Dr Wendy Steele - Griffith University

Site Degrees

PhD (Griffith), MURP (Hons class 1) (Griffith), BA (UQ)

Research expertise

Steele, W (forthcoming 2011) 'Strategy-making for sustainability – an institutional approach to transformative planning in practice', Planning Theory and Practice 12 (2)
Steele, W and Gleeson, B. (2011) 'The great risk shift: the securitization of Australian housing', Housing Studies 26 (2), p. 235-250.
Steele, W. and Gleeson, B. (2010) 'Mind the governance gap: oil vulnerability and urban resilience in Australian cities', Australian Planner, 47 (4), p. 302-310.
Jones, M., Jackson, J., Coiacetto, E., 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', Work Integrated Learning Special Editions HERD and APJCE Journals 10(3): 203-215.
Steele, W. (2009) 'Australian urban planners: Hybrid roles and professional dilemmas?', Urban Policy and Research, 27(2): 191-205.
Steele, W. (2008) 'Back to basics: Planning for child friendly communities in Queensland', Queensland Planner, 48(2): 8-9.
Steele, W. (2006) 'Creating opportunities for collaborative planning and management in protected areas', Australasian Parks and Leisure, 9(4): 42-48.
Meadows, M., Thomson, R. and Steele, W. (2000) 'Close to the edge: Imagining climbing in South-East Queensland', Queensland Review, 7(2): 67-83.

Gleeson, B. and Steele, W. (eds) (2010) A climate for growth: Planning South-East Queensland, Brisbane, UQ Press.

Gleeson, B. and Steele, W. (forthcoming 2011) 'Cities', in Smith, R., Vromen, A., and Cook, I. (eds.) Contemporary politics in Australia: Theories, practices and issues, University of Cambridge Press, Cambridge.
Steele, W and Gleeson, B (2010) 'Planning in Climate Change', A Climate for Growth: Planning South-East Queensland, Brisbane, University of Queensland Press.
Gleeson, B. and Steele, W. (eds.) (2010) 'Introduction - The Urban Frontier', A Climate for Growth: Planning South-East Queensland, Brisbane, University of Queensland Press.
Gleeson, B. and Steele, W. (2010) 'Afterword: The state of exception', in Gleeson, B. and Steele, W. (eds) A climate for growth: Planning South-East Queensland, Brisbane, UQ Press.
Byrne, J., Gleeson, B., Howes, M. and Steele, W. (2009) 'Climate change and Australian urban resilience: The limits of ecological modernisation as an adaptive strategy', in Davoudi, S., Crawford, J. and Mehmood, A. (eds) Planning for climate change: Strategies for mitigation and adaptation, London, Earthscan.
Steele, W (2008) 'City Dreamers', in Griffith Review 'Cities on the Edge', Edition 20, Brisbane, ABC Books, p.130-152 (available at Australian Policy Online)

Steele, W. (2010) 'Securing the Australian city: What is the national adaptation role in a climate-constrained future?' Issues Paper 14, Urban Research Program, Griffith University (available at Australian policy online)
Steele, W and Gleeson, B. (2009) 'Planning in climate change: A relational framework for action', Research Paper 26, Urban Research Program, Griffith University.
Woolcock, G., and Steele, W. (2008) Child-friendly community indicators – A literature review, Report prepared for the New South Wales Commission for Children and Young People, June. Brisbane, Urban Research Program.
Sarkissian, W., Shore, Y. and Steele, W. (2004) Listening and inclusion: Community consultation for the Kennedy Bay redevelopment project, Report prepared for Mirvac Fini, Brisbane. (This report was awarded the International Association for Public Participation Award for Robust Public Participation Process (IAP2 Australasian Chapter, 2005))
Steele, W. (2004) Community environmental training manual, Report prepared for Logan City Council. Brisbane, Greening Australia (Qld).