Case Study Of Sydney Research Articles

Responses of community to the possible use of recycled water for washing machines: A case study in Sydney, Australia

Recycled water is a valuable resource that has potential to free up potable water supplies and recharge systems while improving the environment. Recycled water for washing machine could be one of the options as new end use of recycled water to alleviate the demand on existing and limited water supplies. This paper summarizes the findings of a research survey in Sydney, Australia to explore the attitudes and opinions of community towards the use of recycled water for different purposes, especially for the washing machine. The survey showed that 97% of the respondents were aware of the persisting water shortage problem while more than 60% of the respondents supported the use of recycled water for washing clothes. This paper exposes the basic concern of participants for using recycled water in washing machine. Health issue was found as the most concerns of the community. The survey also presents the further conditions to be considered for using recycled water for washing machine according to the participants’ opinions. Correlation between knowledge and attitudes of respondents was also found in this survey.

‘The spirit of local patriotism’: progress and populism in Sydney's northern suburbs in the 1920s

Local patriotism emerged in Australia in the suburbs from the mid nineteenth century. In the twentieth century, influenced by progressivism, it was a populist reaction by emerging suburbs and municipalities to state power and the political and cultural dominance of the city. Promoting the local as the anchor for a chain of national and imperial being and the place where moral capital was renewed, local patriotism paradoxically elevated ties of community and locality above all else. It also exhibited a ‘reactionary modernism’ which embraced new technology while seeking to maintain traditional values linked to the land and a British inheritance. Ultimately, self-interest – driven by exclusivism, anti-urbanism and class quarantining – underpinned local patriotism in Australia. Although its currency was relatively short-lived, it remained persuasive in Australian political culture. This article examines local patriotism through a case study of Sydney's North Shore and northern suburbs in the first three decades of the twentieth century, drawing extensively on a local newspaper, The Suburban Herald.

Implementing a strategic plan for child health: A Sydney case study

The aim of this paper is to describe the implementation of a strategic plan, Health Gain for Children and Youth of Central Sydney, over a 10-year period to December 2005. Descriptive information was obtained from the records and minutes of all relevant committees, interviews with key workers who were involved with the committees, managers and senior health professionals, and from the involvement of the authors throughout the process of the implementation. An implementation steering committee was established to oversee the implementation of the plan. Rather than adopting a uniform approach to assigning responsibility for the implementation of each strategy in the plan or developing specific costs and time frames for each strategy, a more pragmatic, flexible and opportunistic approach was taken. Most of the plan's strategies were implemented over a 7-year time frame using a combination of service reorientation and implementation of new programmes, some of which were funded from sources not anticipated during the development of the plan. Implementation required a dedicated driver, commitment at senior level and participation by many staff at many levels. Outcomes, monitored through data collected at 5-year intervals, revealed positive trends in a number of child and youth health indicators. The successful implementation of the strategic plan required pragmatism, flexibility, opportunism and the commitment and involvement of staff at all organisational levels. It is envisaged that this approach provides a firm base for future evidence-based developments to benefit the health and well-being of children, youth and their families and reduce health inequities.

Developing an Integrated Water Servicing Strategy for Infill Development: Botany Case Study in Sydney, Australia

Developing an Integrated Water Servicing Strategy for Infill Development: Botany Case Study in Sydney, Australia

Doctoral Foundation Paper: The Reliability of Economic Impact Studies of the Olympic Games: A Post-Games Study of Sydney 2000 and Considerations for London 2012

This paper examines evidence derived from a case study of Sydney 2000 – which could be usefully considered in the planning of London 2012 – in estimating the economic impacts of the Olympic Games. Previous studies have utilised Input–Output models to estimate the impacts of the Games, although recent criticism of this approach has, however, led to the use of Computable General Equilibrium Models. Both models have been applied in estimating the impacts of Sydney 2000. Examining pre-Games impacts and contrasting them with post-Games results, this study reveals significant differences. This suggests the need for more rigorous and standardised industry methods to reduce discrepancies. Moreover, inadequate attention and an underestimation of importance is paid to what could be the most important period of all, the post-Games period and there is an overall lack of understanding of the behaviour patterns of Olympic tourists. The findings of this study highlight some important considerations for those involved in making London 2012 a tourism success.

Why the “Green Mess”: An Analysis of Key Political Tensions and Cleavages within the Sydney‐Based Environment Movement in the 1989‐1990 Period

This paper addresses issues related to the structure of social movements, the presence of diversity within movements and the management of the conflicts that diversity generates. It outlines and analyses the main dimensions of an unusually intense and bitter conflict that erupted between environmental activists in Sydney in the lead‐up to the 1990 federal election. The paper's central argument is that the conflict analysed was a product of the incompatibility between one particular activist network's attempt to impose its political assessment on a cross‐section of movement elites and the underlying segmentation, polycephaly and loose integration that characterises the movement's structure. While the paper uses the Sydney case study as an illustrative vehicle, the themes and issues discussed have a broader applicability in the analysis of environment movement dynamics.

