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
The fourth tier of governance: managing the future of our cities
Urban consolidation policies and higher density housing development have become major drivers of urban change in Australia. The realisation of these policies relies almost entirely on the provision of strata titled dwellings, necessitating an exploration of governance arrangements, rights and responsibilities for the multiple stakeholders.
Conference paper
'Hot spots' project: spatial vulnerability to heat events in Melbourne Australia
In Australia heat waves claim more lives than any other natural hazard. To direct population adaptation strategies for a changing climate, it is necessary to be able to identify the location of groups within our population who are most vulnerable to adverse health outcomes associated with extremely hot weather, and to understand factors that influence...
Conference paper
The Commonwealth Housing Commission and national housing policy
This paper revisits the work of the Commonwealth Housing Commission and the connection between the provision of housing and good urban planning that it identified.