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Research based on city development and precinct activation including day and night economy.
| Study | Year/s | University/Institution |
| Honeysuckle Precinct Newcastle: Precinct dormancy and proliferation. | 2013-15 | UNSW Built Environment Doctoral Research |
| Palmer Street Precinct Townsville Precinct dormancy and proliferation. | 2013-15 | UNSW Built Environment Doctoral Research |
| Railway Precinct Townsville Precinct dormancy and proliferation. | 2013-15 | UNSW Built Environment Doctoral Research |
| Penrith CBD Strategy: Penrith Progression | 2015-16 | Penrith Business Alliance-Penrith City Council |
| Penrith Dormancy and precinct activation studies | 2017-18 | Western Sydney University School of Business |
| Outer West Dormancy Study Sydney Basin: Workshop 2017 | 2017-18 | Western Sydney University School of Business |
| Campbelltown city dormancy and precinct activation | 2017-18 | Western Sydney University School of Business |
| Camden city dormancy and precinct activation | 2017-18 | Western Sydney University School of Business |
| Wollondilly-Picton city dormancy and precinct activation | 2017-18 | Western Sydney University School of Business |
| Liverpool night precinct and dormancy study with associated internship and workshop | 2018-9 | Western Sydney University School of Business |
| LGA NSW Night Time Economy Council (NTECC) workshop on city precinct activation held at Canterbury Bankstown Council | 2019 | Optimum Search City Research Centre |
| ANZ Night Economy Forum Chairperson and Master Class facilitator with numerous city councils | 2019 | Optimum Search City Research Centre |
| Sydney City Night Owl research initiative studying benchmark night precincts ( stalled due to COVID) | 2019-20 | Optimum Search City Research Centre |
References
Dr Drane Articles
Drane, J 2019 ‘Creating a Night Time Economy: Plan, design or develop?’. Chairman, Workshop Facilitator and Article for ANZ Night Time Economy Forum Sydney from June 12th to 14th, 2019
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/creating-night-time-economy-plan-design-develop-jonathan-drane/
http://claridenglobal.com/conference/nighttime-economy-au/global-speakers/
Drane, J 2019 ‘ANZ NIGHT TIME ECONOMY FORUM EXPLORES ‘THE SLEEPING CITY’’. Chairman, Workshop Facilitator and Article for ANZ Night Time Economy Forum Sydney, June 12th to 14th, 2019
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/anz-night-time-economy-forum-explores-sleeping-city-jonathan-drane/
http://claridenglobal.com/conference/nighttime-economy-au/global-speakers/
Drane, J 2018 ‘Is B4 Mixed Use Zoning a Blunt Instrument or a Catalyst for Change?’Night Time Economy Council Master Class event at Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre held on 20th November 2018, https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/b4-conundrum-mixed-use-zoning-blunt-instrument-catalyst-drane/
Drane, J 2018, ‘Dormancy and the outer west town centres’, Sydney Forum for Architecture and Urban Designers, accessed 3 February 2018, http://www.sydneyforum.org.au/article—dormancy–the-outer-west-by-jonathan-drane-030218.html
Drane, J 2017, ‘Dormancy in two regional cities and its relevance to the growth of Western Sydney’, (The cases of Honeysuckle, Newcastle; Palmer Street, Townsville and Penrith), State of Australian Cities Conference, Adelaide, November 2017.
Drane, J 2015, The Cinderella City; The Honeysuckle Precinct
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cinderella-city-jonathan-drane/
Drane, J 2015, The Outer West of Sydney: The great dividing range.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/outer-west-sydney-great-dividing-range-jonathan-drane/
Drane, J 2013, The City Whisperer: Bringing dormant cityscapes to life.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/city-whisperer-bringing-dormant-cityscapes-life-jonathan-drane/
Drane, J 2015 ;The Seed in the Cityscape: The Property Development Mechanism and its influence on the growth of cities, UNSWorks, Doctoral Thesis. Link to UNSW Library for Published Doctorate
Drane, J 2013, ‘The state of contemporary property development theory’, Proceedings of 19th Annual Pacific-Rim Real Estate Society Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Some Other Readings
Night Time Economy Council Committee (NTECC): Masterclass Guidance Material 2018 which features Dr Drane’s Master Class on Mixed Development .
Download PDF of NTECC Guidance Materials
Global Cities After Dark: Outcome Paper November 2017. City of Sydney
Imagine Sydney: Play Report: Deloitte 2019