Doug Baker

Qualifications

BA (SFU), MRM (SFU), PhD (Waterloo)

Career History and biography

Professional and Community Services Roles

Technical Committees Member

• Department of Local Government, Planning, Sport and Recreation – Professional Staff Recruitment Working Group
• National Committee for Policy – Planning Institute of Australia
• Policy Coordinator for Queensland – Planning Institute of Australia.
• External Oral Examiner (Final Exam) for the Planning Institute of British Columbia
• External Written Examiner (Provisional Exam) for the Canadian Institute of Planners
• Technical and Research Committee for Mine Reclamation for the Province of British Columbia
• Regulatory Review Working Group: Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland State Government
• Mining and First Nations Committee (Carrier Sekani Tribal Council, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Mining Association of BC)
• Expert Witness for Sierra Legal Defense Fund and Canadian Arctic Resources Committee: Environmental Assessment Review Process for Ekati Diamonds Project
• General Plan Committee for the Energy Council – Reporting to the Minister of Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources (Planning Institute of British Columbia representative)

Community Committees Member

• City of Prince George Advisory Planning Commission
• City of Prince George Environmental Advisory Committee
• City of Prince George Bylaw Committee
• Prince George Art Gallery Review Committee

External Journal Reviewer

• Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
• Australian Planner
• Environmental Management
• Society and Natural Resources
• Journal of Business Ethics
• International Journal of Wilderness
• Alternatives
• Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

 

Awards and Recognition

• Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence (2007)
• Queensland University of Technology Office of Research Largest Total Funding for an Australian Research Council Linkage Project Grant (2006)
• University of Northern British Columbia Merit Award (2002)
• University of Northern British Columbia Merit Award (2001)
• University of Waterloo Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies Award for Doctor of Philosophy (1992)
• Lewis Mumford Memorial Essay Prize (1991)

 

Research Areas

Within the broad field of urban and regional planning, Professor Baker and his defined five main research areas:

• Airport Planning
• Planning Evaluation
• Land Use Planning
• Environment Management and Assessment
• Performance based Planning Environment Management and Assessment

External Collaborators

Within the broad field of urban and regional planning, Dr. Baker and his research team have strong collaborations with:

• Brisbane Airport Corporation
• Adelaide Airport
• Canberra Airport
• Australian Airports Association
• Brisbane City Council
• Queensland Department of Infrastructure and Planning

Teaching Areas

Dr. Baker has taught the following courses:

• UDB 163: Introduction to Land Use Planning QUT
• Planning 100: Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning, University of Waterloo
• ENVS 104: Introduction to Planning UNBC
• EVP 1037 Introduction to Environmental Planning Griffith University
• NRES 210: Integrated Resources Management UNBC
• Geography 265: Urban Spatial Behavior Wilfred Laurier University
• ERS 290: Environmental Impact Assessment University of Waterloo
• DBP 415/501: Integrated Resource and Environmental Management QUT
• ENVS 303: Land and Resource Regulation UNBC
• ENVS 305: Environmental Impact Assessment UNBC
• DBP 415/501: Integrated Resource and Environmental Management QUT
• ENVS 303: Land and Resource Regulation UNBC
• ENVS 305: Environmental Impact Assessment UNBC
• Planning 390: Methodology for Senior Honours Essay University of Waterloo
• DPB 412: Planning Theory and Ethics QUT
• ENVS 402: Terrain Assessment UNBC
• ENVS 403: Energy Development UNBC
• ENVS 405: Advanced Environmental Assessment UNBC
• ENVS 410: Land Use Planning UNBC
• Planning 480: Philosophy and Methodology of Planning University of Waterloo
• ENVS 499: Directed Studies UNBC
• Planning 490: Senior Honours Essay University of Waterloo
• ENVS 610: Land Use Planning UNBC
• ENVS 605: Advanced Environmental Assessment UNBC
• NRES 802: Integrated Systems in Natural Resources Management UNBC

