Dr Gethin Davison
Gethin Davison has a background in human geography, planning and urban design. Prior to becoming a lecturer at UNSW Built Environment, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the City Futures Research Centre. He has also worked as a planner in both the public and private sectors. Gethin’s research is situated at the intersection of planning and urban design, and is focused on the governance of urban design. Gethin has been a Chief Investigator on several major research grants and has taught a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in planning, urban design and research design.
Gethin is particularly interested in the ways that people understand and value places, and in the conflicts that arise through processes of urban change. He is currently a Chief Investigator on an ARC Discovery Project looking at approaches to design-led planning in Sydney. He has also been involved in several Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) projects relating to affordable housing provision.
Books:
Milligan, V. R., Hulse, K., & Davison, G. (2013). Understanding leadership, strategy and organisational dynamics in the not-for-profit housing sector (1 ed.). Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute. Retrieved from http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p70689
Davison, G. T., Legacy, C. M., Liu, E. Y., Han, H., Phibbs, P., van den Nouwelant, R., . . . Piracha, A. (2013). Understanding and addressing community opposition to affordable housing development (1 ed.). Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute. Retrieved from http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p71007
Milligan, V., Hulse, K., & Davison, G. (2013). Understanding leadership, strategy and organisational dynamics in the not-for-profit housing sector - AHURI Final Report No 204 (1 ed.). Melbourne, Australia: Australian Housing and Uban Research Institute. Retrieved from http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p70689
Davison, G., Gurran, N., Pinnegar, S., Randolph, W. G., & Van Den Nouwelant, R. (2012). Affordable housing, urban renewal and planning: emerging practice in Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales (1 ed.). Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Pawson, H., Gethin, D., & Vizel, I. (2012). Addressing Concentrations of Disadvantage: Policy, practice and literature review (1 ed.). Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute. Retrieved from http://www.be.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/upload/research/centres/cf/publications/
ahuriprojectreports/AHURI_Final_Report_No190.pdf
Wiesel, I., Gethin, D., Milligan, V., Phibbs, P., Judd, B. H., & Zanardo, M. (2012). Developing sustainable affordable housing: a project level analysis (1 ed.). Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute. Retrieved from http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p70617
Conference Papers:
Legacy, C., Liu, E. Y., & davison, G. (2015). Delivering Social Housing: Examining the Nexus between Social Housing and the Urban Democracy Agenda. In European Network for Housing Research. Lisbon, Portugal.
Davison, G., Legacy, C., Liu, E. Y., van den Nouwelant, R., & Piracha, A. (2013). How and why does community opposition to affordable housing development escalate? “Unsupported development” in Parramatta, NSW. In K. Ruming, B. Randolph, & N. Gurran (Eds.), State of Australian Cities Conference 2013: Refereed Proceedings. Sydney: SOAC Research Network. Retrieved from http://www.soacconference.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Davison-Social.pdf
Legacy, C., Davison, G., Liu, E. Y., van den Nouwelant, R., & Piracha, A. (2013). Democratic Infrastructure? Delivering affordable housing under Australia’s Social Housing Initiative. In K. Ruming, B. Randolph, & N. Gurran (Eds.), State of Australian Cities Conference 2013: Refereed Proceedings. Sydney: SOAC Research Network. Retrieved from http://www.soacconference.com.au/soac-conference-proceedings-and-powerpoint-presentations/
Davison, G. (2011). The role and potential of government land agencies in facilitating and delivering urban renewal. In State of Australian Cities National Conference. Melbourne: Australian Sustainabile Cities and Regions Network (ASCRN).
Davison, G., Milligan, V., & Lawson, J. (2011). Upping the ante: The role and potential of government land agencies in providing land for affordable housing. In 5th Australasian Housing Researchers' Conference. Auckland, New Zealand: The University of Auckland, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://www.creative.auckland.ac.nz/webdav/site/nicai/
shared/about/research/architecture-planning/housing-researchers-conference/2010%20Conference%20Proceedings/
Davison,%20Milligan%20&%20Lawson%20AHRC%202010.pdf
Conference Presentations:
Davison, G., Milligan, V., & Lawson, J. (2010). The role and potential of public land agencies in the provision of land for affordable housing. In 5th Australasian Housing Researchers Conference. Auckland, University of Auckland.
Journal Articles:
van den Nouwelant, R., Davison, G., Gurran, N., Pinnegar, S., & Randolph, B. (2014). Delivering affordable housing through the planning system in urban renewal contexts: converging government roles in Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales. Australian Planner. doi:10.1080/07293682.2014.914044
Davison, G., & Legacy, C. (2014). Positive Planning and Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration: The Role and Potential of Government Land Development Agencies. International Planning Studies, 19(2), 154-172. doi:10.1080/13563475.2013.878286
Davison, G. T. (2013). Place-making or place-claiming? Creating a 'latino quarter' in Oakland, California. Urban Design International, 18(3), 200-216. doi:10.1057/udi.2012.37
Gethin, D., Dovey, K., & Woodcock, I. (2012). Keeping Dalston Different: Defending Place-Identity in East London. Planning Theory and Practice, 13(1), 47-69. doi:10.1080/14649357.2012.649909
Woodcock, I., Dovey, K., & Gethin, D. (2012). ENVISIONING THE COMPACT CITY: Resident responses to urban design imagery. Australian Planner, 49(1), 65-78. doi:10.1080/07293682.2011.595726
Gethin, D., & Rowden, E. (2012). There's Something About Subi: Defending and Creating Neighbourhood Character in Perth, Australia. Journal of Urban Design, 17(2), 189-212.
Davison, G. T. (2011). An Unlikely Urban Symbiosis: Urban intensification and Neighbourhood Character in Collingwood, Vancouver. Urban Policy and Research, 29(2), 105-124. doi:10.1080/08111146.2011.557995
Reports:
Liu, E. Y., Davison, G., & Pinnegar, S. (2012). Building Stronger Communities final evaluation report.
Gethin has been a Chief Investigator on the following research projects:
Category 1 Grants
ARC: 'Designing Global Sydney: the negotiation of public and private interests'
AHURI: 'Understanding and addressing local opposition to affordable housing projects'
AHURI: ‘How sustainable are Australia’s contemporary affordable housing projects?’
AHURI: 'Affordable housing, urban renewal, and planning: Emerging practice in NSW, South Australia and Queensland'
AHURI: 'Understanding leadership, strategy and organisational dynamics in the not-for-profit housing sector'
AHURI: 'Addressing spatial concentrations of social disadvantage'
Other Grants
FBE: ‘The role and potential of government land agencies in providing land for affordable housing’
HNSW: 'Building Stronger Communities final evaluation'
PIA
RTPI
Davison, G. (2013, October 26). Public housing no bar to property gains. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved from http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/public-housing-no-bar-to-property-gains-20131025-2w6zb.html