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Professor Barbara Norman is Emeritus Professor of Urban & Regional Planning at the University of Canberra and an Honorary Professor at the Australian National University, Australia. She is Chair of the Urban Policy Forum advising the Australian Government and National Chair of the Australian Coastal Society. Barbara is also Director of the Urban Climate Change Research Network Oceania Hub (Columbia University, USA) and co-chair of Planners for Climate Action (UN Habitat). Professor Norman is a global expert in sustainable cities and regions, smart infrastructure, coastal planning, climate change adaptation and urban governance. Professor Norman has a combined professional and academic background, having worked at all levels of government and run her own practice. She is a former national president of the Planning Institute of Australia, and an honorary member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (UK). Recent international research includes Sustainable Pathways for our Cities and Regions: planning within planetary boundaries (Routledge, 2018); Are autonomous cities our urban future? Comment in Nature Communications (Nature Communications, 2018) and Apocalypse Now: Australian Bushfires and the future of Urban Settlements (Nature Urban Sustainability). Professor Norman’s recent book is Urban Planning for Climate Change (Routledge, October 2022).
Research interests
Member of Climate Change Adaptation Resilience and Recovery Network
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Sustainable Coastal Planning, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
Award Date: 30 Mar 2010
Master, Environmental Law, Australian National University
Award Date: 30 Nov 1996
Bachelor, Urban & Regional Planning, 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 → …
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Projects
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Ginninderry Living Lab: Designing a Research Framework for better liveability and sustainability
TURNER, B., NORMAN, B., HOPE, C., MCKENZIE, V., Bishop, K. & Smith, G.
23/09/21 → 22/09/22
Project: Research
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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: Research
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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: Research
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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: Research
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Land use planning
Vancura, K., Norman, B., S.C. Ma, E. & Nakanishi, H., 2022, Engineering Resilience in Disaster Risk Management for Sustainable Development. Machare O, J. & Lopez S, L. (eds.). p. 24-32 9 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter
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Apocalypse now: Australian bushfires and the future of urban settlements
Norman, B., Newman, P. & Steffen, W., Dec 2021, In: Urban Sustainability . 1, 1, p. 1-9 9 p., 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Improving the Governance of Governments
Coghill, K., Norman, B., Smith, T., Neesham, C. & Kinyondo, A., Dec 2021, Transitioning to a Prosperous, Resilient and Carbon-Free Economy. Baldwin, K., Howden, M., Smith, M., Hussey, K. & Dawson, P. (eds.). UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 591-620 21 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
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Planning for climate change: adapting to a more sustainable urban future
Norman, B., 5 May 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 11 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
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The city as forest - integrating living infrastructure, climate conditioning and urban forestry in Canberra, Australia
Alexandra, J. & Norman, B., 10 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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