School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Melissa HENSLEY

PhD candidate
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Melissa Hensley

Qualifications

  • BA, MURP

Experience

  • Transport Planner/ Senior Transport Planner (Brisbane City Council) (1992-2004)
  • Senior Urban Planner (Brisbane City Council) (2004-2011)
  • Principal Advisor - Rail Planning (Transport and Main Roads) (2011-2013)
Featured projects Duration
Healthy Neighborhood Design. Is Path Dependency Holding us Back?
 2013–2019

Publications

Journal Articles (2)
Thesis (1)

Journal Articles

Hensley, Melissa, Mateo-Babiano, I., Minnery, J. and Pojani, D. (2019). How Diverging Interests in Public Health and Urban Planning Can Lead to Less Healthy Cities. Journal of Planning History, 19 (2), 153851321987359-89. doi: 10.1177/1538513219873591
Hensley, Melissa, Mateo-Babiano, Derlie and Minnery, John (2014). Healthy places, active transport and path dependence: a review of the literature. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 25 (3), 196-201. doi: 10.1071/HE14042

Thesis

Hensley, Melissa (2021). Healthy neighbourhood planning: investigating the evolving relationship between urban planning and public health through a path dependence lens. PhD Thesis, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/76af9e6