This paper starts with an introduction to collaborative stakeholder dialogue and its contribution to sustainable development, illustrated by the Munich case study.

The specific focus of this paper is web based communication for planning in local government. This paper provides a comparative snapshot of the types of web based communication being employed by local government in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia, and investigates some of the correlates of this communication process.

Using Australia’s largest city, Sydney, as a case study, this paper utilises and maps an urban form typology relevant to Australian cities before applying household behaviour indices to compare the relative sustainability merits of different urban form types. This paper will outline the methodology being used for this research before presenting some preliminary findings from...

This paper presents a theoretical understanding of value and attachment to urban open space and further unpacks this understanding based on a contemporary Australian context using recent practical research completed in western Sydney.

The aim of this paper is to identify and discuss some of the main strategic and policy challenges for planning metropolitan greenspace in Sydney