Reconfiguring the CBD: Work and Discourses of Design in Sydney's Office Space

This paper address the limitations in dominant interpretations of CBD work and workspaces to account for complex processes of reconfiguration currently being experienced in the form of office work, the positioning of office workers and the material and discursive processes shaping CBD workspaces. Drawing on a case study of Sydney, Australia, it examines the impact of economic financialisation on the constitution of office work, highlighting a movement towards practices of association, interaction and shared work space. Then, through an exploration of the design discourses driving the creation of new configurations of office space, an investigation is presented of the connections between new forms of office work and new subjectivities of office workers. Finally, it is argued that interconnections between new forms of work, workspaces and workplace subjectivities are transforming the process of producing CBD office spaces in complex ways that blur the boundaries between so-called public and private realms in a process termed communalisation.

Sustaining Sydney: The ‘Green Olympics’ from a global perspective

This paper grapples with the question of whether globalisation and sustainable development are at odds or can be mutually supportive, through a case study of Sydney and its successful bid for the 2000 Olympics. The systemic context for urbanisation in the global economy and recent policy developments and physical change in Sydney are discussed in light of the competing cities phenomenon. The potential of the ‘Green Games’ to enhance urban sustainability is then considered. Positive aspects identified included the development of new environmental benchmarks, the potential for changed business attitudes and increased consumer awareness, as well as NGO participation (particularly the IOC) in a decentralised global environmental governance regime. However, evaluated in light of the pressures imposed by a globalised economic system, their effective adoption appears to be constrained. While it remains to be seen whether Sydney's Green Games will lead to more than tokenistic changes, this paper contends that, although market based environmentalism is a good first step forward, public sector commitment will be required if strong sustainable development is to be achieved.

User Requirements and Willingness To Pay for Traffic Information Systems: Case Study of Sydney, Australia

The field of information provision to motorists has seen remarkable technological innovations in recent years. These techniques are generally classified under advanced traveler information systems (ATISs). These systems are designed to bring travel time savings and congestion alleviation to commuters. In the context of determining who will use this information system, what types of information are required, and how traffic information affects traveler behavior, the user needs and preferences derived from a survey of commuters in Sydney, Australia are described. The attitudinal survey has examined driver attitudes toward radio traffic information systems in particular. It is seen that drivers thought of radio traffic information systems as generally accurate. Drivers revealed that information on dynamic conditions such as traffic entities and road accidents is more desired than information on relatively static conditions such as alternative routes. On the aspect of technology preference, radio has overwhelming support as the preferred delivery system compared with computers and telephones. The results of an analysis of willingness to pay for information are similar to findings from overseas. This particular analysis has been based on an ordered probit model that shows the significance of information system attributes and commuter demographics.

Sydney water contamination crisis: Manufacturing dissent

The widely publicised contamination of Sydney's water supply in July 1998 felt like a crisis to affected Sydney residents but the rhetoric did not match the reality. We are interested in the way our reality is constructed, the way we manufacture consent or dissent, the way in which some knowledge is privileged and the way that power is attached to this knowledge. The Sydney Water Contamination Crisis sparked our interest because it proved to be an excellent event to watch: we could daily track the construction of ‘truth’, the attempts to unravel or deconstruct this ‘truth’. It was also a fascinating study in paternalism and an example of public exclusion from the decision-making process. We speculate on some alternative decision-making approaches which might help us avoid a recurrence of the Sydney case study. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

Employment and language ability of Australian non‐native speakers of Japanese: A Sydney case study

Employment and language ability of Australian non‐native speakers of Japanese: A Sydney case study

Intra-Urban Impacts:Sydney in the Recession

The economic recession of 1990–91 has its origins in national economic and political developments. However, its local labour market manifestations are pronounced and diverse. The structural-spatial interactions are complex, as always, but a case study of Sydney helps to illuminate the general forces at work. Sydney – and the state of NSW in general – has not been the worst affected by the recession, but particular sub-metropolitan areas now have official unemployment rates of up to 13 per cent while others are still below 5 per cent.

The Influence of Spatial Opportunities on the Journey-to-Consume: A Sydney Case Study

This study looks at shopping centers to assess the impact of the type of center on the length of the journey to consume. Morphology and size of centers were selected as the main variables, and only convenience goods were considered. Two hypotheses are formulated relating journey length to (1) planned versus unplanned centers and (2) large versus small centers. The methods of analysis are described with Holmogorou Smirnou and Chi-Squared tests applied to hypotheses one and two respectively, producing significant results for the former and a more mixed picture for the latter. It is concluded that larger centers attract more trips, planned centers have longer journeys to consume, and movement minimization is a poor measure of motivation for travelling to any particular center, all of which have certain planning implications. /TRRL/

Suburban Centres—A Case Study in Sydney's Western Suburbs

Suburban Centres—A Case Study in Sydney's Western Suburbs