Prof David Ness

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Adjunct Professor

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Dr David Ness plans pro-poor infrastructure systems and services, and pursues collaborative multi-discipline applied research. This focuses upon the role of affordable, inclusive and integrated infrastructure systems in supporting equitable service provision, community development and improved social livelihoods. His conceptual models on 'doing more with less, with less material use and less cost' have been published in international arenas. In addition to research on integrated urban and rural systems, he investigates means of keeping resources and products in closed loops through new business approaches such as product-service systems, all seeking to deliver multiple benefits and outputs with fewer resource and other inputs. David is a Research Affiliate in the Australian Centre for Asian Business, UniSA, and leads the Centre's innovation and sustainability research group.