This research paper aims to provide better understanding of the manner in which changes occur via strategic planning.

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of incorporating urban climate understanding and knowledge into urban planning processes in order to develop cities that are more sustainable.

For emergency planning purposes, it is critical to estimate the range of times involved in the evacuation of a community during bushfire disasters, and the factors that might influence it. This paper addresses this issue with a particular emphasis on spatial configuration in urban fringe residential development.

Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is relatively new, and is derived from emergency management traditions based primarily in the development of systems oriented to responding to large scale disaster events, such as flood, fires and storms. This paper sets out a conceptual framework critically assessing the potential to integrate aspects of urban planning and disaster risk...

This paper reports research findings that examine the different types of discretion exercised by planning professionals in English and Victorian Planning systems.