Research papers

Urban Research Program Research Papers report findings and conclusions from our scholarly and empirical research program.

• The production of knowledge: A myth of infantile sexuality (PDF 1490k)
  Dr Stephen Horton
  Research Paper 21
  November 2008
• Urban consolidation and household greenhouse emissions: Towards a full consumption impacts approach (PDF 947k)
  Rowan Gray, Prof Brendan Gleeson and Dr Matthew Burke
  Research Paper 20
  November 2008
• The VAMPIRE at the Polling Booth: What influence did higher fuel prices and rising mortgage interest rates have at the 2007 Australian Federal Election? (PDF 1640k)
  Dr Jago Dodson, Dr Neil Sipe and Rick Evans
  Research Paper 19
  November 2008
• A sporting chance: Accessibility of proposed AFL stadium locations on the Gold Coast (PDF 3270k)
  Dr Matthew Burke, Rick Evans and Emily Hatfield
  Research Paper 18
  September 2008
• Unsettling suburbia: The new landscape of oil and mortgage vulnerability in Australian cities (PDF 2510k)
  Dr Jago Dodson and Dr Neil Sipe
  Research Paper 17
  August 2008
• Climate change law for planners, developers, local government and greenies: A quick stock take and some ideas for the future (PDF 508k)
  Dr Philippa England
  Research Paper 16
  June 2008
• Suburban scars: Australian cities and socio-economic deprevation (PDF 2546k)
  A/Prof Scott Baum
  Research Paper 15
  February 2008
• Roads, Railways and Regimes: Why some societies are able to organise suburban public transport — and why others can't (PDF 2268k)
  Chris Harris
  Research Paper 14
  October 2007
• Where have all the gardens gone? An investigation into the disappearance of backyards in newer Australian suburbs (PDF 3772k)
  Prof Tony Hall
  Research Paper 13
  August 2007
• Sydney's urban consolidation experience: Power, politics and community (PDF 366k)
  Dr Glen Searle
  Research Paper 12
  March 2007
• Evaluating climate change mitigation strategies in South East Queensland (PDF 361k)
  Donovan Burton
  Research Paper 11
  March 2007
• Real estate development industry structure: Is it competitive and why? (PDF 443k)
  Dr Eddo Coiacetto
  Research Paper 10
  November 2006
• Towards a regional landscape framework: Is practice ahead of theory? (PDF 439k)
  A/Prof Darryl Low Choy
  Research Paper 9
  November 2006
• Shocking the suburbs: Urban location, housing debt and oil vulnerability in the Australian city (PDF 1243k)
  Dr Jago Dodson and Dr Neil Sipe
  Research Paper 8
  July 2006
• Rolling the State: Government, neo-liberalism and housing assistance in four advanced economies (PDF 238k)
  Dr Jago Dodson
  Research Paper 7
  June 2006
• Oil vulnerability in the Australian city (PDF 922k)
  Dr Jago Dodson and Dr Neil Sipe
  Research Paper 6
  December 2005
• Public land agencies in Australia: The key to positive planning? (PDF 269k)
  Prof Brendan Gleeson and Dr Eddo Coiacetto
  Research Paper 5
  June 2005
• School travel modes in Brisbane (PDF 314k)
  Claire Ridgewell, Dr Neil Sipe and Nick Buchanan
  Research Paper 4
  June 2005
• Real estate development by local government in Queensland (PDF 230k)
  Dr Eddo Coiacetto and Dr Doug Baker
  Research Paper 3
  June 2005
• Exploring the institutional dimensions of local governance and community strengthening: Linking empirical and theoretical debates (PDF 426k)
  Tim Reddel
  Research Paper 2
  December 2004
• The reflexive governance of urban catchments: A case of deliberative truncation (PDF 622k)
  Toni Darbas
  Research Paper 1
  August 2004