This paper reports on data from a recent Survey of Community Wellbeing and Responding to Change conducted in six Local Government Areas (LGAs) in inner, middle, outer, and urban fringe areas of Melbourne.

This paper proposes a ‘tipping point’ approach. Key conditions that lead to tipping point are discussed with examples from various fields and as related to urban sustainability transitions.

This paper presents the goals, underlying principles and framework, and the research, development and demonstration/delivery (RD&D) activities of the Sustainable Cities research theme at CSIRO, emphasising its focus on inter-disciplinary and integrated approaches to address urban sustainability issues.