Funding body
Land and Water Australia
Project leader
A/Prof Darryl Low Choy
Project members
Cassara Sutherland, Sally Scott, Kylie Rolley, Prof Brendan Gleeson, Dr Neil Sipe, Dr Jago Dodson
RMIT principal investigator
Prof Michael Buxton
Project description
This landmark study of peri-urban regions in Brisbane and Melbourne has two key aims. First, it will investigate the nature and extent of contemporary peri urban regions in Australia. This will involve an examination of environmental, social and economic trends in two peri-urban areas, and a description and analysis of current governance, institutional, policy and management arrangements and an evaluation of their adequacy. Second, it will outline the implications of social, economic and environmental changes for future land use and management; identify likely future patterns of socio-economic, agricultural, cultural, natural resource development, environmental and land use change in peri-urban landscapes; and develop scenarios for future land use and management based on 'business as usual', interventionist and deregulated options.
Output
- State of the peri-urban regions: A review of the literature (PDF 1932k)
Michael Buxton, George Tieman, Sarah Bekessy, Trevor Budge, Dave Mercer, Matthew Coote and Jo-Anne Morcombe
Research Monograph 1, October 2006 - Peri-urban case study: Bendigo corridor (PDF 8348k)
Michael Buxton, George Tieman, Sarah Bekessy, Trevor Budge, Andrew Butt, Matthew Coote, Alex Lechner, Dave Mercer, Danny O'Neill, Curtis Riddington
Research Monograph 2, September 2007 - Peri-urban case study: South-East Queensland (PDF 9735k)
A/Prof Darryl Low Choy, Cassara Sutherland, Sally Scott, Kylie Rolley, Prof Brendan Gleeson, Dr Jago Dodson and Dr Neil Sipe
Research Monograph 3, November 2007 - Peri-urban futures and sustainable development (PDF 2486k)
A/Prof Darryl Low Choy, Cassara Sutherland, Prof Brendan Gleeson, Dr Jago Dodson and Dr Neil Sipe
Research Monograph 4, May 2008
Status
Completed December 2007