Who Lives in Higher Density Housing? A Study of Spatially Discontinuous Housing Sub-markets in Sydney and Melbourne

Randolph, Bill; Tice, Andrew

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“…From an environmental impact perspective, compact growth usually produces better environmental outcomes (Beardsley et al, 2009;Shearer et al, 2009;Bierwagen et al, 2010;Schetke et al, 2012;Thorne et al, 2013). Compact city strategies promote urban consolidation, such as the development of apartments in existing urban centres (Randolph and Tice, 2013). Consequently, the two disparate housing types were compared: new greenfield houses in PU regions, and medium-density infill apartments in existing suburban centres.…”

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Feeding and housing the urban population: Environmental impacts at the peri-urban interface under different land-use scenarios

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a b s t r a c tThe environmental consequences of the decision to urbanise and displace peri-urban (PU) food production are not typically evaluated within a comprehensive, cross-sectoral approach. Using a novel application of life cycle assessment (LCA) within exploratory scenarios, a method for integrating housing and food production land uses in PU regions is proposed, based on relative environmental impacts. Using two housing types (greenfield and infill) and two types of food production (field and high-technology greenhouse (HTG) lettuce production), environmental impacts for five exploratory land-use scenarios are compared for PU land in a developed and growing city. Each scenario is able to house an equivalent residential population whilst delivering equal quantities of fresh food to a city market. The results clearly indicate that infill housing and food production has less environmental impact than greenfield development. The environmental impact categories of climate change, freshwater eutrophication, photochemical oxidant formation, particulate matter formation and human toxicity are reduced by 25-43 percent under infill scenarios. Sparing PU land through infill housing development combined with sustainable food intensification using HTG production, enabled multifunctional PU land-use including food production, housing and afforestation while delivering lower relative environmental impacts. Urban afforestation on PU land made available by these measures reduces the effect of climate change by up to 5 percent per hectare per year.

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Feeding and housing the urban population: Environmental impacts at the peri-urban interface under different land-use scenarios

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“…A more current application of factor analysis by Randolph and Tice (2013) determined that the profiles of apartment-dwellers in Sydney and Melbourne were very different and confirmed the existence of a spatially discontinuous market within the apartment sector. Finally, Reed (2013) has produced a recent factor analysis study of Melbourne over three census periods which highlights the close relationship between house prices, income and age and has recommended that the analysis be repeated for other Australian cities.…”

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The socio spatial substructure of the Australian city: how well does it explain house price?

Rossini

Kupke

2015

International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis

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Purpose – This paper aims to show how social and economic differentiation that has become a feature of Australian cities and the urban housing literature emphasises the value in understanding such differentiation as an explanation of housing demand. Design/methodology/approach – Using a consistent set of variables from the 2011 ABS Census of Housing and Population, this paper uses factor analysis to identify the socio spatial substructure of housing markets at suburb level for five mainland Australian cities. Findings – The relative importance of this socio substructure in explaining median house price is determined for each city. The paper also identifies where the socio spatial structure is mismatched against expected house price and an explanation is offered for these anomalies. Originality/value – The study is innovative in that it reveals, at suburb level, districts in each city where there is a marked divergence between the prices being paid for property and the socioeconomic makeup of the local community.

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“…This paper joins an existing body of scholarship that investigates entrenched perceptions of housing types and associated notions of 'typical' residents. Currently, higher density housing provides an important, affordable housing option for families with children in cities in Australia (Easthope & Tice, 2011;Randolph & Tice, 2013) and internationally (Revington & Townsend, 2016). Families live in these homes either by choice or by necessity.…”

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“…According to Randolph (2006, p. 5), normative views about family and density have resulted in "childblind" strategic planning and "higher density centres… built essentially for the childless in mind." Research in Melbourne and Sydney identifies widely disparate markets for higher density housing, including a high proportion of lower income households with children, despite planning policies that rarely reflect this fact (Randolph & Tice, 2013). Taking the needs of families and children seriously necessitates reconsidering the management of higher density developments to avoid overly regulating family life.…”

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Social representations of children in higher density housing: enviable, inevitable or evil?

Raynor

2018

Housing Studies

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An increased focus on housing diversity in planning policy, international flows of capital and changing lifestyle preferences are resulting in increased higher density housing often marketed towards professional singles, couples without children and 'empty nesters.' Despite this, families with children currently dwell in higher density housing, either by choice or by necessity. This research identifies the social representations surrounding children in higher density housing in Australia's third largest city, Brisbane. It does this by analysing newspaper media published between 2007 and 2014 and through 46 interviews with residents and built-form professionals from Brisbane. The research finds four key representations; that children belong in the suburbs; increasing support for wealthy families in higher density housing, an economic argument for the lack of family-appropriate apartments and an increasing acceptance of medium density housing for younger households. This research draws attention to the winners and losers in housing debates and the 'common-sense' assumptions that impact housing outcomes.

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Who Lives in Higher Density Housing? A Study of Spatially Discontinuous Housing Sub-markets in Sydney and Melbourne

Cited by 42 publications

References 32 publications

Feeding and housing the urban population: Environmental impacts at the peri-urban interface under different land-use scenarios

Feeding and housing the urban population: Environmental impacts at the peri-urban interface under different land-use scenarios

The socio spatial substructure of the Australian city: how well does it explain house price?

Social representations of children in higher density housing: enviable, inevitable or evil?

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