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
Enabling city sustainability through transport systems: moving from vision to reality
This paper discusses sustainability in relation to transport within cities and outlines some practical methods for enabling this to happen.
Conference paper
Knowing the social in planning law decision making
This paper reflects an interest in how policy and law are used to develop models for more just and equitable city planning.
Conference paper
The naming game: the politics of place names as tools for urban regenerative practice?
Stigmatised as Port Misery for over 150 years, the name of Port Adelaide and its adjacent suburbs are still infused with the meanings of their derelict past. This paper investigates the method employed by the Newport Quays development consortium in the revitalisation of the Port Adelaide waterfront.
Conference paper
The great Australian dream in urban Indigenous Western Australia
This paper points out the contrasts between the housing careers of Indigenous versus non-Indigenous Australians. It seeks to explain these contrasts by examining housing ideologies among Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians.
Conference paper
Planning for sustainable cities and regions: an audit of local environmental plans in NSW
To what extent do local planning frameworks promote sustainable growth and change in Australian cities and regions? This paper begins to address this question with reference to the results of an online survey of more than 100 NSW local environmental plans, undertaken between August 2007-2008.