John Minnery
Biographic Data
| ID | 2145936 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Minnery |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Minnery |
| SIGNATURE | MINNERY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1296-1592 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 99 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Risk communication and risk perception
Risk communication and risk perception are critical factors in disaster management. Governments at all levels play a part in communicating risk, whereas the perception of risk entails active roles by community participants, including potential and actual victims of disasters. This paper discusses these matters in relation to the floods in Brisbane, Australia, in 2011. The findings are based on interviews with representatives of households whose d…
The place of public space in the lives of Middle Eastern women migrants in Australia
For Middle Eastern migrants to Australia, the process of acculturation is compounded by Islamophobia, which is on the rise, with many incidents occurring in public spaces and targeting women. Through in-depth interviews, this paper examines how women migrants from the Middle East, especially Muslim ones, are affected. The study finds that Middle Eastern women migrants have a different perspective on public space compared to local populations, and…
Toying with the City? Using the Computer Game SimCityTM4 in Planning Education
This paper discusses the impact of using the computer game SimCityTM4 in student assignments to develop city and strategic plans. It is conceptualized around Lobo's (2005) critique of SimCityTM as ‘toying with the city’. Two University of Queensland urban planning classes (one undergraduate, the other postgraduate) were asked to use SimCityTM4 to build simulated cities. One class was about building historical urban utopias; the other was about st…
Roads, rates and development
Off the Shelf or Tailor-made? Sources of Ideas for the Creation of Greater Brisbane in 1924
The literature on city planning and city administration is replete with examples of the international and inter-urban transfer of ideas. The transfer can result from qualitative emulation of one city by another or from the more generalized international circulation of expertise. But insufficient attention is paid to both the possibility of indigenous creation of local solutions to what are seen as local problems, even if triggered by internationa…
Understanding Daily Life of Older People in a Residential Complex
This article contributes to the theoretical and applied understanding of daily life and the meaning of home for older people living in purpose-built, age-segregated complexes. Whilst gerontology has embraced spatial perspectives, it often fails to capture their diverse and changing nature. This article considers findings from a larger qualitative study that explored the geography of residential complexes in Brisbane, Australia, through the lens o…
Slum upgrading and urban governance
Scale and Public Participation
Public participation is as important at the metropolitan regional scale as it is at the neighborhood scale, yet most of the approaches to participation are grounded in experience or theory appropriate to the smaller scale. At the metropolitan regional scale, three issues—the magnitude of the spatial extent and population; inequalities of power; and the resources needed—demand that approaches to metropolitan regional participation are given specia…
Lost in Translation? Comparing Planning Responses to Urban Growth in the Global North and South
Governing rapidly growing urban regions is one of the key challenges facing planners, policymakers, and politicians today, especially in terms of governance at the local level. Research and practice have mainly been shaped by the differentiated experiences of "more" and "less" developed countries. This study evaluates a comparative urban governance research project that sought to go beyond these confines to explore the synergies and differences b…
Beyond the Beach
Though considered the 'number one beach' of the Philippines, Boracay has been through periods where it has been considered as an example of environmentally and socially unsustainable development. In response there have been a number of programmes since the late 1990s aiming to improve Boracay's sustainability. In these, significant attention has been given to the aesthetic landscape of tourism's consumption, most especially 'the beach' and associ…
Bounding Neighbourhoods
The 'neighbourhood' holds an iconic position in planning, yet there has been long-standing empirical criticism and debates about both the use and intellectual underpinnings of the concept. Despite this, it continues to provide a focus for local area planning, local policy interventions and urban design approaches, including in 'new urbanism'. Neighbourhoods may be given physical dimensions so the boundaries that distinguish what is within and wha…
Caravan Parks as Social Housing
Planning both facilitates the activities of the market and addresses areas of market failure. It can also remain aloof from intervention in either direction. There are potential tensions inherent in these various roles and their expectations, which are exacerbated by the fact that many planning policies rely on the market for their actual implementation. The provision of housing, especially low-cost housing, is a case in point. This paper reports…
Assessing the performance of urban water supply systems in providing potable water for the urban poor
