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Quantitative Methods and the Evaluation of Community Renewal Programs in Australia: Towards a National Framework

dc.contributor.author Judd, BH en_US
dc.contributor.author Randolph, B en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T13:38:08Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T13:38:08Z
dc.date.issued 2006 en_US
dc.description.abstract The emergence of public housing estate renewal programs in Australia in the last decade has been one of the most prominent developments in social housing policy. These programs have undertaken a broad mix of renewal activity, ranging from outright physical redevelopment and stock replacement for sale, to community development type initiatives to improve social and employment outcomes for residents. However, while a number of evaluations of these programs have been undertaken, the development of evaluation methodology has lagged behind that of other countries. This in part is due to the lack of federal government interest or involvement in these programs which are essentially state specific. The article reviews the evaluations that have been undertaken in the last 10 years in Australia and assesses the relative importance of qualitative methodologies in these evaluations. Despite a strong focus among policy makers on value-for-money aspects of renewal, the authors show that qualitative methods have been commonplace, if limited in range, and argue this is a result of both the difficulty of obtaining comparative quantitative information especially when comparing dissimilar programs between states. In this context, qualitative methods are more easily managed by researchers and offer more insightful assessments than quantitatively based approaches. The article concludes by arguing for a national evaluation methodology to assist in more rigorous evaluations and the extension of qualitative evaluation methods. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/40179
dc.language English
dc.language.iso EN en_US
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ en_US
dc.source Legacy MARC en_US
dc.subject.other Public housing en_US
dc.subject.other renewal en_US
dc.subject.other community regeneration en_US
dc.subject.other evaluation en_US
dc.subject.other qualitative methods en_US
dc.title Quantitative Methods and the Evaluation of Community Renewal Programs in Australia: Towards a National Framework en_US
dc.type Journal Article en
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unsw.identifier.doiPublisher http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08111140600591047 en_US
unsw.relation.faculty Arts Design & Architecture
unsw.relation.ispartofissue 1 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofjournal Urban Policy and Review en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofpagefrompageto 97-114 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofvolume 24 en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Judd, BH, City Futures Research Centre, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Randolph, B, City Futures Research Centre, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.school School of Built Environment *
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