By Laurence Troy Australian Construction Insights (ACI) released their latest brief last Monday 18 July and noted that for the first time in Australia, construction starts for multi-unit housing were higher than for detached housing. Of course, there ought to be caution in reading these figures, as any decent geographer will tell you, location and […]
Entries Tagged as 'Cities'
Apartment construction boom: is this the end of the dream?
July 22nd, 2016 · 1 Comment · Affordability, Cities, Construction, Housing supply
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The dust up over density
May 24th, 2016 · 2 Comments · Cities, Government, Housing supply
By Bill Randolph, Director, City Futures Research Centre. Originally published in Domain. The indicative massing strategy for the Central to Eveleigh study area. Photo: City of Sydney, UrbanGrowth We’ve all heard about the ‘Brawl over Sprawl’. Well, now we have the ‘Dust up over Density’. The stakes, as well as the buildings, are high because this […]
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The Political Economy of the Compact City: the Story from Perth
April 27th, 2016 · No Comments · Cities, Government, Housing supply, Planning reform, Transport
After enjoying great economic prosperity during the mining boom, Perth now finds itself grappling with the challenges of pursuing a compact city agenda in a more financially precarious era. The effects of this new era are already emerging; for example, while the high-profile Elizabeth Quay waterfront redevelopment opened recently, some of its associated private development […]
Tags:Cities·high density·Planning·strategic planning·urban renewal
Hopes of a new urban age survive minister’s fall
January 20th, 2016 · No Comments · Cities, Government, Guest appearance
By Robert Freestone, Professor of Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW. Originially published at The Conversation. The resignation of Australia’s first minister for cities and the built environment after just 99 days is a setback for federal leadership in these areas. Yet enough momentum and goodwill have been generated to keep the flag flying. The […]
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The Political Economy of the Compact City: the Story from Sydney
December 4th, 2015 · No Comments · Cities, Government, Housing, Planning reform
There are few more contentious urban projects than Barangaroo, the history of which was recently described as “a quintessentially Sydney story”. It’s a description that highlights the complex and contested nature of Sydney’s urban renewal landscape, which is also revealed in a new City Futures Working Paper by Dr Raymond Bunker. Entitled The changing political […]
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City Futures Research Centre: 10 years young and going strong
November 30th, 2015 · No Comments · Cities, Strata
As November draws to a close, it seems fitting to reflect briefly on a particularly busy and important month for the City Futures team. This month saw CFRC celebrate its 10th anniversary, a real testament to the hard work and persistence of a great many people over the past decade.
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When developers come knocking: why strata law shake-up won’t deliver cheaper housing
November 27th, 2015 · No Comments · Cities, Housing, Housing supply, Strata, Uncategorized
Originally published in The Conversation by Laurence Troy, Bill Randolph, Hazel Easthope and Laura Crommelin Recent changes to strata title legislation in NSW will remove the need for all owners to agree to sell or redevelop their apartment block as a whole. This means that some owners may now have their apartments sold against their […]
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Big Data and Smart Cities
November 18th, 2015 · No Comments · Cities
I am a new Research Fellow at the City Futures Research Centre (CFRC) in UNSW, and cannot think of a better time to start, as it is the Centre’s 10 year celebration. The week of activities with academic, government, industry and community partners at the Royal Mint in Sydney CBD was a time for looking […]
Tags:Big Data·Cities·Urban Science
The inequality in our suburbs
November 13th, 2015 · No Comments · Cities, Government
By Bill Randolph, Director, City Futures Research Centre. Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald. Gough Whitlam once wrote that “a citizen’s real standard of living, his children’s opportunities for education and self-improvement …are determined not by his income, not by the hours he works, but by where he lives.” In the 40 years that […]
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Cities@UNSW
November 9th, 2015 · No Comments · Cities
City Futures Research Centre is celebrating its 10th anniversary by hosting Cities@UNSW – a week of events about cities, housing, planning and urban science.
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