Selected List of Recently Awarded Grants

The Airport Metropolis: Managing the Interfaces

Role: Principle Investigator (PI)
Partners: Neil Ryan, Kerry Brown, Ashantha Goonetilleke, Michael Drew, Luis Ferreira, Paul Barnes, Rob Freestone (UNSW), Phil Charles (UQ), John Kasarda (UNCarolina), Steven Appold (UNCarolina), Warren Walker (TU Delft) Margo Weijnen.(TUDelft)
Sponsor: Australian Research Council Linkage Grant
Amount: $1,518,912.00
Industry Partners: Brisbane Airport Corp., Adelaide Airport, Canberra Airport, Schiphol Airport, Qld. Dept. of Transport, Qld. Dept. of Main Roads, Office of Urban Management, Brisbane City Council, Port of Brisbane, Airtrain City Link, Tourism and Transport Forum, PTV Asia-Pacific, Commerce Qld, Airbiz Aviation Strategies Ltd.
Period: 2007-2011

 

Evaluation of Performance-based Planning under the Queensland Integrated Planning Act

Role: Principle Investigator (PI)
Partners: Neil Sipe, Brendan Gleeson
Sponsor: Australian Research Council Linkage Grant
Amount: $174,888.00
Industry Partner: Department of Planning and Infrastructure
Period: 2006-2009

 

2006: Queensland Smart State Initiative Grant. Partnerships-Alliances Facilitation Program 2005-06.

Role: Chief Investigator (CI)
Partners: Ashantha Goonetilleke (PI), Neal Ryan, and Louis Ferreira
Sponsor: Queensland Smart State
Amount: $80,000.00
Period: 2006

 

Using community-based processes to develop flexible guidelines for the design and modification of housing for a diversity of household types in provincial and remote Indigenous communities

Role: Chief Investigator (CI)
Partners: John Fein (RMIT - PI) and Virginia Lee (UniSA)
Sponsor: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
Amount: $155,672.00
Period: 2006

 

International Practice in Planning for Affordable Housing: Lessons for Australia

Role: Chief Investigator (CI)
Partners: Bill Duncan (QUT), Sharon Christensen (QUT), Vivien Milligan (USydney – PI), and Nicole Gurran (USydney)
Sponsor: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
Amount: $102,000.00
Period: 2006

Selected List of Research Student Projects

Within the broad field of urban and regional planning, Dr. Baker's students have undertaken the following funded research projects:

Airport metropolis project: land use planning
Airports are an important element to the surrounding urban fabric. This project examines the land use planning at the interface of airports and the surrounding regional metropolis. The research evaluates the Australian context with selected Australian Capital City airports in association with international case studies.

Airport metropolis project: sustainable indicators
The application of indicators for the sustainable management of airports is evaluated within the parameters of decision support systems. The research focuses on noise as one indicator that impacts the surrounding communities and applies the indicator literature to selected case studies in Australia.

Performance-based planning in Queensland
The research examines the implementation of performance-based planning in Queensland after a decade of experience using this method of regulation. The evaluation focuses on the application of performance measurement and the use of performance indicators in planning tools.

Planning for space within Aboriginal communities
Government housing for Aboriginal communities rarely considers the placing of housing within the community. This research focuses on the placement of housing within Palm Island and how the community use space in, around, and between houses. The landscape around housing is considered to be an important cultural context for the development of housing within Aboriginal communities.

Developing modular housing for Aboriginal communities
Housing for remote Aboriginal communities is expensive when traditional building methods are implemented. This research examines the application of flexible modular housing that accommodates community needs according to cultural and family requirements. The focus of the research is on enabling the community to build and develop their own modular designs within the community.

The impact of urban morphology on shaping urban change
The history of urban design is considered an essential element in the development of new buildings. The research examines urban morphological analysis as a method to evaluate consonant urban form. Through the mapping of the physical changes that have occurred in a particular place, by extracting information from historical maps and photographs, patterns may be identified that can convey important continuities of form and active usage. The analysis can be applied to identify developments that are proven to be incongruous and provide a method of predictive urban.

