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Prof Dave Hedgcock

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    • Role:
    • Professor
    • Department:
    • Dept of Urban & Regional Planning
    • Location:
    • Architecture and Planning 331
    • Telephone:
    • +61 8 9266 9057

Professor David Hedgcock began his academic career as a lecturer in urban and regional planning at the Western Australian Institute of Technology (the forerunner of Curtin University) in 1979. He was the Head of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning for over 10 years before taking up the role of Deputy Head of the School of Architecture Construction and Planning in 2001. He was the inaugural sub dean of the Faculty of Built Environment Art and Design and was appointed as teh Dean in 2004. Following a University restructure in 2008 he became the Head of the School of Built Environment a position he retired from at the end of 2008.

David has taught extensively in the field of urban and regional planning with a focus on planning history, urban analysis, research design and landscape planning. He has published and presented over 60 chapters, articles and papers. The major focus has been in the areas of; planning history, environmental planning and planning education.

David has served on and advised numerous government, professional and research bodies. Most recently he chaired the Human Settlements working group which formed part of the Environmental Protection Authority’s State of the Environment report for the Government of Western Australia. In the past he has worked for and with the WA Water Resources Council, The South Metropolitan Regional Development Organisation, the Planning Institute of Australia and the Department of Planning and Urban Development.

Research Interests

The highlights of David’s research activity have been the editing and publication of the first town planning text book concerning the Western Australian planning system and the formulation of the concept of water sensitive design. The research has involved theoretical development, policy formulation, research management, research promotion, publication (across all media) and presentation. This has been achieved both individually and as part of collaborative teams. He is currently a chief investigator on an ARC funded discovery grant titled Redesigning the Suburb – a landscape architectural inquiry.

In addition David has undertaken contract research for a number of local and state government agencies. In this role he has investigated and analysed changing industrial structures in the Perth metropolitan region, home based businesses, transport infrastructure and design assessment methodologies.

In the field of planning education he has profiled changing employer perceptions on the skill and knowledge base required by planning graduates as well as investigating the exercise of influence within planning systems and the impact of this on educational agendas.

David is currently the associate editor of ‘Australasia for the international planning journal; Planning Practice and Research’, a Routledge publication.

Memberships

Life Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia.

Publications

Book Chapters (Authored, Research Quality)

  • Alexander, I, Hedgcock, D, and Greive, S. 2010. Introduction. In Planning Perspectives From Western Australia: A Reader in Theory and Practice, eds Janet Blagg, 11-23. Fremantle: Fremantle Press.
  • Hedgcock, D. 2010. Watering a Thirsty City: Planning for Perth's Water Regime. In Planning Perspectives from Western Australia: A Reader in Theory and Practice, eds I. Alexander, S. Greive and D. Hedgcock, 85-103. Fremantle: Fremantle Press.
  • Hedgcock, D, and Weller, R. 2009. Introduction. In Boom Town 2050, eds Richard Weller, 19-43. Perth: University of Western Australia Press.
  • Alexander, I, and Hedgcock, D. 2002. Community Planning In Australia. In The Power of Planning - Spaces of control and Transformation, eds Oren Yiftachel, Jo Little, David Hedgcock, Ian Alexander, 21-32. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Refereed Articles (Scholarly Journals)

  • Hedgcock, D. 2003. The exercise of influence within the local planning system. Australian Planner 40(3): 35-39.

Fully written papers (Refereed Conference proceedings)

  • Hedgcock, D, and Pidala, A. 2011. Assessing the Relationship between Planning Education and Practice. Comparative Case Studies from Italy and Australia. World Planning Schools Conference 2011, 04/07/2011. Perth: University of Western Australia.
  • Hedgcock, D. 2002. The exercise of influence within the local planning system; implications for education. ANZAPA Conference 2002, 01/09/2002. Melbourne: RMIT University and the University of Melbourne.