Capacities of private developers in urban climate change adaptation

Shearer, Heather; Taygfeld, Pazit Fani; Coiacetto, Eddo John; Dodson, Jago; Banhalmi-Zakar, Zsuzsa

doi:10.1002/9781118845028.ch47

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“…The result was a deep downturn in the urban development sector marked by four consecutive years of declining dwelling investment (OESR 2011). Many small-and medium-sized firms without access to alternative or corporate financing ceased operations, while the investment banks refused to lend to those whose prospects seemed in any way risky (Shearer et al 2013). Organisations employing planners, particularly in the development preparation and assessment area, experienced staffing surpluses, leading to wide-scale planning job losses across both the public and private sectors.…”

Section: W Steele and J Dodsonmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Although net migration remained near previous levels, its influence on urban development was not as strong. The Global Financial Crisis in 2008 also saw a marked decline in the availability of construction finance, especially in the residential sector (Shearer et al 2013). By 2013, just two major financial institutions were supplying development finance.…”

Section: W Steele and J Dodsonmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The loss of the Queensland Government's former 'AAA' financial rating in 2009, for example, was a key indicator of weakening development and investment confidence. This is further complicated by the hesitance on the part of lending institutions to fund new development (Shearer et al 2013). The focus here is on facilitating economic development and assisting private sector developers.…”

Section: The Urban Land Development Authoritymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Made in Queensland: planning reform and rhetoric

Steele

Dodson

2014

Australian Planner

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Queensland has been Australia's fastest growing state over the past 20 years. The rate and scale of development has intensified public debate around planning and sustainability in key areas such as transport infrastructure, housing affordability and economic growth and development. The Queensland Government is not coy about staking out an ambitious and competitive economic reform agenda at the state metro-regional or statutory levels. The most recent reform initiatives promote economic development through 'planning for prosperity' and the building of 'a superior planning framework' as a way of consolidating and promoting state interests. This paper focuses on the last two decades of planning reform initiatives in Queensland with particular reference to recent changes to the Sustainable Planning Act 1999 (SPA) such as the State Assessment and Referral Agency (SARA) and the single State Planning Policy (SPP). This procedural emphasis on red and green tape reduction, streamlining planning processes and the development of a one-stop shop sits alongside a collaborative ambition at the metro-regional scale through initiatives such as the South East Queensland Regional Plan (SEQRP) as a means of better facilitating sustainable planning reform -not rhetoric -in Queensland.

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Section: The Urban Land Development Authoritymentioning

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Made in Queensland: planning reform and rhetoric

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Dodson

2014

Australian Planner

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“…The interviewees suggested a lack of incentives for businesses to take action over longer timeframes. A key actor is the development industry, which is influenced by the financial and political climate (Shearer et al 2013). Some interviewees attributed the lack of efforts by the developers to community pressure demanding waterfront units and the developers' short-term 'build and sell' mentality.…”

Section: Urban Social and Community Resiliencementioning

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A framework for using the concept of urban resilience in responding to climate-related disasters

Torabi

Dedekorkut-Howes

Howes

2021

Urban Research & Practice

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Resilience is an important concept in planning/policy. The diversity of theoretical conceptualisations, lack of a clear definition, and ambiguity in application to cities have made urban resilience a difficult concept to pin-down. This paper explores the dimensions of urban resilience to conceptualise and operationalise resilience, connecting theory and practice using two Australian cases. The findings call for a reconsideration of the existing dimensions (infrastructural, ecological, social and community, economic, and institutional) and highlight urban political resilience, a new dimension essential for a transformative adaptation approach.

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“…However, the unfamiliarity of insurers, and lenders with prefabrication technology creates a pressure to stay with the current individual demand model and shy away from the factory-based supply model (Lovell & Smith, 2010). The most recent financial crisis and climate adaptation considerations have created a greater scrutiny of risks, which in turn has produced project that are simple, known to work and are low risk (Shearer et al, 2013).…”

Section: Department Of Housing and Urban Development Saidmentioning

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Prefab micro-units as a strategy for affordable housing

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Increasingly large cities find themselves with a scarcity of affordable housing stock and cannot increase inventory quickly enough to meet urban growth trends. Some limitations include, lot size, regulatory barriers as well as environmental concerns. We focus on these barriers, first providing a background on these trends in the United States and then offering cases of how these opportunities might be applied as supply-side solutions to housing market demands, specifically using prefab technology for the micro-unit typology. We then use a proforma-based approach to model the impacts of this combination. We find that combining prefabricated or modular technology with small unit design can be effective in increasing affordable housing production across markets, and that addressing limitations with zoning and providing additional financial tools can accelerate this trend.

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Capacities of private developers in urban climate change adaptation

Cited by 6 publications

References 46 publications

Made in Queensland: planning reform and rhetoric

Made in Queensland: planning reform and rhetoric

A framework for using the concept of urban resilience in responding to climate-related disasters

Prefab micro-units as a strategy for affordable housing

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