Research Fellow, Deakin University
Matt Novacevski is a research fellow specialising in urban ecology, regional planning and the built environment at Deakin University in Geelong, Australia. Matt's research has focused on the links between people and places, peri-urban and regional futures and socio-spatial implications of urban design. Matt also has extensive experience across local government focusing on multi-disciplinary planning, strategy and community engagement.
Like it or loathe it, here's why Apple doesn't need a planning permit for its Fed Square store
Dec 28, 2017 13:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Real Estate
Despite the prominent public role played by Melbournes Federation Square, Apples new flagship store to be built within it wont even require a planning permit. This is thanks to an obscure planning process that planning...
Contested spaces: living off the edge in a city mall where design fuels conflict
Mar 10, 2017 03:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
There are few more telling signs of conflict in urban spaces than calls to send in the police. Geelongs Little Malop Street Mall has been the subject of many such calls, as regular incidents keep the space in the media...
How crowdfunding can connect people to their heritage and community
Dec 28, 2016 01:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Life
The glistening white sails of Sydney Opera House and the red brick and bluestone of Geelongs industrial mills have little in common at first glance. But for both these places crowdfunding has led people to connect with...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
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