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

Building a holistic approach: towards an interdisciplinary platform for housing affordability

5 Dec 2019

Alexandra McRobert

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

This paper calls for greater collaboration and interdisciplinary knowledge transfer within the house building industry to improve housing affordability.

Conference paper

Stakeholders’ perspectives towards age-friendly housing

5 Dec 2019

Reshma Shrestha,

Alpana Sivam,

Sadasivam Karuppannan

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

The overall wellbeing of elderly populations can be achieved not only by improving the healthcare facilities but also by proper planning of their housing requirements to support them to age in place as well.

Conference paper

Governance and engagement to optimise outcomes for public transport mega-projects

5 Dec 2019

Brendon Baker,

Natalie Liew

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

Transport and land use planning for major infrastructure projects is often not well aligned, resulting in poor urban outcomes or lost opportunities associated with major investment in transit amenity. The aim of this paper is to identify the drivers of success for large-scale, complex transport mega- projects.

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...