Cities and towns
Conference paper
The yard goes on forever: Community initiatives in maintaining and revitalizing local open space
Open space has long been a valued amenity in metropolitan settings for the multiple dividends delivered: active recreation, passive leisure, conservation, scenery, community gardens, environmental management. This paper reviews efforts to better utilize and manage a particular type of neighbourhood greenspace.
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Negotiating the complexities of redevelopment through the everyday experiences of residents: The incremental renewal of Bonnyrigg, Sydney
This paper draws upon findings from the first stage of a ten year longitudinal study exploring what renewal means to, how it is interpreted by, and how it impacts on, a community undergoing change.
Conference paper
Perceptions of place – evaluating experiential qualities of streetscapes
Working with a small set of 60 images from a collection of over 1000 digital photographs, the following paper presents ongoing research into the experiential qualities of street scapes.
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Can the universal concept of community policing be applied in different jurisdictions? A cross comparative analysis of policing in Sydney, Bosnia and New York
This paper investigates the effectiveness of the application of the concept of community policing across three separate geographic locations, which have different social settings.
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Who lives in retirement villages; are they wealthy enclaves, ghettos or connected communities?
This paper correlates individual villages with small area 2011 ABS Census data to build up a picture of Australian retirement village residents. This is in comparison to other types of living other retirees experience.