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Tiny houses: a radical new solution for addressing urban housing affordability, or a just another niche market?


The emergent tiny house movement originated in the USA in the late 1990s; driven by housing affordability issues and sustainability goals. Tiny houses are generally very small (under 40m2), often mobile, and more affordable than conventional houses. The tiny house movement is most active in those OECD countries with the most unaffordable housing markets, and...
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Activity centre policy effects on employment clustering: a spatial study of job density in Melbourne, Australia


This paper considers the relationship between Victorian Government activity centre (AC) policies between 2001 and 2011, and employment clusters that have formed in the same period.
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People, places and technology: mapping the locational preferences of home based workers in Sydney and Melbourne metropolitan areas


This paper is an attempt to provide a better understanding of the impacts of work from anywhere on cities, through analysis of a spatial distribution of home based workers in Sydney and Melbourne metropolitan areas.
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Confirmed at last: green roofs add invertebrate diversity


Drawing on classical ecological theory, this study assesses the factors which influence invertebrate diversity and composition on bare and green roofs in urban Sydney.
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Cooling cities with green space: a policy analysis framework


This paper provides an overview of the urban heat island effect, and urban greenery’s role in its mitigation.