By Dr Laura Marion Crommelin

Book Chapters

Crommelin L; Troy L; Martin C; Pettit C, 2020, 'Is Airbnb a Sharing Economy Superstar? Evidence from Five Global Cities', in Disruptive Urbanism, Routledge, pp. 37 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003010753-4

Crommelin L, 2020, 'Making place by making things again? How artisanal makers are reshaping place in post-industrial Detroit and Newcastle', in Bishop K; Marshall N (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of People and Place in the 21st Century City, Routledge

Crommelin L, 2020, 'The Tales of Two Cities: How Urban Narratives Have Shaped the ‘Wounded’ Cities of New Orleans and Detroit', in Hidden Cities: Understanding Urban Popcultures, pp. 153 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9781848881037_017

Crommelin L, 2019, 'Urban Utopia', in Orum AM (ed.), The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118568446

Pettit C; Ticzon C; Reades J; Wentz EA; Ong P; Martin C; Troy L; Crommelin L, 2018, 'How Disruptive Technology is Impacting the Housing and Property Markets: An Examination of Airbnb', in Reed R; Pettit C (ed.), Real Estate and GIS: The Application of Mapping Technologies, Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 36 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781315642789-3

Crommelin LM; Troy L; Randolph B; Easthope H, 2018, 'Everybody needs good neighbours, especially in strata: are new Australian laws enabling forced sales of strata properties justified?', in Compulsory Property Acquisition for Urban Densification, pp. 148 - 165, https://www.routledge.com/Compulsory-Property-Acquisition-for-Urban-Densification/Searle/p/book/9781138500990

Crommelin LM, 2016, 'Examining Place-making in Practice: Observations from the Revitalization of Downtown Detroit', in Freestone R; Liu E (ed.), Place and Placelessness Revisited, Routledge, New York, pp. 153 - 167, https://www.routledge.com/Place-and-Placelessness-Revisited/Freestone-Liu/p/book/9781138937116

Journal articles

Easthope H; Palmer J; Sharam A; Nethercote M; Pignatta G; Crommelin L, 2023, 'Delivering sustainable apartment housing: New build and retrofit', AHURI Final Report, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri7128201

Easthope H; Crommelin L; Kerr SM; Troy L; van den Nouwelant R; Davison G, 2022, 'Planning for Lower‐Income Households in Privately Developed High‐Density Neighbourhoods in Sydney, Australia', Urban Planning, 7, pp. 213 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/up.v7i4.5699

Crommelin L; Osbaldiston N, 2022, 'Regional Australia: Opportunities and Futures', Australian Planner, 58, pp. 69 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2023.2210700

Evans C; Harris MS; Taufen A; Livesley SJ; Crommelin L, 2022, 'What does it mean for a transitioning urban waterfront to “work” from a sustainability perspective?', Journal of Urbanism, pp. 1 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2022.2142648

Crommelin L; Parkinson S; Martin C; Troy L, 2021, 'Airbnb and amenity: Is short-term letting reshaping how we live in the city?', Critical Housing Analysis, 8, pp. 119 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.13060/23362839.2021.8.1.528

Troy L; Randolph B; Pinnegar S; Crommelin L; Easthope H, 2020, 'Vertical Sprawl in the Australian City: Sydney’s High-rise Residential Development Boom', Urban Policy and Research, 38, pp. 18 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2019.1709168

Crommelin L; Easthope H; Troy L; Randolph B, 2020, 'A new pathway to displacement? The implications of less-than-unanimous strata renewal laws for vulnerable residents', Australian Planner, 56, pp. 261 - 269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2020.1854798

King C; Crommelin L, 2019, 'A different perspective on post-industrial labor market restructuring in Detroit and Pittsburgh', Journal of Urban Affairs, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2019.1645569

Crommelin LM; Troy L; Martin C; Pettit C, 2018, 'Is Airbnb a sharing economy superstar? Evidence from five global cities', Urban Policy and Research, 36, pp. 429 - 444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2018.1460722

Bunker R; Crommelin L; Troy L; Easthope H; Pinnegar S; Randolph B, 2017, 'Managing the transition to a more compact city in Australia', International Planning Studies, 22, pp. 384 - 399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13563475.2017.1298435

Crommelin LM; Bunker R; Troy L; Randolph B; Easthope H; Pinnegar S, 2017, 'As compact city planning rolls on, a look back: lessons from Sydney and Perth', Australian Planner, 54, pp. 115 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2017.1319869

King C; Crommelin L, 2013, 'Surfing the yinzernet: Exploring the complexities of place branding in post-industrial Pittsburgh', Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, 9, pp. 264 - 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/pb.2013.24

