Stigmatised as Port Misery for over 150 years, the name of Port Adelaide and its adjacent suburbs are still infused with the meanings of their derelict past. This paper investigates the method employed by the Newport Quays development consortium in the revitalisation of the Port Adelaide waterfront.

Urban rehabilitation, regeneration and renewal have intermittently been identified within federal (as well as state) policy circles as central to the functioning of Australian cities since at least the 1940s. This paper adds to existing knowledge by exploring the role of the Federal Department of Urban and Regional Development (DURD) in the 1970s in facilitating...

This paper is a conversation about the opportunity provided to us to makeover our suburban environments and incrementally improve their resilience to climate change.

This paper draws on interviews with local council staff and outlines a series of issues they consider important in shaping renewal in their middle-ring suburbs.

This paper discusses the role of community gardens in building healthy and sustainable communities. Focussing on a large high-rise public housing estate in Sydney’s inner west, the community garden scheme studied was part of an urban renewal program designed to ameliorate ongoing social problems on the estate.