Archive for March, 2007

The coastal zone is one of Australia’s most valued natural resources, a sensitive environment under threat from uncontrollable urban development. The movement of population to coastal Australia continues unabated, placing unprecedented pressure on coastal communities (The marine and costal community network 2007). At present, more than 5 million Australians live within coastal environments, with an […]

Society has come a long way in relation to gender equality. However, the cities we live in today are a firm reminder of how the past is still present when it comes to female oppression. Regardless of the marital status and nationality of women, where they live places constraints on them.
As women remain the ‘primary […]

The Victorian Planning System is unique. There are few systems like it anywhere in the world. One of the key elements characterising the Victorian Planning system is the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), an independent tribunal which amongst other things, offers a review by appeal of planning decisions determined by council, assessing applications on […]

The Great Australian Dream Has Become a Nightmare!
The great Australian dream has once been to buy your own home, but this dream has become out of reach for most Australian people because of the house price rise. The average house price has increased dramatically making Australian house prices the most expensive in the world (Demographia […]

Earlier this year as an elective in my planning and urban design course I went on a study tour to the Thai/Burma border to spend time working with refugees and the NGO’s that govern them. My aim for the trip was to compile a working site analysis of one of the camps that would […]