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At first glance, old industrial sites, like this one in Carrington Street, don’t look like much. But they provide vital spaces for creative precincts to flourish. Paul Jones

July 29, 2019

Can our cities’ thriving creative precincts be saved from ‘renewal’?

Chris Gibson, University of Wollongong; Alexandra Crosby, University of Technology Sydney; Carl Grodach, Monash University; Craig Lyons, University of Wollongong; Justin O'Connor, Monash University, and Xin Gu, Monash University

A new project documents who uses urban industrial lands slated for redevelopment. It reveals a vibrant but largely hidden sector at the interface between creative industries and small manufacturing.

Cities are places of integration, intense population pressures, migration flows, cultural interactions and variations in socio-economic positioning and values. But what makes them liveable? Mick Tsikas/Reuters

October 27, 2015

Liveable cities: who decides what that means and how we achieve it?

Merridee L. Bailey, University of Adelaide; Amy Milka, University of Adelaide; Craig Lyons, University of Sydney; David Lemmings, University of Adelaide; Gordon Raeburn, The University of Melbourne; Katie Barclay, University of Adelaide; Roger Patulny, University of Wollongong, and Thomas Bristow, The University of Melbourne

A liveable city has become the highest form of praise we can give to a city space. But we need to discuss what that means and who gets to participate in the process of governing and shaping a city.

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