Data and Value
New tools, techniques and strategies for accounting for populations, cities and buildings are making new research approaches possible into the way we build and manage our urban environments.
Researchers in the Faculty are working on harnessing these tools and potentials, applicable to Australian and international contexts.
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Complex Adaptive Systems and Rule-Based Design
This project will foster collaborations between interdisciplinary research teams at The University of Melbourne and The University of Campinas in the general fields of architecture, urban design and computational modelling.
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Cross-cultural analysis and capacity building in construction management
Practices focusing on housing and infrastructure sectors in Assam and Australia – An initiative of ‘Smart Villages” research
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Development and trial of a low-carbon living co-benefits calculator
The aim of this project is to develop and trial a prototype low-carbon precinct co-benefits calculator for use by urban planners and designers.
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Effects of feedback and incentive-based insurance on driving behaviours
The broader funded project is the first experimental study to examine the extent to which direct-feedback and incentive-based insurance modify a driver's behaviour.
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Intelligent Estimator
Leveraging on Artificial Intelligence Technology for Effective Forecasting and Management of the Cost of Building Services Elements at the Design stage of Building Projects
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Intensifying Places: Transit-oriented Urban Design for Resilient Australian Cities
Future Scenarios for Transit-Oriented Urban Design
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Mapping embodied environmental impacts in the built environment
Cities and their building stocks result in significant environmental effects which are critical to reduce.
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Mapping Melbourne's Peri-Urban Agricultural Land
Protecting land around Melbourne for food production.
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Nested Phoenix: a multi-scale model for life cycle environmental performance in the built environment
This projects aims to develop one of the most advanced computer models to measure and improve life cycle environmental performance in the built-environment, across its scales, from construction materials, to cities.
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PedCatch
Topographical accessibility modelling for people with mobility impairments
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Renewable energy for carbon neutral cities
Feasibility of solar, wind and biomass for sustainable energy landscape planning in Victoria
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Safer cycling in the urban road environment
The study is the first comprehensive study in Australia that combines academic, government and community efforts to enhance cycling activity while addressing safety concerns.
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Southern Cities Research Centre
The SCRC is a multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary research centre with hubs in Brazil and Australia.
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The effect of anticipatory modification on design
Evaluating housing adaptation grant programs for people with disabilities as drivers of innovation.
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Tourism development and local resilience: self-organisation and community empowerment perspectives
How can tourism development affect community resilience to natural hazards in different self-organisation and regulatory contexts? How should policy-making address these relationships?
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Wildfire Disaster Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery in Coastal Tourist Destinations: the case of Wye River, Australia
From a regional resilience perspective, what were the outcomes of prevention, preparedness, response and recovery strategies in place for the 2015 Wye River wildfires? How does tourism help shape these?
Researchers
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A/Prof Ajibade Aibinu, Associate Professor in Quantity Surveying and Construction Economics
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Zahra Assarkhaniki, Research Fellow in Urban Innovation
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Dr Siqing Chen, Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture
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A/Prof Jennifer Day, Associate Professor in Urban Planning
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A/Prof Hemanta Doloi, Associate Professor in Property and Construction Management and Technology
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Anna Edwards, Research Fellow in Urban Studies
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Professor Valerie Francis, Chair in Construction
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Professor Sun Sheng Han, Professor of Urban Planning
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A/Prof Chris Heywood, Associate Professor in Property and Management
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Dr Hyung Min Kim, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning
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Dr Huey Wen Lim, Mckenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Dr Andrew Martel, Lecturer in Construction Management and Architecture
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A/Prof Julie Tian Miao, Associate Professor in Property and Economic Development
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Dr Timothy O'Leary, Lecturer in Construction Economics
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Dr Mehran Oraee, Lecturer in Building Information Modelling
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Dr Sachith Seneviratne, Research Fellow in Computer Vision and Health
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Dr Jyoti Shukla, Lecturer in Property
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Professor Mark Stevenson, Professor of Urban Transport and Public Health
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A/Prof Jason Thompson, Senior Research Fellow
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Professor Piyush Tiwari, Professor in Property
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Dr Hao Wu, Senior Lecturer in Property
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Dr Haifeng Zhao, Urban Data Science Research Fellow