Property development
Conference paper
Why communities protest: a case study of the protest signs of Yaroomba (SE Qld)
This study uses a case study of community activism at Yaroomba, a small town on the Sunshine Coast (SC) of South East Queensland, Australia, to illustrate a campaign of resistance to a proposed beachfront highrise development. The paper's aim was the artefact analysis of these signs as a representation of a community’s voice of protest...
Report
Evaluation and learning in public housing urban renewal
This research analyses how evaluation of public housing renewal is informing policy development and delivery to maximise financial returns and socio-economic outcomes, and seeks to understand how key public policies, such as mixed-tenure development, can enable both social and economic returns.
Book
People in planning
This ebook is based on interviews with 15 UK-based developers and planning, engineering, traffic and communications consultants during April 2021.
Policy report
Does high-rise development damage neighbourhood character?
Local residents often oppose new apartment buildings on the grounds that they would harm neighbourhood character. This paper examines several examples of high-rise development in Sydney.
Discussion paper
Activating the Harbour City
This paper outlines a proposal to deliver Sydneysiders continuous foreshore access from the iconic Sydney Opera House to the rapidly expanding geographic centre of Sydney - the Parramatta CBD.