Conference Papers

Crommelin LM; Troy L; Easthope H, 2017, 'Inequitable density: the place of lower-income and disadvantaged residents in the compact city', in Inequitable density: the place of lower-income and disadvantaged residents in the compact city, State of Australian Cities, Adelaide, presented at State of Australian Cities, Adelaide, 27 November 2017 - 30 November 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.4225/50/5b2ddff975912

Crommelin LM, 2013, 'Selling Newcastle to the World, and to Newcastle: a case study of the official and unofficial rebranding of Newcastle, NSW', in Ruming K; Randolph B; Gurran N (eds.), State of Australian Cities Conference 2013: Refereed Proceedings, SOAC Research Network, Sydney, presented at State of Australian Cities Conference 2013, Sydney, 27 November 2013 - 29 November 2013, http://www.soacconference.com.au/soac-conference-proceedings-and-powerpoint-presentations/

Drane JR; Cai W; Mussi E; Shi Y; Crommelin L; Wechsler Pizarro A, 2012, 'A tale of two cultures: Building community by researching community', in AARE Conference Papers - Electronic, AARE, Victoria, pp. 1 - 13, presented at AARE 2012: Australian Association for Research in Education National Conference, Sydney, - , http://www.aare.edu.au/publications-database.php/6491/a-tale-of-two-cultures-building-community-by-researching-community

Crommelin LM, 2011, 'Tales of Two Cities: How the Urban Imaginary Has Shaped Detroit and New Orleans', in Hidden Cities: Understanding Urban Popcultures, Interdisciplinary.net, 1st Global Conference: Urban Popcultures, Prague, presented at Interdisciplinary.net, 1st Global Conference: Urban Popcultures, Prague, 08 March 2011 - 10 March 2011, https://www.interdisciplinarypress.net/my-cart/ebooks/society-and-culture/hidden-cities-understanding-urban-popcultures

Conference Presentations

Crommelin L; van den Nouwelant R; Randolph B, 2017, 'These aren't the key workers you're looking for: Revisiting the key worker discourse from a central city productivity perspective.', presented at Australasian Housing Researchers Conference, Melbourne, 14 February 2017 - 16 February 2017, http://ahrc2017.com.au/program-2/

Troy LJ; Crommelin L; Randolph B; Easthope H; Pinnegar S; Bunker R, 2016, 'Delivering the numbers: Urban renewal, the market and the planning process', presented at PIA NSW State Conference, Newcastle, 13 October 2016 - 14 October 2016

King C; Crommelin LM, 2016, 'A Different Perspective on Post-Industrial Labor Market Restructuring in Detroit and Pittsburgh', presented at Urban Affairs Association 46th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, 16 March 2016 - 19 March 2016

Crommelin LM, 2015, '"Tales from the Intersection of Creative Class Theory, Place Branding, and Urban Revitalization in the Post-industrial Cities of Detroit and Newcastle"', presented at Spaces and Flows 6th International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies, Chicago, USA, 15 October 2015 - 16 October 2015, http://spacesandflows.com/2015-conference/special-focus

Crommelin LM, 2015, '"Innovation in urban image change: insights from Newcastle, NSW and Detroit, Michigan"', presented at LESANZ Annual Conference 2015, Melbourne, Australia, 29 April 2015 - 01 May 2015, http://www.lesanz.org.au/conference-information/program-in-a-snap

Crommelin LM, 2014, 'Exploring the Diversity of Economic Revitalisation Efforts in Post-Industrial Cities: A Case Study of Informal Reimaging Strategies in Detroit and Newcastle', presented at Knowledge/Culture/Society, University of Western Sydney, Parramatta, 03 November 2014 - 05 November 2014, http://www.uws.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/768599/KCE_Program_301014.pdf

Crommelin LM, 2013, 'Detroit: From the poster child of decline to the poster child of DIY?', presented at Urban Affairs Association, 43rd Conference - Building the 21st Century City: Inclusion, Innovation, and Globalization, San Francisco, 03 April 2013 - 06 April 2013, http://uaa43rd2012a.sched.org/company/Special%20Track:%20Burd%20Track%20on%20Media%20&%20Urban%20Life#.ULwPBGesArc?iframe=yes&w=800&sidebar=yes&bg=no

Crommelin LM, 2012, 'Post-Industrial Place-Making: Exploring Tactical Urbanism as a Revitalization Strategy.', presented at Association of Collegiate Schools and Planning, 53rd Annual Conference: Resurgence of Planning in a New Century., Cincinnati, OH, 01 November 2012 - 04 November 2012, http://www.acsp.org/node/36637

King C; Crommelin LM, 2012, 'Reaffirming the Yinzer in Post-industrial Pittsburgh', presented at Spaces and Flows, Third International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies, Detroit, MI, 11 October 2012 - 12 October 2012

