Doctor Laura Schatz

LECTURER IN URBAN PLANNING & URBAN STUDIES,
Geography and Urban Studies (SoSSP)

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PhD University of Waterloo (Canada)

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

Geography and Urban Studies (SoSSP)

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Email:	L.Schatz@uws.edu.au
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Location:	P.G.19 Penrith (Kingswood)
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Biography

Laura Schatz is a Lecturer in Geography and Urban Studies. She originally joined UWS as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2010, after completing her PhD in Urban Planning at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. Laura?s dissertation analyzed and compared the different approaches to urban planning (one growth-oriented and one decline-oriented) in two ?shrinking? communities: Sudbury, Ontario and Youngstown, Ohio. Prior to her PhD studies, Laura worked as a lawyer in Toronto, Canada. Her research interests include: urban governance in shrinking cities; unpacking the neoliberal turn in urban planning; comparative planning and environmental regulation; the "culture" of planning procedure; strategic planning processes and outcomes; and planning in resource (particularly mining) communities.

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Publications

Chapters in Books

Schatz, L. (2013), 'Decline-oriented urban governance in Youngstown, Ohio', The City After Abandonment, University of Pennsylvania Press 9780812244465.

Journal Articles

Martinez-Fernandez, C., Wu, C., Schatz, L., Taira, N. and Vargas, J. (2012), 'The Shrinking Mining City: Urban dynamics and contested territory', International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 16.
Martinez-Fernandez, C., Wu, C., Schatz, L., Taira, N. and Vargas-Hernandez, J. (2012), 'The shrinking mining city : urban dynamics and contested territory', International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 16.
Schatz, L. and Johnson, L. (2009), 'Call centres as a strategy: For downtown revitalization in sudbury Ontario', Plan Canada, 4.
Kovacs, J. and Schatz, L. (2008), 'Conserving a sense of the past: Built heritage and adaptive reuse', Plan Canada, 2.
Schatz, L. and Johnson, L. (2007), 'Smart City North:Economic and labour force impacts of call centres in Sudbury, Ontario', Work organisation, labour & globalisation, 15.
Chadha, E. and Schatz, L. (2004), 'Human dignity and economic integrity for Persons with Disabilities: A commentary on the Supreme Court's decisions in Granovsky and Martin', Journal of Law and Social Policy, 29.

Conference Papers

Schatz, L. and Piracha, A. (2012), 'A comparison of motivations, rhetoric and controversy surrounding planning reforms in NSW Australia and Ontario Canada', 2012 Australia and New Zealand Association of Planning Schools Conference, Bendigo.
Schatz, L. and Piracha, A. (2012), 'A comparison of the motivations, rhetoric and controversy surrounding recent planning reforms in New South Wales, Australia and Ontario, Canada', Australia and New Zealand Association of Planning Schools. Conference, Bendigo, Vic..

Research

Urban governance; Human geography; Planning and environmental regulation; Urban planning reforms; Resource communities.