Dr Delwar Akbar

Biography

"I am a research intensive academic at CQUniversity Australia. My research during the last decade has focused predominantly on: (a) decision support system for performance analysis, (b) property economics and (c) regional development. Significant levels of funding support (over 2.0 million dollar) have been received through the Category-1 and industry sources research grants and consultancy over the last 7 years for projects for which I was/is a CI and/or project leader. I am the pioneer in Australia in designing and developing non-linear decision support system in accessibility modelling for basic urban service provision that is capable of measuring the performance of accessibility to the services and providing various planning scenarios. Recently I have integrated economic models (e.g., input-output analysis) with planning models (e.g., location analysis) to estimate boom and bust cycles and its impact on regional property market. Also this is the first time in Australia that I developed a framework that can predict cumulative impacts of resources sectors on housing markets. Over my academic career, I have published 25 journal articles, 10 book chapters, one refereed book, 46 conference papers and about 40 reports for industry and governments. I have been recognised nationally and internationally as one of the most emerging housing and regional development analyst in Australia, who has demonstrated a strong performance record in attracting grants and publishing research results. "

Research Interest

"Applied Economics - Urban and Regional Economics Natural Resources Planning and Management "