Improving Outcomes for Apartment Residents and Neighbourhoods
Author or co-authors: Hazel Easthope, Laura Crommelin, Laurence Troy, Gethin Davison, Megan Nethercote, Sarah Foster, Ryan van den Nouwelant, Alexandra Kleeman, Bill Randolph, Ralph Horne
Published: Easthope, H., Crommelin, L., Troy, L. , Davison, G., Nethercote, M., Foster, S., van den Nouwelant, R., Kleeman, A., Randolph, B., and Horne, R. (2020) Improving outcomes for apartment residents and neighbourhoods, AHURI Final Report No. 329, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/329, doi:10.18408/ahuri-7120701.
Funders: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
Keywords: Architecture, Community, Design, Development, Planning, Policy,
Summary:
This research project: • describes the characteristics of lower-income apartment residents and the places where they live in Sydney and Melbourne • identifies important issues with how well apartment developments provide for the wellbeing, community and affordability needs • considers how these issues can most effectively be addressed in high-density developments at both the building and precinct scale. It considers planning and infrastructure provision; urban design; building design and management; neighbourhood amenities and facilities; and ongoing place management and community engagementMy Place Ashmore Community Survey 2020
Author or co-authors: Hazel Easthope, Edgar Liu, Sian Thompson
Published: Easthope, H., Liu, E. & Thompson, S. (2020) My Place Community Survey: Ashmore, Sydney: City Futures Research Centre
Funders: City of Sydney
Keywords: Community, Development, Liveability, Planning, Policy, Quantitative research/statistics,
Summary:
Urban renewal in brownfield areas is an important component of broader compact city policies in place in Sydney, around Australia, and elsewhere in the world. Local and state governments have an interest in understanding how well urban renewal areas are performing, including the satisfaction of residents and workers with these areas. This report presents the results of a community survey of residents and workers in the Ashmore Estate Urban Renewal Area in Sydney, covering social cohesion, social interaction, community development, wellbeing, place attachment, preferences and future plans.My Place Green Square Community Survey 2020
Author or co-authors: Hazel Easthope, Edgar Liu, Sian Thompson
Published: Easthope, H., Liu, E. & Thompson, S. (2020) My Place Community Survey: Green Square, Sydney: City Futures Research Centre
Funders: City of Sydney
Keywords: Community, Development, Liveability, Planning, Policy, Quantitative research/statistics,
Summary:
Urban renewal in brownfield areas is an important component of broader compact city policies in place in Sydney, around Australia, and elsewhere in the world. Local and state governments have an interest in understanding how well urban renewal areas are performing, including the satisfaction of residents and workers with these areas. This report presents the results of a community survey of residents and workers in the Green Square Urban Renewal Area in Sydney, covering social cohesion, social interaction, community development, wellbeing, place attachment, preferences and future plans.Improving outcomes for apartment residents and neighbourhoods
Author or co-authors: Hazel Easthope, Laura Crommelin, Laurence Troy, Gethin Davison, Megan Nethercote, Sarah Foster, Ryan van den Nouwelant, Alexandra Kleeman, Bill Randolph, Ralph Horne
Published: Easthope, H., Crommelin, L., Troy, L. , Davison, G., Nethercote, M., Foster, S., van den Nouwelant, R., Kleeman, A., Randolph, B., and Horne, R. (2020) Improving outcomes for apartment residents and neighbourhoods, AHURI Final Report No. 329, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/329, doi:10.18408/ahuri-7120701.