Provision of adequate potable water for the urban poor is a serious problem in the developing world. There are many dimensions to be considered in assessing an urban water supply system's performance, yet no study to date includes all these dimensions together. This paper explores all the possible dimensions of an urban water supply system by which the system's performance can be assessed using an evaluation hierarchy of 'principles – criteria – …
Community water supply for the urban poor in developing countries
Approaches to Homelessness Policy in Europe, the United States, and Australia
Workable and effective policies addressing homelessness need to be based on a clear definition of homelessness. This overview of recent policies in the European Union, the U.S., and Australia shows that, even at the very basic level of being able to define and enumerate the homeless, policy approaches are extremely variable. Research indicates the growing significance of the “new homeless,” consisting of families, women, and children. Homelessnes…
Tenancy Databases, Professional Practices and Housing Access among Low-Income Tenants in the Private Rental Sector in Australia
This essay addresses the impacts of electronic tenancy databases upon social relations in the field of private rental tenancy in Australia. Insights arise from research carried out, in 2002-3, in the eastern, mainland states of Australia that included interviews with tenants and property managers in the private rental sector. Property managers viewed tenancy databases as a tool for efficient, effective and professional risk management, and 'profe…
"Christensen K.S., "Cities and Complexity
Remote Area Indigenous Housing
This article analyses housing provision for Indigenous populations in remote communities, focusing particularly on the Indigenous Australian population. It uses a 'best practice' framework to do this. It then develops a model of best practice which is used to evaluate remote area Indigenous housing in terms of four stages and six components of housing provision. After summarising the results of the application of the model to some 26 examples, wi…
Application of quality management criteria to regional growth management
Why People Move to the 'Sun-belt
This paper reports a study investigating long-distance migration to the Gold Coast in Australia's 'sun-belt'. A survey of in-migrant households, derived through a random digit dialling sample and telephone interviewing, collected data on aspects of the migration decision process. The data show non-economic, mainly lifestyle factors to be predominant in migration decisions. The relationships amongst employment status, housing tenure and household/…
Modelling Coordination
Coordination is an important concept in both the study and the practice of public administration. Complex tasks are split up into manageable sub‐tasks with the result that the pieces need to be coordinated. Coordination is necessary and sensible, yet it is widely recognised that it can also be a facade to hide coercion and conflict. This article explores the practice of coordination in public adminstration. It develops the four models of hierarch…
Slum upgrading and urban governance
Approaches to Homelessness Policy in Europe, the United States, and Australia
Workable and effective policies addressing homelessness need to be based on a clear definition of homelessness. This overview of recent policies in the European Union, the U.S., and Australia shows that, even at the very basic level of being able to define and enumerate the homeless, policy approaches are extremely variable. Research indicates the growing significance of the “new homeless,” consisting of families, women, and children. Homelessnes…
Why People Move to the 'Sun-belt
This paper reports a study investigating long-distance migration to the Gold Coast in Australia's 'sun-belt'. A survey of in-migrant households, derived through a random digit dialling sample and telephone interviewing, collected data on aspects of the migration decision process. The data show non-economic, mainly lifestyle factors to be predominant in migration decisions. The relationships amongst employment status, housing tenure and household/…
The place of public space in the lives of Middle Eastern women migrants in Australia
For Middle Eastern migrants to Australia, the process of acculturation is compounded by Islamophobia, which is on the rise, with many incidents occurring in public spaces and targeting women. Through in-depth interviews, this paper examines how women migrants from the Middle East, especially Muslim ones, are affected. The study finds that Middle Eastern women migrants have a different perspective on public space compared to local populations, and…
Beyond the Beach
Though considered the 'number one beach' of the Philippines, Boracay has been through periods where it has been considered as an example of environmentally and socially unsustainable development. In response there have been a number of programmes since the late 1990s aiming to improve Boracay's sustainability. In these, significant attention has been given to the aesthetic landscape of tourism's consumption, most especially 'the beach' and associ…
Community water supply for the urban poor in developing countries
Roads, rates and development
Lost in Translation? Comparing Planning Responses to Urban Growth in the Global North and South
Governing rapidly growing urban regions is one of the key challenges facing planners, policymakers, and politicians today, especially in terms of governance at the local level. Research and practice have mainly been shaped by the differentiated experiences of "more" and "less" developed countries. This study evaluates a comparative urban governance research project that sought to go beyond these confines to explore the synergies and differences b…
Tenancy Databases, Professional Practices and Housing Access among Low-Income Tenants in the Private Rental Sector in Australia
