Griffith University

Senior Lecturer, Griffith School of Environment

Contact details for Eddo Coiacetto

Research Expertise

My research and teaching are motivated by an interest in improving the effectiveness planning practice especially by focusing on the challenges of implementing planning in market-based economies and by basing it on a sounder understanding of the realities of urban development. I am particularly interested in the nature of real estate development and of the strategies of developers and the implications for urban development and for planning.

Specific topics and issues of interest include:

• The property development-planning nexus
• Developer strategies and their implications for planning
• Climate change adaptation in Urban development
  
• Real estate development industry structure
• Development industry role in residential differentiation
• Residential sub-market targeting by developers and implications for urban development
• Corruption in urban development
• Planning education, WIL and studio based education
  
• Real estate development, urban development, planning and sustainability
• Public real estate development
• Effects and Effectiveness of planning practice
• Retail industry, planning and the changing distribution, structure and format of retail outlets and their implication
• Cross cultural studies
  

Awards:

• Australian Learning and Teaching Council - Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning - 2009.
  

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Selected Publications

• Coiacetto, E. (2012). Understanding Land Development: A project based approach. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing.
• Goodman, R., & Coiacetto, E. (in press). Shopping streets or malls: changes in retail form in Melbourne and Brisbane. Urban Policy and Research.
  
• Coiacetto, E., Jones, M., & Jackson, J. T. (2011) . How to best assess students' learning in work placements: Moving beyond current practice. Australian Planner, 48(4), 270-280.
  
• Dredge, D., & Coiacetto, E. (2011). Strata title: Towards a research agenda for informed planning practice. Planning Practice and Research, 26(4), 417-433.
• Bosman, C., Coiacetto, E., & Dredge, D. (2011). The shifting ground of Australian Higher Education through the lens of reflexive modernisation: compromising the quality of planning education? Australian Planner, 48(2), 72-83.
  
• Coiacetto, E. (2010) Challenges of making efficient use of existing infrastructure: developers and transit oriented development. In T. Yigitcanlar (Ed.), Sustainable Urban and Regional Infrastructure: Technology, planning and management (pp. 201-212). Hersey, Pa.: Information Science Reference (IGI Global).
• Jones, M., Coiacetto, E., Jackson, J. T., Coote, M., Steele, W., Budge, T., and Gall, S. (2009). Generating Academic Standards and Assessment Practices in Work Integrated Learning: A case study from urban and regional planning. Asia Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 10(3), 203-215.
• Coiacetto, E. (2009). Industry structure in real estate development: Is city building competitive? Urban Policy and Research, 27(2), 117-135.
• Coiacetto, E. (2009). Gold Coast development: A special case or same old city factories? Refereed Paper presented at the State of Australian Cities Conference, Perth.
• Goodman, R., & Coiacetto, E. (2009). Retail form in Melbourne and Brisbane: a preliminary investigation into the differences between the two cities. Refereed paper presented at the State of Australian Cities Conference, Perth.
• Coiacetto, E. (2008). Learning from project based learning: a land development studio account of practice. Australian Planner, 45(4), 28-34.
• Yigitcanlar, T., Fabian, L., & Coiacetto, E. (2008). Challenges to urban transport sustainability and smart transport in a tourist city: The Gold Coast, Australia. The Open Transportation Journal, 2(1), 29-46.
• Coiacetto, E. (2007). Development industry structure into the global era: The challenge for planning, cities and sustainability. Australian Planner, 44(3), 50-51.
• Coiacetto, E. (2007). Residential sub-market targeting by developers in Brisbane. Urban Policy and Research, 25(2), 257-274.
• Coiacetto, E. (2007). The role of the development industry in shaping urban social space: a conceptual model. Geographical Research, 45(4), 340-347.
• Gleeson, B., & Coiacetto, E. (2007). Positive planning in Australia: a review of historical and emergent rationales. Urban Policy and Research, 25(1), 5-19.
• Yigitcanlar, T., Fabian, L., & Coiacetto, E. (2007). Urban transport sustainability in the Gold Coast, Australia. Abacus: An Internationally Refereed Bi-annual Journal of Architecture, Conservation and Urban Studies, 2(1), 50-66.
• Coiacetto, E. (2006). Real estate development industry structure: consequences for urban planning and development. Planning Practice and Research, 21(4), 423-441.
• Coiacetto, E., & Baker, D. (2006). Public real estate development in Queensland: Local Government as developers. Urban Policy and Research, 24(2), 237-252.
• Dredge, D., & Coiacetto, E. (2006). Planning as a Career Choice: First year students' knowledge of and attitudes towards planning. Australian Planner, 43(1), 26-36.
• Coiacetto, E., & Baker, D. (2005). Real estate development by Local government in Queensland. Urban Research Program Research Paper 3. Brisbane: Urban Research Program, Griffith University. Available at  http://www.griffith.edu.au/centre/urp/
• Gleeson, B., & Coiacetto, E. (2005). Public Land Agencies in Australia: The key to positive planning? Urban Research Program Research Paper 5. Brisbane: Urban Research Program, Griffith University. Available at http://www.griffith.edu.au/centre/urp
• Coiacetto, E. (2004). The Value of a Structured Planning Practicum Program: Insights from experience. Australian Planner, 41(2), 74-82.
  

Research Grants and Projects

• Eddo Coiacetto, Jago Dodson and Zsuzsa Banhalmi-Zakar (2011-12). The role and capacity of developers and financing in urban climate change adaptation: establishing the dimensions of the challenge.  Griffith Climate Change Response Program. 
• Jago Dodson,  Eddo Coiacetto, Zsuzsa Banhalmi-Zakar (2011-2012) Developing adaptively: The role and capacities of private sector developers and financing in urban climate change adaptation. National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Climate Change Adaptation Research Grants Program in the area of Social, Economic and Institutional Dimensions.
• Claudia Baldwin, Johanna Rosier, Eddo Coiacetto, Michael Lockwood, Tim Perkins, Trevor Budge, and Cathy Towers (2012-2013). Experiential Learning in Planning Education: Resources and Tools for Good Practice. Australian Learning and Teaching Council

Current Supervised PhD Projects

• Zsuzsa Banhalmi-Zakar - Understanding the Role of Environment in Project Lending: Taking Steps towards Integrating the Environment into a Key Bank Activity.
• Laura Faggion - The contribution of Italian communities to housing in South East Queensland