Reconsidering the logic and practice of urban housing intervention: An exploration of urban consolidation policy narratives and their implications for sustainability and equity

This thesis examines the rhetoric and reality of urban consolidation policy as it is applied in Australia. Focusing on housing innovations implemented in an exemplar sustainable greyfields redevelopment precinct in Fremantle, Western Australia, the research considers the extent to which ‘actually ex...

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Main Author: Mitchell, Johanna Kate
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2021
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/85188
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description This thesis examines the rhetoric and reality of urban consolidation policy as it is applied in Australia. Focusing on housing innovations implemented in an exemplar sustainable greyfields redevelopment precinct in Fremantle, Western Australia, the research considers the extent to which ‘actually existing’ sustainability and affordability are achieved in practice. The findings reveal the way the current logic and practice of urban housing intervention functions to advance business-as-usual trends and maintain unsustainable and inequitable outcomes.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-851882021-08-27T01:28:23Z Reconsidering the logic and practice of urban housing intervention: An exploration of urban consolidation policy narratives and their implications for sustainability and equity Mitchell, Johanna Kate This thesis examines the rhetoric and reality of urban consolidation policy as it is applied in Australia. Focusing on housing innovations implemented in an exemplar sustainable greyfields redevelopment precinct in Fremantle, Western Australia, the research considers the extent to which ‘actually existing’ sustainability and affordability are achieved in practice. The findings reveal the way the current logic and practice of urban housing intervention functions to advance business-as-usual trends and maintain unsustainable and inequitable outcomes. 2021 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/85188 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Mitchell, Johanna Kate
Reconsidering the logic and practice of urban housing intervention: An exploration of urban consolidation policy narratives and their implications for sustainability and equity
title Reconsidering the logic and practice of urban housing intervention: An exploration of urban consolidation policy narratives and their implications for sustainability and equity
title_full Reconsidering the logic and practice of urban housing intervention: An exploration of urban consolidation policy narratives and their implications for sustainability and equity
title_fullStr Reconsidering the logic and practice of urban housing intervention: An exploration of urban consolidation policy narratives and their implications for sustainability and equity
title_full_unstemmed Reconsidering the logic and practice of urban housing intervention: An exploration of urban consolidation policy narratives and their implications for sustainability and equity
title_short Reconsidering the logic and practice of urban housing intervention: An exploration of urban consolidation policy narratives and their implications for sustainability and equity
title_sort reconsidering the logic and practice of urban housing intervention: an exploration of urban consolidation policy narratives and their implications for sustainability and equity
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/85188