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Macquarie University

Conference paper

Suburbs in the ‘Global City’: labour markets in Western Sydney since the mid 1990s


This paper challenges these interpretations of Sydney’s outer suburban areas by exploring employment and labour market changes between 1996 and 2001.
Conference paper

Models of ownership and development for enhancing housing affordability and sustainability in Australian cities


Assessing models for affordability and sustainability in housing developments, this paper draws on ecological and permacultural theory as transcribed into urban spaces, often referred to ecocity theory and practice, in which cities and therefore housing, are seen as an integral part of ecosystems, with design and practice aiming to use cities as a means for...
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Multiculturalism and the spatial assimilation of migrant groups: the Melbourne and Sydney experience


According to this paper it is the relationship between multiculturalism as a policy issue and social harmony among different cultural groups, specifically that of avoiding spatial (and implicitly social) segregation, hence pluralism, that most concerns social scientists and commentators.
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Geographies of household travel in Sydney


Studies of urban travel – where people travel to, how they get there, for what purpose and for how long – have become increasingly sophisticated in their recognition of the complexity of urban travel.