Australian PlannerPub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2021.2017992
J. Bolleter, Zoë Myers, Paula Hooper
{"title":"Overcoming the barriers to Transit-Oriented Development","authors":"J. Bolleter, Zoë Myers, Paula Hooper","doi":"10.1080/07293682.2021.2017992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2021.2017992","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Despite the long-term application of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) policy in Australian cities full implementation has proven a challenge. Indeed, in the Western Australian state capital of Perth, residential densities across most train station precincts remain typically low. Moreover, the use of public transport has declined over the last decade despite repeated attempts to boost patronage. In response to this situation, this paper reports on a suite of semi-structured interviews conducted with relevant experts to elicit knowledge concerning (1) the barriers to delivering successful TOD; and (2) potential strategies government planners can employ to mitigate these barriers to create successful TODs. The paper concludes that the success of station precincts must prioritise diverse, creative, and genuinely appealing places and travel options over transport planning standardisation and fixed practices.","PeriodicalId":45599,"journal":{"name":"Australian Planner","volume":"57 1","pages":"188 - 205"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47457690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Australian PlannerPub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2021.1996412
G. Paine, Laura Goh, S. Thompson, Irena L. C. Connon, J. Prior, Le Thomas
{"title":"Planning for health in higher density living: learning from the experience of Green Square, New South Wales","authors":"G. Paine, Laura Goh, S. Thompson, Irena L. C. Connon, J. Prior, Le Thomas","doi":"10.1080/07293682.2021.1996412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2021.1996412","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Urban densification proceeds apace. However, and notwithstanding a renewed awareness of the intrinsic link between urban form and human health, we are only beginning to query the impact of higher density living on health-supportive behaviours. Using Green Square, Sydney as a case study, this paper reports recent research that addresses this gap. Findings include a consistency – though largely unrecognized – with the healthy built environments research literature; a lack of a consistent ‘healthy environments’ language, including any definition of ‘healthy density’; a lack of attention to high-rise high density; and a need for an active engagement with complexity, as well as substantial and ongoing institutional support.","PeriodicalId":45599,"journal":{"name":"Australian Planner","volume":"57 1","pages":"139 - 149"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46253223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Australian PlannerPub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2021.1962929
Linda P. Osborne, D. Cushing, Tracy L. Washington
{"title":"Where have all the backyards gone? The decline of usable residential greenspace in Brisbane, Australia","authors":"Linda P. Osborne, D. Cushing, Tracy L. Washington","doi":"10.1080/07293682.2021.1962929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2021.1962929","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Urban design impacts all aspects of our lives – economic, social and environmental. Government planning policies aim for clean, green, sustainable growth, encouraging residential development close to major infrastructure and parks; and advocate protection of greenspace to enhance livability, health and wellbeing. Using an inner-suburb of Brisbane as a case study, this research evaluated policy outcomes by analysing residential development applications, to identify gaps between the policy intent and implementation. The key measurable outcome criteria selected for this policy evaluation included: dwelling density; zone category, type and built-form totals; major shopping centres, transport infrastructure and parks proximity; tree removal and replacement totals; residential greenspace area totals and additional public greenspace provision. The methods are adaptable to policy evaluation locally, nationally and internationally. The research identified significant gaps between the intent and implementation of planning policies, finding residential development outcomes did not comply with the policy intent; and highlighted the importance of effective governance through policy evaluation. The findings indicated a critical need for legislative amendment to improve compliance and a need to differentiate between general and usable residential greenspaces (URG). Further research is required to determine URG dimensions that afford benefits, for incorporation into assessment benchmarks linked to policy initiatives.","PeriodicalId":45599,"journal":{"name":"Australian Planner","volume":"57 1","pages":"100 - 113"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43449372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Australian PlannerPub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2021.1936094
Li Meng, R. Li, M. Taylor, D. Scrafton
{"title":"Residents’ choices and preferences regarding transit-oriented housing","authors":"Li Meng, R. Li, M. Taylor, D. Scrafton","doi":"10.1080/07293682.2021.1936094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2021.1936094","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Transit-oriented development (TOD) housing aims to provide housing in locations with good public transportation network, and where residents can work, study and pursue leisure nearby. With this goal, TOD housing could create a more sustainable and time-saving living environment. However, a controversy then arises as these benefits may mean that TOD housing may be pushed to higher price brackets through demand and commercialisation. Although there is much research on TOD and non-transit-oriented development (non-TOD) housing the analysis of revealed and stated preference for TOD house demand and supply is rare. Using stated preference data, results derived from three different groups of residents in Adelaide – ‘Corridor Population’, ‘Working Population’ and ‘Mawson Lakes Population’ (a transit-oriented development [TOD] group) – are compared, revealing their different housing needs and demands. All three modelled populations show similar preference patterns regarding housing type, distance to the train station and housing affordability, but some differences are evident. The Corridor Population and Working Population seek houses closer to bus stops, while the Mawson Lakes Population desires housing with high-frequency train services and more activities nearby. The power of the modelling approach to identify factors pertinent for policy development is clearly demonstrated.","PeriodicalId":45599,"journal":{"name":"Australian Planner","volume":"57 1","pages":"85 - 99"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07293682.2021.1936094","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48752247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Australian PlannerPub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2021.1984966
S. Nematollahi
{"title":"Social diversity in a dense neighbourhood: a socio-psychological study of community opposition to dense developments in Perth, Western Australia","authors":"S. Nematollahi","doi":"10.1080/07293682.2021.1984966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2021.1984966","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The surveys of residents living in areas planned for increasing residential density in Perth, Australia (Canning Bridge, Cannington, Wellard activity centres) concluded that the idea of encouraging ‘a diverse mix of people into the precinct’ was not perceived positively by current residents. From a socio-psychological view, the surveys reflect a perceived concern about future demographic change in their neighbourhood following a dense development. This paper solely discusses the results of follow-up in-depth interviews with several residents for investigating the residents’ concerns about demographic change. The thematic analysis of interviews highlights that ‘fear of the unknown’ drove many of the negative perceptions towards demographic change. Many interviewees interpreted ‘diversity’ in relation to cultural background (ethnicity), with their ‘fear’ stemming from their unfamiliarity with people of different cultural backgrounds. The interview results also suggest that the level and quality of current informal and formal socialising among neighbours may be a precursor to overcoming their concerns. The paper concludes that while the dimension of ‘diversity’ is widely embraced by planners it has the potential to be seen negatively by residents who see this quality as a social disruption to their neighbourhood and lifestyle. Further, micro scale social events such as small street get-togethers may have the potential and be more effective than macro/large events for establishing social, cultural context that is required prior to new developments and their incoming residents.","PeriodicalId":45599,"journal":{"name":"Australian Planner","volume":"57 1","pages":"127 - 137"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48534008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Australian PlannerPub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2021.1962930
Lucile Jacquot, K. Dupré, Z. Hamedani, S. Tavares
{"title":"Australian Urban Design Guidelines: what do we know and what can we learn?","authors":"Lucile Jacquot, K. Dupré, Z. Hamedani, S. Tavares","doi":"10.1080/07293682.2021.1962930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2021.1962930","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The concern for urban design in Australia and its role in the creation of urban environments have increased and matured over the last decades. Placing a focussed lens on Australia, this paper aims at analysing Urban Design Guidelines (UDGs) through the three pillars of sustainability. This study set out to identify gaps in the existing UDGs at three governmental levels (national, state/territory and local) and offers avenues for future research and guideline development. This study implies that despite the abundance of guidelines, a major shift is needed to enhance the efficiency of UDGs in delivering a sustainable living environment.","PeriodicalId":45599,"journal":{"name":"Australian Planner","volume":"57 1","pages":"114 - 126"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48603412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Australian PlannerPub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2021.1931898
Maryam Lesan, M. Gjerde
{"title":"The role of business agglomerations in stimulating static and social activities in multicultural streets","authors":"Maryam Lesan, M. Gjerde","doi":"10.1080/07293682.2021.1931898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2021.1931898","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Urban designers and city planners are increasingly interested in how streets can support social activities. Street-based social activities are influenced by relationships between the street’s physical characteristics, the business activities that take place there and how these two factors are managed over time. As New Zealand’s population becomes more diverse, a key challenge is to design and manage public spaces so that people from different socio-cultural backgrounds can enjoy spending time there. The ethnic retail phenomenon is considered one of the most recognisable symbols of multiculturalism. In many cases, the identity of an ethnic neighbourhood has developed around a specific mix of retailing activities. Despite this, very little work has been done to identify the characteristics of shops and businesses along streets that can help stimulate social intercourse. This paper explores how commercial business agglomerations can support efforts to make streets more culturally diverse. Through observations of activity along streets and interviews with people from three ethnically diverse communities in New Zealand, it was revealed that the extent to which streets become the public domain of different ethnic groups is dependent on the retail activities on offer. We conclude with reflections about the importance of municipal intervention and management for multicultural planning practice in streets.","PeriodicalId":45599,"journal":{"name":"Australian Planner","volume":"57 1","pages":"65 - 84"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07293682.2021.1931898","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41426849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Australian PlannerPub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2021.1920994
