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Email

pafkae@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Senior Lecturer Urban Planning & Urban Design
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Masters (Coursework & Research)
Bauhaus-Universitat Weimar
Postgraduate Diploma
'Politehnica' University of Timisoara
ORCID

0000-0001-5095-4206

Dr Elek Pafka

Senior Lecturer Urban Planning & Urban Design
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning

38 Scholarly works
0 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Walkability: From Spatial Analytics to Urban Coding and Actual Walking
    DOI: 10.17645/up.10736
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Urban block enclosure and labyrinthineness: measuring morphological attributes that matter
    DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2025.2486043
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Multi-scalar urban densities: from the metropolitan to the street level
    DOI: 10.1057/s41289-020-00112-y
  • 2019

    Journal article

    AwaP-IC—An Open-Source GIS Tool for Measuring Walkable Access
    DOI: 10.3390/urbansci3020048
  • 2017

    Book Chapter

    Streetlife Rhythms
    DOI: 10.4324/9781315309163-5
  • 2017

    Journal article

    Permeability and interface catchment: measuring and mapping walkable access
    DOI: 10.1080/17549175.2016.1220413
  • 2013

    Conference Proceedings

    Nothing Gained by Only Counting Dwellings Per Hectare: A Hundred Years of Confusing Urban Densities
    DOI: 10.25916/k98a-xf10
Elek Pafka

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2016
John Grice Prize for Best Research Thesis in Architecture Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
2014
Dean's Prize for Published Postgraduate Research – First Prize for 2013 MSD
2011
Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Department of Education and Training

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2024

    Book Chapter

    Enquiry by mapping: Understanding urban assemblages and morphological capacities
    DOI: 10.4337/9781800373471.00008
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Capturing spatial inequalities: an analysis of walkable access to open spaces in Lima
    DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2023.2222097
  • 2023

    Book Chapter

    Modelling, mapping and measuring urban densities
    DOI: 10.4324/9781003168621-51
  • 2023

    Journal article

    “Density Done Well” in the Pursuit of 20-Minute Neighbourhoods: Navigating Fluid Discourses in Melbourne
    DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2023.2198550
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Understanding informal functional mix: morphogenic mapping of Old Dhaka
    DOI: 10.1080/17549175.2021.1979085
  • 2023

    Book

    Atlas of Informal Settlement: Understanding Self-Organized Urban Design
    DOI: 10.5040/9781350295070
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Extremes of mixed-use architecture: a spatial analysis of vertical functional mix in Dhaka
    DOI: 10.1186/s40410-022-00177-y

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