This paper reports on a study of a suburb in Canberra that has experienced significant redevelopment of houses in the last eight years. It finds that, despite the majority planners, architects, building designers and residents expressing a desire to achieve a more environmentally efficient outcome, very few houses achieved this ambition.

This project developed a health planning tool that supports the identified link between community health and wellbeing and the planning, placement and improvement of green infrastructure. The tool provides a planning mechanism to identify disadvantaged communities and populations at risk of chronic illness and heatwaves.

This paper is an attempt to unravel the notion of certainty in land-use planning by engaging with other concepts such as discretion and flexibility, prescription and control, all of which have resonance in the way in which we seek to understand and operate the planning system.

This paper investigates the background to, debate over, and significance of the new Auckland Council, in the context of contemporary governance of major Australasian cities.

Arising from its origins in the experiences and writings of public housing residents in the Neighbourhood That Works project (NTW 2008), this paper uses a governmentality theoretical framework to review the tenant participation and housing literature and its use of the idea of empowerment.