This paper has been peer reviewed
Funders: AHURI
Keywords: Architecture, Building management, Community, Design, Development, Liveability, Planning, Qualitative research/interviews,
Summary:
This research investigates the experiences of lower-income apartment residents in relation to planning and infrastructure provision; urban design; building design and management; neighbourhood amenities and facilities; and ongoing place management and community engagement so as to improve wellbeing, community and housing affordability outcomes.Managing the Transition to a More Compact City in Australia
Author or co-authors: Hazel Easthope, Laura Crommelin, Raymond Bunker, Laurence Troy, Bill Randolph, Simon Pinnegar
Published: Bunker, R., Crommelin, L., Troy, L., Easthope, H., Pinnegar, S. & Randolph, B. (2017) ‘Managing the Transition to a More Compact City in Australia’, International Planning Studies, 22(4), pp. 384-399. DOI: 10.1080/13563475.2017.1298435
This paper has been peer reviewed
Keywords: Comparative research, Developer control, Development, Economics / markets, Equity, Governance, Planning, Policy,
Summary:
This paper explores the transition towards the compact city model in Australia, which has become the orthodoxy of metropolitan planning in the last two decades through an examination of experience in Sydney and Perth. This transition is aligned with neoliberal policies through which private investment and the marketplace have become dominant in driving urban growth and change. Key insights relate to who has a say in development control, growing executive power, increased government engagement with lobby groups, and growing inequality.As compact city planning rolls on, a look back: lessons from Sydney and Perth
Author or co-authors: Hazel Easthope, Laura Crommelin, Raymond Bunker, Laurence Troy, Bill Randolph, Simon Pinnegar
Published: Laura Crommelin, Raymond Bunker, Laurence Troy, Bill Randolph, Hazel Easthope & Simon Pinnegar (2017) As compact city planning rolls on, a look back: lessons from Sydney and Perth, Australian Planner, 54:2, 115-125, DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2017.1319869
This paper has been peer reviewed
Keywords: Development, Economics / markets, Governance, Planning,
Summary:
This paper outlines and compares the policy frameworks designed to encourage higher density urban renewal in Sydney and Perth since the mid-2000s. These policies underpin the ‘compact city’ model that has become urban planning orthodoxy worldwide (OECD 2012). Following an overview of the key policy settings adopted in the two cities (summarised in Appendix 1), the paper offers a high-level commentary on the key similarities and differences, and what these might mean for future compact city planning in Australia.Equitable Density: The place for lower-income and disadvantaged households in a dense city: Report 3 Metropolitan Scale
Author or co-authors: Hazel Easthope, Laura Crommelin, Laurence Troy
Published: Troy, L., Crommelin, L. & Easthope, H. (2017) Equitable Density: The place for lower income and disadvantaged people in a dense city – the Metropolitan Scale, Sydney: City Futures Research Centre
Keywords: Construction, Development, Equity, Liveability, Planning, Policy, Sustainability,
Summary:
Higher density multi-unit residential developments, such as townhouses and apartment buildings (henceforth ‘higher density housing’), have become increasingly common feature of Australian cities. Shelter NSW engaged the City Futures Research Centre to identify the major challenges confronting lower income and vulnerable residents in higher density housing. The compact city policy objective puts pressure on governments to coordinate infrastructure planning and delivery, and to manage the social, economic and environmental effects of changing population patterns and urban form.Equitable Density: The place for lower-income and disadvantaged households in a dense city: Report 2 The Neighbourhood Scale
Author or co-authors: Hazel Easthope, Laura Crommelin, Laurence Troy
Published: Crommelin, L., Easthope, H. & Tory, L. (2017) Equitable Density: The place for lower income and disadvantaged people in a dense city – the Neighbourhood Scale, Sydney: City Futures Research Centre
Keywords: Equity, Liveability, Planning, Policy, Sustainability,
Summary:
Higher density multi-unit residential developments, such as townhouses and apartment buildings (henceforth ‘higher density housing’), have become increasingly common feature of Australian cities. Shelter NSW engaged the City Futures Research Centre to identify the major challenges confronting lower income and vulnerable residents in higher density housing. In areas with growing quantities of higher density housing (‘the neighbourhood scale’), this densification can strain local services and reshape the area’s socio-economic mix.Equitable Density: The place for lower-income and disadvantaged households in a dense city: Report 1 The Building Scale
Author or co-authors: Hazel Easthope, Laura Crommelin, Laurence Troy
Published: Easthope, H., Troy, L. & Crommelin, L (2017) Equitable Density: The place for lower income and disadvantaged people in a dense city – the Building Scale, Sydney: City Futures Research Centre
Funders: Shelter NSW
Keywords: Equity, Governance, Liveability, Planning, Sociology, Sustainability,
Summary:
Higher density multi-unit residential developments, such as townhouses and apartment buildings (henceforth ‘higher density housing’), have become increasingly common feature of Australian cities. Shelter NSW engaged the City Futures Research Centre to identify the major challenges confronting lower income and vulnerable residents in higher density housing. In higher density buildings (‘the building scale’), factors like proximity between residents, and the need to share responsibility for building upkeep, create a different living experience to that of detached housing.Diversity and participation in private apartment buildings: a review of the literature
Author or co-authors: Edgar Liu, Hazel Easthope, Caitlin Buckle, Christina Ho
Published: Liu, E., Easthope, H. Ho, C. & Buckle, C. (2018) ‘Diversity and participation in private apartment buildings: a review of the literature’, Geographical Research, DOI:10.1111/1745-5871.12282
This paper has been peer reviewed
Keywords: Community, Culture, Governance, Liveability,
Summary:
Contemporary urban life has been shaped by two momentous shifts over the twentieth century: increasing global mobility and increasing housing density. Arguably, because global mobility is now so pronounced, engagement and civility require that people are respectfully observant of ethno‐diversity. Yet our review of the existing literature on multicultural encounters and participation in multi‐owned private apartment buildings suggests the need for more research on the intersections among global mobility, housing density, and apartment living. This paper begins to bridge this gap.