Edgar Liu
Email: edgar.liu@unsw.edu.au
Institution/Organisation: City Futures Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Position: Senior Research Fellow
Biographical Information: Edgar is a Senior Research Fellow at the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture's City Futures Research Centre (0.4FTE). He first joined City Futures in April 2009 soon after completing his PhD in cultural geography (also at the University of New South Wales). His research primarily focuses on assessing the effectiveness of public housing estate regeneration in Australia; multigenerational family housing; ageing in place; and concepts of community and place. Since July 2021, Edgar is also a Senior Research Fellow (0.6 FTE) at the Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research's Healthy Urban Environments Collaboratory, a partnership between UNSW, UTS, WSU and two NSW Health Local Health Districts.
Authored/ Co-authored Research
Title: Diversity and participation in private apartment buildings: a review of the literature
Published: Liu, E., Easthope, H. Ho, C. & Buckle, C. (2018) ‘Diversity and participation in private apartment buildings: a review of the literature’, Geographical Research, DOI:10.1111/1745-5871.12282
This paper has been peer reviewed
Author/Co-authors: Edgar Liu, Hazel Easthope, Caitlin Buckle, Christina Ho
Keywords: Community, Culture, Governance, Liveability,
Summary:
Contemporary urban life has been shaped by two momentous shifts over the twentieth century: increasing global mobility and increasing housing density. Arguably, because global mobility is now so pronounced, engagement and civility require that people are respectfully observant of ethno‐diversity. Yet our review of the existing literature on multicultural encounters and participation in multi‐owned private apartment buildings suggests the need for more research on the intersections among global mobility, housing density, and apartment living. This paper begins to bridge this gap.
Title: My Place Green Square Community Survey 2020
Published: Easthope, H., Liu, E. & Thompson, S. (2020) My Place Community Survey: Green Square, Sydney: City Futures Research Centre
Funders: City of Sydney
Author/Co-authors: Hazel Easthope, Edgar Liu, Sian Thompson
Keywords: Community, Development, Liveability, Planning, Policy, Quantitative research/statistics,
Summary:
Urban renewal in brownfield areas is an important component of broader compact city policies in place in Sydney, around Australia, and elsewhere in the world. Local and state governments have an interest in understanding how well urban renewal areas are performing, including the satisfaction of residents and workers with these areas. This report presents the results of a community survey of residents and workers in the Green Square Urban Renewal Area in Sydney, covering social cohesion, social interaction, community development, wellbeing, place attachment, preferences and future plans.
Title: My Place Ashmore Community Survey 2020
Published: Easthope, H., Liu, E. & Thompson, S. (2020) My Place Community Survey: Ashmore, Sydney: City Futures Research Centre
Funders: City of Sydney
Author/Co-authors: Hazel Easthope, Edgar Liu, Sian Thompson
Keywords: Community, Development, Liveability, Planning, Policy, Quantitative research/statistics,
Summary:
Urban renewal in brownfield areas is an important component of broader compact city policies in place in Sydney, around Australia, and elsewhere in the world. Local and state governments have an interest in understanding how well urban renewal areas are performing, including the satisfaction of residents and workers with these areas. This report presents the results of a community survey of residents and workers in the Ashmore Estate Urban Renewal Area in Sydney, covering social cohesion, social interaction, community development, wellbeing, place attachment, preferences and future plans.
Title: My Place Green Square Community Survey 2023
Author/Co-authors: Hazel Easthope, Edgar Liu, Sophie-May Kerr, Yunzheng Zhang
Keywords: Community, Development, Liveability, Planning, Policy,
Summary:
Urban renewal in brownfield areas is an important component of broader compact city policies in place in Sydney, around Australia, and elsewhere in the world. Local and state governments have an interest in understanding how well urban renewal areas are performing, including the satisfaction of residents and workers with these areas. This report presents the results of the 2023 community survey of residents and workers in the Green Square Urban Renewal Area in Sydney, covering social cohesion, social interaction, community development, wellbeing, place attachment, preferences and future plans.
Title: My Place Ashmore Community Survey 2023
Author/Co-authors: Hazel Easthope, Edgar Liu, Sophie-May Kerr, Yunzheng Zhang
Keywords: Community, Development, Liveability, Planning, Policy,
Summary:
Urban renewal in brownfield areas is an important component of broader compact city policies in Sydney, around Australia, and elsewhere in the world. Local and state governments have an interest in understanding how well urban renewal areas are performing, including the satisfaction of residents and workers with these areas. This report presents the results of the 2023 community survey of residents and workers in the Ashmore Estate Urban Renewal Area in Sydney, covering social cohesion, social interaction, community development, wellbeing, place attachment, preferences and future plans.