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Dr Laura Crommelin

Dr Laura Crommelin

Senior Lecturer
Arts, Design & Architecture
School of Built Environment
Laura Crommelin is a Senior Lecturer in the City Planning Program at UNSW Sydney, teaching planning law and governance and working on research related to urban and housing policy. She is also a Fellow at UNSW's City Futures Research Centre. Laura’s research interests cover a range of trends and issues in post-industrial cities, including urban renewal, urban governance, digital disruptions (e.g. Airbnb), place branding, and DIY urban revitalisation practices. She holds a PhD in urban planning from UNSW, an M.Litt in US Studies from the University of Sydney and a BA/LLB (Hons) from the University of Melbourne.
Phone
(02) 9065 1713
E-mail
laura.crommelin@unsw.edu.au
  • Book Chapters | 2020
    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,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    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
    Book Chapters | 2020
    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,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Crommelin L, 2019, 'Urban Utopia', in Orum AM (ed.), The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    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,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    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,
    Book Chapters | 2016
    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,
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Beer A; Vij A; Baker E; Crommelin L; Dodson J; Gharaie E; Li T; Horne S, 2024, 'Disruption in regional housing: Policy responses for more resilient markets', AHURI Final Report,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Crommelin L; Loosemore M; Easthope H; Randolph B, 2024, 'How information asymmetries exacerbate building defects risks for purchasers of Australian residential multi-owned properties', Building Research and Information, 52, pp. 644 - 657,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Ruming KJ; Liu S; Pinnegar S; Crommelin L; Gillon C; Easthope H, 2024, 'Delivering suburban densification: Diverse resident groups and strategies of support and resistance', Urban Studies,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Easthope H; Palmer J; Sharam A; Nethercote M; Pignatta G; Crommelin L, 2023, 'Delivering sustainable apartment housing: New build and retrofit', AHURI Final Report,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Crommelin L; Osbaldiston N, 2022, 'Regional Australia: Opportunities and Futures', Australian Planner, 58, pp. 69 - 71,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Easthope H; Crommelin L; Kerr SM; Troy L; van den Nouwelant R; Davison G, 2022, 'Planning for Lowerâ€Income Households in Privately Developed Highâ€Density Neighbourhoods in Sydney, Australia', Urban Planning, 7, pp. 213 - 228,
    Journal articles | 2022
    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,
    Journal articles | 2021
    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,
    Journal articles | 2020
    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,
    Journal articles | 2020
    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,
    Journal articles | 2019
    King C; Crommelin L, 2019, 'A different perspective on post-industrial labor market restructuring in Detroit and Pittsburgh', Journal of Urban Affairs,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Crommelin LM; Troy L; Martin C; Pettit C, 2018, 'Is Airbnb a sharing economy superstar? Evidence from five global cities', Urban Policy and Research,
    Journal articles | 2017
    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,
    Journal articles | 2017
    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,
    Journal articles | 2013
    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,
  • Working Papers | 2022
    Beer A; Crommelin L; Vij A; Dodson J; Dühr S; Pinnegar S, 2022, Growing Australia’s smaller cities to better manage population growth, ,
    Working Papers | 2022
    Crommelin L; Denham T; Troy L; Harrison J; Gilbert H; Dühr S; Pinnegar S, 2022, Understanding the lived experience and benefits of regional cities, ,
  • Preprints | 2024
    Beer A; Vij A; Baker E; Crommelin L; Dodson J; Gharaie E; Li T; Horne S, 2024, Disruption in regional housing: Policy responses for more resilient markets,
    Preprints | 2023
    Easthope H; Palmer J; Sharam A; Nethercote M; Pignatta G; Crommelin L, 2023, Delivering sustainable apartment housing: New build and retrofit, ,
    Reports | 2023
    Liu E; Ng M; Kerr S; Crommelin L; Debnath R; Lin Y; Pettit C, 2023, Regional NSW Housing Metrics - Consultation report
    Reports | 2022
    Beer A; Crommelin L; Vij A; Dodson J; Dühr S; Pinnegar S, 2022, Growing Australia’s smaller cities to better manage population growth,
    Reports | 2022
    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),
    Reports | 2022
    Martin C; Hulse K; Ghasri M; Ralston L; Crommelin L; Goodall Z; Parkinson S; O'Brien Webb E; Ghasrikhouzani M; Baldry E; McCausland R, 2022, Regulation of residential tenancies and impacts on investment, AHURI Ltd, Melbourne, 391, ,
    Preprints | 2022
