Urban consolidation is a major policy plank in the management of Australian metropolitan development. At its heart are a set of actions designed to reduce the land used by housing in the urban development process.

This paper draws on interviews with local council staff and outlines a series of issues they consider important in shaping renewal in their middle-ring suburbs.

Ecological Footprint analysis is gaining in reputation and credibility in its capacity to usefully inform governments, organisations and communities on the excesses of our society’s resource consumption and our population’s increasing pressure on diminishing natural resources.

This paper considers suburban development in Adelaide as it has evolved since the introduction of comprehensive town planning around the time of World War 1

This exploratory paper seeks to develop a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of urban density and its effects on the sustainability of urban development, functionality and management of Australian cities.