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

Licensing the radical: from licensed squatting to meanwhile use in London and Regional Australia

5 Dec 2019

Cathy Smith

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

This paper positions the now-redundant Australian Renew Newcastle scheme for temporary building occupation as an example of ‘meanwhile use’: the UK term for the sanctioned short-term use of vacant urban properties awaiting redevelopment.

Conference paper

From design vision to economic feasibility: using a data-driven approach

5 Dec 2019

Ye Shi,

Christopher J. Pettit

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

Trends suggest that 60% of all new dwellings will be built in established Sydney's middle suburbs characterised by houses reaching the end of their lifecycle. This paper presents and evaluates a case study illustrating the tension between design envisioning and its economic feasibility in market-driven urban development.

Conference paper

Socialising parking: public opportunities via regulated market approaches

5 Dec 2019

Rebecca Clements

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

Market-based car parking policy is one of key fulcrums of transformational change towards sustainable and ethical urban futures. This paper examines parking policy approaches in Japanese cities that might broaden the possibilities of parking approaches and the urban relations they (re)produce.

Conference paper

The influence of Melbourne-Sydney intercity high-speed rail on spatial accessibility: an analysis of current proposals

5 Dec 2019

James Whitten

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

This paper explores the influence of high-speed rail development on spatial accessibility in southeastern Australia. The aim is to understand how current proposals for intercity high-speed rail would distribute accessibility improvements across regions between Sydney and Melbourne. Special attention is given to spatial effects in Hume, an administrative region in northeast Victoria,

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.