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

Owning Institution
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

Bureaucracy, red tape and my rules: event regulation in the NSW Hunter Valley


8th State of Australian Cities National Conference, 28-30 November 2017, Adelaide, Australia
Innovative uses of land, air and water for staging events are increasingly encouraged by various bodies at all levels of government to support cities and urban development policies. In some cities, the outcome is a continual stream of events, some highly mobile, with novel locations and with times and duration designed to maximise outcomes. But...
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Trying to stay local in Sydney's 'global arc': social housing tenant perspectives


8th State of Australian Cities National Conference, 28-30 November 2017, Adelaide, Australia
To become a ‘global city’ is nowadays an almost-ubiquitous aspiration among the world’s major metropolises. Generally, municipalities approach the ‘global city’ ambition by opening up real estate markets for global investment and large-scale development, and shifting towards a tourism and service-focused economy. But what does living in a ‘global’ city entail for those who are...
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Understanding Pasifika migrant behaviour and perspectives of well-being in Brisbane through material cultural adaptations


8th State of Australian Cities National Conference, 28-30 November 2017, Adelaide, Australia
Pasifika migrant perspectives of well-being are linked to their spatial behaviour and material cultural adaptations within urban areas. In order to understand the significance of material cultural adaptations we must also consider the underpinnings of the materials and templates used within context. The characteristics of the Brisbane urban landscape has afforded the material cultural adaptations...
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Real estate social market employing a PPP approach: the Chilean case


8th State of Australian Cities National Conference, 28-30 November 2017, Adelaide, Australia
Engaging the private sector in the social housing provision is a contested public policy discussion in Australia and internationally. A valuable reference case for Australia is the social housing policy in Chile, which has drifted from a traditional procurement approach, meaning that the public sector is in charge of providing housing units; to a Public-Private...
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Room sharing: a solution or an exacerbation to rental housing affordability crisis in Sydney?


8th State of Australian Cities National Conference, 28-30 November 2017, Adelaide, Australia
This paper addresses the questions of the geography and characteristics of room sharing, advertised via online shared accommodation listings, and its impact in terms of residential overcrowding and rental affordability. The findings may provide insights for policymakers and development practitioners that address issues of monitoring and regulation of informal practices of room sharing.
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