This report presents clear and telling insights into the tensions that exist for the professions in delivering much needed quality residential apartments. The identified pathways to action will strengthen ethical and professional standards in the construction sector, increase accountability and build public trust.

As part of new plans to build greater urban resilience, local food security policies are emerging in some towns and cities. This paper reviews these processes of local food policy development in Australia, compares them with prominent examples from other similar countries and explores the barriers to further policy development and effective implementation.

Abstract Food security is increasingly recognised as a problem in developed countries like Australia as well as in developing countries of the global south, and as a problem facing cities and urban populations in these countries. Despite producing more food than is consumed in Australia, certain groups in particular, places are finding it increasingly difficult...

In the field of climate change and in particular the processes of adapting to changes already locked into place, there is a similar presumption that participation and engagement are vital to the success of any adaptation strategy. In this paper we explore this presumption and consider whether or not it is more or less critical...

In this paper we are interested in the extent to which these new developments represent either a continuation of or transition to segregated living for their inhabitants and explore what this means in the wider context of urban policy and planning.