Prof Nicholas Phelps
Chair in Urban Planning
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
227 Scholarly works
3 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2026
Journal article
Industry agglomeration as a geohistorical process of (mis)alignment: Illustrations from Surakarta, Indonesia
DOI: 10.1016/j.peg.2026.1000642026
Journal article
England’s dreaming? Corridor strategic spatial planning imaginaries, 1965–present
DOI: 10.1177/096977642513617662025
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The (re)enchantment of suburbia: Mediation of the production and consumption of Melbourne’s outer suburbs
DOI: 10.1177/004209802412930422025
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114 billboards in the City of Wyndham: selling the contemporary Australian suburban housing dream
DOI: 10.1080/19491247.2024.24382472023
Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)
Beyond the Resource Curse: Redistribution and Resource-Led Development
2021
Research Grant
Peripheral Centralities
2020
Internal Research Grant
The New Silk Road as ‘Beltscapes’: Duisburg, Darwin and the Cities in Between
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2026
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Secondary city regionalism: China's cross boundary development projects
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2026.1067952026
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The uneven power of the platform: Variations in E-commerce entrepreneurial behaviours in urban, suburban, and rural contexts
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.1067002026
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The abandoned, the depressed, and the sacrificed: stretching the terms of the economic geographical debate on left-behind places
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbaf0572026
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The Fourth Italy: a contemporary account of the Italian economic geography
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbaf0322026
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Place, proximity and platform: The settlement system geography of Taobao village formation in China, 2014–2020
DOI: 10.1177/004209802513631182026
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Art for art’s sake? Artists as partners in urban regeneration
DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2024.23909022025
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Wind of change: shifting narratives on China's Belt and Road Initiative in Duisburg and Germany
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rsaf0062025
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Book of illusions? Theo Crosby’s How to Play the Environment Game in retrospect
DOI: 10.1017/s1359135525101309