SSUD 11-105 Land Economy and the Environment
Semester 1 2015
Assignment Brief
Assignment Two – Housing
Topic 3: Housing Suppliers
Key points to consider:
• What is happening to the home building industry?(In Australia)
Article to be read as your starting point:
• Construction industry in NSW: Background to the insolvency inquiry (Source: Wilkinson, May 2013.), available at http://goo.gl/Vy4gIX
• Building a new way: Australian fast-build prefab housing (Source: The Greens, undated.), available at http://goo.gl/XLI07l
• Building construction technology roadmap: Part 2 – Issues and Influences (Source: Copper Australia, 2004), available at http://goo.gl/WcFDNk
Process:
1. Start by reading the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ articles on housing (http://goo.gl/0r8WTw).
2. As a starting point of your research, read through the given articles under your selected topic. Please do not use these articles as your only references!
3. Widen your research frame to draw upon a range of international, national and local sources (Write them in different section please). If you choose a country (Australia) for your national discussions, conduct brief comparison with other countries.
4. Identify a range of contexts, issues, prospects and policy issues relevant to this topic. How can the current issues and policies be improved?
5. Prepare a critical review, in an essay or report format (your choice), in the context of your research.
6.
Ensure you use an 11 or 12 font; number the pages; ensure you fully reference all material which you use and record it using the Harvard (author/date) style;
