This paper is a critical transport policy review into the development of urban roads by New Zealand and Pakistan. It seeks to investigate why both countries have different institutional structures yet still suggest the presence of 'planning fallacy.'

Through an extensive analysis of land use planning instruments, this paper reviews the extent of urban agriculture planning in most Australian capital cities. A survey of local governments in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide provides a snapshot of urban agriculture planning in contemporary Australia – revealing that purposeful urban agriculture planning is almost non-existent.

Climate change is likely to exert escalating stresses on urban environments over the coming decades. This paper seeks to examine potential responses from institutional government frameworks in Australian cities and local metropolitan areas to mitigate climate change vulnerability to urban settements.

In this paper we are interested in the extent to which these new developments represent either a continuation of or transition to segregated living for their inhabitants and explore what this means in the wider context of urban policy and planning.

This paper analyses current new housing energy performance policies from Australia, the EU and USA against a set of socio-technical transitions principles presented within a zero emission housing framework.