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.

In 2009, the Australian Feral Camel Management Project was established with support from the Australian Government to manage the impacts of feral camels on: • nominated environmental sites, which are generally rangelands water sources and surrounding vegetation (Figure 2) • pastoral vegetation and therefore soil quality. Despite a focus on the above forms of impact...

Common property (communal land) is often viewed negatively with some claiming that communal land ownership and the absence of private property rights more generally have been insurmountable barriers to Indigenous enterprise. This paper provides a brief overview of common property resources and explores how Aboriginal common property is being used by some Aboriginal groups to...

This paper examines the progress of the Land and Water Forum, which was a stakeholder-led collaborative governance process established to recommend potential reform of New Zealand’s fresh water management. Introduction: Looking at collaborative processes in retrospect is always easier than it was at the time they were first happening. They tend to look more designed...