In the postwar years, a number of literary critics, commentators and novelists complained of an undersupply of urban novels and an under-representation of the cities that housed the bulk of the Australian population. This ...

Land surveyors, architects and statutory planners perform information discovery, design and planning assessments with outdated tools. Meanwhile, Melbourne, Australia is rapidly growing and struggling to meet housing demand. ...

Indonesia as a developing country has been intensively developing toll roads to support its economic growth through the Public Private Partnerships (PPP) scheme. However, toll road development in Indonesia is not quite ...

This PhD dissertation proposes an alternative methodology for a critical interpretation of contemporary designed public spaces. This mode of criticism puts a strong focus on communication between the design approach and ...

Hybrid ventilation can save operational building energy, if it is designed and controlled appropriately. Peak electricity demand during summer time can also be reduced. It is important that the control strategy should ...

This thesis focuses on examination and analysis of the viability of a new prototype of personal ventilation (PV) system called Task Air (TA). PV system was originally developed as a strategy to address the proven deficiency ...

During the 1990s the developmental trajectory of inner Melbourne shifted dramatically and the city became the site of an entrepreneurial strategy of urban development. Within the inner grid, spatial interventions grounded ...

Dogs are the most common pet in Australia and increasingly occupy both social and cultural norms. There is a growing interest in more-than-human geography and my thesis extends this critical concern to the planning of ...

Prefabricated Modular Buildings are increasingly becoming a highly sort after technology to achieve cost effective and speedy construction in the construction industry. This increasing trend for prefabricated modular ...

This comprehensive study of women and their career progression in construction makes five substantial research contributions: longitudinal data on Australian women's participation rates; the development and validation of ...