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

Linking urban regeneration and community renewal: The Redfern-Waterloo example

2 Dec 2005

Elizabeth Rice

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

This paper examines the adequacy of the New South Wales (NSW) Government’s current approach to linked urban regeneration and community renewal, using the Redfern-Waterloo area as an example

Conference paper

Residents' perspectives about social mix

2 Dec 2005

Kathy Arthurson

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

This paper describes residents’ perceptions of 'social mix', utilising three case studies of social housing estates based in South Australia that have undergone substantial changes to social mix to reduce concentrations of public housing tenants and attract private home owners into the areas.

Conference paper

Ten years of metropolitan strategic planning in South Australia

2 Dec 2005

Steve Hamnett

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

This paper provides the background to a recently commenced research project at the University of South Australia which aims to critically review the aims and achievements of metropolitan strategic plans for Adelaide since 1990.

Conference paper

Regulatory and incentive mechanisms to implement Transit Oriented Development (TOD) in South East Queensland

2 Dec 2005

Bhishna Bajracharya,

Shahed Khan,

Matt Longland

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

The Queensland Government released a statutory planning document South East Queensland Regional Plan 2005-2026 to manage the rapid growth of its south east region. One of the strategies identified in the document is to establish a number of transit-oriented developments (TODs) to create compact, walkable communities around high capacity public transport nodes.

Conference paper

Models of innovation and implications for Australian regional development

2 Dec 2005

Marcus Spiller

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

This paper presents a new typology of innovation with reference to two parameters; firstly, the degree to which innovation is incubated in a complex network of business relationships versus key bilateral relationships; and, secondly, the degree to which innovation is undertaken as a strategic leap as opposed to incrementally.