Polytechnic

PhD in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Reading

Research interests

  • Integrated transport and land use planning
  • Transit-oriented design
  • Metropolitan planning
  • Planning and environmental law
  • Climate change and its urban implications

Research publications

Forster, C. and Hamnett, S. (2008). 'The State of Australian Cities', Built Environment, October

Hamnett, S. (2006) "Learning from Urban Disasters: Planning for Resilient Cities', Guest Editor, Built Environment Vol 32, No 4

Hamnett, S. and Freestone, R (2000). (eds) ‘The Australian Metropolis: A Planning History’ Allen and Unwin/E&FN Spon.

Hamnett, S. and Bunker, R (1987). (eds) ‘Urban Australia: Planning Issues and Policies’, Mansell/Thomas Nelson, London and Melbourne.

Hamnett, S. and Forbes, D. (2001) (eds) ‘Pacific Asian Cities – Challenges and Prospects’, Built Environment, Alexandrine Press, Oxford

Hamnett, S (2005) Ten Years of Metropolitan Strategic Planning in South Australia, Paper to the 2nd State of Australian Cities Conference, Brisbane, 30 November-2 December

Taylor, M, Xu, Min and Hamnett, S (2005)‘Microsimulation Modelling Of Travel Behaviour – An Alternative Approach For Detailed Study Of Transport And Land Use’ Paper to the 9th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning & Urban Management, London, 29 June-I July

Research Degree Supervisor

Professor Steve Hamnett is an experienced researcher and research supervisor with particular interests in sustainable development, professional ethics, urban planning and regional planning, sustainable cities,transport policy, healthy cities and city planning in developing countries, particularly in Asia



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