This essay addresses the impacts of electronic tenancy databases upon social relations in the field of private rental tenancy in Australia. Insights arise from research carried out, in 2002-3, in the eastern, mainland states of Australia that included interviews with tenants and property managers in the private rental sector. Property managers viewed tenancy databases as a tool for efficient, effective and professional risk management, and 'profe…
Remote Area Indigenous Housing
This article analyses housing provision for Indigenous populations in remote communities, focusing particularly on the Indigenous Australian population. It uses a 'best practice' framework to do this. It then develops a model of best practice which is used to evaluate remote area Indigenous housing in terms of four stages and six components of housing provision. After summarising the results of the application of the model to some 26 examples, wi…
Modelling Coordination
Coordination is an important concept in both the study and the practice of public administration. Complex tasks are split up into manageable sub‐tasks with the result that the pieces need to be coordinated. Coordination is necessary and sensible, yet it is widely recognised that it can also be a facade to hide coercion and conflict. This article explores the practice of coordination in public adminstration. It develops the four models of hierarch…
Risk communication and risk perception
Risk communication and risk perception are critical factors in disaster management. Governments at all levels play a part in communicating risk, whereas the perception of risk entails active roles by community participants, including potential and actual victims of disasters. This paper discusses these matters in relation to the floods in Brisbane, Australia, in 2011. The findings are based on interviews with representatives of households whose d…
Understanding Daily Life of Older People in a Residential Complex
This article contributes to the theoretical and applied understanding of daily life and the meaning of home for older people living in purpose-built, age-segregated complexes. Whilst gerontology has embraced spatial perspectives, it often fails to capture their diverse and changing nature. This article considers findings from a larger qualitative study that explored the geography of residential complexes in Brisbane, Australia, through the lens o…
Assessing the performance of urban water supply systems in providing potable water for the urban poor
Provision of adequate potable water for the urban poor is a serious problem in the developing world. There are many dimensions to be considered in assessing an urban water supply system's performance, yet no study to date includes all these dimensions together. This paper explores all the possible dimensions of an urban water supply system by which the system's performance can be assessed using an evaluation hierarchy of 'principles – criteria – …
Modelling Coordination
Coordination is an important concept in both the study and the practice of public administration. Complex tasks are split up into manageable sub‐tasks with the result that the pieces need to be coordinated. Coordination is necessary and sensible, yet it is widely recognised that it can also be a facade to hide coercion and conflict. This article explores the practice of coordination in public adminstration. It develops the four models of hierarch…
Why People Move to the 'Sun-belt
This paper reports a study investigating long-distance migration to the Gold Coast in Australia's 'sun-belt'. A survey of in-migrant households, derived through a random digit dialling sample and telephone interviewing, collected data on aspects of the migration decision process. The data show non-economic, mainly lifestyle factors to be predominant in migration decisions. The relationships amongst employment status, housing tenure and household/…
"Christensen K.S., "Cities and Complexity
Remote Area Indigenous Housing
This article analyses housing provision for Indigenous populations in remote communities, focusing particularly on the Indigenous Australian population. It uses a 'best practice' framework to do this. It then develops a model of best practice which is used to evaluate remote area Indigenous housing in terms of four stages and six components of housing provision. After summarising the results of the application of the model to some 26 examples, wi…
Application of quality management criteria to regional growth management
Tenancy Databases, Professional Practices and Housing Access among Low-Income Tenants in the Private Rental Sector in Australia
This essay addresses the impacts of electronic tenancy databases upon social relations in the field of private rental tenancy in Australia. Insights arise from research carried out, in 2002-3, in the eastern, mainland states of Australia that included interviews with tenants and property managers in the private rental sector. Property managers viewed tenancy databases as a tool for efficient, effective and professional risk management, and 'profe…
Assessing the performance of urban water supply systems in providing potable water for the urban poor
Provision of adequate potable water for the urban poor is a serious problem in the developing world. There are many dimensions to be considered in assessing an urban water supply system's performance, yet no study to date includes all these dimensions together. This paper explores all the possible dimensions of an urban water supply system by which the system's performance can be assessed using an evaluation hierarchy of 'principles – criteria – …
Community water supply for the urban poor in developing countries
Approaches to Homelessness Policy in Europe, the United States, and Australia
