Report
Showcasing innovation: case studies of recent homelessness initiatives
This document sets out to highlight some of the innovative practices being developed across Australia in response to homelessness. The paper draws upon some of the new ways of thinking encountered by researchers at the Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning in their work on homelessness. The diversity of approaches evident in this document...
Report
Public housing stock transfer - impacts and implications for local government: final report
This is the final report of a project that examines the impact of the South Australian Government’s announced program of public housing stock transfers to the community sector on local governments. The community housing sector in Australia is defined as not-for-profit housing and is made up of both larger and smaller organisations. Some operate on...
Conference paper
Acknowledging the Health Effects of Poor Quality Housing: Australia's hidden fraction
Housing is a central component of productive, healthy and meaningful lives, and a principle social determinant of broader health and wellbeing. Surprisingly though, evidence on the ways that housing influences health in Australia is poorly developed.
Report
Australia’s country towns 2050: what will a climate adapted settlement pattern look like?
This report is the first output from this project and presents the findings from the initial stages of the investigation. Later reports will present a fuller picture as the outputs of additional stages of analysis are presented. There is a growing consensus in the community around the certainty of human-induced climate change and its potential...
Report
Australia's country towns 2050: what will a climate adapted settlement pattern look like?
Abstract This report considers the impact of anticipated climate change on Australia’s inland towns and centres to the year 2050. It examines the ways in which non-coastal settlements will be affected by the primary, secondary and tertiary impacts of climate change, including the impact of extreme climate events, a warming and drying climate over much...