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ANZAPS

The Australian and New Zealand Association of Planning Schools

2008 Conference - Sydney September 26-28 September

 Notes of the 2007 ANZAPS Conference, Otago University, September 2007.

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What is ANZAPS?

ANZAPS is a network of planning educators covering New Zealand and Australia. It serves as a forum for the exchange of information between academics and planning programs in the two countries. 

ANZAPS exists to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas about planning education between planning educators.  This includes teaching skills and techniques, research into planning education, and discussion on key content issues.

ANZAPS is also the primary "contact point" between the professional institutions and the planning education sector in New Zealand and Australian universities. ANZAPS operates independently of the Planning Institutes, but works cooperatively with the Institutes on matters concerning planning education. In addition, ANZAPS seeks to maintain and develop links with international planning schools and associations including through its membership of GPEAN, the Global Planning Education Association Network. 

ANZAPS has both individual and planning program membership. Individual members of ANZAPS are drawn largely from planning programs accredited by PIA , the Planning Institute of Australia  and the NZPI, the  New Zealand Planning Institute. ANZAPS also welcomes academics from non-accredited and related programs, as well as people with an interest in planning education who are not directly involved in the field. All accredited programs in Australia and New Zealand are also members of ANZAPS, and non-accredited programs that teach planning are also welcome.

ANZAPS provides a "voice" for planning academics and planning programs in responding to the institutes, or advocating positions regarding planning education to government and other organisations.

How does ANZAPS work?

ANZAPS has an annual conference, usually three days in duration, hosted by one of the planning programs. (See Where does ANZAPS meet? below).

Between conferences, ANZAPS works mainly through its e-mail list server RePlan and also through topic-related Blogs which are the primary means of ongoing information exchange between members.  RePlan is primarily used for information dissemination, including advertising conferences, seminars, publications and other matters of general interest to the planning education community. The Blogs are the main forum for debates. (This is not a hard and fast distinction, as RePlan also provides a forum for debates). Debates are often lively and cover a wider range of planning related issues.

ANZAPS does not have a formal executive, as it operates as a network organisation. Decisions made by ANZAPS are made by consensus amongst members at the annual conference or via electronic communication. Matters requiring attention between meetings are discussed on online, usually initiated by the Convenor (Chair), or a person delegated by the Convenor (usually whoever has a strong interest!).  The Convenor is nominated by the School  holding the next conference, and represents the views of ANZAPS as needed.

When does ANZAPS meet? - The Annual Conference

Who can join ANZAPS?

ANZAPS membership is open to any person with an interest in planning education and any program that teaches planning within Australia and New Zealand.  There are no membership charges or fees and no formal membership application.  You join ANZAPS by joining the e-mail list server RePlan (follow this link) which is hosted by the University of Technology Sydney on behalf of the Association.

How do I contact ANZAPS?

Contacting all members

Annual Conference 

General Correspondence and Inter-association matters

World Planning Schools Congress (ANZAPS member)

ANZAPS Editorial Board

Contacting all ANZAPS Members:

ANZAPS is a network rather than an organisation.  You can contact the entire ANZAPS membership through RePlan by sending an e-mail to replan@listserv.uts.edu.au  

Convenor:

The Convenor (Chair) of ANZAPS is usually the program chair of the host organistation of the Conference. The Conference hosting is shared between  four Sydney programs for 2008. The current Convenor is:  

Professor Peter Phibbs
Urban Research Centre
University of Western Sydney
Locked Bag 1797
Penrith South DC NSW 1797
Ph: +61 2 8833 5902
Fax: +61 2 9891 5899
E-mail:p.phibbs @uws.edu.au (NB remove blank space)
http://www.uws.edu.au/rurban


General Correspondence and inter-Association information:

Correspondence for ANZAPS and information relating to or from other associations should be directed to the ANZAPS Representative on the Coordinating Committee for the Global Planning Education Association Network, GPEAN:

Professor Ali Memon
Environmental Management Group
Environment, Society and Design Division
Lincoln University
Lincoln 7647
NEW ZEALAND
Ph: +64 3 325 3868
Fax: +64 3 325 3845
E-mail:memona @lincoln.ac.nz (NB remove blank space)
http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/esdd

Strong preference is given to emailed information and communications as distribution of print material across the network is difficult.

World Planning Schools Congress:

For all correspondence and information concerning the third World Congress of Planning Schools, to be held in July 2006 in Mexico, contact the ANZAPS representative on the Conference Committee:

Dr Johanna ROSIER,
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
University of the Sunshine Coast
Maroochydore DC QLD 4558
Telephone +61 7 54594877
Fax +61 7 54302883
JRosier @usc.edu.au(NB remove blank space)

Links

Resources

Conference Papers

Papers from ANZAPS 2007
(No papers are available for 2003-2006)
Papers from ANZAPS 2002
Papers from ANZAPS 2001
Papers from ANZAPS 2000

Other Resources

Draft Guidelines for addressing Diversity in the Classroom 

Contacts

(Note: A future version of this page will include a self-registering database for academics who wish to circulate their contact details through this site)

 

For comment and review

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Current Documents

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Past Documents

(c) ANZAPS 2007.  This page created and maintained by Angus Witherby, University of New England. Last update: 18 October 2007.

This site is sponsored for the 2007-2008 year by the Urban Research Centre, University of Western Sydney, whose support is greatly appreciated