This research charts the key issues facing the governance and management of strata buildings and is the first major study of the strata sector undertaken in Australia. • An estimated three million people live in strata titled homes in Australia. The state of New South Wales (NSW) has the largest number of strata titled properties...

The built environment, especially our largest cities, faces substantial change in the next twenty years if it is to meet the increasing demands for carbon neutrality, reduced water consumption and more efficient resource consumption. The industries that design, build, retrofit, manage and maintain the built environment face equally significant changes in organisation, working practices and...

This report presents insight into the complexity and multiplicity of place based experiences of social exclusion. The findings are that social exclusion is an inherently context specific entity. Six dimensions of exclusion are defined: neighbourhood; social and civic engagement; access; crime and security; community identity; and economic characteristics.

The proposals in the Sydney Metro Strategy for 420,000 new higher density brownfield dwellings represent the most significant planned re-structuring Sydney will have faced in 100 years. Its impact will be long lasting and substantial – and the solution to Sydney’s environmental sustainability will largely lie with the urban renewal of its older areas. This...

A continuing issue in metropolitan strategic plans is how much of them will be implemented. This appears to depend on how far planners are able to understand and shape the future of the city; whether appropriate planning and decision-making frameworks and mechanisms exist or can be put in place for making proposals happen; and what...