Dr Neil Sipe

Head of Discipline, Urban and Environmental PlanningDr Neil Sipe

Contact details for Dr Neil Sipe 

Research Expertise

  • Examining patterns of oil vulnerability in urban areas
  • the influence of land use and urban form on travel behaviour
  • using geographic information systems to manage and control mosquitoes
  • corner stores and their role in modern society
  • the role of mediation in resolving environmental and public policy disputes
  • implementation of performance (or results) based planning systems

Currently Teaching

  • 4037/7087 ENV Transport Planning
  • 3047/7067 ENV Geographic Information Systems
  • 1002ENG   Urban Infrastructure & Pollution
  • 7017EVP    Planning Theory and Processes

Selected Publications

  • B. Gleeson and N.G. Sipe (eds.) 2006. Creating Child Friendly Cities, Routledge, London
  • J. Dodson and N.G. Sipe (2008). Shocking the Suburbs: Oil Vulnerability in the Australian City. University of New South Wales Press
  • D. Baker, N.G. Sipe and B. Gleeson. ( 2008) Performance-based planning: perspectives from the United States, Australia and New Zealand in Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning, Volume 3, A. Gar-On Yeh, H. Costa, and T.Harper (eds), Routledge, London.
  • J. Dodson and N.G. Sipe. (forthcoming 2008).Energy Security, Oil Vulnerability and the Future of Australia’s Cities in Transitions:  Pathways Towards Sustainable Urban Development in Australia, P. Newton (ed.), CSIRO Books
  • B. J. Gleeson & N. Sipe. 2006. Reinstating kids in the city in Creating Child Friendly Cities, B.J. Gleeson and N. Sipe (eds), Routledge, London
  • N. Sipe, N. Buchanan & J. Dodson. 2006. Children in the urban environment: a review of research in Creating Child Friendly Cities, B. J. Gleeson and N. Sipe (eds), Routledge, London 
  • B. J. Gleeson, N. Sipe & K. Rolley. 2006 Pathways to the child friendly city in Creating Child Friendly Cities, B. J. Gleeson and N. Sipe (eds), Routledge, London
  • C. Ridgewell, N.G. Sipe and N. Buchanan. (forthcoming 2009). School Travel Modes in Brisbane. Urban Policy and Research. 
  • J. Dodson and N.G. Sipe. (2008) Shocking the Suburbs: urban location, home ownership and oil vulnerability in the Australian City. Housing Studies.23:3 
  • J. Dodson and N.G. Sipe. Planned Household Risk: Mortgage and Oil Vulnerability in Australian Cities. (2008) Australian Planner 45:1.
  • T. Yigitcanlar, N.G. Sipe, R. Evans and M. Pitot. (2007) A GIS-based land use and public transport accessibility indexing model. Australian Planner 44:3.
  • J. Dodson and N.G Sipe. (2007)  Oil Vulnerability in the Australian City: Assessing socio-economic risks from higher urban fuel prices. Urban Studies 44 (1): pp. 37-62.
  • T. Yigitcanlar, J. Dodson, B. Gleeson and N.G. Sipe, N. (2007) ‘Sustainable Australia: Containing Travel in Master-Planned Estates. Urban Policy and Research 25:1
  • J. Dodson, B. Gleeson, R. Evans and N.G. Sipe. (2007) Investigating the Social Dimensions of Transport Disadvantage II:  From concepts to methods through an empirical case study. Urban Policy and Research 25:1 pp.
  • J. Dodson, N. Buchanan, B. Gleeson and N.G. Sipe. (2006) Investigating the Social Dimensions of Transport Disadvantage I:  Towards new concepts and methods. Urban Policy and Research 24:4 pp. 433-453.
  • D. Baker, N.G. Sipe and B. Gleeson. (2006) Performance-based planning: perspectives from the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Journal of Planning Education and Research 25:396-409.
  • J. Ratnayake, P.E.R. Dale, N.G. Sipe and P.L. Daniels. (2006) Economic impact of biting midges on residential property values in Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia. J American Mosquito Control Association 22:1 pp. 131-134.
  • S. Wypych, N.G. Sipe and D. Baker. (2005) Performance-based planning in Queensland.  Australian Planner 42:3 pp. 26-31.

Conference Presentations

  • M. Burke & Dr. N.G. Sipe & Mr. R. Evans & Mr. Damien Mellifont 2006, 'Climate, Geography and the Propensity to Walk: environmental factors and walking trip rates in Brisbane', in ATRF06: 29th Australasian Transport Research Forum - Transport: making the most of it, Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC).
  • M. Pitot & T. Yigitcanlar & N.G. Sipe & R. Evans 2006, 'Land Use & Public Transport Accessibility Index (LUPTAI) Tool - The development and pilot application of LUPTAI for the Gold Coast', in ATRF06 Forum Papers (CD-ROM and online), Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC.
  • J. Dodson & N.G. Sipe 2006, 'Suburban shocks: Assessing locational vulnerability to rising household fuel and mortgage interest costs', in ATRF06: 29th Australasian Transport Research Forum.
  • Tan Yigitcanlar & J. Dodson & B. Gleeson & N.G. Sipe 2006, 'Sustainable Australia: Containing Travel in Master Planned Estates', in Refereed Proceedings of the 2nd Bi-Annual National Conference on the State of Australian Cities, Urban Research Program, Brisbane.
  • J. Dodson & B. Gleeson & R. Evans & N.G. Sipe 2006, 'Transport Disadvantage in the Australian Metropolis: Towards new concepts and methods', in Refereed Proceedings of the 2nd Bi-Annual National Conference on the State of Australian Cities, Urban Research Program, Brisbane.
  • P. Howard & A. Ansariardi & P.E.R. Dale & N.G. Sipe 2005, 'Typhoid Fever in Makassar, Indonesia: A study of selected demographic, socioeconomic and environmental factors, spatial patterns and the disease burden.', in Typhoid Fever in Makassar, Indonesia: A study of selected demographic, socioeconomic and environmental factors, spatial patterns and the disease burden., Oxford University Press, UK.

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