Dr Matthew Rofe

Research Degree Coordinator UniSA Creative

Magill Campus (B1-04)
tel +61 8 830 24497

email Matthew.Rofe@unisa.edu.au

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Research Degree Supervisor

About me

Dr Matthew Rofe is trained as an Urban Geographer. The central theme of his research agenda involves unravelling the complexity of human landscapes and the often conflicting meanings that are attached to place. While the majority of Matthew’s research has been urban based, pertaining to the critiquing of discourses of global city development and the power imbalances embodied both between and within global cities, he has recently commenced applying urban based theories of revitalisation and place making to rural contexts. This approach draws from a wide range of theories addressing issues such as culture, consumption, community, globalisation and localisation. Matthew has also conducted research into residential segregation, gated...

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Research

Research focus

Urban and Regional Planning
Human Geography
Applied Economics
Geography
Multidisciplinary

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Year	Output
2024	Rofe, MW & Ripmeester, M 2024, 'Guest editing journal special issues: triumphs, tribulations and tips to maximise the former and minimise the latter', in I Hay, G Butler & G Szili (eds), How to Edit and Manage a Successful Scholarly Journal: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK, ch. 5, pp. 47-58.
2011	Kellett, J & Rofe, M 2011, 'Urban open space and health: the evidence base', in P Roetman & C Daniels (eds), Creating sustainable communities in a changing world, Crawford House Publishing, Australia, pp. 199-206. Open access
2011	Rofe, M & Winchester, H-M 2011, 'Marketing a sustainable rural Utopia: the evolution of a community festival', in C Gibson & J Connell (eds.), Festival places: revitalising rural Australia, Taylor and Francis, United Kingdom, ch. 12, pp. 194-208.
2011	Rofe, M, Mohamad, D & Marzuki, A 2011, 'The complexities of social sustainability: balancing tradition and change in a UNESCO world heritage site', in P Roetman & C Daniels (eds), Creating sustainable communities in a changing world, Crawford House Publishing, Australia, pp. 95-101. Open access
2010	Lothian, A, Marks, J, Szili, G & Rofe, MW 2010, 'Perceptions of water in the urban landscape', in CB Daniels (ed.), Adelaide: water of a city, Wakefield Press, Adelaide, ch. 19, pp. 396-412.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2023	Dewi, C, Rofe, M, Nichols, J & Izziah, I 2023, 'Heritage and the COVID-19 pandemic: the meaning of visitation', Built Heritage, vol. 7, article no. 11, pp. 1-11. Open access 2 1
2023	Rofe, MW & Ripmeester, M 2023, 'Memorial landscapes and contestation: destabilising artefacts of stability', Landscape Research, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 609-614. 1 1
2023	Rofe, MW 2023, 'Memorial landscapes, recognition, and marginalisation: a critical assessment of Adelaide's 'cultural heart'', Landscape Research, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 632-646. 1 1 1
2021	Rofe, MW & Mogford, M 2021, 'Beyond plans. Beyond design. Atmosphere and the lifeworld of small-street activation in Adelaide, South Australia', Landscape Research, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 36-49. 1
2017	Rofe, M & Cetinich, E 2017, 'A lone light? A critical assessment of the outcomes of the Rundle Convergence Project in Adelaide, South Australia', Journal of Urban Design, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 411-427. 1
2016	Rofe, MW & Woosnam, CL 2016, 'Festivals as a vehicle for place promotion: cars, contestation and the creative city ethos', Landscape Research, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 344-359. 8 4 2
2016	Rofe, MW 2016, 'The city of corpses? Contested urban identity and the stigma of crime in Adelaide, South Australia', Landscape Research, vol. 41, no. 8, pp. 966-979. 2 3
2015	Rofe, MW 2015, 'Memory, management and marketing: heritage tourism as a catalyst for urban transformation', Bhumi, the Planning Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 45-54. Open access
2014	Marzuki, A, Rofe, MW & Hashim, N 2014, 'Disputes on nature-based tourism development in northern peninsular Malaysia', Tourism Analysis, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 525-530. Open access 6
2013	Rofe, MW 2013, 'Considering the limits of rural place making opportunities: rural dystopias and dark tourism', Landscape Research, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 262-272. 20 17
2012	Huibin, X, Marzuki, A, Rofe, M & Razak, AA 2012, 'International tourism in China: the conceptualization of a development pattern model', International Journal of Safety and Security in Tourism and Hospitality, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 1-19.
2011	Rofe, MW & Stein, L 2011, 'Shedding new light on Adelaide? Intersections between urban design projects and city marketing', Journal of Urban Design, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 333-350. 7 6
2009	Rofe, MW & Szili, G 2009, 'Name games 1 : place names as rhetorical devices', Landscape Research, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 361-370. 4 6
2009	Rofe, MW 2009, 'Globalisation, Gentrification and Spatial Hierarchies in and beyond New South Wales: the Local/Global Nexus', Geographical Research, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 292-305. 9 7

