Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland
Dr Dorina Pojani joined UQ’s planning program in 2015. Prior to moving to Australia, she lived, worked and/or studied in Albania, Belgium, Italy, The Netherlands, and the USA. In 2016-17, she was a visiting lecturer at the University of Vienna, Austria. Her research interests encompass urban transport, urban design, and housing. She has published books and numerous articles on urban planning. Her latest book is The Urban Transport Crisis in Emerging Economies (Springer, 2016).
Youth in, families out: 6 charts on the inner cities of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne
Jul 03, 2019 20:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
In just ten years, the inner city populations of Australias biggest state capitals have boomed. We examined Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) census data comparing the population in 2006 and 2016 and found, in...
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Sep 24, 2018 08:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
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