The Australian Government Department of Human Services (the department) partnered with the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) to test a way of engaging and collaborating with the community and stakeholders.

In demonstrating the case for developing a Cultural Indicators Framework, this paper outlines the various applications such a framework will have that will enable South Australian local government to plan, evaluate and make cultural policy decisions based on evidence.

Current local food production research has focussed on community engagement and participation and social perspectives of growing food in the community gardens. This paper focuses on sustainability performance and household participation in the home gardens, due to the limited research made in this area.

In this paper, we focus our discussion on the participatory practices followed in urban planning. In urban planning, participation is conceptualized and practiced within the framework of the ‘efficiency of sustainable planning process’ through a concentrated understanding of communities’ demand and transformation of commitments with stakeholders into planning actions.

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...