Conference
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The State of Australian Cities (SOAC) national conferences have been held biennially since 2003 to support interdisciplinary policy-related urban research. This third conference was jointly hosted in Adelaide by the University of South Australia, the University of Adelaide and Flinders University.
Papers from all past and subsequent SOAC conferences can be found at the State of Australian Cities Conferences Collection on APO.
SOAC 3 focused on the contemporary form and structure of Australian cities and refereed papers were grouped into six key sub-themes:
- City Economy - economic change and labour market outcomes of globalisation, land use pressures, changing employment locations.
- Social City – including population, migration, immigration, polarisation, equity and disadvantage, housing issues, recreation.
- City Environment - sustainable development, management and performance, natural resource management, limits to growth, impacts of air, water, climate, energy consumption, natural resource uses, conservation, green space.
- City Structures – the emerging morphology of the city – inner suburbs, middle suburbs, the CBD, outer suburbs and the urban-rural fringe, the city region.
- City Governance – including taxation, provision of urban services, public policy formation, planning, urban government, citizenship and the democratic process.
- City Infrastructure – transport, mobility, accessibility, communications and IT, and other urban infrastructure provision.
Conference paper
The provision of open space for urban residents: theory of the relationship between community environmental values and performance based planning processes
The purpose of this paper is to develop theoretical aspects of a doctoral research question, ‘How can community environmental values be incorporated into a performance based planning approach to guide the provision of open space for urban residents?’
Conference paper
Understanding the Australian airport metropolis
In Australia, the role, scale and meaning of major urban airports have changed over the past decade as a result of corporate and economic transformations. Modern airports are very different from traditional airports as they emerge as important sub-regional activity centres. As a result of these changes, airport impacts now pose considerable challenges for both...
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A wish called $quander: (in)effective speed and effective wellbeing in Australian cities
Increasing oil prices may soon start to force changes in economic behaviour, including travel, that have potentially profound impacts on our real wellbeing and the form and functioning of our cities. The paper will describe these consequences and outline ways in which adverse impacts can be reduced.
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Where is the vision? Critically exploring the professional role of the Australian urban planner within a governance framework
This paper critically reviews the literature related to the role of the Australian urban planner and in particular offers a socio-historical overview of five key shifts that have been identified within the Australian context.
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Supplementing city water supplies: the social potential of alternative water sources
The need to conserve and reuse natural resources is a key factor in making our cities more ecologically sustainable. Urban water supply is one of the most pressing concerns which will require more than conservation or demand management if future water security is to be realised.