Conference

6th State of Australian Cities Conference, 26-29 November 2013, Sydney, Australia

Owning Institution

The State of Australian Cities (SOAC) national conferences have been held biennially since 2003 to support interdisciplinary policy-related urban research. SOAC 6 was held in Sydney and hosted by the University of New South Waltes, Griffith University, the Australian National University and The University of Sydney.

All papers presented at the SOAC 2013 have been subject to a double blind refereeing process and have been reviewed by at least two referees. In particular, the review process assessed each paper in terms of its policy relevance and the contribution to the conceptual or empirical understanding of Australian cities.

Papers from all past and subsequent SOAC conferences can be found at the State of Australian Cities Conferences Collection on APO.

Conference paper

Understanding Australian parents' attitudes about their children's travel behaviour: results from the CATCH and iMATCH projects

29 Nov 2013

6th State of Australian Cities Conference, 26-29 November 2013, Sydney, Australia

The paper explores on data from 232 questionnaire surveys completed by parents and guardians of 10-13 year olds who were recruited from primary schools in six neighbourhoods in Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane/Ipswich about the reasons parents grant ‘licences’ to their children for independent mobility and active travel.

Conference paper

A good place to raise a family? Comparing parents', service providers, and media perspectives of the inner and outer suburban areas of Melbourne

29 Nov 2013

Fiona J. Andrews,

Sarah Barter-Godfrey,

Stephanie Rich,

Ruth Klein,

Julia Shelley

6th State of Australian Cities Conference, 26-29 November 2013, Sydney, Australia

In Australia, the suburbs have historically been the favoured place to raise children. However this is being challenged both by social change and government policy encouraging innerurban renewal. This paper examines how inner-urban areas compare with more traditional suburban locations as places to raise a family.

Conference paper

The food security of the Australian Capital region

29 Nov 2013

Rachael Wakefield-Rann,

Robert Dybal

6th State of Australian Cities Conference, 26-29 November 2013, Sydney, Australia

Through an examination of what is known about food flows in the Australian Capital Region, this paper argues that current ways of understanding and defining food security should be shifted and expanded to account for numerous factors that are presently neglected.

Conference paper