Inspired by the approach to understanding, critiquing and rebuilding both planning and the urban environment that Jane Jacobs adopted in her Death and life of great American cities (1961), this paper begins with the personal experience of living in a suburban neighbourhood in Melbourne, Victoria

While confirming some of the long-held concerns expressed by urbanists about gated living, this paper also challenges aspects of these critiques. Findings from site visits and interviews with a range of stakeholders in gated communities around Sydney reveal that gated communities can be a positive expression of the desire of individuals to exert greater control...

The disadvantages of the low-density car-based suburbs that surround Australian and US cities are well known and widely debated. These include facilities located to the disadvantage of non-car users, wasteful use of land, cost of infrastructure, time and energy expended on driving, low incidence of social contact and lack of exercise. Nevertheless, the older Australian...

Public museums are a critical element of the public sphere – the domain that links and affirms us all as citizens, irrespective of our individual traits, our birthplace, our place of residence, our religion, our economic status etc. But according to Brendan Gleeson, assessment, the public sphere in our suburban regions is not in good...

This presentation examined key demographic shifts, including sea-changing, and its effect on property.