Urban planning
Alternative labels
Urban policy
Urban design
City planning
Urban development
Urban areas
Report
How the NSW planning system works
This paper provides information on the New South Wales planning system that is current as at May 2024, and enables easier navigation across the system’s operational complexity, including through the use of diagrams.
Policy report
Planning for the inclusion of families with children in apartments
This report reveals key challenges that families confront in apartment living and proposes eight detailed opportunities for reform.
Policy report
Localising the SDGs in a changing landscape
This policy paper presents the results of a survey jointly conducted by the OECD, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network and the European Committee of the Regions, on how to localise the SDGs in a changing international landscape marked by disasters and shocks. The paper also presents possible strategies to further leverage the SDGs to design...
Book
Australian urban policy: prospects and pathways
This book explores in overview the achievements, failures, and challenges of an assemblage of public policy areas unified by their urban context. It comes at a time when Australia must take seriously the prospects and implications of long-term population growth and development in economic, social, and environmental terms.
Report
Opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of infrastructure
This report explains how the Victorian Government can update policies, regulations, guidelines and procedures to make carbon emissions count in infrastructure decision-making. This includes planning, design, construction, maintenance and the end-of-life of Victoria’s infrastructure.