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Sustainable Cities Research Flagship - Completed Projects

The built environment
Project, funding source, date commenced	Swinburne researcher(s)
Consuming the Environment: Determinants of Resource Consumption in Australian Cities, Australian Research Council Discovery Project, 2008-2010 website	Peter Newton, Terry Burke, Maryann Wulff and Denny Meyer
Hybrid Buildings, funded by DEWAH, DPCD, BCV, SV and ARUP, 2008-09 website	Peter Newton
Political and social factors in the decline of mass transit: an investigation of failed policies to rebuild Melbourne's mass transit, ARC APAI LP0347712 Swinburne Research Bank: website	John Stone (PhD thesis) with Terry Burke (and Paul Mees RMIT)
Housing and place
Project, funding source, date commenced	Swinburne researcher(s)
Independent Living Units National Database, funded by FaHCSIA, 2010-2011 website	Sean McNelis and Andrea Sharam
Public housing and employment: challenges and strategies, 2008-10 website	Kath Hulse and Lise Saugeres
Good practices for managing Australia's public housing assets, AHURI, 2008-2010 website	Russell Kenley, Maxwell Chiazor, John Hall, Christopher Heywood (Faculty of Business and Enterprise) and Sean McNelis
Preparing for and responding to natural disasters and environmental emergencies: a guide for state housing authorities, AHURI, 2008-09 website	Peter Newton (part of a research team led by Keith Jacobs University of Tasmania)
Housing Insecurity, AHURI, 2007-2009 website	Kath Hulse and Lise Saugeres
Sub-markets in public sector housing, AHURI, 2006-09 website	Terry Burke and Maryann Wulff
Older Persons in Public Housing, AHURI, 2006-2008 website	Sean McNelis and Caroline Neske (with Andrew Jones and Rhonda Phillips from University of Queensland
Motivations of investors in the private rental market, AHURI, 2005-2009 website	Terry Burke and Sean McNelis as part of team led by Tim Seelig, University of Queensland
Out of the Institution, ARC Linkage Project 2005-08 website website	Meg Carter, Terry Burke, Sue Moore
Improving access to social housing: common housing registers and other potential reforms, AHURI, 2005-2007 website	Kath Hulse and Terry Burke
Housing, housing assistance and social cohesion in Australia, AHURI, 2005-2007 website	Kath Hulse and Wendy Stone
Housing assistance and economic participation, AHURI multi-year collaborative research program, AHURI, 2004-09 website	Kath Hulse and Lise Saugeres (part of research team led by Gavin Wood RMIT University
National Research Venture 1, Housing affordability for lower-income Australians, AHURI multi-year collaborative research program, 2004-2008 website	Terry Burke as part of team lead by Judith Yates, University of Sydney
Affordable Housing for Young People Employed in the City of Melbourne, 2005 website	Sean McNelis, Alexis Esposto, Caroline Neske
Shire of Yarra Ranges Housing Strategy Issues Paper, 2005 website	Sean McNelis, Beverley Kliger, Max Nankervis, Terry Burke, Liss Ralston, Caroline Neske
Bass Coast: Affordable Housing Strategy, funded by Bass Coast Shire Council, 2004-2005 website	Sean McNelis, Beverley Kliger, Terry Burke, Liss Ralston and Caroline Neske
Geelong Housing Strategy, funded by Greater Geelong City Council, 2004	David Hayward, Beverley Kliger and Max Nankervis
'Bleak House: The Implications of the Contest Between Private Utilities and Landlords for the Non-discretionary Income of Vulnerable Households', funded by Consumers Utility Advocacy Centre, 2004. The Swinburne Institute for Social Research Working Paper No. 9 October PDF	Andrea Sharam and Barry Duggan
Long-term housing futures for Australia - using 'foresight' to explore alternative visions and choices, AHURI 50225, 2003-06 website	Terry Burke
Rental systems in Australia and overseas, AHURI, 2003-2006 website	Sean McNelis and Terry Burke
Entering rental housing, AHURI, 2003-2005 website	Terry Burke
Kensington Estate Redevelopment, Social Impact Study, Victorian Department of Human Services, 2003-04 PDF	Kath Hulse, Karyn Down and Tania Herbert
The changing role of allocations systems in social housing, AHURI, 2002-2005 website	Terry Burke and Kath Hulse
Housing costs, housing assistance and work disincentives: attitudes to work and employment decisions, AHURI, 2002-2005 website	Kath Hulse as part of team led by Bill Randolph, UNSW
Public-private partnerships as a solution to housing affordability problems, ARC APAI, LP0232196 website	Ron Aspin PhD thesis (Terry Burke and David Hayward)
Managing medium density development: A municipal case study, ARC APAI, LP0232200 website	Tom Alves PhD thesis (with Terry Burke and David Hayward)
Independent Livings Units (ILUs) provided by not-for-profit organisations, AHURI, 2002-2003 website	Sean McNelis and Tania Herbert
Analysis of expenditure patterns and levels of household indebtedness of public and private rental households, 1975 to 1999, AHURI, 2001-2004 website	Terry Burke
Demand subsidies for private renters: A comparative review, AHURI, 2001-03 website	Kath Hulse
Lone parents, social wellbeing and housing assistance, AHURI, 2000-2002 website	Terry Burke and Kath Hulse
A private retail investment vehicle for the community housing sector, AHURI, 2000-2002 website	Sean McNelis, David Hayward and Hal Bisset
Rent Assistance and young people's decision making, AHURI, 2000-2002 website	Terry Burke
Homelessness
Project, funding source, date commenced	Swinburne researcher(s)
Report of the National Youth Commission R PDF	David Mackenzie
Counting the Homeless 2006, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2006-2008 PDF (national report) website (state reports)	David Mackenzie (with Chris Chamberlain RMIT University)
Counting the Homeless 2001, Australia Bureau of Statistics, 2001-2003 PDF	David Mackenzie (with Chris Chamberlain RMIT University

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