Resisting regeneration: community opposition and the politicisation of transport-led regeneration in Australian cities

Abstract

While metropolitan strategies across Australian capital cities articulate the importance of land use and transport integration in planning to help manage present and future growth (WAPC 2004; Government of Victoria 2014; NSW Government 2014), research has examined the planning and marketrelated challenges associated with its delivery in practice (Curtis et al. 2009; Searle et al. 2014). However, research has rarely examined land use and transport integration as a form of urban regeneration, and the distinctive character of resident and community resistance it can attract. Such resistance can add to implementation-related challenges. In this chapter we aim to extend the Australian research ex..