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8th State of Australian Cities National Conference, 28-30 November 2017, Adelaide, Australia

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Australasian Cities Research Network

The State of Australian Cities (SOAC) national conferences have been held biennially since 2003 to support interdisciplinary policy-related urban research. SOAC 2017 was jointly hosted in Adelaide by the University of South Australia, the University of Adelaide and Flinders University.

Refereed papers at SOAC 2017 were organized across the seven well-established themes of Economy, Environment, Governance, Structure, Movement and Infrastructure, Housing and Social, and Health. There were also three significant plenary panel sessions on Housing Affordability, Urban Resilience and the continuing challenge of achieving more productive relationships between academic researchers and urban policymakers. 

Papers from all past and subsequent SOAC conferences can be found at the State of Australian Cities Conferences Collection on APO.

Conference paper

Do the business cases for major Australian transport infrastructure adequately incorporate planning concerns?


8th State of Australian Cities National Conference, 28-30 November 2017, Adelaide, Australia
In Australia, state and federal based infrastructure agencies require business cases to be developed to demonstrate that public investment decisions about major transport infrastructure projects are an economically efficient use of society’s resources.
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What are Melbournian’s perceptions of urban spaces with Islamic thoughts - from public to private?


8th State of Australian Cities National Conference, 28-30 November 2017, Adelaide, Australia
Melbourne is a modern secular society with a high population of migrants, where a range of approaches exists in making urban public spaces. Yet, distinctive structures, design elements and dedicated areas representing the ethno-religious diversity that characterises the city are less common and even scarce in public spaces and across the landscape, especially for non-Christian...
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Unlocking the social and environmental benefits of child friendly places through active travel and active play


8th State of Australian Cities National Conference, 28-30 November 2017, Adelaide, Australia
This paper discusses the preliminary findings of surveys from senior primary school aged children. The questions from these surveys capture the participants’ travel patterns and their use of public places along with their play habits. The concept of ecological psychology, namely affordances, behaviour settings and accessibility, provides the framework for analysis.
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Arrested (re)development? Will multi-owned properties effect urban redevelopment in Auckland?


8th State of Australian Cities National Conference, 28-30 November 2017, Adelaide, Australia
Auckland has 47% of New Zealand’s multi-owned properties, and they account for 31% of all properties in Auckland. These multi-owned properties are either unit titles (strata titles), or cross leases. Cross leases are a unique form of property ownership developed by a lawyer in the late 1950s to allow the ownership of units within a...
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Determining the drivers of supply of retirement communities in Australia


8th State of Australian Cities National Conference, 28-30 November 2017, Adelaide, Australia
Housing supply theory has established a number of influences on the quantity and price of housing. These include construction cost, house prices, interest rates, land prices, demographics and government policies. A subset of the housing market comprises retirement communities, which (in Australia) are restricted to those who meet age and disability requirements. This property type...
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