Conference paper
Federal policy for Australia's cities: the 2011 National Urban Policy in historical and comparative perspective
The Australian government has returned to the urban terrain via an infrastructure program and urban policy development after more than a decade of dormancy on urban issues. This paper examines the new urban policy in an historical context to assess how it represents an evolution in federal approaches to cities.
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Children's cycling for transport in selected Australian urban environments: model shares and determinations of significance
This paper uses CATCH/iMATCH project data to explore parental and child perceptions towards their social and built environment reports on itsvrelationship with cycling take-up and usage.
Report
The capacities of private developers in urban climate change adaptation
Abstract The urban environment is particularly exposed to climate impacts, due to a range of factors, such as its geographical location, spatial immobility, and high population. The urban development industry relates to climate change because the built environment itself has climate impacts; the location and scale of development products influence the degree to which users...
Conference paper
How different are Australian cities?
This paper queries the status of ‘The Australian City’, and offers some preliminary insights into the nature, character and state of ‘Australian Cities’ as a prospective definite category within a global array of territorially and nationally defined city assemblies.
Conference paper
Investigating private motorised travel and vehicle fleet efficiency: using new data and methods to reveal socio-spatial patterns in Brisbane.
This paper investigates the spatial patterns of vehicle energy consumption on urban areas through an analysis of vehicle travel and efficiency of the vehicle fleet in Brisbane.