Urban planning
Alternative labels
Urban policy
Urban design
City planning
Urban development
Urban areas
Report
Housing key workers: scoping challenges, aspirations, and policy responses for Australian cities
This scoping study considers whether governments in Sydney and Melbourne and select international jurisdictions (the USA and UK) consider key worker housing needs and how they support key workers to access appropriate housing.
Policy report
Does high-rise development damage neighbourhood character?
Local residents often oppose new apartment buildings on the grounds that they would harm neighbourhood character. This paper examines several examples of high-rise development in Sydney.
Report
Urban productivity and affordable rental housing supply in Australian cities and regions
This study examined relationships between urban productivity and affordable rental housing, focusing particularly on the availability of affordable housing relative to employment and labour markets in capital and satellite cities.
Report
Local government co-ordination: metropolitan governance in twenty-first century Australia
This research examines the role of local government engagement and coordination in modern Australian metropolitan governance.
Report
Temperature check: greening Australia's warming cities
Australia has always been a country with extreme weather events. This report presents evidence that strong action to increase urban vegetation will become imperative in our three largest cities to reduce serious heatwave impacts by 2060–2080, even with strong climate action.