    Martin C; Hulse K; Ghasri M; Ralston L; Crommelin L; Goodall Z; Parkinson S; Webb EO, 2022, Regulation of residential tenancies and impacts on investment, ,
    Reports | 2022
    Ng M; Crommelin L; Pettit C, 2022, Housing Delivery Targets and Benchmarks in New South Wales
    Preprints | 2022
    Vij A; Ardeshiri A; Li T; Beer A; Crommelin L, 2022, Understanding what attracts new residents to smaller cities,
    Reports | 2022
    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, ,
    Reports | 2022
    2022, Growing Australia’s smaller cities to better manage population growth, ,
    Reports | 2022
    2022, Understanding the lived experience and benefits of regional cities, ,
    Reports | 2021
    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,
    Reports | 2020
    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, ,
    Reports | 2018
    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, 305, ,
    Reports | 2018
    Pettit C; Crommelin L; Sharam A; Hulse K, 2018, The potential of new technologies to disrupt housing policy, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI),
    Reports | 2017
    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,
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    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,
    Conference Papers | 2017
    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,
    Other | 2017
    Crommelin LM, 2017, Book review: DIY Detroit, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), ,
    Other | 2017
    Crommelin LM, 2017, Book review: Experiencing Cities (3rd edition), ,
    Other | 2017
    Easthope H; Crommelin L; Troy L, 2017, Building Defects in Apartments - what's going on?, Shelter NSW, ,
    Reports | 2017
    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,
    Reports | 2017
    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,
    Conference Presentations | 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
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    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
    Reports | 2016
    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,
    Other | 2015
    Crommelin L, 2015, Gentrification: A Working-Class Perspective, Routledge, ,
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    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,
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    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,
    Reports | 2015
    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,
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    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,
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    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,
    Conference Papers | 2013
    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,
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    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,
    Conference Papers | 2012
    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, - ,
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    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
    Conference Papers | 2011
    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,
    Conference Presentations | 2011
    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,
  • Media | 2021
    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, ,
    Media | 2020
    Easthope H; Crommelin L; Troy L; Nethercote M, 2020, Quality of life in high-density apartments varies. Here are 6 ways to improve it, ,
    Media | 2020
    Thompson S; Randolph B; Easthope H; Crommelin L; Loosemore M, 2020, Dealing with apartment defects: a how-to guide for strata owners and buyers, ,
    Media | 2019
    Crommelin L; Randolph B; Easthope H; Loosemore M, 2019, The big lesson from Opal Tower is that badly built apartments aren’t only an issue for residents, ,
    Media | 2019
    Loosemore M; Randolph B; Buckle C; Easthope H; Crommelin L, 2019, Lack of information on apartment defects leaves whole market on shaky footings, ,
    Media | 2018
    Crommelin L; Martin C; Troy L; Parkinson S, 2018, Who wins and who loses when platforms like Airbnb disrupt housing? And how do you regulate it?, ,
    Media | 2018
    Crommelin L; Martin C; Troy L, 2018, Airbnb regulation needs to distinguish between sharing and plain old commercial letting, ,
    Media | 2017
    Crommelin L; Easthope H; Pinnegar S; Randolph B; Troy L, 2017, Renewing the Compact City: Scenarios for fair and sustainable redevelopment of strata schemes, ,
    Media | 2017
    Easthope H; Crommelin L; Troy L, 2017, This is why apartment living is different for the poor, ,
    Media | 2017
    Troy L; Easthope H; Crommelin L, 2017, It’s not just the buildings, high-density neighbourhoods make life worse for the poor, ,
    Media | 2016
    van den Nouwelant RM; Crommelin L, 2016, High housing costs create worries for city tourism and hospitality, theconversation.com, ,
    Media | 2015
    Troy L; Randolph B; Easthope H; Crommelin LM, 2015, When developers come knocking: why strata law shake-up won’t deliver cheaper housing, The Conversation, ,
    Media | 2012
    Crommelin LM; Steinmetz C, 2012, Urban farming in Detroit: sowing seeds of hope in the motor city?, The Conversation, ,

2012-2013 NSW Fulbright Scholar