Migration and Urban Transitions in Australia
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The chapters are organised under three sections: demographic, settlement and environmental transitions; urban form and housing transitions; and socio-cultural transitions. Drawing on diverse theoretical and methodological approaches, the chapters engage with a range of factors and influences affecting migration and urban development. This book will be of special interest to scholars and practitioners in the disciplines of sociology, urban planning, geography, public policy and environmental sustainability.
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Iris Levin is an architect, urban planner, lecturer and researcher at RMIT University, Australia. She is passionate about working with diverse communities and understanding the effects of migration on the built environment. Her research focuses on housing, social planning, migration and social diversity in cities.
Christian (Andi) Nygaard is an Associate Professor, social economist and Research Theme Leader for New Ways of Urban Living at the Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. His research includes the dynamics of long-term urban change, housing markets and affordability, international migrants in housing, and political-economy social housing provision and transition dynamics.
Peter W. Newton is a Research Professor in Sustainable Urbanism at Swinburne University of Technology’s Centre for Urban Transitions, Melbourne, Australia. His research and publishing interests encompass new planning technologies, future systems of urban settlement, the development dynamics of cities, and urban sustainability transition processes.
Sandy Gifford is an Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at the Centre for Urban Transitions at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. Her research focuses on refugee settlement and wellbeing.
