Dr Marita Basson

Fields of Research (FoR)

• Engineering not elsewhere classified ( 099999 )
  

• Urban and Regional Planning not elsewhere classified ( 120599 )
  

Research interests
Regional governance
Resource regions
Regional leadership
Sense of place and place attachment

Professional memberships
Full member of the Planning Institute of Australia

USQ Research affiliations

• Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)
  

Currently teaching courses/programs
URP1001 Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning
URP2001 Planning Structures and Statutory Planning
URP2002 Local Government Planning Practice and Technology
URP3200 Regional Planning
URP3201 Sustainable Urban Design and Development
URP4001 Movement Network Planning
URP4002 Urban and Regional Planning Theory
GPL2901 GIS/Planning Practice 1
GPL3902 GIS/Planning Practice 2
ENG4111/4112 Research Project Part 1 and 2
SVY2902 Surveying and Spatial Science Practice 2
ENG2201 Land Studies

Teaching experience(Tertiary)
12 Years

Teaching experience(Other)
10 Years

Administrative responsibilities
School Coordinator, Learning and Teaching (School of Civil Engineering and Surveying)
Program Coordinator (Urban and Regional Planning)

Research most recent
Basson, Marita and van Rensburg, Henriette and Cuthill, Michael and Erdiaw-Kwasie, Michael O. (2018) Is regional government-governance nexus delivering on social sustainability promises? Empirical evidence from Moranbah in Australia. Local Government Studies, 44 (6). pp. 826-847. ISSN 0300-3930

Erdiaw-Kwasie, Michael Odei and Basson, Marita (2017) Reimaging socio-spatial planning: towards a synthesis between sense of place and social sustainability approaches. Planning Theory. pp. 1-19. ISSN 1473-0952

Basson, Margaretha Isabella (2016) Exploring the social outcomes of the government-regional governance nexus in resources: a case study of Moranbah, Queensland. [Thesis (PhD/Research)]

Redmond, Petrea and Devine, Jo and Basson, Marita (2014) Exploring discipline differentiation in online discussion participation. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 30 (2). pp. 122-135.

Research most notable
Erdiaw-Kwasie, Michael Odei and Basson, Marita (2017) Reimaging socio-spatial planning: towards a synthesis between sense of place and social sustainability approaches. Planning Theory. pp. 1-19. ISSN 1473-0952

Publications in ePrints

Lawrence, Jill and Brown, Alice and Redmond, Petrea and Basson, Marita (2019) Engaging the disengaged: exploring the use of course specific learning analytics and nudging to enhance online student engagement. Student Success, 10 (2 (SI)). pp. 47-58.

Hammer, Sara and Ayriss, Peter and Basson, Marita and Batorowicz, Beata and Devine, Jo and Forbes, Melissa and Kist, Alexander and McCredie, Tessa and McCubbin, Amanda and Wade, Bill (2019) Integrating connectedness learning into institutional program review processes in an Australian regional university. In: Higher education and the future of graduate employability: a connectedness learning approach. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 209-229. ISBN 978-1-78897-260-4

Abutaleb, Ayman and McDougall, Kevin and Basson, Marita and Hassan, Rumman and Mahmood, Nateque (2019) Towards a Conceptual Framework for Understanding the Attractiveness of Rail Transit-Oriented Shopping Mall Developments (TOSMDs). Urban Rail Transit , 5 (4). pp. 225-239. ISSN 2199-6687

Basson, Marita and van Rensburg, Henriette and Cuthill, Michael and Erdiaw-Kwasie, Michael O. (2018) Is regional government-governance nexus delivering on social sustainability promises? Empirical evidence from Moranbah in Australia. Local Government Studies. pp. 1-22. ISSN 0300-3930

Basson, Marita and van Rensburg, Henriette and Cuthill, Michael and Erdiaw-Kwasie, Michael O. (2018) Is regional government-governance nexus delivering on social sustainability promises? Empirical evidence from Moranbah in Australia. Local Government Studies, 44 (6). pp. 826-847. ISSN 0300-3930

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Approved research supervisor in the area of:

• Urban and Regional Planning not elsewhere classified ( 120599 )
  

Research topics

• Measuring the Effectiveness of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) in South-East Queensland (SEQ)