Conference

7th State of Australian Cities Conference, 9-11 December 2015, Gold Coast, 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 7 was held in the City of Gold Coast and hosted by Griffith University.

The 164 peer reviewed papers were organised into seven broad themes but all shared, to varying degrees, a common focus on the ways in which high quality academic research can be used in the development and implementation of policy. The conference featured leading national and local politicians and policy makers who shared their views on some of the current challenges facing cities and how these might be overcome in the future.

Papers from all past and subsequent SOAC conferences can be found at the State of Australian Cities Conferences Collection on APO.

Conference paper

Prioritising public transport policy goals in Auckland

11 Dec 2015

Muhammad Imrana,

Jane Pearce

7th State of Australian Cities Conference, 9-11 December 2015, Gold Coast, Australia

This paper uses Q-methodology to explore stakeholders’ preferences for public transport development in the city.

Conference paper

Methodological challenges in critical analysis of institutional discourses of residential multi-occupancy in Melbourne

11 Dec 2015

Keiken Munzner,

Jennifer Day

7th State of Australian Cities Conference, 9-11 December 2015, Gold Coast, Australia

This paper reports on in-progress work that critically analyses how multi-occupancy household-dwelling relationships are constituted in property discourses, including whether and how these discourses reflect or even incite binaries of 'mainstream' and 'other' living configurations.

Conference paper

The Shanghai model for activity centres and its potential in the Australian context

11 Dec 2015

Andrew Monaghan,

Matthew Burke,

Pan Haixiao

7th State of Australian Cities Conference, 9-11 December 2015, Gold Coast, Australia

This research project’s methodology employed a critical theory research paradigm, a semi-structured interview, multiple site visits and the collection of quantitative retail data to compare planning and consumer outcomes between Garden City in Brisbane and Wujiaochang in Shanghai.

Conference paper

Melbourne Docklands: it's a class remake but it ain't classy

11 Dec 2015

Kate Shaw

7th State of Australian Cities Conference, 9-11 December 2015, Gold Coast, Australia

This paper examines the effects of gentrification and redevelopment on Melbourne's Docklands.

Conference paper

Downscaling planning's fashions: network formation and application in the small city

11 Dec 2015

Andrew Butt,

Trevor Budge,

Mark Bello

7th State of Australian Cities Conference, 9-11 December 2015, Gold Coast, Australia

Small cities in Australia are typically home to growing populations and changing economies. Using the example of “20-minute” neighbourhoods, increased urban density and walkability metrics, (concepts drawn from, among others, metropolitan Portland, Oregon) this paper considers their application as planning concepts in Bendigo Australia.