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

Why do home-owners do better?

5 Dec 2019

Michael Dockery,

Sherry Bawa

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

Focussing on indicators of physical and mental health, life satisfaction and, for youth, educational attainment, this paper employs a range of strategies to test competing hypotheses relating to causal mechanisms and selection effects associated with home-ownership.

Conference paper

Logan Renewal Initiative: a bridge too far for a public housing public private partnership

5 Dec 2019

Bruce James

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

This paper outlines the history of the Logan Renewal Initiative and draws learnings from the reversal of a major policy initiative aimed at managing and redeveloping 4,653 public housing dwellings in the Logan City Council.

Conference paper

Through a local governance lens: divergent and convergent perspectives of effective urban greenspace provision

5 Dec 2019

Chris Boulton,

Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes,

Jason Byrne

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

While municipal government is most often at the heart of local urban greenspace provision, delivery depends upon internal as well as external factors which can act as disruptors. Drawing upon two case studies, this paper examines which factors most affect urban greenspace in two fast growing cities of Australia and Canada, exploring how they manifest...

Conference paper

Ethics and transport planning in a time of urban extremes

5 Dec 2019

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

Studies of justice and equity in mobility rarely produce explicit conceptual or practical insights into an ethics of transport and its planning. This paper asserts that this tension presents a complex ethical conundrum for transport scholars, and consider the possibilities and potentials for opening arenas for research, practice and politics in transport planning.

Conference paper

Making sense of ‘cities’: a thematic analysis of Australian cities policy from 1991 onwards

5 Dec 2019

Christian Roggenbuck,

Tamlin Gorter

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

Over time, the focus of federal and state governments on cities and urban policies has been sporadic, and agendas have shifted considerably. Without any sustained policy development or implementation it is unclear what constitutes ‘cities’ policy in Australia. This paper examines strategic policy documents relevant to cities policy in Australia from federal and state departments.