Land use
Website
Issues: traffic congestion
This website provided links to short briefings on traffic congestion.
Working paper
Indigenous history of the Pilbara
An account of the Aboriginal history of the Pilbara.
Policy
State planning policy 2.5 agricultural and rural land use planning
The policy focuses on the identification and appropriate zoning of highly productive agricultural land throughout the state. It also outlines the requirements for local government in the preparation of town planning schemes and local planning strategies and is to be applied to all rural land in the state. The four key objectives of the policy...
Working paper
The highway of civilisation and common sense: street regulation and the transformation of social space in 19th and early 20th century Melbourne
It is incontestable that the motor age changed the face of urban life forever. What is more problematic is its role as the prime instrument of this spatial and cultural shift. To what extent did the motor car in fact accelerate a long process of spatial redefinition dating back long before its advent?
Working paper
The Australian Urban and Regional Development Review: what can it achieve?
This paper critically examines the Australian Urban and Regional Development Review (AURDR) which was the climax of a series of Federal initiatives in urban affairs which started in 1991.