This paper reviews a program of engagement with urban communities in the city of Melbourne, known as EcoAcupuncture (EcoA), that has been developed over the last three years to respond to the challenges of the impending 'post-carbon' revolution. The critical question addressed by that program and considered in this paper is: How can we effectively...

Using Australia’s largest city, Sydney, as a case study, this paper utilises and maps an urban form typology relevant to Australian cities before applying household behaviour indices to compare the relative sustainability merits of different urban form types. This paper will outline the methodology being used for this research before presenting some preliminary findings from...

The Victorian state government urban land development agency, VicUrban, has developed 'EcoSelector' to guide builders in their selection of materials. This paper examines how the relationships between the participants affected the development of the EcoSelector and how this has affected the building industry.

The purpose of this paper is to develop theoretical aspects of a doctoral research question, ‘How can community environmental values be incorporated into a performance based planning approach to guide the provision of open space for urban residents?’

This paper explores the challenges surrounding climate change policy and suggests the adaptation and mitigation frames limit the scope of the policy debate and inhibit the development of local government climate change strategies.