Selected List of Publications since 2000

Additional publications can be found on ePrints: http://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Baker,_Douglas.html

Books

• Ewert, A., Baker, D. C. and G. Bissix. 2004. Integrated Resource and Environmental Management. CABI Publishing, Oxfordshire, UK. 290 pp. refereed
• Baker, D. C., Poulin, R. and A. G. McLellan. 1996. An Analysis of Mineral Aggregate Resource Policies in Ontario and British Columbia. Centre for Resource Studies, Queen’s University Press. refereed

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

• Coiacetto, E. and D. C. Baker. 2006. “Public Real Estate Development in Queensland: Local Government as Developers” in Urban Policy and Research. Vol. 24, No.2 (June) pp. 237-252. refereed
• Baker, D. C., Sipe, N. and B. Gleeson. 2006. “Performance-based Planning: Perspectives from the United States, Australia and New Zealand” in The Journal of Planning Education and Research. Vol. 25, No.4 (June) pp. 396-409. refereed
• Baker, D. C. 2006. “Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Regional Planning for the Extractive Industry in SE Queensland” in Queensland Geographical Perspectives. eds. Brian Hudson and Iraphne Childs. Royal Geographical Society of Queensland. pp. 73-89. refereed
• Wypych, S., Sipe, N., and D. C. Baker. 2005. “Performance-based Planning in Queensland” Australian Planner. Vol. 42, No.3 (September), pp. 26-31. refereed.
• Baker, D. C. and E. Rapaport. 2005 “The Science of Assessment: Identifying and Predicting Environmental Impacts” in Environmental Impact Assessment: Process and Practice in Canada. ed. Kevin Hanna. Oxford University Press. pp. 33-52. refereed
• Baker, D. C. and J. McLelland. 2003. “Evaluating the Effectiveness of British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment for First Nations’ Participation in Mining Development” in Environmental Impact Assessment Review Vol. 23, Issue 5, August, pp. 581-603. refereed
• Harriman, J. and D. C. Baker. 2003. “Applying Integrated Resource and Environmental Management to Transmission Right of Way Maintenance” in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 46 (2), pp. 199-217. refereed
• Baker, D. C. 2002. “Mining in Northern British Columbia” in Western Geography. Vol. 12, pp. 1-20. refereed
• Baker, D. C., Slanz, C. and T. Sommerville. 2001. “An Evolving Policy Community in Action: The Case of Construction Aggregate Policy in Ontario” in Canadian Public Administration. Vol. 44, No. 4 (Winter), pp. 463-483. refereed
• Mulvihill, P. R., Baker, D. C. and W. R. Morrison. 2001. “A Conceptual Framework for Environmental History in Canada’s North” in Journal of Environmental History. Vol. 9 (4), October, pp. 611 – 626. refereed
• Ewert, A. and D. C. Baker. 2001. “Standing for Where You Sit: An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship Between Academic Major and Environmental Beliefs” in Environment and Behavior. Vol. 33 (5), pp. 687 – 707. refereed
• Mulvihill, P. R. and D. C. Baker. 2001. “Ambitious and Restrictive Scoping: Case Studies from Northern Canada” in Environmental Impact Assessment Review. Vol. 21, pp. 363-384. refereed
• Baker, D. C., Young, J. and J. M. Arocena. 2000. “An Integrated Approach to Reservoir Management: The Williston Reservoir Case Study” in Environmental Management. Vol. 25 (5), pp. 565-578. refereed
• Baker, D. C. and W. Morrison. 1999. “The Development of Property Rights on the Canadian and American Mining Frontiers” in The American Review of Canadian Studies. Vol. 29, Autumn, pp. 431-446. refereed

Monographs

• Coiacetto, E. and D. C. Baker. 2005. Real Estate Development by Local Government in Queensland. Research Paper 3, June 2005. Urban Research Program, Griffith University. 17 pp.
• Heywood, P., Baker, D. C., and B. Bajracharya. 2004. Rebooting Regional Planning in South East Queensland. Urban Policy Program Issues Paper 2. November, 2004. 10 pp.
• Bowman, B. and D. C. Baker. 1998. Mine Reclamation Planning in the Canadian North. Northern Minerals Program Working Paper No. 1. Canadian Arctic Resources Committee. Northern Minerals Series. 79 pp. refereed

