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

What is urban character? The case of Camberwell

2 Dec 2005

Kim Dovey,

Ian Woodcock,

Stephen Wood

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

This paper is part of a larger research project which seeks to explore the phenomenology and discursive construction of urban character and place-identity.

Conference paper

Building an area-based travel sustainability tool: Rating the residential travel performance of new urban developments

2 Dec 2005

Matthew Burke,

A.L. Brown

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

The location (or siting) of new development in relation to other elements of the urban area, such as shopping or employment centres, is known to influence travel patterns, particularly for trips such as journeys to work. Similarly, the design of a development, including such matters as density, land use mixing and connectivity, is now generally...

Conference paper

Economic impact of carbon prices on commercial office construction for embodied greenhouse gas emissions

2 Dec 2005

Caroline Jane Noller

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

This paper discusses a life cycle study was undertaken to assess the economic impact arising from internalised embodied greenhouse gas emissions (GGE) costs for a commercial office building.

Conference paper

Implications of abrupt environmental change for urban Australia

2 Dec 2005

Steve Dovers,

Will Steffen

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

This paper summarises recent scientific work on abrupt change, with selected examples of apparent sudden shifts in environmental variables.

Conference paper

Strategic planning in regional cities: new conceptions

2 Dec 2005

Stephen Carthew,

Margaret Allan

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

Using the example of the regional Victorian city of Bendigo, this paper discusses new drivers for change in planning for regional cities. Key challenges are associated with environment, global relationships, urban amorphism, water security, sustainable growth, application of new planning policy, the clash between heritage and modernism, and calls for participation in local democratic processes...