This report recommends ways to make our new suburbs, shopping centres and homes more adaptable to change, without imposing undue costs on current residents. We can do many things now to ensure that our newest suburbs are flexible enough to thrive for decades to come.

This CSIRO report discusses the possible ways the environment and natural resources will be used in the future and how society and culture will accommodate and adjust to these changes.

Through the case study of the recently developed Rouse Hill Town Centre, in NSW, this paper sets out to consider the effects that the blurring of the boundaries between public and private spaces can have on urban life and vitality.

This report finds that young people are particularly vulnerable to the abuse of powers in public surveillance practice and to being the target of policing to regulate behaviour in public spaces.

The extent to which CCTV can prevent crime depends on the consideration is given to all of the components of the system and where there is a detailed understanding of crime in the local area. Unintended consequences can include increased crime, crime displacement and problems with monitoring, maintenance and upgrades. Given the significant investment required...