Senior Lecturer in Built Environment, UNSW Australia
Christine Steinmetz is a senior lecturer in the Bachelor of Planning Program teaching1st, 4th and final year students. Christine’s scholarly interests include university campus design and the social construction of place on university campuses, communication theory, and the use of progressive qualitative research methods in planning research. Current and future research agenda includes planning and geographies of adult entertainment and commercial sex activities. She has supervised Masters and PhD students to completion and is currently supervising seven thesis projects.
How does a city get to be 'smart'? This is how Tel Aviv did it
Apr 20, 2018 06:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Smart cities, digital cities, virtual cities, connected cities. Are these just trendy buzzwords? Perhaps. But these types of cities are supported by infrastructure that is more than bricks and mortar. These cities are...
Housing the dead: what happens when a city runs out of space?
Jan 05, 2017 13:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
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