The Urban Observer – May 2017

An independent bi-monthly magazine analysing current urban events and showcasing the research and work of academics from the RMIT Centre for Urban Research.

Locating financial incentives among diverse motivations for long-term private land conservation

Decline of ‘biodiversity’ in conservation policy discourse in Australia

‘Transitions in the making’: The role of regional boundary organisations in mobilising sustainability transitions under a changing climate

Studying social practices and global practice change using scrapbooks as a cultural probe

Dealing with Conflict in Local Planning: Reflections from Australian Planners

Exploring the permanence of conservation covenants

Wildlife gardening for collaborative public–private biodiversity conservation

Adaptation for Recovery Evaluation Report

Adaptation for Recovery Summary Evaluation Report

Epigenetics, theories of social practice and lifestyle disease

Social transit as mass transit in Australian suburban greenfield development

Critical Urban Infrastructure

Looking at emergent and multi-scale governance through the lens of community formation

‘A Fantasy to Get Employment Around the Area’: Long Commutes and Resident Health in an Outer Urban Master-Planned Estate

Quantifying the conservation gains from shared access to linear infrastructure

Local Government Guide to Fostering Corporate Responsibility

Intergenerational transfers and housing tenure – Australian evidence

Why Politics and Context Matter in Conservation Policy

When growth collides: conflict between urban and airport growth in Melbourne, Australia

Wellbeing at the edges of ownership

Increasing biodiversity in urban green spaces through simple vegetation interventions

Towards socially integrated housing in Chile: Assessing conviviality through two key housing projects

A new model for effective post-disaster housing reconstruction: Lessons from Gujarat and Bihar in India