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Dr. Shahed Khan
School of Built Environment, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, WA 6102, Australia

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Shahed Khan practiced as an architect and urban planner before joining academia, teaching architecture and urban planning courses in universities in Asia and Australia. At Curtin University, Australia, Shahed served as Head of Department of Planning and Geography, and later as Director International (School of Design and the Built Environment). Currently, Shahed serves as adjunct faculty at Curtin University (Australia) and Centurion University (India). Shahed’s teaching and research promote the pursuit of livable communities and equitable cities through participatory urban planning and design in the Global North as well as the Global South.

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Journal article
Published: 20 June 2021 in Urban Science
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This paper provides an alternative perspective on urban informal settlements by analysing them as places of rural remnants, reservoirs of regional cultural heritage, and spaces entailing traditional sustainable elements that are brought to the urban realm by rural migrants. These socio-cultural and spatial attributes of a settlement converge under the notion of a “place.” Placemaking analysis is thus contended to be appropriate for comprehensive understanding of an informal settlement. The selected case study of France Colony, Islamabad, employs the placemaking methodology framework to investigate sustainability values and practices from the day-to-day living of its inhabitants. Data collected through on-site interviews during transect walks in France Colony are then translated into four maps as a spatio-cultural documentation of the sustainable elements found in the informal settlement. The four maps relate to form and users, activities and amenities, image and characteristics, and access and linkages. This systematic analysis assisted in categorising the sustainability characteristics of the informal settlements according to the three pillars (social, economic, and environmental) of sustainability. The findings show that the organic placemaking, originating from everyday life, values, behaviour, and lifestyle of the informal dwellers, allows for a strong and vibrant resilient community to emerge.

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Ramisa Shafqat; Dora Marinova; Shahed Khan. Placemaking in Informal Settlements: The Case of France Colony, Islamabad, Pakistan. Urban Science 2021, 5, 49 .

AMA Style

Ramisa Shafqat, Dora Marinova, Shahed Khan. Placemaking in Informal Settlements: The Case of France Colony, Islamabad, Pakistan. Urban Science. 2021; 5 (2):49.

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Ramisa Shafqat; Dora Marinova; Shahed Khan. 2021. "Placemaking in Informal Settlements: The Case of France Colony, Islamabad, Pakistan." Urban Science 5, no. 2: 49.

Journal article
Published: 27 October 2020 in Sustainability
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Road safety is an ongoing challenge to sustainable mobility and transportation. The target set by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) suggests reframing the issue with a broader outlook and pragmatic system. Unlike previous road safety strategies and models that favour engineering solutions and legal instruments, there is an increasing need to consider local context and complexities. While such principles have been increasingly featured in higher-level policy frameworks in national or state-level strategies (e.g., Safe System or Vision Zero approach), an effort to translate them into implementable actions for local development areas is absent. To address this gap, this study aims to develop a conceptual framework to examine the nature and extent to which statewide principles are translated into local government policies. We outline a 4C Framework (consisting of clarity, capability, changing context, and community engagement) to evaluate local policy integration in Perth, Western Australia. A five-point indicative scale is applied to evaluate the selected policy instruments against this framework. The results show that only a little over a quarter (27%) demonstrated a highly satisfactory performance in capturing higher-level policy objectives. The low-scoring councils failed to demonstrate the ability to consider future changes and inclusive road design. Councils along the periphery having new residential development showed comparatively greater success in translating overarching strategies. Regional cooperation has been very effective in enabling local agencies to adopt a more sustainable pathway to road safety measures. The criteria proposed within the framework will play a pivotal role in effective policy integration and to achieve more context-sensitive outcomes that are beyond the scope of modern road safety strategies.

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Shariful Malik; Mohammad Swapan; Shahed Khan. Sustainable Mobility through Safer Roads: Translating Road Safety Strategy into Local Context in Western Australia. Sustainability 2020, 12, 8929 .

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Shariful Malik, Mohammad Swapan, Shahed Khan. Sustainable Mobility through Safer Roads: Translating Road Safety Strategy into Local Context in Western Australia. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (21):8929.

