There are many reasons to be concerned about the growing and, now, long-term problem of jobs in Western Sydney. First there is the simple problem of insufficient jobs for its resident workers. Then there is the problem of jobs location. Overlaying both these concerns is the problem of long-term economic change and what this means...

The report provides detailed analysis of the fresh fruit and vegetable supply chains into Sydney markets at Flemington.

Using Australia’s largest city, Sydney, as a case study, this paper utilises and maps an urban form typology relevant to Australian cities before applying household behaviour indices to compare the relative sustainability merits of different urban form types. This paper will outline the methodology being used for this research before presenting some preliminary findings from...

The paper presents findings of two research tasks: an audit of infrastructure provision in Australian cities during the long period of prosperity, and an assessment of the locational consequences of the major employment shifts that occurred in Australia in roughly the same time period.

There is an ascendant academic argument that key economic processes are increasingly built at the scale of the city and, in turn, that successful urban economies are increasingly detached from their traditional hinterlands. Cities, in this city-centric global economy, are argued to be immersed in and driven by globalised networks and connections. The process of...