Dr Jason Byrne

Photo of Dr Jason ByrneBA (Hons)(Anthropology)(UWA), BA(Hons)(Urban & Regional Planning)(Curtin), PhD(Geography)(USC)

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 Research Expertise

  •  Urban political ecology and sustainable cities
  •  Environmental justice and racialised landscapes
  •  Salubrious urban environments, leisure and tourism
  •  Urban parks, national parks, urban green-space and environmental ethics
  •  Planning theory, reflexive practice and planning values
  •  Rural planning issues

Current Research Projects

  • Latino access to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in Los Angeles
  • The politics of race and urban redevelopment in East Perth, WA (with Donna Houston)
  • Obesity and urban trail use in Chicago, Dallas and Los Angeles (with USC research faculty)
  • Assessing green components of the built environment

Current Teaching Areas

  • 2017ENV Planning Systems  
  • 2027ENV Planning Practice and Law

Selected Publications

Journal Articles:

  • Byrne, J., Kendrick, M., and Sroaf, D. (2007) The Park Made of Oil: A Historical Political Ecology of Park Development in the Baldwin Hills’  Local Environment  Vol. 12(2) pp. 153-181
  • Reynolds, K.D., Wolch, J., Byrne, J., Chou-C-P., Feng, G., Weaver, S., Jerrett, M.(2007) ‘Trail characteristics as correlates of urban trail use’ American Journal of Health Promotion  Vol. 21(14) pp. 335-345
  • Searle, G. and Byrne, J.A.  (2002)‘Selective Memories, Sanitised Futures: Constructing Visions of Future Place in Inner Sydney’  Urban Policy and Research. 
Provisionally accepted for publication (awaiting revision):
  • Byrne, J. and Wolch, J.  ‘Race, nature and parks: Past research and future directions for geographic research’  Progress in Human Geography.
  • Byrne, J. and Burton, P.Sandgropers, subdivision and sustainability: Planning values in Western Australia’ Urban Policy and Research
Awaiting Publication:
  • Byrne, J.A., Wolch, J. and Zhang, J.‘Planning for environmental justice in an urban national park’ Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (in press)
  • Dunton, G. F., Spruijt-Metz, D., Wolch, J. R., Chou, C., Jerrett, M.,Byrne, J. A., Weaver, S. H., & Reynolds, K. D. ‘Reasons for trail use predict levels of trail-related physical activity’  Journal of Physical Activity and Health (in press)

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Byrne, J. (2008)  (forthcoming)‘Equity Mapping’ in J. Birkeland, Positive Development: From Vicious Circles to Virtuous, Cycles Through Built Environment Design, LONDON, Earthscan.
  • Byrne, J., and Houston, D.  (2005) ‘Ghosts in the City: Multicultural Redevelopment and Urban Memory’ in East Perth in D. Cryle and J. Hillier (eds.) Consent and Consensus: Politics, Media and Governance in Twentieth Century Australia, Common Cultures Series, PERTH, API Network.

Encyclopedia entries

  • Byrne, J. and Wolch, J.  (2009) (forthcoming)‘Urban habitats / nature’ in N. Thrift and R. Kitchin (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Elsevier.
  • Byrne, J.  (2007) ‘(Eco)Design’ and ‘Quality of Life’ in P. Robbins (ed.) Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, THOUSAND OAKS, Ca., Sage.

Book Reviews:

  • Byrne, J.  (2008) Review of Agyeman, J. (2005), Sustainable Communities and the Challenge of Environmental Justice, New York, New York University Press.Urban Policy and Research, Vol 26 (2) pp. 238-241Byrne, J.  (2003)
  • Review of Evans, P. (ed.) (2002), Liveable Cities? Urban Struggles for Livelihood and Sustainability, Berkeley, University of California Press. Ethics, Place and Environment, Vol 6(1), pp. 90-92
  • Byrne, J. (2001)Review of Valsson, T. (2000), City and Nature: An Integrated Whole, Reykjavik, Iceland University Press. Environment and Planning A, Vol 33 (9), pp. 1705-1708.
  • Byrne, J. (2000)Review of Gleeson, B. and Low, N. (2000), Australian Planning: New Challenges, New Agendas, Sydney, Allen and Unwin, Urban Policy and Research,Vol. 19 (2), pp. 258 – 260.
  • Byrne, J. (1999)Review of Gleeson, B. and Hanley, P. (eds.), (1998), Renewing Australian Planning: New Challenges, New Agendas, Canberra, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.Urban Policy and Research,Vol. 17 (3), pp. 252 – 254.

Reports:

  • Byrne, J. and Qi, L.  (2008)Planning for Parks and Greenspace in Transit Oriented Developments, Queensland Development Research Institute, Nerang (under revision).
  • Sister, C., Wolch, J., Wilson, J, Linder, A., Seymour, M., Byrne, J., and Swift, J.(2007)Green Visions Plan for 21st Century Southern California: Park and Open Space Resources in the Green Visions Plan Area, University of Southern California, GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles, California.
  • Byrne, J., Wolch, J., Swift, J and Ryan, C.  (2006)SAGE (Systematic Audit of Green-space Environments): Audit Form and Instructions,University of Southern California, Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles, California.
  • Seymour, M., Byrne, J., Martino, D., and Wolch, J.  (2006)Green Visions Plan for 21st Century Southern California. Recreationist-Wildlife Interactions in Urban Parks. University of Southern California GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities, Los Angeles, California.Byrne, J.  (2004)
  • SPACES for Trails: Audit Form and Instructions, University of Southern California, Institute for Disease Prevention Research, Los Angeles, California.
  • Wolch, J., Byrne, J., Kahle, C. and Zhang, J. (2003) Report on the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Visitor Trail Use Survey.Los Angeles, National Park Service.





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