摘要：This study evaluates Melbourne’s longstanding ‘activity centres’ (AC) policies—thefirst study to do so. It strongly suggests that, across the Melbourne metropolitan area,AC policies have had no effect on the propensity of people to work near their homes.The findings are robust to a number of validity hazards. The study does not warranta wholesale abandonment of AC planning, but does signal that we may wish to questionhow we are currently going about transforming ‘places’ into ‘centres’. For AC policies to besuccessful, designation as a ‘centre’ may be necessary, but is not sufficient.
