Executive Summary Recent experience shows that action to improve the efficiency and outcomes of city transport systems, linked to well-planned urban development, can deliver substantial economic, social and environmental benefits to the community and to government. The Australian Capital Territory Government is implementing a strategy of developing Canberra’s inner north transport corridor in conjunction with...

Drawing on the broadsheets of Sydney and Canberra, this study uses content analysis to examine news, feature stories and opinion pieces that cover nature and human interaction with nature.

This paper uses a comparative policy approach to examine a novel policy instrument typology which is developed and used to review the current policy settings in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.

Since the turn of the millennium and in particular since the centenary, there has been a partial redirection of attention on the significant planning history of Canberra and the need for a two-level planning system that works. This paper focuses on the struggle to reach this point, most notably in the proliferation of inquiries, plans...

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.