What is it about?
This paper explores three main challenges faced when trying to establish new territorial bases for better urban planning in Australian cities: spatial scale, identity and legitimacy, and efficiency and effectiveness
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Why is it important?
The paper contributes to important and ongoing public policy debate in Australia about the need for greater metropolitan scale planning to better address the growing problems facing Australian cities, including the need to overcome political and jurisdictional fragmentation in urban areas.
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This paper draws on my experience of working with and for local, state and federal governments in Australia on a variety of urban policy questions, in particular, a review for the Queensland Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning of the integration of social and spatial strategies. This was carried out with colleagues from the Cities Research Institute at Griffith University, Bruce James and Matthew Burke.
Professor Paul Burton
Griffith University
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This page is a summary of: Is Urban Planning in Australia Hindered by Poor Metropolitan Governance?, Urban Science, November 2017, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/urbansci1040034.
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