Increasing oil prices may soon start to force changes in economic behaviour, including travel, that have potentially profound impacts on our real wellbeing and the form and functioning of our cities. The paper will describe these consequences and outline ways in which adverse impacts can be reduced.

The key objective of this paper is to conduct an exploratory comparative assessment of transit oriented development (TOD) planning policies and implementation mechanisms in two metropolitan regions.

This paper investigates some recent changes and public interest in urban nature in Australia and provides an analysis of environmental social movements via a preliminary report on interviews with members of The Greens and The Wilderness Society living in Hobart and Perth.

Issues relating to urban form and density continue to fuel worldwide debate. Low-density urban sprawl is identified by some as a symptom of unsustainable urban development and various solutions aimed at achieving a more compact urban form have been offered, whereas others argue that there is little to be gained from higher urban densities.

This technical paper considers the housing, services and infrastructure needs created by population trends in the Greater Perth area.