This paper, part of a larger project on urban design and planning dimensions of creative clustering, analyses the micro-spatial morphology of public/private interfaces in the inner city of three Australian cities. What difference does an interface make—shop windows, front gardens, blank walls, car parks, garage doors—and what is the relation of such micro-spatial assemblages to...

Based on interviews with residents who have been involved in resistance to high rise development, this paper explores the ways Brunswick is experienced and the characteristics of developments that are opposed.

Compact city policies such as Melbourne 2030 have been established in Australia for a range of reasons including climate change. It is now clear that the Melbourne 2030 policy has not been effective – with new development mostly on the urban fringe. This policy failure has often been sheeted home to resident and local government...

This paper seeks to quantify the capacities for compact growth and to use these measures as frameworks for understanding the urban design opportunities embodied in such responses to climate change.

The focus in this paper is on the ways graffiti is seen by residents to contribute to or damage urban character or place identity.