Merrick Morley
Biographic Data
| ID | 4443467 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Merrick Morley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Merrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Morley |
| SIGNATURE | MORLEY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3114-312X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A research-based, practice-relevant urban resilience framework for local government
Urban resilience has rapidly developed as a concept to assist urban actors to prepare for, and respond to, shocks and stresses experienced in cities. Urban resilience has been variously defined, and abstract and nebulous resilience concepts can be difficult to apply in practice. Through a research-practice partnership we sought to clarify the concept of urban resilience and make it applicable to the multi-sectoral work of local government in Aust…
From ‘pop-up’ to permanent
Pop-up parks have emerged alongside other forms of temporary urbanism as low-cost, informal, community-engaged interventions that address pressing community needs. This article examines four pop-up parks in Australian cities (Melbourne, Sydney and Perth) that reappropriated street space for pedestrians and eventually became permanent. The article charts the developmental trajectories of these four projects, drawing on local planning documents, in…
Building back healthier? The transformative potential and reality of city planning responses to Covid-19 in Melbourne, Australia
The COVID-19 pandemic was one of the most significant public health and urban planning challenges that cities have faced in recent times. From an evolutionary resilience perspective, the disruption caused by the pandemic was a potential opportunity to create more resilient urban environments that reduce infectious and non-communicable disease risks. This paper examines whether and how city planning policy responses to COVID-19 in Melbourne, Austr…
The contested value of parklets
This paper examines the different values that stakeholders associate with parklets: small open spaces temporarily installed onto curbside car-parking spaces. It explores the growing debate in policy, research and the media around parklets' value for the public and for the hospitality businesses that host most of them. The paper aims to inform policy deliberations around parklets by identifying and analyzing the diverse values that have been assoc…
“Density Done Well” in the Pursuit of 20-Minute Neighbourhoods
The pursuit of 20-minute neighbourhoods has been recently combined with calls for “density done well”. However, this catch-phrase is not well defined in planning policy and there is little understanding of what is being meant by it. This article investigates its meanings and how it may or may not contribute towards more liveable cities. Semi-structured interviews and analysis of participants’ examples showed a multiplicity of nuanced and diverse …
From ‘pop-up’ to permanent
Pop-up parks have emerged alongside other forms of temporary urbanism as low-cost, informal, community-engaged interventions that address pressing community needs. This article examines four pop-up parks in Australian cities (Melbourne, Sydney and Perth) that reappropriated street space for pedestrians and eventually became permanent. The article charts the developmental trajectories of these four projects, drawing on local planning documents, in…
“Density Done Well” in the Pursuit of 20-Minute Neighbourhoods
The pursuit of 20-minute neighbourhoods has been recently combined with calls for “density done well”. However, this catch-phrase is not well defined in planning policy and there is little understanding of what is being meant by it. This article investigates its meanings and how it may or may not contribute towards more liveable cities. Semi-structured interviews and analysis of participants’ examples showed a multiplicity of nuanced and diverse …
A research-based, practice-relevant urban resilience framework for local government
Urban resilience has rapidly developed as a concept to assist urban actors to prepare for, and respond to, shocks and stresses experienced in cities. Urban resilience has been variously defined, and abstract and nebulous resilience concepts can be difficult to apply in practice. Through a research-practice partnership we sought to clarify the concept of urban resilience and make it applicable to the multi-sectoral work of local government in Aust…
From ‘pop-up’ to permanent
Pop-up parks have emerged alongside other forms of temporary urbanism as low-cost, informal, community-engaged interventions that address pressing community needs. This article examines four pop-up parks in Australian cities (Melbourne, Sydney and Perth) that reappropriated street space for pedestrians and eventually became permanent. The article charts the developmental trajectories of these four projects, drawing on local planning documents, in…
Building back healthier? The transformative potential and reality of city planning responses to Covid-19 in Melbourne, Australia
The COVID-19 pandemic was one of the most significant public health and urban planning challenges that cities have faced in recent times. From an evolutionary resilience perspective, the disruption caused by the pandemic was a potential opportunity to create more resilient urban environments that reduce infectious and non-communicable disease risks. This paper examines whether and how city planning policy responses to COVID-19 in Melbourne, Austr…
The contested value of parklets
This paper examines the different values that stakeholders associate with parklets: small open spaces temporarily installed onto curbside car-parking spaces. It explores the growing debate in policy, research and the media around parklets' value for the public and for the hospitality businesses that host most of them. The paper aims to inform policy deliberations around parklets by identifying and analyzing the diverse values that have been assoc…
Sociology (4 works) · Environmental planning (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (2 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (2 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)