Papers Published in Conference Proceedings

• Stevens, N., Baker, D. C. and R. Freestone. 2007. “Understanding the Australian Airport Metropolis” In Proceedings of the State of Australian Cities Conference. Adelaide, Australia. refereed.
• Bajracharya, B., Donehue, P. and D. C. Baker. 2007. “A Governance Framework for Masterplanned Communities”. In Proceedings of the State of Australian Cities Conference. Adelaide, Australia. refereed.
• Baker, D. C. and K. Dungey. 2007. “The Integration of Risk Management into the Design of the Airport Metropolis”. In Proceedings of the Interior Design/Architecture Educator’s Association Third Annual Conference: Inhabiting Risk. Wellington, New Zealand. Eds. Christine McCarthy and Gill Matheson. pp. 9 – 16. refereed
• Ferreira, L., Stevens, N. and D. C. Baker. 2006. “The New Airport and its Urban Region: Evaluating Transport Linkages”. In: Proc of International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies. American Society of Civil Engineers, Virginia, USA. September – X’ian, China. refereed
• Baker, D. C. and P. Donehue. July 4-6, 2005. “Measuring Policy Effectiveness: First Nations’ Participation in Environmental Assessment in Northern British Columbia, Canada” for the Ecopolitics 16th Annual Conference, Griffith University. pp. 1-25 refereed
• Baker, D. C. and B. Hendy. July 4-8, 2005. Planning for a Sustainable Supply of Construction Aggregates in South East Queensland” for the QUT Research Week Conference. pp. 1307-1318.  refereed
• Baker, D. C. and Marquardt, W. 2004. “The State of Planning for Construction Aggregates in North America” in The New Stone Age: 47th National Conference of the Institute of Quarrying Australia Conference Proceedings. pp. 1-12.

