The inaugural National Water Planning Report Card 2011 provides a summary of the status of water plans across Australia. The Report Card is a response to a COAG request for an independent assessment of water planning to inform an objective discussion on the quality of existing water plans, their implementation, and areas for future improvement...

Renewable energy provided almost 10 per cent of Australia’s electricity in the last 12 months and more than half a million household solar power systems are now installed on Australian rooftops – around 35 times the amount just three years ago at the end of 2008. Over one million Australians now live in a solar...

This presentation aims to trace the approach taken in delivering the Ecological Footprint project across 3 very different local government organisations and their communities, some of the details and results of the various projects carried out, and the learning which may be of use to similar organisations or future project areas related to engaging with...

This paper reports on a study of a suburb in Canberra that has experienced significant redevelopment of houses in the last eight years. It finds that, despite the majority planners, architects, building designers and residents expressing a desire to achieve a more environmentally efficient outcome, very few houses achieved this ambition.

This paper focuses on the role and use of modelling activities in urban planning and policy development in general. The focus here is on "applied" models, i.e. models which try to simulate real-world processes based on or calibrated to empirical information.