Australian cities, especially the four big ones, are growing rapidly. Their growth enables many agglomeration benefits and creates many social and environmental impacts. This report examines new approaches to resolving how we can grow to create new opportunities for our children and grandchildren but at the same time manage the social and environmental issues associated...

There is a growing imperative for infrastructure decisions in Australia to be based on evidenced based approaches which are data driven. Urban growth modelling is increasingly being used in strategic infrastructure planning practice. However, current models tend to be "once-off" applications based on static equilibrium approaches that represent little or no behavioural validity.

In a global economy where the dominant paradigm is economic rationalism, land property values exert substantial influence upon both our built and natural landscape.

This paper investigates approaches for predicting patterns of urban growth using tools developed in a geographical information system (GIS) for various planning scenarios.

This paper examines the complex issue of creating sustainable green systems and protecting biodiversity within the built environment.