Journal Articles

Noosa Council is also in the process of investigating areas of the shire that could be rezoned from low density and rural residential to accommodate medium-density housing. Local Government Planning changes can facilitate innovation in housing design and supply.
“By building more social housing, the federal government can inject billions of dollars into our economy, create tens of thousands of jobs and prove it is serious about helping victims of domestic and family violence.”
Australian policy makers and market analysts appear to have made little progress in understanding the dynamics of the housing system, or how to improve affordability outcomes for households in the future. The level of analysis is often limited, and there is little understanding of how the operation of different elements of the Australian housing system translates into higher prices. In many cases an important element of this discourse includes scapegoating the planning system. The role of simplistic economic ideas in fueling Australia’s housing policy mistakes is significant.
Might the reimagining of craft help us address the problems of modernity and encourage the formulation of new alternatives and expectations for imagining the knowledge economy? In the section below, we identify several recurring themes in our case examinations of craft and community development that we hope will elucidate the current moment and potential of craft.
Limiting socio-spatial inequalities can be considered a decisive goal for a degrowth agenda. Living within ecological limits by reducing production and consumption levels, striving for well-being for all and enhancing justice and democracy are shared principles in the degrowth research community (Schneider 2003).

The number of people experiencing homelessness in the UK has dramatically increased since 2010. In the autumn of 2018, 4677…

Homelessness is a global public health concern, and traumatic brain injury (TBI) could represent an underappreciated factor in the health…

Family factors, such as poor family functioning and trauma, have been associated with negative outcomes for homeless adolescents. Further study is needed to better understand how family factors and trauma jointly relate to mental health problems and externalizing behaviors among homeless adolescents.