Conference

2nd State of Australian Cities National Conference, 30 November - 2 December 2005, Brisbane, Australia

Owning Institution

The State of Australian Cities (SOAC) national conferences have been held biennially since 2003 to support interdisciplinary policy-related urban research. SOAC 2 was hosted by the Urban Research Program at the South Bank campus, Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University.

The principal theme of SOAC 2 was the sustainability and vulnerability of Australian cities. Providing a place of dialogue between leading researchers on the state of Australian cities and where they might be headed, SOAC 2 brought together participants from a wide range of fields, including: academics, researchers, policy makers, private and public sector practitioners, leaders in government, social commentators and the media.

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

Conference paper

Local and international examples of how sustainable communities can and do work

2 Dec 2005

Morag Gamble

2nd State of Australian Cities National Conference, 30 November - 2 December 2005, Brisbane, Australia

To sustain urban habitats and their inhabitants, we must plan, design and think of cities as ecological systems, create healthy urban metabolisms and reconsider the relationship between cities and their hinterland.

Conference paper

Learning from the past research Central Coast, New South Wales

2 Dec 2005

Rolf Fenner

2nd State of Australian Cities National Conference, 30 November - 2 December 2005, Brisbane, Australia

This paper argues that as a consequence of reflecting on past policy experiences it is possible to better understand and appreciate what policy decisions were previously undertaken, and subsequently improve the opportunities for future policy decision making and implementation.

Conference paper

Urban water supply in Australia: The option of diverting water from irrigation

2 Dec 2005

John Quiggin

2nd State of Australian Cities National Conference, 30 November - 2 December 2005, Brisbane, Australia

Most urban areas in Australia are facing the prospect of increasing scarcity of water. Further pressure arises from evidence that existing levels of water use in many catchments are environmentally unsustainable.

Conference paper

Tests for liveability: keeping pace with change

2 Dec 2005

Lyn Harrop

2nd State of Australian Cities National Conference, 30 November - 2 December 2005, Brisbane, Australia

This paper highlights the need to develop tests for liveability for practical application in area and development planning at a neighbourhood, place and building level.

Conference paper

The inner city transformed: Industrial and post-industrial Melbourne in pictures c1970-2005

2 Dec 2005

Tony Dingle,

Seamus O'Hanlon

2nd State of Australian Cities National Conference, 30 November - 2 December 2005, Brisbane, Australia

A number of voices in the 1970s and early 1980s forecasting the deindustrialisation of the Australian economy and the coming of a post-industrial economic future based on knowledge industries, consumption and the service sector.