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

Melbourne Docklands: it's a class remake but it ain't classy

11 Dec 2015

Kate Shaw

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

This paper examines the effects of gentrification and redevelopment on Melbourne's Docklands.

Conference paper

Downscaling planning's fashions: network formation and application in the small city

11 Dec 2015

Andrew Butt,

Trevor Budge,

Mark Bello

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

Small cities in Australia are typically home to growing populations and changing economies. Using the example of “20-minute” neighbourhoods, increased urban density and walkability metrics, (concepts drawn from, among others, metropolitan Portland, Oregon) this paper considers their application as planning concepts in Bendigo Australia.

Conference paper

Socially healthy ageing: the importance of third places, soft edges and walkable neighbourhoods

11 Dec 2015

Sara Alidoust,

Caryl Bosman,

Gordon Holden

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

This paper discusses the impacts of physical neighbourhood environments on the social life — a component of social health — of older people. The research is focused on where, in the neighbourhood, the social life of older people takes place.

Conference paper

Stranger adaptations: cultural diversity and public/private interface adaptations in Bankstown, Sydney

11 Dec 2015

Sanaz Alian,

Stephen Wood

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

With a view to extending this literature, the current paper examines how intercultural encounters in public space are influenced by built form in the culturally diverse suburb of Bankstown, Sydney

Conference paper

Modelling behavioural responsiveness in city structuring

11 Dec 2015

Sharon Biermann,

Christopher J. Pettit,

Andre Brits

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

There is a growing imperative for infrastructure decisions in Australia to be based on evidenced based approaches which are data driven. Urban growth modelling is increasingly being used in strategic infrastructure planning practice. However, current models tend to be "once-off" applications based on static equilibrium approaches that represent little or no behavioural validity.