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Community Benefit Sharing: A Path to Equitable Development

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SGS Economics and Planning city narrative

Essay on narrative cities: Is visual clutter and wayfinding technology getting in the way?

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Most of our walking is purposeful. Our daily commute begins with an exercise routine, the journey to work, or a trip to the shops. Rarely do we walk to simply observe. However, when we do, we can see our cities in a different light, even along the paths we travel regularly. What quickly becomes apparent is the amount of clutter we collect in the public realm.

SGS Economics and Planning Ultimo Sydney Inclusionary Zoning

Revisiting the economics of inclusionary zoning

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Housing

This paper begins with the questions of what might be the readily defensible domain of planning regulation and whether the mandatory provision of affordable housing falls within this scope. The discussion then turns to the standard economic tests of whether Inclusionary Zoning is warranted in terms of allocative efficiency.

SGS Economics and Planning major public transport projects

Positive socioeconomic impacts of major public transport projects

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Transport

City shaping public transport projects and the behavioural and land use changes they induce can have a substantial positive socio-economic impact throughout the project’s design, construction and operating phases.

SGS Economics and Planning sea level rise

Understanding community perceptions of sea level rise

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Environment

Predicted sea level rise will significantly impact many Australian coastal towns. In this article, we investigate how coastal communities perceive the risk of rising sea levels and if this affects their future decision-making.

SGS Economics and Planning Remote Housing

More than just housing - boosting skills and employment opportunity in remote indigenous communities

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Housing

Like any community in Australia, remote Indigenous communities have a right to aspire to greater independence – through skills transfer and the creation of sustainable economic development initiatives and industries.

SGS Economics and Planning acknowledge the First Nations Peoples of Australia and on whose Country we live and work. We acknowledge that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia never ceded their sovereignty, and are one of the oldest continuing living cultures on Earth, have one of the oldest continuing land tenure systems in the world, and have one of the oldest continuing land use planning and management systems in the world.

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