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    Rethinking the Inflexible City: what can Australian planning learn from successful implementation of ‘temporary uses’ across the world?
    Perkovic, Jana ( 2013)
    Temporary uses have been identified as a low-cost, participatory, and economically beneficial method of managing urban change. As planning practice increasingly deploys temporary use, good outcomes require an understanding of how the two interact. Using the case study methodology, this thesis examines the ways in which formal planning practice can encourage, support, complicate and hinder informal temporary urbanism. The thesis does this by analysing the experiences of four agencies facilitating the implementation of temporary uses worldwide, examining their interaction with the planning system, and identifying common constructive and obstructive policy mechanisms. Temporary use projects can be initiated without high levels of support from formal planning; however, having to comply with the formal planning process is a significant hurdle. Traditional planning does not make provisions for short-term urbanism, imposing costly and time-consuming processes incommensurate with the short duration and low cost of the temporary use. Applications for change of use, requirements for building safety triggered by the planning process, and the perceived arbitrariness of the decision-making process are the biggest hurdles that formal planning imposes on temporary use. Temporary uses are best supported through dedicated processes, staff, and relaxed regulations. The findings confirm that temporary uses are a successful method for finding opportunity in situations of uncertainty and crisis. Formal planning practice can strategically deploy temporary projects to achieve long-term planning objectives. These findings should spark more debate about, research on, and experimentation with temporary uses.
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    Using SNAMUTS to plan for change: the place for accessibility modelling in strategic planning processes for urban transitions
    Perkovic, Jana ( 2018)
    Advances in 'big data' technologies over the past few years have allowed the creation of new software for modelling accessibility outcomes in metropolitan areas. One such Accessibility Indicator is SNAMUTS (Spatial Network Analysis for Multi-modal Urban Transport Systems), which offers planners a tool to move beyond a simplistic understanding of 'mobility' when planning for integrated land use and transport. These tools are all the more important considering the need for large-scale urban transitions towards TOD across Australian (and global) cities. But how can AIs such as SNAMUTS best be used in the process of urban transitions? This research used an experiential case study to engage with an existing, real-world process of planning for urban transitions in Monash National Employment and Innovation Cluster (Monash NEIC) and introduce SNAMUTS modelling to Victorian planners. The research looked at how the existing process works, and when and where SNAMUTS could best be introduced to improve accessibility outcomes of the long-term strategic planning process. The study shows a lack of long-term strategic process at play in Victoria, which limits the use of data in planning to 'evidence-based lobbying'.