Agriculture in metropolitan peri-urban areas is influenced by structural changes associated
with increased input costs, an aging farming population, difficulty in retaining labour, and …

However, competing demands for the land continue to increase as populations grow and
become ever more complex. Land-use competition demands that we pay attention and …

A key challenge for planning the peri-urban internationally derives from the ability of land-
use change to outstrip the development of new concepts and understandings. There are few …

The formation of extensive peri‐urban regions around Australia's cities as sites of population
growth and land use change has resulted in a critical divergence in agricultural production …

Processes of peri‐urbanisation emerge from a range of drivers that differ according to socio‐
economic and geographic settings. Using the M elbourne outer peri‐urban region, this …

Declining population sizes of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in SE Queensland (QLD),
Australia can partially be attributed to chlamydiosis, with the majority of epidemiological …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore and critique the benefits and disbenefits
that transport orientated development (TOD) brings to neighbourhoods in proximity to public …

The classification of regions as functionally or socio-economically identifiable clusters lets us
explore and describe geographies of seemingly complex and individualised change. It also …

Peri-urbanization around Australian cities is not a uniform process. The characteristics of
place, as well as of demography, are considered to offer explanations for choice and …

Rapid urbanization across the cities of the world, led by unprecedented population growth
and infrastructure development, has led to significant expansion into the peri-urban areas …