Conference

2nd State of Australian Cities National Conference, 30 November - 2 December 2005, Brisbane, Australia

Owning Institution

The State of Australian Cities (SOAC) national conferences have been held biennially since 2003 to support interdisciplinary policy-related urban research. SOAC 2 was hosted by the Urban Research Program at the South Bank campus, Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University.

The principal theme of SOAC 2 was the sustainability and vulnerability of Australian cities. Providing a place of dialogue between leading researchers on the state of Australian cities and where they might be headed, SOAC 2 brought together participants from a wide range of fields, including: academics, researchers, policy makers, private and public sector practitioners, leaders in government, social commentators and the media.

Papers from all past and subsequent SOAC conferences can be found at the State of Australian Cities Conferences Collection on APO.

Conference paper

Basing economy on materiality: An analysis of Sydney's freight flows

2 Dec 2005

2nd State of Australian Cities National Conference, 30 November - 2 December 2005, Brisbane, Australia

This paper is part of a systematic examination by the authors of Sydney’s changing political economy within its largely self-imposed globalisation agenda.

Conference paper

Public policy and planning for sustainability in the urban food system

2 Dec 2005

Rebecca Schiff

2nd State of Australian Cities National Conference, 30 November - 2 December 2005, Brisbane, Australia

To mediate the problems associated with this fragmentation of food policy, several local and regional government departments have created cross-sectoral councils to generate comprehensive, allied solutions to food issues within and surrounding urban areas.

Conference paper

The Redfern-Waterloo Authority: Sydney's continuing use of development corporations as a primary mode of urban governance

2 Dec 2005

Glen Searle

2nd State of Australian Cities National Conference, 30 November - 2 December 2005, Brisbane, Australia

The paper analyses the forces that have led to the NSW government’s creation of another urban development corporation in Sydney, the Redfern-Waterloo Authority.

Conference paper

Neighbourhood inequality - Do small area interactions influence economic outcomes?

2 Dec 2005

Anthea Bill

2nd State of Australian Cities National Conference, 30 November - 2 December 2005, Brisbane, Australia

Over the last 25 years neighbourhood economic outcomes have become increasingly polarised in Australia. The growing spatial dimensions of this inequality have generated discussion about the existence of ‘neighbourhood effects’, localised externalities and other endogenous processes, leading to underinvestment in education, lower levels of job-creation and economic activity, than might be expected in disadvantaged neighbourhoods.

Conference paper

From peri-urban to unknown territory

2 Dec 2005

Anne-Marie Willis

2nd State of Australian Cities National Conference, 30 November - 2 December 2005, Brisbane, Australia

This paper can be characterised as a symptomatic reading of the idea of ‘peri-urban’ and an exploration of the often difficult-to-define transformations it names.