This paper examines the nature of urban change at the micro-scale in Melbourne from 1870 to 1970. The research forms part of an ongoing international collaboration on the shaping of modern cities. The focus of the broader research programme is the extent of persistence and path dependence in city structures. The central hypothesis is that...

Based on data from a case study implementation of UrbanSim in Logan City, this paper describes how UrbanSim is applied for use in Australian planning practice. Summary outputs of an UrbanSim model are provided, but the main focus of this paper is how the model system and outputs are perceived by planning actors.

The focus of this paper is a comparison of the history of the governance of regional public land acquisition in Perth and Sydney, with the case for the selection of these two cities established by a contrast of the planning approaches used.

This paper reports findings from a three year mixed methods study of voluntary and involuntary retrenchment at two automotive industry plants in metro Adelaide in 2004.

The paper uses a land use model developed by Auckland Council to examine how political actors, institutional and public politics influence the use of land models as an ‘evidence base’ for decision making.