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

Towards a greater understanding of healthy food accessibility in Melbourne: Part II

29 Nov 2013

Margalit Levin,

Yiqun Chen

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

The paper builds on previous literature research presented at SOAC 2011. This second and (abridged) final part produces the findings from the original scoping paper that sets out to examine possible barriers to accessing healthy food in metropolitan Melbourne.

Conference paper

New urban territories: spatial assemblies for the 20-minute city

29 Nov 2013

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

Through a design-led investigation, this paper explores the types of spatial assemblies and development approaches that could potentially achieve the 20-minute city in metropolitan Melbourne.

Conference paper

Governing carbon in the Australian city: local government responses

29 Nov 2013

Pauline McGuirk,

Robyn Dowling,

Harriet Bulkeley

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

Drawing on recent research aimed to document urban carbon governance across Australia’s capital cities—in particular, an audit of carbon reduction initiatives across government, business and community actors at the urban scale—this paper explores urban local governments as sites of climate change response and experimentation.

Conference paper

Canberra 2013 planning and urban development challenges at the centenary of the national capital

29 Nov 2013

Karl Fischer,

James Weirick

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

Since the turn of the millennium and in particular since the centenary, there has been a partial redirection of attention on the significant planning history of Canberra and the need for a two-level planning system that works. This paper focuses on the struggle to reach this point, most notably in the proliferation of inquiries, plans...

Conference paper

Promoting positive aging: university campuses as a model

29 Nov 2013

Tracie Harvison

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

This paper presents the interim findings of a study investigating senior persons’ engagement with Australian universities. It reveals how, through engaging with a university, seniors are implementing a form of pro-active coping helping them to age positively.