Shanaka Herath – The Conversation

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April 26, 2023

Wanted: family‑friendly apartments. But what do families want from apartments?

Nicole Cook, University of Wollongong; Shanaka Herath, University of Technology Sydney, and Sophie-May Kerr, UNSW

In parts of Sydney, families occupy half the apartments and many value their convenient location. Yet, despite a surge in development, most apartments are one or two bedrooms and not family-friendly.

The return of the historic problem of overcrowded dwellings points to a need in Australia for better understanding of the causes and regulatory responses. Jacob Riis (1889)

June 19, 2018

Overcrowded housing looms as a challenge for our cities

Shanaka Herath, University of Wollongong and Rebecca Bentley, The University of Melbourne

The standards we use today were designed to help avoid the overcrowded housing that blighted cities in the past. But severe overcrowding is again on the rise, so what needs to be done?

Apartments near the greenbelt in Vienna are more expensive than otherwise similar apartments in that city. Max Pixel

March 2, 2017

Home prices tell us the value the public puts on green spaces

Shanaka Herath, University of Wollongong

Australia’s growing cities face a shortage of urban parks. Often, the provision of parks is seen only as planning compliance or an accessory.

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