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Reinventing Urban Planning in Australia: Humanising the Paradigm Shift, 1970–2000 book cover

1st Edition

Reinventing Urban Planning in Australia Humanising the Paradigm Shift, 1970–2000

Edited By Nicola Pullan, Robert Freestone Copyright 2027
328 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited collection of biographical and autobiographical essays chronicles the transformative journeys of Australian planners who, confronting unprecedented urban challenges in the late twentieth century, pioneered new concepts, methodologies, and approaches that fundamentally reshaped the trajectory of urban planning for the twenty-first century. The essays illuminate the profound social,... Read more

Chapter 1

Shifting agendas in Australian planning 1970-2000: A transformation in theory and practice

Nicola Pullan and Robert Freestone

Chapter 2

Rival views about Australian housing: Reflections on the reinvention in the 1970s

Lionel Orchard

Chapter 3

From town planning to urban problem solving: George Clarke and the Urban Systems Corporation

Robert Freestone

Chapter 4

The progressive technocrat: David Carr in Western Australia, 1965-1999

Neil Foley

Chapter 5

Including the environment in urban planning: Professional and political responses to community demands

Barbara Norman

Chapter 6

Wendy Bell and the rise of social planning in Australia

Christine Garnaut

Chapter 7

Women and planning in Australia 1960-2000: Presence, critique and change

Louise Johnson

Chapter 8

Planning’s late awakening to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights and interests

Ed Wensing

Chapter 9

Community groups as a new planning force: The case of Hobart 1970-2000

Stefan Petrow

Chapter 10

Contestation: The radical urban agenda of Ruth and Maurie Crow

David Nichols, Kathryn Davidson, Kaling Cheung

Chapter 11

Individual agency and structural forces in the development of Australian planning education: The case of Queensland

Paul Burton

Chapter 12

Communicating a new agenda: Remembering Claire Wagner

Nicola Pullan and Robert Freestone

Biography

Nicola Pullan is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the School of Built Environment, UNSW. Her research interests include post-war temporary dwellings and historical routes to homeownership. Recent publications include contributions in Tzannes (2024), Australia and China Perspectives on Urban Regeneration and Revitalization (2024) and Campus (2023).

Robert Freestone is Professor of Planning in the School of Built Environment at the University of New South Wales. His recent collaborative books include Planning a Continent of Cities (2025), Community Green (2024), and Australian Urban Policy: Prospects and Pathways (edited 2024).

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