This bulletin is based on an Investigative Panel project conducted by Professor Peter Newton, Professor Shane Murray, Professor Ron Wakefield, Ms Catherine Murphy, Ms Lee-Anne Khor and Mr Tom Morgan at the AHURI Swinburne-Monash and RMIT Research Centres. The research articulates a new development model for the regeneration of middle suburban residential precincts. How do we regenerate middle s...

Urbanisation has created an environment with a broad spectrum of habitats of differing quality for birds. Understanding habitat characteristics is necessary for effective conservation of species in urban environments. We investigated the vegetation requirements of a small, shrub-nesting, Australian bird, the Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus), and the relative quality of urban habitats in the ...

Similar to other Asian nations, suburban areas in Japan are characterized by dense intermixtures of residential areas and farmlands. These hybrid rural/urban areas are evaluated negatively in modern planning frameworks. However, mixed rural/urban landscapes may prove advantageous when attempting to reconstruct sustainable wastewater treatment systems. This research examines the potential for ab...

Interactions between humans and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) have become common, often resulting in management actions to mitigate negative impacts. Changes in population size are generally used to judge management actions. We examined deer population estimation techniques during 2 mark-resighting experiments in a woodlandgrassland habitat in central New York State and in a suburb...