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PROF NICHOLAS LOW



Contact Details

Organization: Architecture, Building and Planning
Position: PROFESSOR
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Homepage: http://www.abp.unimelb.edu.au/staff/lown.html
Work: 8344 6551
Fax: 8344 5532
Room: OC 213
Building: Architecture And Planning Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Urban planning, politics and state theory Australia
Environmental justice, participation, decision-making and problem solving Australia
Land markets Australia
World-wide unsustainability of transport infrastructure Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Master of Science University of Strathclyde 31-Dec-1969

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Royal Australian Planning Institute Member 10-Aug-2004

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI)

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
DISCURSIVE & INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY IN SYDNEY, MELBOURNE & PERTH Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2004
AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF NEW URBAN TRANSPORT (GAMUT) Chief Investigator VOLVO RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS Future Urban Transport Programme Centre of Excellence 12/05/2006
CENTRE FOR MEGA URBAN TRANSPORT STUDIES: DECISION-MAKING IN THE PLANNING, APPRAISAL, AND EVALUATION OF PROJECTS AND THEIR IMPACTS Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON Future Urban Transport Programme Centre of Excellence (VOLVO RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS) 01/01/2007

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Urban transport policy in Australia
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Urban Planning International
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 19-26
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

Publications in 2006

Conference Publications/Papers

  • If Sustainability is everything, Maybe it's Nothing?
    Year: 2006
    Event name: Second State of Australian Cities
    Conference Publication: State of Australian Cities Conference 2005
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Publisher: Griffith University(Brisbane)
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  • Institutional Change for Sustainable Urban Transport in Pakistan
    Year: 2006
    Event name: The 12th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 12th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference
    Page numbers: 1-25
    Publisher: The University of Hong Kong
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Publications in 2005

Books

  • The Green City: Sustainable Homes Sustainable Suburbs
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: University of New South Wales Press(Sydney)
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Book Chapters

  • Dilemmas, Consent & Consensus: A critique of the Democratic Culture of Victorian Urban Planning
    Year: 2005
    Book: Consent and consensus : politics, media and governance in twentieth century Australia
    Publisher: University of Queensland Press(St Lucia)
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  • The Democratic Culture of Victorian Urban Planning: Dilemmas, Consent and Consensus
    Year: 2005
    Book: Consent and Consensus: Politics, Media and Governance in Twentieth Century Australia
    Publisher: API Network(Perth)
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  • The Discourse Network: A Way of Understanding Policy Formation, Stability and Change in the Networked Polity
    Year: 2005
    Book: The Network Society: A New Context for Planning
    Publisher: Routledge(London)
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  • The Gordian Knot: Resisting Sustainability in Urban Transport in Australia
    Year: 2005
    Book: Spatial Planning, Urban Form and Sustainable Transport
    Publisher: Ashgate(Aldershot)
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Journal Articles

  • A Multivalent Conception of Path Dependence: the Case of Transport Planning in Metropolitan Melbourne, Australia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Environmental Sciences
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 391-408
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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  • Editorial: The Brittle Society, The Strong Economy and the Cyclone Path
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Urban Policy and Research
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 377-379
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  • New Challenges for Urban and Regional Transport Policy and Planning
    Year: 2005
    Journal: European Spatial Research and Policy
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 5-10
    Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Lodzkiego(Lodz)
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  • Sustainable Urban Transport in Pakistan: Threats and Opportunities
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Management of Environmental Quality
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 505-529
    Publisher: Emerald(Bradford)
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Reports

  • Planning the Green City
    Year: 2005
    Report No:: 1
    Publisher: Royal Australian Institute of Architects, RAIA Victoria(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Did the Houses Save the World? International Perspectives
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Urban Policy and Research
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 5-12
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  • It Can be Done. Let's Think How
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Urban Policy and Research
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 245-427
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  • Knowing and Steering: Mediatization, Planning and Democracy
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Planning Theory
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 41-70
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Planning for the Storm: How Confronting Global Warming Changes Urban Planning
    Year: 2004
    Event name: State of Australian Cities Conference
    Conference Publication: State of Australian Cities Conference
    Page numbers: 1-25
    Publisher: Urban Frontiers Program, University of Western Sydney(Sydney)
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Publications in 2003

Books

  • Making Urban Transport Sustainable
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan(Basingstoke)
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Book Chapters

  • Barriers to sustainable transport in Australia
    Year: 2003
    Book: Making urban transport sustainable
    Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan(Basingstoke)
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  • Environmental justice
    Year: 2003
    Book: A companion to political geography
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Malden)
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  • Is urban transport sustainable?
    Year: 2003
    Book: Making urban transport sustainable
    Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan(Basingstoke)
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  • Managing transport demand in European countries
    Year: 2003
    Book: Making urban transport sustainable
    Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan(Basingstoke)
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Journal Articles

  • Making believe: Institutional and discursive barriers to sustainable transport in two Australian cities
    Year: 2003
    Journal: International Planning Studies
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 93-114
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  • The global tyranny of roads: observations from Mumbai & Melbourne
    Year: 2003
    Journal: World Transport Policy & Practice
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 5-17
    Publisher: Eco-Logica Ltd(Lancaster)
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  • Time to change the old paradigm: promoting sustainable urban transport in Lahore, Pakinstan
    Year: 2003
    Journal: World Transport Policy & Practice
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 32-39
    Publisher: Eco-Logica Ltd(Lancaster)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Impact of global institutions on urban transport in Pakistani cities
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Planning in a more globalized world: 39th international planning congress
    Conference Publication: Planning in a more globalized world: 39th international planning congress
    Page numbers: 1-11
    Publisher: International Society of City and Regional Planners(The Hague)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Ecosolialisation and Environmental Justice
    Year: 2002
    Book: Environmental Justice: Discourses in International Political Economy
    Publisher: Transaction Publishers(Philadelphia)
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Journal Articles

  • Ecosocialisation and environmental planning: a Polyanian approach
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Environment and Planning A
    Volume: 34
    Page numbers: 43-60
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Publications in 2001

Books

  • Governing for the Environment: Global Prolems, Ethics and Democracy
    Year: 2001
    Publisher: Palgrave(Basingstroke)
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Book Chapters

  • The Challenge of Ethical Environmental Governance
    Year: 2001
    Book: Governing for the Environment: Global Problems, Ethics and Democracy
    Publisher: Palgrave(Basingstoke)
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Journal Articles

  • Ecosocialization or Countermodernization? Reviewing the Shifting 'Storylines' of Transport Planning
    Year: 2001
    Journal: International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 784-803
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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