Dominant modes of decision-making regarding city form and function are not easily disrupted. Assumptions about the cultures of city life, the motives of powerful actors in shaping cities and city futures are embedded in socio-political discourses and may seem largely immutable. However, cities do change. Papers in this conference track discuss how our expectations of...

There is a need to re-examine car parking policies in Australian cities as the allocation of excessive or inappropriate forms of parking comes with significant opportunity costs. This includes inhibiting priority of active and sustainable transport modes and implementation of equitable spatial, housing and community outcomes. Parking is a complex phenomenon, with high levels of...

Internationally, there is increasing concern with developing improved ways of dealing with disasters (UNISDR, 2015). The development of policy and practices for the reduction of disaster risk is intimately related to knowledge about dynamic and spatially particular risks and relevant ways of managing these via informed decisions and coordinated action (Weichselgartner and Pigeon, 2015).

This research paper aims to provide better understanding of the manner in which changes occur via strategic planning.

The risks of disasters pose many ongoing challenges for settlements in Australia. This paper reports the findings of investigations into successful cases of mainstreaming in Australian disaster risk reduction.