PIA honours ‘cutting edge’ planning textbook

Book cover: Australian Environmental Planning textbook
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Griffith University has claimed the Cutting Edge Research and Teaching Award in the Queensland-wide Planning Institute of Australia’s (PIA) 2014 Awards for Planning Excellence. At a ceremony held in Brisbane yesterday (November 7), Griffith’s Urban Research Program and Taylor and Francis/Routledge Publishers were honoured for theirAustralian Environmental Planning — Challenges and Future Prospectstextbook which will […]

Tracking the benefits of light rail

Cities Research Institute
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In the first project of its kind in Australia for an operating light rail system, the City of Gold Coast has teamed up with Griffith University to set up an ongoing study to monitor the light rail corridor, and measure the impacts of the trams.

Lecture to discuss Games impact, legacy

Runner passing a baton to a man in a business suit
Cities Research Institute
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This month the Gold Coast marked exactly four years until it hosts the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In the Scottish city of Glasgow, the countdown is more pressing. With less than four months before the Opening Ceremony for the 2014 Games takes place inside Glasgow’s Celtic Park stadium, a public lecture hosted by Griffith University and […]