Illustrations of fields of work

Social Planning

- Social infrastructure planning
- Social impact assessment
- Housing Policy
- Healthy communities
- Recreation planning

Urban and Regional Planning

- Statutory planning advice
- Expert evidence in Environment Resources and Development Court
- Strategic planning
- Growth area planning
- Sustainable land division
- Centres planning
- Transit Oriented Developments (TODs)

Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED)

- Training
- Policy
- Site assessments
- Urban form and safety

Sustainable Urban Design

- Training
- Management of teams
- Master plans
- Urban design guidelines

Environment and Planning

- Natural resources management (NRM) and land use
- Ecologically sustainable planning and design
- Social aspects of NRM

Training

- CPTED
- Urban Design
- Housing Needs Assessment
- Social Impact Assessment


Publications

Social Planning

 

Bell W & Jones A, 2008, Social Impact Assessment (SIA) for Victorian Local Governments, a training and Resource Kit.

Bell W & Jones A, 2005, Social Impact Assessment (SIA) for South Australian Local Governments, a training and Resource Kit.

Bell W, 1998, The Role of Local Government in Housing for the Aged’, Meeting of SA Division of Institute of Gerontologists, Adelaide, 1988.

Bell W, 1997, Housing: Changes and Choices, Paper presented to Seminar run by Office of Housing, Adelaide, December, 1997.

Bell W, 1996, Stretching the limits: social planning in the real world, ACT division of RAPI, Alison Burton Memorial Lecture, August, 1996.

Bell W, 1995, contributor to Making a Difference: Celebrating the Diversity of Women’s Contribution to Planning, A Report on ideas expressed at a Conference in Adelaide on 8 November 1994, World Town Planning Day, in the Year of the Centenary of Women’s Suffrage in South Australia, editor Donna Ferretti, The Planning Education Foundation of South Australia.

Bell W, 1995, Social Trends and Community Development – It’s all about People, Paper presented at a conference in Perth on 2 March 1995 ‘Where will Western Australians live and work in the 21st Century’.

 

Bell W & Jones A, 1994, Social Impact Assessment (SIA) for Queensland Local Governments, a training and Resource Kit, for the Local Government Association of Queensland and the Department of Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs, 1994.

Bell W, 1988, Social Planning Perspective on Residential Road Design & Planning, presentation to SA Institute of Surveyors, Adelaide, June 1988.

Bell W, 1988, Human Services Planning, presentation at Winter Planning Seminar, SA LGPA and RAPI in association with SA ELA., Adelaide, July 1988.

Bell W, 1988, Human Services Planning Kit, for the South Australian Urban Land Trust, 1988.

Bell W, 1988, Seaford Social and Human Services Planning Study, For the South Australian Urban Land Trust, The Corporation of the City of Noarlunga and the South Australian Housing Trust, April 1988.

Bell W, 1988, South Australian Urban Land Trust Human Services Planning Kit, A manual for human services and land use planners, local authorities and community organisations, jointly prepared by the Community Planning Branch of the South Australian Urban Land Trust, Wendy Bell and Jan Martin, Loder and Bayly, 1988.

Bell W, 1987, A Social and Community Impact Evaluation of a Range of Future Development Options for Metropolitan Adelaide, Australian Planner, Volume 25 No.4, December, 1987.

Bell W, 1987, A Social Perspective on Transport Planning, a presentation to Workshop on Future Transport Strategy, Department of Transport, Adelaide, 1987.

Bell W, 1987, A Social and Community Impact Evaluation of a Range of Future Development Options for Metropolitan Adelaide, Adelaide Seminar ‑ Planning for Impacts, Royal Australian Chemical Institute SA Branch, Environmental Science Group, June, 1987.

Bell W, 1987, The SA Planning System, a Role for Human Services Planners, Orientation Seminar for Community Workers, SAULT, Adelaide, 1987.

Bell W, 1987, Recreation Planning in Unley, Presentation to Seminar on Recreation Planning in Local Government, organised by the SA Division of The Royal Australian Institute of Parks and Recreation, Adelaide, 1987.

Urban and Regional Planning

 

Bell W, 1998, Basic Skills in Land‑Use Planning, organisation of and presentation to Human Services Planners, for SAULT, June, Munno Para, 1988.

 

Bell W, 1998, Some thoughts on whether the established planning systems are democratic, whether people and social groups are excluded from , or undervalued by our planning systems and how the profession should respond to the new vision of democracy in public policy that are emerging from feminists and other cultural critics, paper presented to planning conference.

 

Bell W, 1988, Basic Skills in Land‑Use Planning, organisation of and presentation to Human Services Planners, for SAULT, March, Noarlunga, 1988.

Bell W, 1996, New Visions of Democracy – Renewing of Australian Planning, presentation to seminar in the ACT 1996.

