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 Perth by the University of Western Australia, Curtin University, Murdoch University and Edith Cowan University.
Conference papers published from SOAC 4 were produced through a process of integrated peer review.
Papers from all past and subsequent SOAC conferences can be found at the State of Australian Cities Conferences Collection on APO.
Conference paper
Cooperative metropolitan governance in Melbourne?
Australia's large capital cities metropolitan areas in which diverse needs, players and topics have to be coordinated. Mostly, this is done bu the state government or by groups of local councils. However, there are no regional authorities dealing with metropolitan issues such as pressures of growth or sustainable development.
Conference paper
Institutional strategy-making for sustainability: Performance-based planning under the Queensland Integrated Planning Act 1997
This paper outlines an institutional framework for better understanding and learning from the mobilisation and practice of performance-based planning in Queensland under the Integrated Planning Act 1997 (IPA)
Conference paper
Building a sustainable university campus: A case study of Bond University
Given the increasing evidence of an ailing earth, many would today agree and accept that there is a need to move towards a more sustainable form of development. While change has been inclined towards a top-down approach, it is equally important to work bottom-up, i.e., through communities, whose support underpins sustainability policies. The focus of...
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Perth’s waterfront and urban planning 1954–93: the Narrows Scheme and the Perth City Foreshore project
Despite boom times, the people of Perth have been noted for their apparent unwillingness to accept large projects designed to invigorate the city of Perth. In this paper historical evidence is used to examine two of the waterfront schemes and their results.
Conference paper
How dense are we? Another look at urban density and transport patterns in Australia, Canada and the USA
As a result of recent changes to data collection and publication systems by the Australian, Canadian and United States national census agencies, it is now possible to compare urban densities and transport mode shares (for the journey to work) across the three countries’ urban areas on a consistent basis. This paper presents the results of...