The trend towards larger, detached, energy intensive dwellings in poorly serviced, low-density, urban fringe locations, leaves governments, households and communities vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The planning and design of new outer urban areas, and the retrofitting of existing ones, affects the extent to which communities can adapt to changing climactic conditions. Policy...

Population growth in the peri-urban areas to the north of Melbourne has been significant over the past two decades. This paper uses research establishing the patterns and level of new housing development in these areas to explore processes of planning, housing development and increased community risk in these regions.

This paper compares the settlements in Zurich's Weinland region with those on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula, focussing in particular on population density and journey-to-work mode shares.

Through an examination of urban and urban deferred rezonings to the Metropolitan Region Scheme, this research paper is concerned with the process of urban expansion as experienced in Perth, Western Australia between 1970 and 2005.

The lack of integrated planning threatens the future of Australian peri-urban areas at a time when their values are becoming increasingly important for Australian cities and regional areas.