M. Rahnama
{"title":"Simulation of land use land cover change in Melbourne metropolitan area from 2014 to 2030: using multilayer perceptron neural networks and Markov chain model","authors":"M. Rahnama","doi":"10.1080/07293682.2021.1920994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2021.1920994","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT\u0000 The explosive growth of the Melbourne metropolitan area (MMA) population in the last two decades and the spatial expansion of the city to the periphery have necessitated the analysis of land use land cover (LULC) changes. To this end, Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) neural networks, Markov chain model, GIS and TerrSet software package were used. Initially, nine driving variables affecting the future development of the city were identified. Then, using the maximum probability estimation model, land uses were classified into six categories in the MMA with an area of 8819.6 km2 for 2014, 2017 and 2020. During 2014–2020, two land uses have experienced positive changes (residential and cultivated land uses with 16.48% and 11.56% respectively) and four of them (forest cover with −5.74%, grass and green space with −9.72%, barren lands with −11.14% and water body with −1.45%) have experienced a decrease in area. To validate the prediction of land use changes until 2030, the kappa coefficient (0.617) was used. The result of using Cramer's V statistics (above 0.15) to measure the effect of driving variables on land use forecast was acceptable. LULC change was predicted by MLP and Markov chain model for 2030. The results showed that two land uses (residential and industrial land use with 26.3% and cultivated land with 6.99%) will have positive change and four of them (forest coverage with −17.11%, barren land with −9 29%, grass and green space with −5.33% and water bodies with −1.38%) should have negative growth. Spatial changes of land use will occur mostly in the northern and north-western regions on barren land, and on the east and southeast on forest and green spaces. Findings are useful for planning authorities in MMA where it is highly affected by population growth and LULC change.","PeriodicalId":45599,"journal":{"name":"Australian Planner","volume":"57 1","pages":"36 - 49"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07293682.2021.1920994","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44465389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Australian PlannerPub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2021.1920993
Nicholas Kamols, M. Foth, Mirko Guaralda
{"title":"Beyond engagement theatre: challenging institutional constraints of participatory planning practice","authors":"Nicholas Kamols, M. Foth, Mirko Guaralda","doi":"10.1080/07293682.2021.1920993","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2021.1920993","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Institutional realities often limit participatory planning practice from reaching its full potential. Rather than continuing to improve participatory approaches and methods in isolation, we studied whether there is merit in extending the repertoire of planning knowledge and skills to encompass a focus on the broader institutional decision-making processes. By interviewing a diverse range of experts working in the Queensland planning context, the research sought to understand different types of clashes between participatory planning practices and institutional cultures. Interviewees shared their personal experiences and strategies that helped them traverse institutional processes and constraints. This confirmed that there is already a wealth of tacitly held skills, which have not yet been formalised. Our data analysis found that planning practice may be improved by attenuating the disparity between external messaging and internal practices, and by enabling planning practitioners to better utilise informal institutional structures. Intermediation is proposed as a skillset to formalise planners’ tacitly held interpersonal and political literacy and acumen, and equip them to better navigate and negotiate institutional structures and constraints.","PeriodicalId":45599,"journal":{"name":"Australian Planner","volume":"57 1","pages":"23 - 35"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07293682.2021.1920993","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45334916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Australian PlannerPub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2021.1920995
C. Daniel, C. Pettit
{"title":"Digital disruption and planning – use of data and digital technology by professional planners, and perceptions of change to planning work","authors":"C. Daniel, C. Pettit","doi":"10.1080/07293682.2021.1920995","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2021.1920995","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In an era of smart cities and digitalisation, there is a plethora of digital government and digital planning initiatives. Such rapid digitalisation is putting the planning profession under pressure to adapt to new digital technology. Our research investigates the use of data and technology, perceived and desired outcomes arising from digital disruption, and perceived barriers to the adoption of new technologies to in day to day planning work from the point of view of practicing planners across a wide range of professional roles. This paper reports the results of a mixed-methods study involving both a survey and workshop, with participants located primarily in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Our research finds that widespread digital disruption is anticipated by most participants and provides important evidence to assist planning organisations in preparing for this change.","PeriodicalId":45599,"journal":{"name":"Australian Planner","volume":"57 1","pages":"50 - 64"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07293682.2021.1920995","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41926300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}