Claire Freeman

Claire Freeman
Alma materLeeds Metropolitan University (PhD)
University of the Witwatersrand (MA)
Rhodes University (BA)
Scientific career
FieldsEnvironmental planning
WorkplacesVictoria University of Wellington

Claire Freeman is a New Zealand urban geography and environmental planning professor.[1]

Education and career

After a PhD at Leeds Metropolitan University, Freeman worked at University of the North West, Leeds Metropolitan University and Massey University before moving to Otago University in 1999, where she was a full professor[1] from 2015[2] to 2023. In 2023, she became a professor at Victoria University of Wellington.[3]

Selected works

  • Mathieu, Renaud, Claire Freeman, and Jagannath Aryal. "Mapping private gardens in urban areas using object-oriented techniques and very high-resolution satellite imagery." Landscape and Urban Planning vol. 81, no. 3 (2007): 179–192.
  • Freeman, Claire. "Local government and emerging models of participation in the Local Agenda 21 process." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management vol. 39, no. 1 (1996): 65–78.
  • Freeman, Claire, and Paul J. Tranter. Children and their urban environment: Changing worlds. Routledge, 2011.
  • Freeman, Claire, and Oliver Buck. "Development of an ecological mapping methodology for urban areas in New Zealand." Landscape and Urban Planning vol. 63, no. 3 (2003): 161–173.

References

  1. 1 2 "Professor Claire Freeman staff profile". University of Otago. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Gibb, John (13 November 2015). "University of Otago appoints 17 professors". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Claire Freeman | About". Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 23 July 2026.