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Donna Houston is an urban and cultural geographer in the Department of Geography and Planning at Macquarie University. Her research explores the intersections of urban political ecology and environmental justice in the Anthropocene; cultural dimensions of climate change; toxic landscapes and bodies; spaces of extinction, and planning in the 'more-than-human' city. She is particularly interested in how cultural methodologies such as storytelling, visual methods and memory-work can be used to address current social and environmental challenges.
Associate Professor Houston is the Director of the Bachelor of Planning and the Co-Director of the Faculty of Arts Environmental Humanities research stream. She is a member of the Shadow Places Network, an international environmental humanities initiative funded by the Swedish government.
She currently teaches the following classes:
GEOP181 Urban Planet: Cities and Planning in the Anthropocene
GEOP262 Ecological Humanities: Australians and their Environments
Associate Professor Houston is currently available to supervise PhD and Masters Research students interested in any of the research areas and themes identified above.
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Projects 2009 2019
Social Experiments in Urban Food: Investigating Environmental Food Networks in Sydney
1/01/16 → …
Project: Research
Appointments and Schedules
Food
Research
Enabling Social Innovation for Local Climate Adaptability
Houston, D., Hillier, J., Steele, W., Byrne, J. & MacCallum, D.
14/04/15 → …
Project: Research
Valuing Adaptive Re-use of Heritage Buildings
Houston, D., McNeill, D., Dowling, R. & Rogers, D.
16/06/17 → …
Project: Research
The Australian Sustainable Household (ASH) database
Ruming, K., Houston, D., Fuller, S. & Williams, M.
1/01/19 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Designing a model and delivery approach to enhance Metro Train Sydney’s commuter journey experience, digital messaging and sustainability performance metrics
McLachlan, K., Davies, P., Barkat, I., Hamilton, L., Hazelton, J., Houston, D., Linnenluecke, M., Wilson, S., Wyver, S. & Yang, J.
11/12/18 → 10/12/19
Project: Research
Research Output 2000 2019
The climate-just city
Steele, W., Hillier, J., Houston, D., Byrne, J. & MacCallum, D., 2019, Routledge handbook of climate justice. Jafry, T. (ed.). London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 279-289 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
equity
climate change
climate
democracy
innovation
Cattle in the Anthropocene: four propositions
McGregor, A. & Houston, D., Mar 2018, In : Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 43, 1, p. 3-16 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
cattle
naturalization
industry
human geography
political economy
Environmental justice and ecosystem services: a disaggregated analysis of community access to forest benefits in Nepal
Chaudhary, S., McGregor, A., Houston, D. & Chettri, N., 1 Feb 2018, In : Ecosystem Services. 29, p. 99-115 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Nepal
environmental justice
Social Justice
ecosystem service
ecosystem services
Make kin, not cities! Multispecies entanglements and 'becoming-world' in planning theory
Houston, D., Hillier, J., MacCallum, D., Steele, W. & Byrne, J., 1 May 2018, In : Planning Theory. 17, 2, p. 190-212 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
planning theory
climate
urban geography
cultural geography
urban planner
Mapping Australian literary commemoration in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra: problems and prospects
Davidson, T. & Houston, D., 2018, In : Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature. 18, 1, p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
writer
colonial age
public space
field research
monument
Activities 2019 2019
- 1 Editorial work
Geohumanities (Journal)
Donna Houston (Member of editorial board)2019 → 2023
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work