Contents:
part, I The Context of Urban and Regional Planning -- chapter 1 Australian Urban and Regional Planning in the Twenty-First Century / Karen Vella Neil Sipe -- chapter 2 The Changing Population Geography of Australia -- Implications for Planning and Policy / Elin Charles-Edwards -- chapter 3 Employment, Income and (In)equality -- Planning Issues Hidden in Plain Sight / David Wadley -- part, II Critical Debates in Australian Planning -- chapter 4 Planning and the Nirvana of Economic Development / Glen Searle -- chapter 5 Urban Design for a Sustainable Future -- Heading in the Right Direction? / John Byrne -- chapter 6 Regionalization and Regionalism -- Persistent Challenges and New Frontiers / Jennifer Bellamy Brian Head -- chapter 7 The Evolution of Australian Urban and Regional Planning -- A Textual Analysis / Robert Freestone -- chapter 8 Northern Australia -- A Contested Landscape / Allan P. Dale Ruth Potts Sharon Harwood -- chapter 9 Australian Planning System Reform -- Tinkering at the Edges or Instrumental Change? / Kristian Ruming Nicole Gurran Paul Maginn Robin Goodman -- chapter 10 Physical Determinism and Australian Cities / Patrick N. Troy -- chapter 11 Getting Dense -- Why Has Urban Consolidation Been So Difficult? / Joe Hurley Elizabeth Taylor Jago Dodson -- part, III Topics in Planning Policy -- chapter 12 Neoliberalism and the Housing Affordability Crisis / Keith Jacobs -- chapter 13 Gerotopia -- The “Good Life” for Life Hereafter / Caryl Bosman -- chapter 14 How Did We Get Here? -- Plotting the Route to “Balanced” Mobility and Transport Planning / Matthew Burke Jianqiang Cui -- chapter 15 Ports as Critical Infrastructure -- Keeping Connected Requires a Long-Term View / Gavin McCullagh Douglas Baker -- chapter 16 Planning for Food Justice within Urban Australia / Nicolette Larder -- part, IV Climate Change, Disaster Risk and Environmental Management -- chapter 17 How Planning Can Address the Challenge of Transitioning to Low-Carbon Urban Economies / Ian Lowe -- chapter 18 Climate Change -- Local Governments Adapting to the Wicked Problem of Sea-Level Rise / Anne Leitch -- chapter 19 Mainstreaming Urban Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction -- Five Capabilities for Australian Urban Planning / Alan March Stephen Dovers -- chapter 20 The Quality of Australian Regional NRM Plans / Michael Lockwood Andrew Harwood -- chapter 21 In Pursuit of Effective Nature Conservation Planning and Delivery / Marc Hockings Leslie Shirreffs Robert Speirs -- part, V Engaging and Taking Planning Action -- chapter 22 Urban Planning and Indigenous Peoples / Melissa Nursey-Bray Andrew Beer -- chapter 23 The Right to Contribute -- The Dynamics and Dilemmas of Community Engagement in the Australian Context / Jenny Cameron Deanna Grant-Smith -- chapter 24 Creating Spaces for Action -- Lessons from Frontline Planners in the Great Barrier Reef / Karen Vella John Forester -- part, VI Planning Education and Research -- chapter 25 Doing Planning and Being a Planner -- Employment and Education Challenges for the Australian Planning Profession / Deanna Grant-Smith Severine Mayere -- chapter 26 Tracing the History of Australian Planning Research and Its Influence on Practice / Jason Byrne -- chapter 27 The Future of Australian Urban and Regional Planning / Neil Sipe Karen Vella.

Summary:
"Where is planning in twenty-first-century Australia? What are the key challenges that confront planning? What does planning scholarship reveal about the state of planning practice in meeting the needs of urban and regional Australians? The Routledge Handbook of Australian Urban and Regional Planning includes 27 chapters that answer these and many other questions that confront planners working in urban and regional areas in twenty-first-century Australia. It provides a single source for cutting edge thinking and research across a broad range of the most important topics in urban and regional planning. Divided into six parts, this handbook explores: contexts of urban and regional planning in Australiacritical debates in Australian Planningplanning policyclimate change, disaster risk and environmental managementengaging and taking planning actionplanning education and research This handbook is a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in urban planning, built environment, urban studies and public policy as well as academics and practitioners across Australia and internationally. "--Provided by publisher.