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Journal article

Developing a neighbourhood: exploring construction projects from a project ecology perspective

As a consequence of ongoing urbanisation, construction projects are likely to be performed in multi-project contexts. Zooming out from the single project and focussing on the context in which construction projects are performed is suggested as a way to broaden our understanding and develop new theory.
Report

Cooling common spaces in densifying urban environments


This research takes up the challenge of promoting a new approach to thinking about urban liveability in warming cities, with two principles at its core. First, asking how open space can be planned for ‘coolth’ defined as the experience of feeling manageably comfortable in a hot city; and second, how coolth can be connected with...
Conference paper

Development of collaboration in planning: what can construction project management learn from other fields?


This study seeks to examine how collaboration in planning has developed in the fields of urban planning (UP), software design and lean construction and to present what construction project management can learn from these developments.
Report

Where are the jobs? Part 3: Western Sydney workers in 2036


This report examines what will happen in the Great Western Sydney region over the next twenty years.
Report

Cities in the world: a new perspective on urbanisation


This report presents new evidence of recent and future urbanisation trends and sheds light on the evolution of metropolitan areas around the globe. The report demonstrates how globally consistent definitions of cities and metropolitan areas can contribute to more effective policy design.