Collection: Tech Book

A contribution to the discussion of how Australia's copyright regime can best foster innovation and creative community participation in the digital economy.

Presents a set of core environmental indicators for reporting on the state of the environment.The indicators cover six of the state of the environment reporting themes: the atmosphere, biodiversity, the land, inland waters, estuaries and the sea, and human settlements. Indicators for the seventh ...

Information about open space corridors and land management projects.

Australian cities are in a period of rapid urban growth, especially at the urban fringe. Councils located on the fringe face the challenge of building socially vibrant, economically viable & environmentally sustainable communities with limited funding.

Reviews available literature on the cost and effectiveness of options for controlling motor vehicle emission of hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides. Highlights several economic incentives that could be used to complement regulatory controls.

Outlines research into the relationships between the costs and benefits of using private housing as the home base for care for older people rather than residential care facilities.

A literature review and analysis of the existing information related to the economics of urban salinity.

The ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) uses the cultural definition of homelessness to enumerate the homeless population. The 2006 Census targeted Australia's homeless population with a special enumeration strategy,