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

A tale of three cities: Labour and housing market development in a post-industrial era

2 Dec 2005

Christian Nygaard

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

The global city literature postulates that economic restructuring and integration within global cities is accompanied by increasing polarisation. This paper examines and compares economic restructuring trends in three Australian cities – Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide – and asks whether the global city concept is useful in helping us understand the impact of economic restructuring on...

Conference paper

Park-city edge effect: Mapping the social and environmental ecotones of three Sydney parklands

2 Dec 2005

Linda Corkery,

Catherine Evans

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

This paper will use a metaphor based on the ecological definition of the “ecotone” to examine the transition zones that occur around the edges of three of Sydney’s major parklands – Centennial Parklands (CP), the Sydney Olympic Parklands (SOP) and the Western Sydney Parklands (WSP).

Conference paper

A marriage of convenience? Rail-supportive transport policies and urban consolidation in station precincts in Australia and Europe

2 Dec 2005

Jan Scheurer,

Annette Kroen

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

This paper looks at the motivations, institutional frameworks, goals and preliminary results of Victoria’s Transit Cities program – a key element of the Melbourne 2030 strategy – and the FrenchGerman project Bahn.Ville which examined several rail lines in Germany and France regarding their suitability to act as anchors for urban development, and the roles of...

Conference paper

Are metropolitan planning frameworks healthy? The broader context

2 Dec 2005

Susan Thompson,

Tinalee Gallico

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

This paper presents current research examining how metropolitan plans create urban environments to nurture healthy and happy citizens. Specifically, we ask: do metropolitan strategies lay an adequate foundation for neighbourhood and local plans to bring about environments for holistic wellbeing?

Conference paper

Situating master-planned estates

2 Dec 2005

Robyn Dowling,

Pauline McGuirk

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

This paper critically engages with these understandings of master-planned estates (MPEs) in the Australian context.