Paper Submissions

We welcome paper presentations and posters addressing any of the Symposium's four, loosely linked themes:

1. Next City Society and Culture
Urban cultures, heritage and design
Social equity, housing and community planning
Indigenous perspectives, ethnicity, culture and place
Healthy cities
Globalisation and migration
Public concern for local effects of climate change
Responses to local resource constraints

2. Next City Economy
Economic planning and development
Transport and infrastructure
Rural and regional planning
Local impacts of changes in energy sources
Economic implications of climate change

3. Next City Ecology

Energy Landscapes
Environmental justice
Biodiversity conservation and resource management
Urban development and renewal
Climate change mitigation and adaptation

4. Next City Governance

Spatial policies, comparative planning law and systems
Governance and politics
GIS, visualisation and creative media
Local political responses to climate change

All papers and poster presentations will undergo a double blind peer review process.

ONLINE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CLOSED - PLEASE DIRECT ANY ENQUIRIES RE ABSTRACTS OR FORWARD LATE ABSTRACTS TO ASSOC PROF NICOLE GURRAN VIA EMAIL: nicole.gurran@sydney.edu.au

Publications and conference proceedings

Papers may be selected for inclusion in themed publications following the Symposium. The papers for the book will be selected according to theme and fit. As well, participants may elect to submit papers for blind refereed conference proceedings to be published on line (meeting Australian Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) specifications).
Papers are currently under peer review and any authors who haven't yet received review back will have an additional time to allow them to make changes, if required, before resubmission