Smart Cities is a planning movement that uses information technology to develop cities of ‘intelligent’ sense and response. This paper looks at two of the highest profile Smart City initiatives under this new model; explores the spatial strategies being employed, and explores possible futures for Australian application.

Transport planning is the set of state-led practices that seek to improve (using) mobility, with reference to an idealised future imaginary. This research characterises how scale is deployed in practices of transport planning, with a focus on the Melbourne (Australia) and Toronto (Canada) urban regions between 2000 and 2015.

This paper examines how key actors in the affordable housing industry work together in affordable housing partnerships.

This paper explores the causes of, and evaluates possible remedies for, the decline of public transport in Melbourne. The exploration is carried out through a comparison of public transport policy in Melbourne, where with Toronto.