In the Australian landscape the Gold Coast is famous for its development without a plan. This paper examines the causes and the consequences of this unplanned urbanisation process.

Urban infill or residential intensification is generally intended to be realised in mixed-use nodes (Activity Centres) and along the public transport corridors which connect them (Activity Corridors) – a polycentric city model. This research presents a methodology for urban design based research in relation to achieving urban infill along Activity Corridors

The purpose of this research paper is to present the major findings of GDP and City population key drivers in city structure development and provide an evaluative framework and tools. This research focuses on the evolution and development performance of city structures.

This paper seeks to argue that focusing on increasing residential densities across metropolitan areas in the name of sustainability, is problematic.

This paper imagines a Transit Oriented Region. It will imagine the region from the micro, the scale of Placemaking, to the macro of overall city structure. This paper attempts to calculate the costs and benefits a proposed expansion of the commuter rail for the Perth Metropolitan Region supplemented by light rail and bus rapid transit...