Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta

Damian Collins

Publications

• Collins, D. & Kearns, R. 2008 ‘Uninterrupted views: Real estate advertising and changing perspectives on coastal property in New Zealand.’ Environment & Planning A, 40(12): 2914-2932.
• Bean, C., Kearns, R. & Collins, D. 2008 ‘Exploring social mobilities: Narratives of walking and driving in Auckland, New Zealand.’ Urban Studies, 45(13): 2829-2848.
• Collins, D. & Coleman, T. 2008 ‘Social geographies of schooling: looking within, and beyond, school boundaries.’ Geography Compass, 2(1): 281-299.
• Shantz, B-M., Kearns, R., & Collins, D. 2008 ‘Intolerance for noise and disorder: Questioning the “publicness” of Auckland's lower Queen Street.’ Urban Policy & Research, 26(1): 39-55.
• Collins, D. 2007 ‘Legal sense and geographical context: Court rulings on religious activities in public schools.’ Urban Geography, 28(2): 181-197.
• Laurenson, P. & Collins, D. 2007 ‘Beyond punitive regulation? New Zealand local governments’ responses to homelessness.’ Antipode, 39(4): 649-667.
• Mitchell, H., Kearns, R. & Collins, D. 2007 ‘Nuances of neighbourhood: Children's perceptions of the space between home and school in Auckland, New Zealand.’ Geoforum, 38, 614-627.
• Collins, D. 2006: ‘Culture, religion, and curriculum: Lessons from the “three books” controversy in Surrey, BC.’ The Canadian Geographer, 50(3): 342-357.
• Collins, D., Kearns, R. & Mitchell, H. 2006: ‘“An integral part of the children’s education”: Placing sun protection in Auckland primary schools.’ Health and Place, 12(4): 436-448.
• Kearns, R. & Collins, D. 2006: ‘“On the rocks?” New Zealand’s coastal bach landscape and the case of Rangitoto Island.’ New Zealand Geographer, 62(3): 228-236.
• Laurenson, P. & Collins, D. 2006: ‘Towards inclusion: Local government, public space & homelessness in New Zealand’ New Zealand Geographer, 62(3): 185-195.
• Collins, D.& Kearns, R. 2005: ‘Geographies of inequality: Child pedestrian injury and walking school buses in Auckland, New Zealand.’ Social Science & Medicine, 60(1): 61-69.
• Kearns, R. & Collins, D. 2003: ‘Crossing roads, crossing boundaries: Autonomy, authority and risk in a child pedestrian safety initiative.’ Space and Polity,7(2): 193-212.
• Kearns, R., Collins, D. & Neuwelt, P. 2003: ‘The walking school bus: Extending children’s geographies?’ Area, 35(3): 285-292.

Research interests

• Urban geography (housing, transport, land use change, schooling)
• Health geography (health promotion, active travel, children’s health)
• Political geography (property, public policy)

Research opportunities

I would welcome expressions of interest for graduate study from suitably-qualified students, especially in the following areas:

• Health promotion (particularly tobacco control, housing & health)
• Urban transport (particularly political & social dimensions)
• Urban/suburban development (particularly in sensitive natural landscapes)