David Ness

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About David Ness

Dr David Ness is Adjunct Professor, UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, with a background in architecture, urban and infrastructure planning, strategic asset management, and sustainability. David conducts research on fair, sufficient, and circular resource use, and was awarded the Arup 2017 Global Research Challenge to adapt the circular economy to the built environment. Within the context of the SDGs, the Paris accord on climate change, and achieving global equity, he examines ways in which wealthier societies may dramatically ‘shrink’ their absolute resource consumption and emissions, while redistributing resources and investment to enable the disadvantaged to improve services, shelter, and infrastructure – thereby striving for global and regional rebalancing and equity. He has advised UN ESCAP and UN Habitat on ‘green growth’ and sustainable, integrated, and inclusive infrastructure. David is Global Chair of Ecological Development Union International (http://edui.club/about-edui/), a not for profit association that seeks to integrate environmental improvements with socio-economic development in China and elsewhere. Recently, he was appointed International Advisor to China's Academic Committee on Responsible Management Education. He has authored over 100 publications, including 'The Impact of Overbuilding on People and the Planet'(2019),'Transforming Rural Communities in China and Beyond’ (2015), and co-edited 'The Green Economy and its Implementation in China'(2011). Please refer to ResearchGate and Google Scholar citations and hl=en