Table of Contents

Foreword

Ann Forsyth



Introduction

Karen Vella and Neil Sipe



Part I: The Context of Urban and Regional Planning



The Changing Population Geography of Australia: Implications for Planning and Policy

Elin Charles-Edwards



Employment, income and (in)equality: Planning Issues Hidden in Plain Sight

David Wadley



Part II: Critical debates in Australian Planning



Planning and the Nirvana of Economic Development

Glen Searle



Urban Design for a Sustainable Future: Heading In the Right Directions?

John Byrne



Regionalization and Regionalism: Persistent Challenges and New Frontiers

Jennifer Bellamy and Brian Head



The Evolution of Australian Urban and Regional Planning: A Textual Analysis

Robert Freestone



Northern Australia: A Contested Landscape

Allan P. Dale, Ruth Potts and Sharon Harwood



Australian Planning System Reform: Tinkering at the Edges or Instrumental Change?

Kristian Ruming, Nicole Gurran, Paul Maginn and Robin Goodman



Physical Determinism and Australian Cities

Patrick N. Troy



Getting Dense: Why Has Urban Consolidation Been So Difficult?

Joe Hurley, Elizabeth Taylor, and Jago Dodson



Part III: Topics in planning policy



Neoliberalism and the Housing Affordability Crisis

Keith Jacobs



Gerotopia: The 'Good Life' For Life Hereafter

Caryl Bosman



How Did We Get Here? Plotting the Route to 'Balanced' Mobility and Transport Planning

Matthew Burke and Jianqiang Cui



Ports As Critical Infrastructure Keeping

About the Author

Neil Sipe is Professor of Planning in the School of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Queensland (Brisbane). His research interests include: transport and land use planning; natural resource management; and international comparisons of planning systems. Karen Vella is a Senior Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning at Queensland University of Technology. Her research focuses on policy and governance dimensions of planning and evidence based frameworks for action to improve planning outcomes in urban and regional contexts. Her work has helped shape urban and regional sustainability planning and policy for climate mitigation and adaptation, natural resource management, duty of care frameworks for urban and regional risk management, and the protection of the Great Barrier Reef.