The paper examines actor behaviour and institutional cultures in the processes of Active Transport to School (ATS) policy implementation in local government through an investigation of the Cities of Glen Eira and Boroondara, two middle-ring Melbourne council areas with quite different ATS outcomes.

After outlining the issues to be explored and the types of data that can shed light on them, this paper provides a brief history of the major memorials erected in Canberra up until 2002, and the rationales that shaped them. The main focus of the paper is then new commemorative projects that have developed in...

This paper examines the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report and the implications this will have on Australia's climate change mitigation, particularly in southern Australia.

This paper examines aspects of the 'knockdown-rebuild' (KDR) process in Sydney, focusing on the replacement of older houses with new ones and of older residents with younger families.

In the field of climate change and in particular the processes of adapting to changes already locked into place, there is a similar presumption that participation and engagement are vital to the success of any adaptation strategy. In this paper we explore this presumption and consider whether or not it is more or less critical...