{"title":"Series: Planning, History and Environment Series","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003ePlanning, History and Environment Series\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a diverse exploration of how ideas shape our world, from the intricacies of value investment and ethical scaling to the unfolding narratives of history and military events. Readers will find works that challenge conventional thinking, inviting reflection on philosophy, psychology, and the dynamic forces that mould societies and economies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis series also embraces varied genres, including engaging children’s stories, travel adventures, and insightful perspectives on technology and security. 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Building on the editors’ previous collection \u003ci\u003eThe Australian Metropolis: A Planning History\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), this new book examines the recent history of metropolitan planning in Australia since the beginning of the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a historical prelude, the book is structured around a series of six case studies of metropolitan Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, the fast-growing metropolitan region of South-East Queensland centred on Brisbane, and the national capital of Canberra. These essays are contributed by some of Australia’s leading urbanists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet against a dynamic background of economic change, restructured land uses, a more diverse population, and growing spatial and social inequality, the book identifies a broad planning consensus around the notion of making Australian cities more contained, compact and resilient. But it also observes a continuing gulf between the simplified aims of metropolitan strategies and our growing understanding of the complex functioning of the varied communities in which most people live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlanning Metropolitan Australia\u003c\/i\u003e reflects on the raft of planning challenges presented at the metropolitan scale, looks at what the future of Australian cities might be, and speculates about the prospects of more effective metropolitan planning arrangements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607376740588,"sku":"9780367501952","price":98.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780367501952-planning-metropolitan-australia.jpg?v=1778163172"},{"product_id":"planning-metropolitan-australia-9781138241077","title":"Planning Metropolitan Australia","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAustralia has long been a highly (sub)urbanised nation, but the major distinctive feature of its contemporary settlement pattern is that the great majority of Australians live in a small number of large metropolitan areas focused on the state capital cities. 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But by the time independence was achieved in 1965, the city faced daunting problems of housing shortage, slums and high unemployment. Since then, Singapore has become one of the richest countries on earth, providing, in Sir Peter Hall’s words, ‘perhaps the most extraordinary case of economic development in the history of the world’. The story of Singapore’s remarkable achievements in the first half century after its independence is now widely known.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePlanning Singapore: The Experimental City\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephen Hamnett and Belinda Yuen have brought together a set of chapters on Singapore’s planning achievements, aspirations and challenges, which are united in their focus on what might happen next in the planning of the island-state. Chapters range over Singapore’s planning system, innovation and future economy, housing, biodiversity, water and waste, climate change, transport, and the potential transferability of Singapore’s planning knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA key question is whether the planning approaches, which have served Singapore so well until now, will suffice to meet the emerging challenges of a changing global economy, demographic shifts, new technologies and the existential threat of climate change. Singapore as a global city is becoming more unequal and more diverse. 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