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Shariful Malik; Mohammad Swapan; Shahed Khan. 2020. "Sustainable Mobility through Safer Roads: Translating Road Safety Strategy into Local Context in Western Australia." Sustainability 12, no. 21: 8929.

Book review
Published: 27 June 2019 in Urban Policy and Research
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Mohammad Shahidul Hasan Swapan; Shahed Khan. Costs of Sprawl. Urban Policy and Research 2019, 37, 426 -428.

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Mohammad Shahidul Hasan Swapan, Shahed Khan. Costs of Sprawl. Urban Policy and Research. 2019; 37 (3):426-428.

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Mohammad Shahidul Hasan Swapan; Shahed Khan. 2019. "Costs of Sprawl." Urban Policy and Research 37, no. 3: 426-428.

Chapter
Published: 04 May 2019 in E-Democracy for Smart Cities
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This chapter seeks to make a case for regional integration of urban governance at the local government level in Australia. Growing complexity of planning issues and changing community values require governments to constantly look for innovative formats of governance. There is a need to promote models of governance based on collaboration rather than competition between government entities. At the level of local government, collaborative partnerships that are sustainable can be reached between adjoining councils contributing as equals and driven by common values and the need to cooperate for better outcomes. By entering into voluntary agreements in the form of regional organisations of councils, an individual local council could enable itself to rise beyond solving problems regarding provision of services to its rate payers, to additionally take an active role in tackling higher level problems relating to regional development and sustainable development. This chapter describes the role played by regional organisations of councils in Australia in general, referring to a few case studies from Western Australia.

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Shahed Khan; Bhishna Bajracharya. The Changing Role of Regional Organisation of Councils in Australia: Case Studies from Perth Metropolitan Region. E-Democracy for Smart Cities 2019, 93 -116.

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Shahed Khan, Bhishna Bajracharya. The Changing Role of Regional Organisation of Councils in Australia: Case Studies from Perth Metropolitan Region. E-Democracy for Smart Cities. 2019; ():93-116.

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Shahed Khan; Bhishna Bajracharya. 2019. "The Changing Role of Regional Organisation of Councils in Australia: Case Studies from Perth Metropolitan Region." E-Democracy for Smart Cities , no. : 93-116.

Journal article
Published: 01 April 2012 in Space and Polity
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Public transport can be justified as a public good. Its delivery, however, often proves problematic as it relies on significant government subsidies, especially in the context of low-density urban sprawls. Even in cities with extensive and efficient mass transit systems, coverage of local feeder bus services is often limited. ‘Community bus’ initiatives in Japan represent a major decentralisation of public transport service provision, whereby decision-making authority shifts to the local government at the city/ward level. A community bus initiative typically involves innovative and effective partnerships between local government, the local community and private operators. Focusing on the decentralisation of authority to enable city/ward governments to initiate innovation in local public transport plans and services through partnerships with the community, this paper describes community bus initiatives being tried out in Japan. Through a review of recent legislative changes and the literature coupled with a study of various community bus schemes in and around Tokyo, the study seeks to describe the roles assumed by main actors, the means adopted to mobilise community resources and the type and level of services provided by local authorities. The paper attempts to draw out models of governance, community engagement and the operationalisation of public–private and community partnerships in the inception and implementation of local transport solutions as part of local area improvement planning. The paper draws conclusions on the strengths and weaknesses of the evolving model and makes recommendation on improving its effectiveness.

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Shahed Khan; Megumi Khan. Community Bus in Tokyo: Promoting Community Initiative through Decentralisation. Space and Polity 2012, 16, 129 -151.

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Shahed Khan, Megumi Khan. Community Bus in Tokyo: Promoting Community Initiative through Decentralisation. Space and Polity. 2012; 16 (1):129-151.

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Shahed Khan; Megumi Khan. 2012. "Community Bus in Tokyo: Promoting Community Initiative through Decentralisation." Space and Polity 16, no. 1: 129-151.