This paper examines the tension between urban policy and reform at all levels of Australian government, with reference to the alignment, or misalignment, of urban policy aspirations and reform to regulatory systems and processes.

An increased emphasis on consolidated city policies has heightened development pressure on existing urban areas. This has occurred alongside increased resident resistance to development. This paper examines in detail the determinations of decision makers in the development assessment process.

Abstract: Planning is a discipline constantly in transition, reflecting the economic and political ideologies of the time. These trends cause the relationship between the state and the individual to change, altering the intentions and expectations attributed to the profession. As such, planners are continually forced to assess their role, motivations and own values in their...

This paper investigates the relationship between urban open space public and private goods and human wellbeing, to identify effective planning and management strategies based on theory and case studies of Ottawa and Canberra.

This paper draws on thinking about the post-political condition to critique recent strategic planning practices in NSW. Thinkers such as Mouffe, Rancière and Swynedouw suggest that we are now in an era founded on the suppression of the inherent conflictual or political nature of social action.