Land use
Report
Towards sustainability for Australia's rangelands: analysing the options
The Australian rangelands occupy approximately three-quarters of the continent. They support diverse communities and businesses and make an important contribution to Australian society. The rangelands are landscapes where land use is dominated by pastoralism - extensive sheep and cattle grazing on native pastures. Rainfall is generally too low or too variable for dryland cropping or...
Conference paper
From peri-urban to unknown territory
This paper can be characterised as a symptomatic reading of the idea of ‘peri-urban’ and an exploration of the often difficult-to-define transformations it names.
Technical report
Agricultural resource priorities and recommendations for the Avon River Basin Natural Resource Management Strategy
This report for the Avon Natural Resource Management Strategy provides an assessment of the current status of land resources throughout the Avon River Basin in Western Australia. It identifies the sub-regions and landscape components of the area and the land resource as sets. The greatest threats are salinity, soil acidification, subsurface compaction, waterlogging, water and...
Strategy
City of cities: a plan for Sydney's future
'City of cities' was a 25-year plan for Sydney, published by the NSW Government in 2005.
Report
Better Planning Outcomes: Improving Tasmania's Planning System
As the Minister responsible for the newly created portfolio of planning, I believe that Tasmania needs a robust system of land use planning which not only deals properly with natural environments but also the developed and urban environment.