Griffith University

Bachelor of City Planning (Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey), Master of City and Regional Planning (Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA), PhD (Urban and Regional Planning) (Florida State University, Florida, USA)

Senior Lecturer, Griffith School of Environment

Contact details for Dr Aysin Dedekorkut

 Research Expertise

• Environmental planning and natural resource management with particular focus on water resources management
• Decision making, specifically collaborative planning, consensus building, and alternative dispute resolution
• Regional planning and natural resource management linkage
• Growth management

Current Research Projects

• Integrating Hazard Mitigation into MPO Long Range Transportation Planning: Charlotte County-Punta Gorda MPO Pilot Project and Best Practices Guidebook. (with Florida State University faculty)
• A Comparative Evaluation of the Characteristics and Effectiveness of the Growth Management Programs of Queensland and Florida (with Neil Sipe and QUT & Florida State faculty)

Currently Teaching

• 3097ENV Strategic Planning Studio
• 4227ENV Resolving Environmental Issues
• 4016/4017ENV Planning Practicum 10/Planning Practicum 20
  

Selected Publications

Book Chapters: 

• Aysin Dedekorkut. 2005. ???Tampa Bay Water Wars: From Conflict to Collaboration?,??? in Adaptive Governance and Water Conflict: New Institutions for Collaborative Planning. John T. Scholz and Bruce Stiftel (eds.). Washington, DC: Resources for the Future. pp.25-39.
• Aysin Dedekorkut. 2005. ???Suwannee River Partnership: Representation Instead of Regulation,??? in Adaptive Governance and Water Conflict: New Institutions for Collaborative Planning. John T. Scholz and Bruce Stiftel (eds.). Washington, DC: Resources for the Future. pp. 52-63.
• Fran Berry, Bruce Stiftel and Aysin Dedekorkut. 2003. ???State Agency Administrative Mediation:  Assessment of Florida Trial and Prospects,??? in The Promise and Performance of Environmental Conflict Resolution. Rosemary O???Leary and Lisa Bingham (Eds.). Resources for the Future.

Reports and other publications

• Aysin Dedekorkut, John Scholz and Bruce Stiftel (eds.). July 2003. Adaptive Governance and Floridas Water Conflicts: The Case Studies. Tallahassee, FL: Florida State University DeVoe L. Moore Center for the Study of Critical Issues in Economic Policy and Government.
• Aysin Dedekorkut. July 2003. Tampa Bay Water Wars: From Conflict to Collaboration?, in Adaptive Governance and Floridas Water Conflicts: The Case Studies. Aysin Dedekorkut, John Scholz and Bruce Stiftel (eds.). Tallahassee, FL: Florida State University DeVoe L. Moore Center for the Study of Critical Issues in Economic Policy and Government. pp. 23-58.
• Aysin Dedekorkut. July 2003. Suwannee River Partnership: A Voluntary Approach to Nutrient Management, in Adaptive Governance and Florida???s Water Conflicts: The Case Studies. Aysin Dedekorkut, John Scholz and Bruce Stiftel (eds.). Tallahassee, FL: Florida State University DeVoe L. Moore Center for the Study of Critical Issues in Economic Policy and Government. pp. 83-112.
• Devajyoti Deka, Aysin Dedekorkut, Sarah Dickson and Jeff Ueland. August 2002. An Assessment of the Relationship Between Crime, Security, and Transit Use in Florida Using GIS and Econometric Approaches. Final report to the Florida Department of Transportation.

Conference Presentations

• Aysin Dedekorkut, Severine Mayere. Can Australia Urbanise like the United States? An Examination of Urbanisation and Planning in the States of Queensland and Florida, Presented at the 50th Annual Conference of Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Crystal City, Virginia, October 1-4 2009.
  
• Aysin Dedekorkut. How Integrated Regional Spatial Planning Works (or not) in Turkey Presented at the Spatial and Environmental Planning in Central and Eastern Europe Seminar, Vienna University of Technology,Vienna, Austria. January 11-12, 2007.
• Aysin Dedekorkut, Robert E. Deyle, Gregory L. Thompson, Jeffrey R. Brown, Heather L. Khan. Structural and Institutional Determinants of the Effectiveness of Metropolitan Planning Organizations in Integrating Regional Transportation and Land Use Planning, Presented at the 46th Annual Conference of Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Kansas City, Missouri, October 27-30, 2005.
• Aysin Dedekorkut. ???Evaluating Collaboration Success and Identifying its Determinants: Towards a New Theoretical Framework,??? Presented at the AESOP Congress, Vienna, Austria, July 13-17, 2005.
• Aysin Dedekorkut. ???What Makes Collaborative Planning Work? An Empirical Analysis of Collaborative Planning for Natural Resources,??? Presented at the 2004 AESOP Congress, Grenoble, France, July 1-4, 2004.
• Aysin Dedekorkut. ???An Empirical Assessment of Determinants of Success in Interorganizational Collaboration for Natural Resource Management,??? Presented at the 44th Annual Conference of Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Baltimore, Maryland, November 21-24, 2002.
• Aysin Dedekorkut. ???Stormwater Runoff Best Management Practices for Protection and Enhancement of Water Quality in Urban Areas,??? Presented at the XVI AESOP Congress, Volos, Greece, July 10-15, 2002.
• Aysin Dedekorkut. ???What Makes Collaborations Work???? Presented at the 1st World Planning Schools Congress, Shanghai, China, July 11-15, 2001.
• Aysin Dedekorkut. ???Determinants of Success in Interorganizational Collaboration for Natural Resource Management,??? Presented at the 42nd Annual Conference of Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2-5, 2000.