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"The Dish" Radio Telescope at Parkes, NSW.

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  • Urban and regional transition is a human-driven process.

    On December 4-6 2007, a CSIRO workshop was held in Melbourne to address the ‘Simulation and Modelling of Urban and Regional Sustainability, Transitions and Applications in Policy, Planning and Management’ (SMURT).  It provided a forum  to exchange knowledge on regional and urban transition simulations for policy development, planning and management.