This paper analyses the reduction of supply in active playing fields in new suburbs and how this effects outer metropolitan areas in Perth.

Working with the prospect of establishing a more compact city in order to meet an inner city target of 90,000 new dwellings (Inner Metropolitan Action Plan - IMAP Strategy 5), this paper presents a ‘Housing Variance Model’ based on household structure and dwelling type.

Using a mix of documents analysis, field observation and open-ended interviews with planners and local policy-makers, this paper uses the case study of Broken Hill, NSW to determine how neoliberalism influences planning policy and to explore the scope for acceptance of a decline-oriented planning approach.

This paper seeks to examine spatial patterns of population and housing change in Sydney and Melbourne.

This paper explores the idea that a network of smaller ‘midi-cities, based on the sustainable city concept of Sweden, might provide a better alternative to concentrated growth in one city