Jason Harrison

Supervisors: Susan Thompson, Simon Pinnegar

My research examines how equitable the built environment is for people with a disability. In doing so, it situates active transport within the broader framework of healthy built environments and as part of the public transport journey chain, through the lens of inclusivity and accessibility for all. The thesis considers, through a mixed-methods methodology, how people with disabilities are often excluded from the positive health outcomes and benefits that a walkable, liveable neighbourhood provides.

My academic background includes undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in History and Classics (South Africa), postgraduate degrees in Theology (UK), as well as in Applied Linguistics, and Cognitive Linguistics (UK).

Following completion of the Master of City Planning degree at UNSW in 2017, I have worked as a sessional academic on a range of courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including Planning Techniques, Strategic Spatial Planning, Healthy Planning, Equitable Cities, and Healthy Built Environments. I also spent time in the public sector, working as a Strategic Planner at the City of Sydney.

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Thesis title: Is healthy planning equitable? How health supportive is the public realm for people with a disability?

Crommelin, L, Denham, T, Troy, L, Harrison, J, Gilbert, H, Dühr, S and Pinnegar, S (2022) Understanding the lived experience and benefits of regional cities, AHURI Final Report No. 377
Harrison, J (2020) A healthy city: is walkability inclusive? 8th UNSW Arts & Social Sciences Postgraduate Conference, UNSW, Sydney, 16 & 17 September 2020
Harrison, J and Thompson, S (2018) Making the healthy city equitable: a case study of walkability and wayfinding for the visually impaired. ANZAPS Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand, 1-3 November 2018