This paper is dedicated to discover the process of the urban development in the context of Melbourne’s city centre, by illustrating the physical transformation in a set of figure-ground maps.

This paper joins recent research into the lived experience of newer medium and high density housing by reporting on what residents themselves claimed to be important to their residential experience.

This paper draws upon ongoing research that has investigated the redevelopment of the Port Adelaide waterfront in South Australia. Developing previous research (see Rofe & Szili 2009), the authors contend that place names such as Port Adelaide may be so infused with negativity that attempts to renegotiate its meaning through physical redevelopment and traditional place...

Almost a decade ago in October 2002, the state government of Victoria introduced Melbourne 2030 – Planning for Sustainable Growth, a new metropolitan planning strategy for Melbourne. This papers purpose is to evaluate the policies contained in Melbourne 2030 and to examine what they achieved, and the reasons for successes and failures.

This paper's purpose is to return to the original rationale for a system of public land ownership and development in the 1970s, and to consider the relevance of that original rationale in the light of contemporary urban renewal objectives; what role could and should Australia’s public land agencies have in facilitating and delivering urban renewal?