Conference

7th State of Australian Cities Conference, 9-11 December 2015, Gold Coast, 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 7 was held in the City of Gold Coast and hosted by Griffith University.

The 164 peer reviewed papers were organised into seven broad themes but all shared, to varying degrees, a common focus on the ways in which high quality academic research can be used in the development and implementation of policy. The conference featured leading national and local politicians and policy makers who shared their views on some of the current challenges facing cities and how these might be overcome in the future.

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

Conference paper

Neighbourhood disaster resilience index: A validation in the context of Brisbane and Ipswich 2010/2011 floods

11 Dec 2015

Leila Irajifar,

Tooran Alizadeh,

Neil Sipe

7th State of Australian Cities Conference, 9-11 December 2015, Gold Coast, Australia

Despite the wide use of the resilience concept in urban planning and policy making, measuring this concept at neighbourhood level has not been done. In this study, a Neighbourhood Disaster Resilience Index (NDRI) is proposed with a refined set of variables for measuring neighbourhood level disaster resiliency

Conference paper

The exigency of making Auckland the world's most liveable city and its detrimental consequences

11 Dec 2015

Mohsen Mohammadzadeh

7th State of Australian Cities Conference, 9-11 December 2015, Gold Coast, Australia

This paper suggests that the implementation of a supplementary spatial planning – a national spatial plan – may assist to evenly distribute wealth, services and subsequently population around the country.

Conference paper

Passing the community test- a co-benefits approach to evaluating the case for light rail in Canberra, Australia

11 Dec 2015

7th State of Australian Cities Conference, 9-11 December 2015, Gold Coast, Australia

This paper reports on the development of conceptual framework to identify the potential impact of LRT on the Canberra community using a co-benefits approach.

Conference paper

Building transformation through housing expos: a multi-pronged strategy to help address the wicked problem of affordable housing

11 Dec 2015

7th State of Australian Cities Conference, 9-11 December 2015, Gold Coast, Australia

Housing expos have the potential to demonstrate alternative living environments as viable options to the current housing choices which are largely limited to new apartments for singles and couples and detached suburban housing designed for families.

Conference paper

Improving design outcomes in the built environment through design review panels and design guidelines.

11 Dec 2015

7th State of Australian Cities Conference, 9-11 December 2015, Gold Coast, Australia

This paper presents findings from interviews with 22 building industry stakeholders from Australia. These interviews explored the role, benefits and limitations of design guidelines and design review panels.