Conference
Owning Institution
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
Practitioners’ views on the past, present and future of social planning in Australia
Drawing on research findings from empirical survey research with sixty social planning practitioners in Australia, the paper briefly explores the diversity and shifting landscape of social planning practice over the past century before drawing on the survey findings to develop a picture of current social planning practice within Australia and the challenges and opportunities that...
Conference paper
Graffiti and urban character
The focus in this paper is on the ways graffiti is seen by residents to contribute to or damage urban character or place identity.
Conference paper
Climate change and human settlements: methodology, case studies and issues arising
This paper presents selected findings of a completed project called “Integrated Assessment of Climate Change on Urban Settlements”.
Conference paper
Housing affordability crises in Australia: how and why did planning get on the housing affordability agenda?
Focusing on Melbourne, this paper documents the coverage of housing affordability issues in a sample of print media, academic journal articles, and planning policy over the period 1989 to 2009, to explore the circumstances under which land use planning became part of housing affordability debate in Australia.
Conference paper
The republic and its impact on property rights in Sydney
This paper offers a theoretical inquiry into the institutional arrangements to enable an innovative land restitution model for Sydney within a new Republic, by vesting the superior interest in land (and buildings thereon) in the stewardship of the customary indigenous guardians (rather than the State or Crown).