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Personal profile
Biography
Professor Barbara Norman is the Foundation Chair of Urban and Regional Planning and Director of Canberra Urban and Regional Futures (CURF) at the University of Canberra. Professor Norman is Chair of the ACT Climate Change Council and a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University. Barbara is a Life Fellow and past national president of the Planning Institute of Australia and a Life Honorary Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (UK). Barbara’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Town & Regional Planning, Masters of Environmental Law and a PhD on sustainable coastal planning. She also has a substantial professional background having worked at all levels of government and run her own practice. Her current research and teaching interests include sustainable cities and regions, coastal planning, climate change adaptation and urban governance. Barbara was a contributing author to IPCC 5 WG 2 report on Impacts 2013. Professor Norman advises the public and private sector in Australia and has strong international linkages within Asia, Europe and the United States. Barbara was awarded an Australian Centenary Medal for her contribution to the community through urban and regional planning.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
Award Date: 30 Mar 2010
Master, Australian National University
Award Date: 30 Nov 1996
Bachelor, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 30 Mar 1979
External positions
Chair, ACT Climate Change Council, ACT Government
2012 → …Visiting Research Fellow, Australian National University
2012 → …Fingerprint
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Projects
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Participants Agreement for Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC
Bushfire & Natural Hazards CRC
1/07/13 → 31/10/21
Project: Other
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Revising Dropping Off The Edge
Tanton, R., Miranti, R., Schirmer, J., Vidyattama, Y. & Norman, B.
18/05/20 → 30/12/20
Project: Other
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Research for National consultation on the new Global Covenant of Mayors framework for local government climate action in Australia
Norman, B., Mummery, J., Alexandra, J., Gilmour , C. & Flannery, D.
1/03/19 → 30/06/19
Project: Other
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Queanbeyan Palerang: Planning and Building the Smart Regional City
Munasinghe, K., Norman, B., Thompson, R. & Burton, A.
3/07/18 → 30/06/19
Project: Other
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Urban Analytics Data Infrastructure-via UniMelb
Tanton, R., Biermann, S., Corcoran, J., Hunter, J., Norman, B., Perez, P., Raja, B., Randolph, B. & Stimson, R. J.
11/04/16 → 10/10/17
Project: Other
Research output
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Planning for climate change: adapting to a more sustainable urban future
Norman, B., 18 Jun 2020, Urbanisation at Risk in the Pacific and Asia: Disasters, Climate Change and Resilience in the Built Environment. Sanderson, D. & Bruce, L. (eds.). United Kingdom: Routledge, p. 141-151 10 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
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The City as a forest: integrating living infrastructure, climate conditioning and urban forestry in Canberra, Australia
Alexandra, J. & Norman, B., 23 Jul 2020, In: Sustainable Earth. 3, 10, p. 1-11 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Are autonomous cities our urban future?
Norman, B., 1 Dec 2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 1, p. 1-3 3 p., 8230.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Sustainable urban systems: Co-design and framing for transformation
Webb, R., Bai, X., Smith, M. S., Costanza, R., Griggs, D., Moglia, M., Neuman, M., Newman, P., Newton, P., Norman, B., Ryan, C., Schandl, H., Steffen, W., Tapper, N. & Thomson, G., 1 Feb 2018, In: Ambio. 47, 1, p. 57-77 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An institutional perspective on programme integration
PEARSON, L., NORMAN, B., O'Brien, P. & TANTON, R., 2017, In: Policy Studies. 38, 5, p. 418-431 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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