Contemporary Issues in Australian Urban and Regional Planning

Julie Brunner · John Glasson

May 2015 · Routledge

About this ebook

Contemporary Issues in Australian Urban and Regional Planning looks at a wide range of planning issues in Australia from the city to the regional scale, covering key topics in sustainable development and planning including economic, social, environmental and governance perspectives. It also covers issues of climate change, population and urbanization trends, economic competitiveness and the Quadruple Bottom Line (QBL) Sustainability agenda.

The book is organized around three key elements:

• Pressures and Principles
of development and planning for sustainability
• Planning Practice and Processes
focused on essential topics including cities, regions, rural areas, and social and environmental issues and
• Future Processes and Prospects
for planning practice and education covering the fundamental issues of assessing sustainability, managing risk, effective participation and evolving approaches to planning education.

Contemporary Issues in Australian Urban and Regional Planning

is an invaluable resource for students and practitioners of planning and related fields and provides a critical perspective on current issues in evolving natural and socio-economic contexts in Australian planning.

About the author

Julie Brunner has a wide range of experience in both planning practice and planning education in Australia. She has held senior roles, including Head of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, and in online teaching and learning development, at Curtin University. She pioneered the Open University Australia (OUA) postgraduate planning education course.

John Glasson is Professor Emeritus of Environmental Planning at Oxford Brookes University (UK), where he was Head of the School of Planning and Founding Director of the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development (OISD). He has also had a long-standing role as Visiting Professor at Curtin University. His research interests are in regional planning and impact assessment.