Bell W, 1996, Practical wisdom of planning: how are we going to hang in there for the long haul? Presented at the Alison Burton Memorial Lecture, Canberra, 26 August 1996.

 

Bell W, 1994, A Contribution to Planning, Paper prepared for the Planning Education Foundation Conference in Adelaide, November 1994, ‘Do Women Planners Make a Difference?’

Bell W, 1986, Towards a Collaborative Approach to Planning, Paper for World Planning Congress, Adelaide, 1986.

 

Bell W, 1986, Women and Planning, RAPI Journal.

 

Bell W, 1978, Recreation Planning in Albury‑Wodonga, Conference of Victoria Municipal Recreation Offices, Phillip Island, 1978.

Crime Prevention (CTPED)

Bell W, 1998 – ongoing, CPTED Training kits for South Australian local governments.

Bell W, 2000 – ongoing, CPTED Training kits for Victorian local governments.

Bell W, 2002 – ongoing, CPTED Training kits for New Zealand local governments. 

Bell, W 2002, Safer by Design, Paper presented at the Australian Institute of Building Surveyors National Conference – 12 and 13 August 2002, Sydney.

Bell W, 2001, Local Government Experience of CPTED in Australia: The requirement for training, Paper presented at a CPTED Conference in Brisbane 2001.

Bell W, 1998, Environmental Design and Town Planning, Paper presented at the Crime Prevention and Community Safety Seminar Bardon Conference Centre 3 July 1998.

Bell W, 1998, Women and Community Safety, Paper presented at the Conference on Safer Communities: Directions in Urban Planning Australian Institute of Criminology in conjunction with Victorian Council against Violence.

Bell W, 1998, Women and Community Safety, Paper presented at a conference of the Safe Women Project: Information and Training Program.

Bell W, 1997, The Role of Urban Design and Planning in Crime Prevention, Paper for the Conference on Preventing Adult Rape and Sexual Assault hosted by Yarrow Place Rape and Sexual Assault Services and Sexual Assault Section SAPOL 1 – 2 December 1997.

Bell W, 1996, Crime Prevention – An Holistic Approach, Paper at Newcastle City Council Public Safety Committee.

Bell W, 1995, Violent Cities and Peaceful Spaces, A paper presented to a Conference of the Australian Democrats,

 

Bell W, 1994, Crime Prevention and Urban Design, Paper prepared for the Women and Planning Conference, Melbourne 1994, and subsequently published in the Journal ‘Urban Futures’.

Bell W, 1994, Crime Prevention and Urban Design, Paper prepared for the Malls Conference, Melbourne 1994.

Bell W, 1993, Safety in Malls and Shopping Streets – More than an Urban Design Issue, Paper presented at the Seventh International Malls Conference Melbourne 21-24 September 1993.

Bell W, 1993, Crime Prevention at Aldersgate Village – An Urban Design and Community Development Approach, prepared by Wendy Bell Planning Consultant and Cheesman Architects and Cathy Davis, 1993.

Bell W, 1993, Urban Design and Crime Prevention, Paper delivered at a Conference on Crime and Older People, 22-25 February 1993, Adelaide, by Australian Institute of Criminology.

Bell W, 1992, Crime Prevention a Planning and Urban Design Approach, prepared by Wendy Bell Planning Consultant for the Crime Prevention Unit, South Australian Attorney General’s Department and Urban Design Working Group of the Coalition Against Crime, 1992.

 

Bell W, 1992, Urban Design and Crime Prevention, Paper delivered at a Conference on Crime Prevention by the Institute of Criminology in Melbourne, National Overview on Crime Prevention, June 1992.

Bell W, 1992, Urban Design and Crime Prevention, Paper delivered at a Conference of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors and Department of Planning and Housing to launch Vic Code, March 1992.

 

Sustainable Urban Design

Bell W, 2005, Progressing Process in Urban Design, Urban Policy and Research, Vol. 23. No. 3, September 2005.  Routledge Tayor and Francis Group.

Bell W, 2004, Implementing Good Urban Design – organisational change, in Urban Design Forum Issue No 68 December 2004.

Bell W, 1999, Healthy Planning needs of the Ageing, Paper for Conference by Commonwealth Office of the Ageing.

Bell W, 1988, (ed.) Housing for the Ageing, Planning and Design Guidelines for the Office of the Commissioner on the Ageing, 1988.

 

 

Environment and Planning

 

Bell W, 2009, Changing Climate – Changing Laws Where does Climate Change Fit into Planning Schemes? Paper at Seminar by Environmental Defenders Office (SA) Inc, 25 June 2009.

Bell W, 2009, The Link between Land Use Planning and Natural Resources Management, Presentation at the NRM Planners Network Inaugural Forum – 9 November 2009.