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

Growing old on the suburban fringe: master planned communities and planning for diversity

2 Dec 2005

Peter Walters

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

Discussing the needs and expectations of older residents for supportive community of place, in contrast to the needs and motivations of the property developer in ‘creating community’, this paper investigates the situation of older people who have moved to the post-traditional successor to the Australian suburb, the outer suburban ‘master planned community’ (MPC).

Conference paper

Splintering urbanism and sustainable urban water management

2 Dec 2005

Jodi Dong

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

This research is concerned with the response of institutions to the water dilemmas faced by Australia’s cities. Here institutions include government agencies, the water and urban development industries and associations, “green city” advocates and researchers.

Conference paper

SoE what? Has ten years or more of SoE reporting across Australia created or contributed to any environmental improvements or outcomes?

2 Dec 2005

Peter Maganov

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

NSW is the only State where local councils have a statutory requirement to prepare annual state of the environment reports. This presentation attempts to outline practitioner’s experiences in SoE reporting, its success or otherwise in delivering on the interpretations of the statutory and non statutory reporting provisions and on the range of outcomes that make...

Conference paper

Community safety indicators: 'What works, what doesn't, what is promising'

2 Dec 2005

Carolyn Whitzman,

David Mayes

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

Specifically, the paper focuses on community safety indicators as an evaluation tool for local government policies and programs.

Conference paper

The effectiveness of strategies for crime reduction in areas of public housing concentration

2 Dec 2005

Bruce Judd,

Robert Samuels,

Jack Barton

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

Vulnerability to crime is a common problem on large public housing estates, and therefore a key issue in the public housing estate regeneration programs that have emerged in all states of Australian in the last decade.