STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Joe Hurley
Position:
Assoc Professor
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
DSC|School of PCPM
Email:
joe.hurley@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Joe Hurley is an Associate Professor with the Sustainability and Urban Planning program; and a member of the Centre for Urban.
Joe Hurley is an Associate Professor with the Sustainability and Urban Planning program; and a member of the Centre for Urban. He is also Deputy Director of the Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Research Hub, a multi-institution partnership funded by the National Environmental Science Program. His research focuses on the intersection between urban planning and urban sustainability, and on the role of urban governance and policy in producing sustainable outcomes. He is a chief investigator on several other research projects funded by the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning; the New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage; and the Smart Cities and Suburbs program. Joe takes a particular interest in the relationship between research and practice worlds and is actively involved in work to reduce the barriers to exchange and enhance collaboration. He is an elected Committee Member of the Planning Institute of Australia Committee, Victorian Division.
- Associate Professor, Sustainability and Urban Planning.
- Member, Centre for Urban Research
- Deputy Leader, Urban Systems theme, Clean Air and Urban Landscapes research hub
- Committee Member, Planning Institute of Australia (Vic Division)
- Teaching areas: Urban Planning Research; Strategic Urban Planning; Planning History; Global Study Tours (Myanmar)
- Doctor of Philosophy, RMIT University, 2011. Thesis title: "Sustainability and Master Planned Estates: from principles to practice"
- Grad Cert Tertiary Teaching and Learning, RMIT University, 2010
- B Eng (Civil) (Hons), University of Melbourne, 1999
- Committee Member, Planning Institute of Australia (Vic Division)
- Collaborative research and teaching with government and industry partners including: EPA Victoria; Melbourne City Council; Resilient Melbourne; City West Water; the Victorian Department of Environment, Water, Land and Planning; the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage; Commonwealth Department of Environment; Planning Institute of Australia; Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities; Municipal Association of Victoria; Council Alliance for Sustainable Built Environment; 202020 Vision.
- Collaborative research with scholars at the University of Melbourne, the University of Western Australia; the University of Wollongong, Swinburne University, and Reading University (UK).
- Ordonez-Barona, C.,Bush, J.,Hurley, J.,Amati, M., et al, . (2021). International approaches to protecting and retaining trees on private urban land In: Journal of Environmental Management, 285, 1 - 15
- Doyon, A.,Moore, T.,Moloney, S.,Hurley, J. (2020). Evaluating evolving experiments: the case of local government action to implement ecological sustainable design In: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 63, 2043 - 2063
- Saunders, A.,Duncan, J.,Hurley, J.,Amati, M.,Caccetta, P.,Chia, J.,Boruff, B. (2020). Leaf my neighbourhood alone! predicting the influence of densification on residential tree canopy cover in Perth In: Landscape and Urban Planning, 199, 1 - 12
- Hurley, J.,Saunders, A.,Boruff, B.,Duncan, J.,Knight, G.,Amati, M.,Sun, Q.,Caccetta, P.,Chia, J. (2020). Benchmarking Urban Vegetation Cover: Melbourne, Perth, Sydney In: Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Melbourne, Australia
- Sun, C.,MacLeod, T.,Both, A.,Hurley, J.,Butt, A.,Amati, M. (2020). A human-centred assessment framework to prioritise heat mitigation efforts for active travel at city scale In: Science of the Total Environment, 763, 1 - 39
- Putra, B.,Horne, R.,Hurley, J. (2019). Place, Space and Identity Through Greening in Kampung Kota In: Journal of Regional and City Planning, 30, 211 - 233
- Hurley, J.,Amati, M.,Both, A.,Sun, Q. (2019). Urban Vegetation Cover Change in Melbourne 2012-2018 In: Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Melbourne, Australia
- Hurley, J.,Saunders, A.,Amati, M.,Boruff, B.,Both, A.,Sun, Q., et al, . (2019). Melbourne Metropolitan Region Urban Vegetation Cover: 2018 In: Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victorian Government Melbourne, Australia
- Sun, Q.,Hurley, J.,Amati, M.,Saunders, A.,Arundel, J.,Boruff, B.,Caccetta, P. (2019). Urban Vegetation, Urban Heat Islands and Heat Vulnerability Assessment in Melbourne, 2018 In: Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victorian Government Melbourne, Australia
- Duncan, J.,Boruff, B.,Saunders, A.,Sun, Q.,Hurley, J.,Amati, M. (2018). Turning down the heat: An enhanced understanding of the relationship between urban vegetation and surface temperature at the city scale In: Science of The Total Environment, 656, 118 - 128
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
2 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions2 PhD Current Supervisions
Strategic urban planning, Sustainability performance assessment methodologies, Sustainable cities.
- Integrated Heat Vulnerability Assessment Toolkit for Australian Cities (Administered by University of Melbourne). Funded by: Australian Government Department of Education and Training - Competitive from (2021 to 2022)
- Remaking Post-industrial Plans: Urban Industrial Zoning Past and Future (administered by Monash University). Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects 2021 from (2021 to 2024)
- Where will all the trees be?. Funded by: Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited - Competitive from (2020 to 2020)
- Global review of incentive schemes for the retention and successful establishment of trees on private urban land (Administered by University of Melbourne). Funded by: Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited - Competitive from (2019 to 2019)
- Greening the West Strategy Refresh (Administered by GHD Pty Ltd). Funded by: City West Water Limited from (2019 to 2019)