Crommelin LM, 2011, 'The Tales of Two Cities: The Role of Popular Culture in Shaping the Recoveries of Detroit and New Orleans', presented at Urban Affairs Association, 41st Conference - Reclaiming the City: Building a Just and Sustainable Future, New Orleans, LA, 16 March 2011 - 19 March 2011, http://urbanaffairsassociation.org/conference/past-conferences/

Reports

Martin C; Hulse K; Ghasri M; Ralston L; Crommelin L; Goodall Z; Parkinson S; O'Brien Webb E, 2022, Regulation of residential tenancies and impacts on investment, AHURI Ltd, Melbourne, 391, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri7124801, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/391

Ng M; Crommelin L; Pettit C, 2022, Housing Delivery Targets and Benchmarks in New South Wales

Crommelin L; Denham T; Troy L; Harrison J; Gilbert H; Dühr S; Pinnegar S, 2022, Understanding the lived experience and benefits of regional cities, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri7126301, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri7126301

Vij A; Ardeshiri A; Li T; Beer A; Crommelin L, 2022, Understanding what attracts new residents to smaller cities, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, 375, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri3226201, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/375

Beer A; Crommelin L; Vij A; Dodson J; Dühr S; Pinnegar S, 2022, Growing Australia’s smaller cities to better manage population growth, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri3226001, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri3226001

Crommelin L; Thompson S; Easthope H; Loosemore M; Yang H; Buckle C; Randolph B, 2021, Cracks in the Compact City: tackling defects in multi-unit strata housing, City Futures Research Centre, https://cityfutures.ada.unsw.edu.au/documents/670/Defects_final_report_for_publication_HSGP9LW.pdf

Easthope H; Crommelin L; Troy L; Davison G; Nethercote M; Foster S; van den Nouwelant R; Kleeman A; Randolph B; Horne R, 2020, Improving outcomes for apartment residents and neighbourhoods, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, 329, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri-7120701, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/329

Pettit C; Crommelin L; Sharam A; Hulse K, 2018, The potential of new technologies to disrupt housing policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri-7115001

Crommelin L; Troy L; Martin C; Parkinson S, 2018, Technological disruption in private housing markets: the case of Airbnb, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, AHURI Final Report No. 305, 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri-7115201, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/305

Easthope H; Troy LJ; Crommelin L, 2017, Equitable Density: The place for lower-income and disadvantaged households in a dense city: Report 1 The Building Scale, UNSW City Futures Research Centre, Sydney, https://cityfutures.be.unsw.edu.au/research/projects/equitable-density-place-lower-income-and-disadvantage-households-dense-city/

Crommelin L; Easthope H; Troy LJ, 2017, Equitable Density: The place for lower-income and disadvantaged households in a dense city: Report 2 The Neighbourhood Scale, UNSW City Futures Research Centre, Sydney, https://cityfutures.be.unsw.edu.au/research/projects/equitable-density-place-lower-income-and-disadvantage-households-dense-city/

Troy L; Crommelin L; Easthope H, 2017, Equitable Density: The place for lower-income and disadvantaged households in a dense city: Report 3 Metropolitan Scale, UNSW City Futures Research Centre, Sydney, https://cityfutures.be.unsw.edu.au/research/projects/equitable-density-place-lower-income-and-disadvantage-households-dense-city/

van den Nouwelant R; Crommelin LM; Herath S; Randolph B, 2016, Housing Affordability, Central City Economic Productivity and the Lower Income Labour Market (AHURI Final Report #261), AHURI, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, 261, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/7431/AHURI_Final_Report_No261_Housing-affordability-central-city-economic-productivity-and-the-lower-income-labour-market.pdf

Troy L; Randolph B; Crommelin L; Easthope H; Pinnegar S, 2015, Renewing the Compact City: Economically viable and socially sustainable approaches to urban redevelopment, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia, https://cityfutures.ada.unsw.edu.au/documents/159/Renewing_the_Compact_City_-_Final_Report.pdf

Working Papers

Beer A; Crommelin L; Vij A; Dodson J; Dühr S; Pinnegar S, 2022, Growing Australia’s smaller cities to better manage population growth, http://dx.doi.org10.31235/osf.io/3rafw, http://dx.doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/3rafw

Crommelin L; Denham T; Troy L; Harrison J; Gilbert H; Dühr S; Pinnegar S, 2022, Understanding the lived experience and benefits of regional cities, http://dx.doi.org10.31235/osf.io/kn6tm, http://dx.doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/kn6tm

Media

Crommelin L; Randolph B; Easthope H; Loosemore M, 2021, Water leaks, cracks and flawed fire safety systems: Sydney’s apartments are riddled with building defects, , https://theconversation.com/water-leaks-cracks-and-flawed-fire-safety-systems-sydneys-apartments-are-riddled-with-building-defects-169526

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