Cities and towns
Conference paper
Connecting transit with urban development to achieve 21st century goals for Perth
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...
Conference paper
The sustainable design of water's edge public spaces in the Asia Pacific region: smaller scale Australian examples and case studies in Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore
The purpose of this paper is to discuss smaller scale Australian Water's Edge Public Spaces (WEPS) and connect these to the outcomes of a pilot study that compared three WEPS: in Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore, at different stages of their lifecycle.
Conference paper
Planning community infrastructure in a fast changing urban environment: measuring the social outcomes
This paper aims to contribute to the policy debate about community facilities by drawing on three case studies to explore some of the social outcomes associated with community infrastructure.
Conference paper
Nothing gained by only counting dwellings per hectare: a hundred years of confusing urban densities
This paper explores the use of urban density measures in urban planning and discusses its disadvantages.
Conference paper
From hope to productivity: the funding crisis in the NSW heritage sector
This paper explores the effectiveness of current policy settings for economic assistance with special reference to the local government level in NSW.