Most urban areas in Australia are facing the prospect of increasing scarcity of water. Further pressure arises from evidence that existing levels of water use in many catchments are environmentally unsustainable.

Advocates of New Urbanism and Smart Growth concepts emphasize on neighbourhood form and design to achieve sustainability. Generally, three aspects of neighbourhood form are thought to be influencing travel patterns: density; diversity and design.

This paper presents a case study for Sydney involving the evaluation of likely impacts of transport policies aimed at mitigating the environmental impacts of urban freight transport.

Papers presented within the Infrastructure stream of the 2005 State of Australian Cities (SOAC) national conference covered contemporary perspectives on the city, particularly in terms of infrastructure planning and delivery.

The location (or siting) of new development in relation to other elements of the urban area, such as shopping or employment centres, is known to influence travel patterns, particularly for trips such as journeys to work. Similarly, the design of a development, including such matters as density, land use mixing and connectivity, is now generally...