Conference

9th State of Australian Cities National Conference, 30 November - 5 December 2019, Perth, 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 2019 was subtitled 'Cities in an Age of Disruption and Innovation' and was jointly hosted in Perth by the University of Western Australia and Curtin University.

In keeping with past SOAC conferences, SOAC 2019 papers were organised into broad thematic streams: City Economics, City Environment, City Governance, City Structure, City Movement and Infrastructure, City Social and Housing and City Health/Liveability. All published papers 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

Socio-spatial patterns of the NBN rollout: it is worse than what you think

5 Dec 2019

Tooran Alizadeh,

Edward Helderop,

Tony Grubesic

9th State of Australian Cities National Conference, 30 November - 5 December 2019, Perth, Australia

The purpose of this paper is to leverage basic data mining techniques, combined with census-based socio-spatial data (SEIFA), to uncover the geographic intricacies of the NBN at the metropolitan regions of Sydney and Melbourne. The findings in terms of the dominance of some of the inferior technological options (e.g. HFC) across the two major metropolitan...

Conference paper

What types of evidence are available for translating health evidence into planning strategies for higher density living? A review of the literature

5 Dec 2019

9th State of Australian Cities National Conference, 30 November - 5 December 2019, Perth, Australia

Despite abundant knowledge and research highlighting the significance of urban planning for improving health outcomes, there remains an absence of understanding of how health evidence can be translated into planning policy and practice, particularly for higher density urban development. This paper presents the findings of combined systematic and narrative review of academic literature pertaining to...

Conference paper

Temporary and tactical urbanism in Australia: a review of current practice, policy and practitioner perspectives

5 Dec 2019

Quentin Stevens,

Kim Dovey,

Fauster Awepuga

9th State of Australian Cities National Conference, 30 November - 5 December 2019, Perth, Australia

‘Temporary’ and ‘tactical’ (T/T) urbanism is a major recent global movement in urban planning and design. This paper discusses the distinctive ways T/T urbanism is defined and enacted in the Australian context, drawing upon a database of ninety projects identified in six cities, an analysis of state and local policies, and interviews with expert practitioners...

Conference paper

Trackless trams and Australian urban fabric

5 Dec 2019

Peter Newman,

Mike Mouritz,

Marie Verschuer,

Sebastian Davies-Slate,

Savindi Caldera,

Cheryl Desha,

Sacha Reid

9th State of Australian Cities National Conference, 30 November - 5 December 2019, Perth, Australia

This paper discusses both the city shaping possibilities of trackless tram systems and the challenges and opportunities inherent in integrating new technologies into existing city systems.

Conference paper

Cities as forerunners: local climate governance and the carbon neutral city

5 Dec 2019

Stephen Pollard

9th State of Australian Cities National Conference, 30 November - 5 December 2019, Perth, Australia

This paper explores how knowledge of global climate change is re-scaled to local levels through city making discourses and practices such as municipal carbon accounting, and conversely how local experiments in low carbon transitions are framed as mobile and replicable solutions to a suite of urban and climate related issues.