Regional planning
Briefing paper
The regional impact of housing costs and assistance on financial disadvantage
The influence of housing costs on the economic well-being of Australian households at a regional level and the regional impact of housing assistance on financial disadvantage is as yet relatively unexplored.
Conference paper
Models of innovation and implications for Australian regional development
This paper presents a new typology of innovation with reference to two parameters; firstly, the degree to which innovation is incubated in a complex network of business relationships versus key bilateral relationships; and, secondly, the degree to which innovation is undertaken as a strategic leap as opposed to incrementally.
Conference paper
How green was my city region: The relevance of past open space planning experiences to contemporary planning for the Brisbane metropolitan region
This paper has reviewed the principal attempts to address regional landscape and open space initiatives for the City of Brisbane and region in the past.
Briefing paper
Focus on regions 4: social capital
This paper presents and analyses statistical information relating to social capital in Australia and its regions. It also explores the relationship between social capital and the economic and social wellbeing of Australia's regions.
Report
Regional Partnerships and Sustainable Regions programs
This inquiry into the administration of the Regional Partnerships Program and Sustainable Regions Program was established following allegations raised in parliament and the media about the misuse of the programs in the lead up to the 2004 federal election.