This paper presents the application of a detailed GIS-based spacial analysis tool to determine how the public transport networks in Melbourne and Hamburg are configured, how responsive they are to the geographical distribution and concentration of residents and jobs across the urban structure, and how capably they provide accessibility and convenience of travel across the...

This paper outlines an institutional framework for better understanding and learning from the mobilisation and practice of performance-based planning in Queensland under the Integrated Planning Act 1997 (IPA)

This paper traces the construction of the problem and solution which City link represents, and one of the technologies used in the project, to determine the specific art of government (AoG) of Melbourne’s City Link project.

Focusing on Melbourne, this paper documents the coverage of housing affordability issues in a sample of print media, academic journal articles, and planning policy over the period 1989 to 2009, to explore the circumstances under which land use planning became part of housing affordability debate in Australia.

This paper revisits the work of the Commonwealth Housing Commission and the connection between the provision of housing and good urban planning that it identified.