Ms Mellini Sloan
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
climate change adaptation, coastal management, conflict resolution, disaster planning and response, environmental planning and management, place dynamics and active transport, policy innovation, quantitative analysis, technology and policy adoption, urban hydrology
Research field
Urban and regional planning
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Master of Science (Environmental Engineering Sciences) (University of Florida)
- Bachelor of Science (Environmental Studies) (Florida State University)
- PhD Candidate (Urban & Regional Planning) (Florida State University)
Professional memberships and associations
Member, Professional Development Committee, Planning Institute of Australia, Queensland Division 2019 - present
Member, Planning Institute of Australia 2014 - present
Teaching
Unit Coordination, Design and Delivery at QUT
Descriptions available here - https://www.qut.edu.au/courses/bachelor-of-urban-development-honours-urban-and-regional-planning#details-and-units
- Urban Planning Practice (UXH431) - 2019 to present
- Honours Project/Thesis (UXH400-1 and UXH400-2) - 2019 to present
- Work Integrated Learning / Professional Practice (SEB701/UXB301) - 2016 to present - Urban Development students (also Engineering 2016-2017)
- Negotiation & Conflict Resolution (UDB369/UXB232/UXB135) - 2010-2019
- Transport Planning (UXB332/UXB234) - 2018-2019 with Nathan Durnin and Ferdinand Joeffrey
- Urban Analysis (UXB132) - 2018
- Environmental Planning & Management (UDB370/UXH331) - 2009-2016
- Introduction to Planning & Design (UDB161) - 2010-2013
- Imagine Planning & Design (UXB131) - 2014
- Site Planning - 2014 with Stephen Smith
Other Units
- Collective Decision-making (Florida State University)
Undergraduate Thesis Supervision
- 2019 - Kakanyo Gamodimo, Maddison Granzin, Riley Meara, Maureen Rambi, Chelsea Winn
- 2018 - Tran Dinh, Zane Rafiq, Azman Reuben, Francarlo Rizzo, John Michael Seguerra, Xinyi Wong
- 2017 - Sarah Nash, Damien Scalora
- 2016 - Phoebe Beynon, Elizabeth Entriken, Keanu Johnston, Matthew Leman, Anushma Sharma
- 2015 - Tyson Ryan, Larissa Hubner, Aaron Simmonds
- 2014 - Alexandra Fry, Luke Hawkins, Toby Vann
- 2013 - Charlotte Alchin, Ruby Burns, Melissa David, Rebecca Draheim, Hilary Grulke, Alyce Keen, Joshua Haliyanti Limbong, Jenita Porter, Shilo Quinnell
- 2012 - Leighton Armitage, Emily Argent, Karen Delaney, Joshua Maunder, Alexandra Moore, Michael Rookwood
- 2011 - Ellen Dwyer, Brenton Josey, Samantha Loxton, Lachlan McClure, Tristan Miles, Tina Piggott, Stephen Pyrih, Kloe Robinson
- 2010 - Jenna Kljaic, Sarah Stirling
Publications
- Sunarharum, T., Sloan, M. & Susilawati, C. (2021). Collaborative Approach for Community Resilience to Natural Disaster: Perspectives on Flood Risk Management in Jakarta, Indonesia. Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2020, 275–284. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207244
- Chowdhooree, I., Dawes, L. & Sloan, M. (2020). Dependency on external supports: An addition to community vulnerability. In I. Chowdhooree & S. Mansoor Ghani (Eds.), External Interventions for Disaster Risk Reduction: Impacts on Local Communities (pp. 41–63). Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/206373
- Chowdhooree, I., Dawes, L. & Sloan, M. (2020). Scopes of community participation in development for adaptation: Experiences from the Haor region of Bangladesh. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 51. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/206376
- Chowdhooree, I., Sloan, M. & Dawes, L. (2019). Community perceptions of flood resilience as represented in cognitive maps. Journal of Flood Risk Management, 12(4), 1–11. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/224053
- Wang, W., Wu, Y. & Sloan, M. (2018). A framework and dynamic model for reform of residential land supply policy in urban China. Habitat International, 82, 28–37. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/122313
- Li, H., Wu, Y., Huang, X., Sloan, M. & Skitmore, M. (2017). Spatial-temporal evolution and classification of marginalization of cultivated land in the process of urbanization. Habitat International, 61, 1–8. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/102816
- Sunarharum, T., Sloan, M. & Susilawati, C. (2015). Re-framing infrastructure investment decision-making processes: a preliminary scoping study for urban flood risk management in Jakarta, Indonesia. Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference of the International Institute for Infrastructure Renewal and Reconstruction, 292–300. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/61778
- Sunarharum, T., Sloan, M. & Susilawati, C. (2014). Re-framing planning decision-making: increasing flood resilience in Jakarta. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 5(3), 230–242. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/75509
- McClure, L., Baker, D. & Sloan, M. (2013). Neoliberalism and spatial adaptation. Urban Environment: Proceedings of the 11th Urban Environment Symposium (UES), 411–422. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/67544
- Dedekorkut, A. & Sloan, M. (2012). Increasing disaster resilience of people and property through fostering collaboration in coastal high hazard zones. Presented at: Annual Congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning (26th), 1. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/54593
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Invited Member of the 2013 Southeast Queensland Natural Resource Management Plan Update Expert Panel
- Type
- Other
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Nominated for Award for Excellence in Research Supervision
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Invited Speaker at the LGAQ Infrastructure and Planning Symposium, 16 March 2011, Brisbane, QLD.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2010
- Details
- Vice-Chancellor's Performance Award in recognition of a significant and superior contribution to the work of the University.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Collaborative Planning for Disaster Resilience: The Role of Community Engagement for Flood Risk Management (2016)
- Planning for Climate Change Adaptation in a Neoliberal Context: Influences and Responses (2016)
- The development of a carrying capacity assessment model for the Australian socio-environmental context (2014)