Research Matters

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Research Matters is a free quarterly newsletter produced by the Spatial Analysis and Research Branch of the Department of Planning and Community Development. It explores current research issues as well as highlighting newly released publications, projects and seminars of interest.

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YearMonthEditionArticles




2009SeptemberPDF Icon Research Matters 51 (PDF - 1.1 MB)
The power of 'place' in sustainable urban management
The role of universities in youth migration
Age and Place
Victoria in Future 2008
Monitoring residential density



JunePDF Icon Research Matters 50 (PDF - 1.8 MB)
Victoria’s Working Population
Catching up on fertility
Population – wait – there’s more
Development of housing data
Settlement vulnerability assessment



MarchPDF Icon Research Matters 49 (PDF - 2.1 MB)

PDF Icon Rise of the Degree - 1996 map (PDF - 3.5 MB)
Mobile populations research program - Queenscliffe Survey
Towns in Time - The rise of the degree
Victoria in Future
NOTE: Rise of the degree - Figure 2: Proportion of people with degrees in 1996,
Error in map shown, correct 1996 map attached.



2008DecemberPDF Icon Final Research Matters 48 (PDF - 1.5 MB)
Quantifying Activities in Activity Centres
Population change
A generation in change - Towns in Time
GRAD recruits in SAR
Hume Strategy



SeptemberPDF Icon Research Matters 47 (PDF - 845 KB)
Supporting planning in the Hume region
The movers and shakers: young people and population change
Insuring our places in a time of climate change
Getting down to business: capital cities compared



JunePDF Icon Research Matters 46 (PDF - 733 KB)
Going to town: youth migration from regional Victoria
Fertlity matters
Urban Development Program (UDP) 2007
Cafe Society revisited



MarchPDF Icon Research Matters 45 (PDF - 1.0 MB)
Suburbs in Time: A look at dwellings growth
Melbourne moves outward: major net movements of Melburnians
Peak hour explained



2007DecemberPDF Icon Research Matters 44 (PDF - 1.3 MB)



SeptemberPDF Icon Research Matters 43 (PDF - 1.0 Mb)



JunePDF Icon Research Matters 42 (PDF - 864 Kb)



MarchPDF Icon Research Matters 41 (PDF - 516 Kb)



2006DecemberPDF Icon Research Matters 40 (PDF - 248 Kb)
SeptemberPDF Icon Research Matters 39 (PDF - 225 Kb)
JunePDF Icon Research Matters 38 (PDF - 235 Kb)
MarchPDF Icon Research Matters 37 (PDF - 437 Kb)

2005DecemberPDF Icon Research Matters 36 (PDF - 438 Kb)
SeptemberPDF Icon Research Matters 35 (PDF - 500 Kb)
JunePDF Icon Research Matters 34 (PDF - 522 Kb)
MarchPDF Icon Research Matters 33 (PDF - 623 Kb)

2004DecemberPDF Icon Research Matters 32 (PDF - 835 Kb)
SeptemberPDF Icon Research Matters 31 (PDF - 242 Kb)
JunePDF Icon Research Matters 30 (PDF - 256 Kb)
March PDF Icon Research Matters 29 (PDF - 640 Kb)

2003DecemberPDF Icon Research Matters 28 (PDF - 269 Kb)
SeptemberPDF Icon Research Matters 27 (PDF - 348 Kb)
June PDF Icon Research Matters 26 (PDF - 1.3 Mb)
MarchPDF Icon Research Matters 25 (PDF - 935 Kb)

2002DecemberPDF Icon Research Matters 24 (PDF - 783 Kb)
SeptemberPDF Icon Research Matters 23 (PDF - 861 Kb)
JunePDF Icon Research Matters 22 (PDF - 344 Kb)
MarchPDF Icon Research Matters 21 (PDF - 101 Kb)

2001December PDF Icon Research Matters 20 (PDF - 96 Kb)
SeptemberPDF Icon Research Matters 19 (PDF - 131 Kb)
JunePDF Icon Research Matters 18 (PDF - 99 Kb)
MarchPDF Icon Research Matters 17 (PDF - 102 Kb)


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