Conferences

Year	Output
2019	Liao, P, Gu, N, Brisbin, C & Rofe, M 2019, 'Discovering the spatial properties of Chinese historic towns through mathematical means: an evidence-based approach', 12th Space Syntax Symposium, Beijing Jiaotong University, no. 123 , pp. 1-16. Open access
2019	Liao, P, Gu, N, Brisbin, C, Rofe, M & Soltani, S 2019, 'Computationally mapping spatial properties of Chinese historic towns using space syntax', Intelligent & Informed: 24th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2019), The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), vol. 1, pp. 361-370. Open access 2
2018	Liao, P, Rofe, M, Brisbin, C & Gu, N 2018, 'Towards a new computational approach to conserving the spatial authenticity of historic towns within a heritage tourism framework', in Rogério Amoêda, Sérgio Lira and Cristina Pinheiro (eds.), Heritage 2018: 6th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development, Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development, vol. 2, pp. 1769-1780. Open access
2016	Rofe, M & Maior-Barron, D 2016, ''Remember my friend that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker': on World Heritage, authenticity and 'Dracula' tourism at Sighişoara', in R Amoêda, S Lira & C Pinheiro (eds), Heritage 2016, Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development, vol. 2, pp. 1831-1840.
2014	Butland, RE & Rofe, MW 2014, 'Boutiques hotels and the packaging of 'Asia' for tourist consumption: the spatial and temporal re-imagining of heritage in a cultural World Heritage site', in R Amoeda, S Lira & C Pinheiro (eds), Heritage 2014: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development, Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development, pp. 1223-1230.
2014	Rofe, MW & Karimi, M 2014, 'At home in heritage: an Inquiry into belonging and a sense of place in a World Heritage Site in Isfahan City, Iran', in R Amoeda, S Lira & C Pinheiro (eds), Heritage 2014: Proceedings of the 4th International conference on heritage and sustainable development, Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development, pp. 603-610.
2013	Leditschke, A, Butland, RE & Rofe, MW 2013, 'Understanding the role and expectations of local government planners in the contemporary political environment : a South Australian perspective', in K Ruming, B Randolph & N Gurran (eds), State of Australian Cities (SOAC) National Conference 2013, State of Australian Cities Research Network, pp. 1-10. Open access
2013	Leditschke, AM, Kellett, J, Rofe, MW & Butland, R 2013, 'Expectations and realities: An exploration in teaching planning ethics to university students', in B Norman & H Sinclair (eds), Australia & New Zealand Association of Planning Schools 2013 Conference, ANZAPS, University of Canberra, pp. 21-30. Open access
2012	Chileshe, N, Rofe, MW, Rameezdeen, R, Sivam, A, Weber, D, Karuppannan, S, Ward, J & Butland, R 2012, Proceedings of the 6th International conference and workshop on the built environment in developing countries, Casual Productions, Australia.
2012	Marzuki, A, Masron, T & Rofe, M 2012, 'Analysis on land use changes in Penang Island, Malaysia', in N Chileshe et al. (eds), 6th International Conference and Workshop on the Built Environment in Developing Countries (ICBEDC 2012), ICBEDC, pp. 74-85.
2012	Szili, GE & Rofe, MW 2012, ''Our harbor. .. their dream' Heritage, history and heartache in the redevelopment of the Port Adelaide waterfront, South Australia', in CM da Silva Leme, 15th International Planning History Society Conference, University of Sao Paulo, pp. 1-15. Open access
2010	Rofe, M & Mohamad, D 2010, 'The complexities of built and cultural heritage in George Town, Penang: student perspectives on a UNESCO World Heritage site', in AA Bakar & N Badarulzaman (eds), ICBEDC 2010: International Conference on Built Environment in Developing Countries, Universiti Sains Malaysia, pp. 1895-1906.
2009	Mohamad, D, Hamnett, S & Rofe, MW 2009, 'Telecommuting and travel: a literature review comparision', 13th Conference of the Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia (REAAA) - Future Roads, Safer, Greener and Smarter, REAAA, pp. 1-7.
2009	Szili, G & Rofe, MW 2009, 'The naming game: The politics of place names as tools for urban regenerative practice?', State of Australian Cities Conference, pp. 1-25. Open access

Reports

Year	Output
2016	Andrew, J, Beer, A, Deng, X, Feo, M, Lacey, W, Lowies, B, Parker, D, Rofe, M & Zhu, Y 2016, Ageing in South Australia 2016: insights from the aged care sector, University of South Australia, Australia. Open access 3
2009	Kellett, JE & Rofe, MW 2009, Creating active communities: how can open and public spaces in urban and suburban environments support active living?: a literature review, Institute for Sustainable Systems and Technologies, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia. Open access

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Adelaide City Council	AUSTRALIA
Brock University	CANADA
City of Salisbury	AUSTRALIA
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Syiah Kuala University	INDONESIA
Town of Gawler Council	AUSTRALIA
University of Plymouth	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Sains Malaysia	MALAYSIA
University of Science Malaysia (Malaysia)	MALAYSIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Member Institute of Australian Geographers	2017
Member Australian and New Zealand Association of Planning Schools (ANZAPS)	2017
Member Planning Institute of Australia	2017

Other

Full Member - Barbara Hardy Institute, UniSA

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Design, creativity and zen	Current
Planning a creative city: the role of urban planning policy and practice in the development of creative cities	Current
Responsible Housing: Creating a strategy to facilitate holistic sustainable development in the Australian housing industry	Current
They fell somewhere between myth and memory: how war literature influences Australia's collective remembrance and historical understanding of World War One	Current
A phenomenology of place for Fakulteta: the lived experiences of Bulgarian Roma residents	Completed
E-education: telecommuting potential in a higher education institute in Malaysia	Completed
Entrepreneurial governance and the green imperative: a critique of the environmental (re)scripting of Port Adelaide and Mawson Lakes, South Australia	Completed
Justice for all? The construction and validation of 'justice' in planning	Completed
Spatial and spatio-functional patterns: a syntactical study of four typical historic Chinese towns	Completed

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