Papers Delivered at Conferences

• Invited Speaker. (forthcoming). July 6-11, 2008. “Performance-Based Planning: A Cross National Comparison” presented at The Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning and Association of the European Schools of Planning Joint Congress. Chicago, USA.
• Invited Speaker. June 18-19, 2008. “Land Use and Australian Airports” presented at Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics 8th Transport Colloquium, Parliament House, Canberra.
• Invited Speaker. June 4-5, 2008. “Land Uses Around 75 International Airports: Trends and Challenges” presented at Aviation Business Airport Development 2008 Conference. Sydney, Australia.
• Invited Speaker. November 12-15, 2007. “The Three Year Regional, Remote and Rural Airports Research Program” presented at the Australian Airports Association 26th Annual National Convention. Melbourne, Australia.
• October 17-21, 2007. “Conflict in the Public Realm: The Privatization of Australian Capital City Airports” presented at The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 48th Annual Conference. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Presented with Rob Freestone.
• Keynote address and Conference Chair. September 12-14, 2007. “The Business Case for Airport Cities: Why Do We Need Them?” presented at the Asian Development Business Airport Cities Conference. Singapore.
• Invited speaker. August 16-17, 2007. “Making Educated Investment Decisions on Airport Development” presented at the Aviation Business Airport Development 2007 Conference. Sydney, Australia.
• July 2-6, 2007. “The Integration of Risk Management into the Design of the Airport Metropolis” presented at the Interior Design/Architecture Educator’s Association Third Annual Conference: Inhabiting Risk. Wellington, New Zealand.
• June 17-21, 2007. “Landscape Change and Global Homogenisation” presented at the Thirteenth International Symposium on Society and Resource Management: Landscape Continuity and Change. Park City Utah. Presented with Kristine Jerome.
• June 17-21, 2007. “Performance based codes and Natural Resource Planning in Queensland” presented at the Thirteenth  International Symposium on Society and Resource Management: Landscape Continuity and Change. Park City Utah. Co-authored with Neil Sipe.
• Invited speaker. January 21-23, 2007. “The Australian Airport Metropolis: Defining the Interfaces” at the Fifth Capitals Alliance Conference, Canberra (Parliament House), Australia.
• November 8-12, 2006. “Evaluation of Regional Planning” presented at The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 48th Annual Conference. Fort Worth, Texas. Presented with Phil Heywood.
• November 8-12, 2006. “Performance-Based Planning and Natural Resources: Desired Environmental Outcomes in Queensland” presented at The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 48th Annual Conference. Fort Worth, Texas. Presented with Neil Sipe.
• Invited Speaker. October 15-19, 2006. “The Airport Metropolis in Australia” presented at the Australian Airports Association 25th Annual National Convention. Cairns, Australia.
• June 3-8, 2006. “Performance based planning and Natural Resources: Desired Environmental Outcomes for Queensland” presented at the Twelfth International Symposium on Society and Resource Management: Global Challenges and Local Responses. Vancouver, British Columbia.
• Keynote Address by Luis Ferreira. Ferreira, L., Stevens, N. and Baker, D. September 2006. “The New Airport and its Urban Region: Evaluating Transport Linkages”. In: Proc of International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies. American Society of Civil Engineers, Virginia, USA. Presented in X’ian, China. Paper presented by L. Ferreira.
• Invited Speaker. March 30, 2006. “The Airport Metropolis” presented at The 5th International Seminar on Airport Planning. Schipol Airport, Netherlands.
• Invited Speaker. November 16-17, 2005. “Regional Planning in British Columbia” presented at Department of Local Government, Planning, Sport and Recreation Seminar Series on Regional Planning. Brisbane, Queensland.
• October 27-30, 2005. “Regional Planning – Yes, but for What?” presented at The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 47th Annual Conference. Kansas City, Missouri. Paper co-presented with Phil Heywood.
• October 27-30, 2005. “Evaluating Performance-Based Planning in Queensland” presented at The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 47th Annual Conference. Kansas City, Missouri. Paper co-presented with Neil Sipe.
• July 17-22, 2005. “Barriers to Sustainable Housing in Queensland” presented at The Canadian Institute of Planners Annual Conference. Calgary, Alberta.
• July 4-6, 2005. “Measuring Policy Effectiveness: First Nations’ Participation in Environmental Assessment in Northern British Columbia, Canada” for the Ecopolitics 16th Annual Conference, Griffith University. Paper coauthored and presented by Paul Donehue
• July 4-8, 2005. Planning for a Sustainable Supply of Construction Aggregates in South East Queensland” for the QUT Research Week Conference. Paper coauthored and presented by Ben Hendy.
• October 19-23, 2004. “Evaluating Performance-Based Planning” presented at The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 46th Annual Conference. Portland, Oregon. Paper co-presented with Neil Sipe.
• Keynote Speaker. October, 14, 2004. “The State of Planning for Construction Aggregate Resources in North America” at the 47th Annual conference for the Institute of Quarrying Australia. Maroochydore, Queensland.
• May 12-14, 2004. “Strengths and Weaknesses of Performance-Based Planning” presented at The British Columbia Land Summit Conference. Vancouver, British Columbia. Paper co-authored with Neil Sipe.
• Invited Speaker. November 14, 2003. “The Challenges in Implementing Results Based Planning” presented at the Integrated Resource Management Conference. Prince George, British Columbia. Paper co-presented with Neil Sipe.
• Invited Speaker. June 3, 2003. “Planning for Construction Aggregate Extraction: Between a Rock and a Hard Place” presented at the Institute of Quarrying Australia General Meeting. Brisbane, Queensland.
• March 5-8, 2003. “Planning for Construction Aggregate Mining in the Rural-Urban Fringe” presented at The Association of American Geographers 99th Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana. Paper co-authored with William Marquardt.
• July 7-13, 2002. “Benchmarking Indicators for Evaluation of Planning” presented at the Fifteenth World Congress of Sociology: The Social World in the 21st Century: Ambivalent Legacies and Rising Challenges. Brisbane, Australia.
• June 2-5, 2002. “Applying Indicators to Land Use Planning” presented at the Ninth International Symposium on Society and Resource Management: Choices and Consequences: Natural Resources and Societal Decision-Making. Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana.
• Invited Speaker. March 18, 2002. “Using Integrated Resource and Environmental Planning as a framework for Decision Support Tools” presented at Workshop on Strategic Landscape Level Decision-Support and Analysis Tools. Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management. Prince George, British Columbia.
• October 28-31, 2001. “Performance Based Planning - A Model for the Future?” presented at the Royal Australian Planning Institute National Congress. Canberra, Australia.
• June 12-15, 2001. “The Challenge of Adding ‘Environment’ to Planning Education” presented at the Planning Institute of British Columbia Annual Conference. Prince George, British Columbia.
• September 9-13, 2000. “Integrated Resource Management for Electric Utility Transmission Rights-of-Way” presented at the Seventh International Symposium on Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-Way Management. Calgary. Paper co-authored with Jill Harriman.