Career Summary
Biography
After working as student town planner in Wyong Council in 1978, he returned to the council in 1981 as graduate town planner. He worked in various positions requiring the assessment of a diversity of development applications for residential, industrial and commercial developments, preparation and coordination of strategic land use planning projects and finally the management of Development and Building Assessment Staff. He received a commendation in the NSW state government’s Simpson Inquiry into development contributions for his knowledge and expertise in this area.
In 1994, Garry joined Andrews Neil on the Central Coast and helped to grow the firm from five staff to more than 40 including architects, planners, landscape architects and ecologists. The multi-disciplinary structure allowed both public and private sector clients to benefit from an integrated approach to land development. Projects along the eastern seaboard from South East Queensland to Victoria, South Australia, ACT and across NSW (including the regional areas of Wentworth, Orange and Dubbo) including Landcom, Devine Homes, Terrace Tower Group, Roche Group, Australand and Stocklands. AN successfully completed a wide variety of projects for the Local Government Authorities. As a Director and part owner Garry was responsible for a variety of development and planning projects in addition to the functions associated with running a large organisation.
In 2009, Garry applied his broad experience to a new role as Principal Planner and sole practitioner for Sunrise Town Planning Pty Ltd, based at Brunkerville. He has provided pro-bono assistance the local Kurri Kurri Business Chamber in conjunction with Peter Williams and FBE students to develop strategies to respond to the proposed Hunter Expressway and other growth issues in the region.
As a result of his community involvement with the Hunter Wine Country Tourism Board, Garry worked with Associate Professor Kevin Lyons from the University of Newcastle School of Business and Law to facilitate tourism strategies. In 2012, this working relationship resulted in the part-time commencement of a doctoral research program to explore the decision making process undertaken by local government town planner, in the context of a rule uncertainty, for a specific temporary land use for the purposes of events, in the Hunter region of NSW.
Keywords
- Bureaucracy
- Cultural Historical Activity Theory
- Red Tape
- Temporary land uses
- events
- festivals
Awards
Prize
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
UON Postgraduate Student of the Year 2018 The University of Newcastle, Post Graduate Student Association |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Conference (1 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | O'Dell G, '8TH STATE OF AUSTRALIAN CITIES NATIONAL CONFERENCE', Bureaucracy, red tape and my rules: event regulation in the NSW Hunter Valley, Adelaide (2018) |
Research Projects
The Tourism Sharing Economy ISSUES, IMPACTS, AND REGULATORY RESPONSES 2015 - 2016
This report considers the impacts of the sharing economy, both positive and negative, through an examination of economic, social, geographic and sector variable issues, relevant to the NSW tourism industry. The report also examines the historical context of the sharing economy in order to explain the growth and development of this new economic model. Academic literature on the sharing economy has been reviewed and relevant arguments from the literature are included in the report. The report also examines the regulatory responses to the sharing economy. The approach taken here is not to identify one answer, or even a preferred option that can or should be applied across the NSW tourism industry. Consensus is not a realistic outcome at this stage. As this report demonstrates, there is not enough known about how the sharing economy impacts and is reshaping the tourism industry to conclusively identify one solution that is robust enough to address all contexts in which the sharing economy is emerging.
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Mr Garry O'Dell
Contact Details
| garry.odell@uon.edu.au | |
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