The paper reports findings from a small social study about the experiences of a family who lived in “Research House”, Australia, for a two year period monitoring product performance and household economies in a sustainable house. [PDF] Article published in the Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society in 2005. Authors are Laurie Buys, Karen Barnett, Evonne Miller from Queensland University of Technology, and Chanel Bailey from the Research House Project.

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/sbs/ajets/journal/V3N1/pdf/
V3N1-4-Buys.pdf




Article published by the International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Volume 2, Issue 2, pp. 95-102. This paper investigates the prevalence and predictors of local community action to address environmental and water conservation in a drought-prone Australian community. The article is available online at no charge.

http://ijs.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.41/prod.117




The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURi) explains current research areas and projects on a community level and therefore gives ideas about the issues social sustainability can involve. Navigational links to further pages of the institute.

http://www.ahuri.edu.au/




Article published in the magazine SOLVE, a CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) review of scientific innovations for Australian industry, in February 2007, reporting on the Herbert River region of North Queensland. Since ten years the region exemplifies the benefits that emerge when governments, business, researchers and the wider community interact with a shared goal to make their home a better place. Links to other issues within the volume are provided.

http://www.solve.csiro.au/0207/article8.htm