This paper will, through a case study of four national parks in the growing city of Sydney, Australia, and, using content analysis, explore how statutory planning instruments, planning policies, plans of management and applicable legislation affect ongoing conservation values for national parks and reserves.

Noosa Climate Action Plan (NCAP) is a unique community driven plan which combines top-down and bottom-up approaches and is supported by a wide range of stakeholders. This paper evaluates the NCAP process in order to evaluate its success as a collaborative planning process in developing effective climate change adaptation plans.

This paper documents recent research, which assessed the technical, economic and social feasibility of stormwater and wastewater recycling for both potable and non-potable end-uses.

Focusing on planning practices at the local and regional levels, this paper investigates how environmental sustainability is pursued from an institutional perspective.

Small cities in Australia are typically home to growing populations and changing economies. Using the example of “20-minute” neighbourhoods, increased urban density and walkability metrics, (concepts drawn from, among others, metropolitan Portland, Oregon) this paper considers their application as planning concepts in Bendigo Australia.