The place of public space in the lives of Middle Eastern women migrants in Australia

Gholamhosseini, Roja; Pojani, Dorina; Mateo-Babiano, Iderlina; Johnson, Laurel; Minnery, John

doi:10.1080/13574809.2018.1498293

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“…Fourth, the notions of "acceptance" and "resistance" are not binary. As expected, a continuum of experience is evident (see Gholamhosseini et al 2018).…”

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confidence: 73%

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Urban living preferences of youth international migrants: an investigation of Asian students in Australia

Kerstens

Pojani

2018

Australian Planner

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This study investigates changing housing and lifestyle preferences that occur when young people migrate from compact, high-density to low-density, car-oriented environments, through in-depth interviews of East and Southeast Asian university students in Brisbane, Australia. The findings reveal that the majority of international students adapt to their new living environment, and even come to prefer a low-density lifestyle and associated positive features (such as higher affordability, privacy, open space, and peacefulness). While this is positive in terms of their personal adjustment and outcomes, it raises concerns in terms of urban sustainability. It may indicate that given the opportunity most people find a suburban, car-oriented lifestyle desirable, and planning systems need to reconcile majority preferences with sustainability concerns. However, the study also reveals that a portion of the international students continue to prefer a high-density urban form. People in this group dislike the long commutes, spread out services, high transport costs, automobile dependence, quietness, and social isolation associated with a suburban lifestyle, and continue to seek urban forms that are similar to their previous environments in Asia. This demand lends hope to the prospect of further densification and revitalization of Australian inner city districts.

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“…Fourth, the notions of "acceptance" and "resistance" are not binary. As expected, a continuum of experience is evident (see Gholamhosseini et al 2018).…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 73%

“…While they "know" their suburb, they feel anonymous, excluded, or lonely in it, or just prefer a more urban environment. Other research focused on female Middle Eastern migrants in Brisbane has revealed a similar sentiment among participants (Gholamhosseini et al 2018).…”

Section: Participants Resisting the Recipient Citymentioning

confidence: 55%

Urban living preferences of youth international migrants: an investigation of Asian students in Australia

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Pojani

2018

Australian Planner

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“…Over at least four decades, public trust in planning systems appears to have been dissipating because of several social and spatial changeswhich, of course, are quite varied and place-based and interact with one another at various degrees. Below, we summarise the most relevant factors discussed in the literature (Gholamhosseini et al, 2018;Laurian, 2009;Shevellar et al, 2015;Swain & Tait, 2007;Tait & Hansen, 2013;Talvitie, 2011;Zucker, 1986).…”

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confidence: 99%

Discretion and the erosion of community trust in planning: reflections on the post‐political

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Johnson

Pojani

2018

Geographical Research

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In this study, performance‐based planning is implicated in the destabilisation of community trust in the planning system. Set in a contested inner city area of Brisbane, Australia, the research associates neoliberal planning objectives with the discretionary decision‐making specifically embedded in performance‐based planning. The neoliberalisation of planning is, we submit, symptomatic of a post‐ideological politics of consensus that actually erodes properly political moments and renders the political merely administrative. We explore these matters by reference to a particular case study involving a spatial planning project that resulted in height and density being extended to unprecedented levels, and competitive economic value and city branding being prioritised over the local value of the place. This discretionary action, limited formal participation opportunities, and existing low levels of community trust motivated local residents to mobilise against the plan and design alternatives. To understand the role of trust and participation in performance‐based planning, both in this case and more generally, a number of stakeholders were interviewed and surveyed to gather their views on participation, trust, and discretion in planning, and on the performance‐based planning system. A surprising research finding is that many stakeholders expressed trust in planning professionals but distrust in the planning system in which planners operate, and they did so on the understanding that the system gives unfettered priority to economic growth objectives.

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“…Fear (and cultural and social exclusion) can also inhibit a traveller's effective use of the transport system (Church et. al., 2000;Stanley & Stanley, 2017;Gholamhosseini, Pojani, Mateo Babiano, Johnson & Minnery, 2018). When these systemic and individual factors coexist, then transport disadvantage can result for individuals, communities and places.…”

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“…Limited local language can constrain the traveller's ability to navigate the transport system (read signs, timetables, route information) and can limit the confidence to travel (Chung, Choi, Park & Litman, 2014). Cultural safety issues, particularly for minority groups can also inhibit public transport use (Gholamhosseini et. al., 2018).…”

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Transport justice in the suburbs: leveraging social capital to reduce transport disadvantage

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My extraordinary Mother died suddenly without illness during this research at the end of 2017. My heart broke. I knew she would want me to finish the research. My mother knew the vital importance of good transport, particularly for women with children and older people. This thesis is for my funny, creative, intelligent, irreverent, courageous, hard working mother, Heather Johnson. She would be very impressed that the research was largely responsible for a free Ellen Grove community bus service. Thanks for everything Mum. Because of her, I can.

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The place of public space in the lives of Middle Eastern women migrants in Australia

Cited by 21 publications

References 43 publications

Urban living preferences of youth international migrants: an investigation of Asian students in Australia

Urban living preferences of youth international migrants: an investigation of Asian students in Australia

Discretion and the erosion of community trust in planning: reflections on the post‐political

Transport justice in the suburbs: leveraging social capital to reduce transport disadvantage

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