Workable and effective policies addressing homelessness need to be based on a clear definition of homelessness. This overview of recent policies in the European Union, the U.S., and Australia shows that, even at the very basic level of being able to define and enumerate the homeless, policy approaches are extremely variable. Research indicates the growing significance of the “new homeless,” consisting of families, women, and children. Homelessnes…
Caravan Parks as Social Housing
Planning both facilitates the activities of the market and addresses areas of market failure. It can also remain aloof from intervention in either direction. There are potential tensions inherent in these various roles and their expectations, which are exacerbated by the fact that many planning policies rely on the market for their actual implementation. The provision of housing, especially low-cost housing, is a case in point. This paper reports…
Bounding Neighbourhoods
The 'neighbourhood' holds an iconic position in planning, yet there has been long-standing empirical criticism and debates about both the use and intellectual underpinnings of the concept. Despite this, it continues to provide a focus for local area planning, local policy interventions and urban design approaches, including in 'new urbanism'. Neighbourhoods may be given physical dimensions so the boundaries that distinguish what is within and wha…
Beyond the Beach
Though considered the 'number one beach' of the Philippines, Boracay has been through periods where it has been considered as an example of environmentally and socially unsustainable development. In response there have been a number of programmes since the late 1990s aiming to improve Boracay's sustainability. In these, significant attention has been given to the aesthetic landscape of tourism's consumption, most especially 'the beach' and associ…
Scale and Public Participation
Public participation is as important at the metropolitan regional scale as it is at the neighborhood scale, yet most of the approaches to participation are grounded in experience or theory appropriate to the smaller scale. At the metropolitan regional scale, three issues—the magnitude of the spatial extent and population; inequalities of power; and the resources needed—demand that approaches to metropolitan regional participation are given specia…
Lost in Translation? Comparing Planning Responses to Urban Growth in the Global North and South
Governing rapidly growing urban regions is one of the key challenges facing planners, policymakers, and politicians today, especially in terms of governance at the local level. Research and practice have mainly been shaped by the differentiated experiences of "more" and "less" developed countries. This study evaluates a comparative urban governance research project that sought to go beyond these confines to explore the synergies and differences b…
Understanding Daily Life of Older People in a Residential Complex
This article contributes to the theoretical and applied understanding of daily life and the meaning of home for older people living in purpose-built, age-segregated complexes. Whilst gerontology has embraced spatial perspectives, it often fails to capture their diverse and changing nature. This article considers findings from a larger qualitative study that explored the geography of residential complexes in Brisbane, Australia, through the lens o…
Slum upgrading and urban governance
Toying with the City? Using the Computer Game SimCityTM4 in Planning Education
This paper discusses the impact of using the computer game SimCityTM4 in student assignments to develop city and strategic plans. It is conceptualized around Lobo's (2005) critique of SimCityTM as ‘toying with the city’. Two University of Queensland urban planning classes (one undergraduate, the other postgraduate) were asked to use SimCityTM4 to build simulated cities. One class was about building historical urban utopias; the other was about st…
Roads, rates and development
Off the Shelf or Tailor-made? Sources of Ideas for the Creation of Greater Brisbane in 1924
The literature on city planning and city administration is replete with examples of the international and inter-urban transfer of ideas. The transfer can result from qualitative emulation of one city by another or from the more generalized international circulation of expertise. But insufficient attention is paid to both the possibility of indigenous creation of local solutions to what are seen as local problems, even if triggered by internationa…
The place of public space in the lives of Middle Eastern women migrants in Australia
For Middle Eastern migrants to Australia, the process of acculturation is compounded by Islamophobia, which is on the rise, with many incidents occurring in public spaces and targeting women. Through in-depth interviews, this paper examines how women migrants from the Middle East, especially Muslim ones, are affected. The study finds that Middle Eastern women migrants have a different perspective on public space compared to local populations, and…
Risk communication and risk perception
Risk communication and risk perception are critical factors in disaster management. Governments at all levels play a part in communicating risk, whereas the perception of risk entails active roles by community participants, including potential and actual victims of disasters. This paper discusses these matters in relation to the floods in Brisbane, Australia, in 2011. The findings are based on interviews with representatives of households whose d…
Economics (15 works) · Political science (15 works) · Geography (12 works) · Business (11 works) · Engineering (10 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (8 works) · Environmental planning (6 works) · Law (6 works)