Australia's National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development endorses the establishment of taxation systems that take into account the social and environmental costs of resource use. In the context of the ...

This paper tests the existence of a backward-bending housing supply relationship in China, and estimates price elasticity of new housing supply for 35 major Chinese cities. Based on the panel data model of 35 cities, it ...

Using previous case studies by the authors and a current live project, this paper considers whether the creative industries in a developing country (Ghana, Africa) can be nurtured through design collaboration and an ...

In the recent Federal election campaign in Australia, the Greens political party and several other candidates from other political persuasion expressed a concern that Australia was opening up and selling off its real estate ...

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Cities must innovate to achieve liveable and sustainable urban futures. The role of academia has been significant to urban innovation partly because academia has become, to an extent, a R&D laboratory for the public sector. ...

Construction and demolition of waste are important issues affecting the sustainability of the built environment. Of note, the management of demolition waste has yet to be fully investigated as a research topic. Using a ...

The process of compulsory acquisition for the purposes of urban renewal and economic development are becoming more common as populations continue to grow in urban built up locations and more intensive users of land is ...