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

Socio-economic disadvantage in post-Fordist cities

2 Dec 2005

Scott Baum

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

The analysis presented in this paper sets up a typology of advantage and disadvantage across Australia’s extended metropolitan regions and considers the way in which the broad patterns developed can be used to inform a greater understanding of disadvantage within Australian cities.

Conference paper

Lakeside living: commodifying community in a master planned estate

2 Dec 2005

Ted Rosenblatt

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

This paper considers the implications of developers wishing to foster the formation of community and presents the proposition that one aspect of this involves the 'commodification of community'.

Conference paper

Sydney's water supply and the press

2 Dec 2005

Sue Haertsch

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

The paper considers the how the water issue has been handled by the press in terms of framing, sensationalism, use of language and examples of press campaigning.

Conference paper

City economy rapporteur report

2 Dec 2005

Pauline McGuirk

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

The City Economy sessions in the 2005 State of Australian Cities (SOAC) national conference yielded papers that can usefully be grouped under four main strands: theoretically oriented papers; papers focussed on the ‘new economy’; investigations of ‘old chestnut’ issues of the urban economy; and papers focused on the development of tools and techniques to assist...

Conference paper

Urban nature and Australian environmentalism: The urban experience of members of environmental groups in Hobart and Perth

2 Dec 2005

Aidan Davison

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

This paper investigates some recent changes and public interest in urban nature in Australia and provides an analysis of environmental social movements via a preliminary report on interviews with members of The Greens and The Wilderness Society living in Hobart and Perth.