Routledge Handbook of Australian Urban and Regional Planning

<p>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? <em>The Routledge Handbook of Australian Urban and Regional Planning</em> 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. </p><p></p><p>Divided into six parts this handbook explores: </p><p></p><ul> <br><br><p></p> <li>contexts of urban and regional planning in Australia</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>critical debates in Australian planning</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>planning policy</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>climate change disaster risk and environmental management</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>engaging and taking planning action</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>planning education and research </li> <br><br> </ul><p></p><p>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. </p>