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Originally published in 1980, Urban Planning in a Capitalist Society addresses land use planning as both a technical and a political activity, involving the distribution of scarce resources – land and capital. The book reviews and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of several theoretical perspectives, and pluralist, bureaucratic, reformist and Marxist approaches to the distribution of power, and hence resources in a capitalist society. It concentrates on the role played by planning professionals, the opportunity for the public to influence land use planning decision making, and the scope for political action concerning planning.

This book places Australian conditions and urban planning centrally within comparative analysis of planning systems and cultures around the world to address issues including urban governance, climate change, transportation planning, regional development and migration planning. Australian urban conditions and their associated planning responses can and often have been seen as unique or exceptional. They are seldom discussed in the same breath as conditions and associated planning systems internationally. Yet, as well as being somewhat different from those elsewhere in the world, Australian urban conditions and planning responses are also somewhat similar. They are uncanny - strangely familiar yet unfamiliar. In this book, Australian urban conditions, and their planning policies and practices are informally compared and contrasted with those existing internationally. If Australian urban planning policy and practice have had limited influence internationally, the partial familiarity of challenges posed by its urban conditions ensure that Australia is a more important global reference point for scholarship and practice than commonly is appreciated. In this book the authors assert the potential and actual originality of urban planning scholarship arising from the Australian context. It will be useful for students and faculty, planners working in Australia, as well as anyone interested in international planning debates.

Cover -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Rotterdam Resilience Strategy, Rotterdam -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Context and background -- 1.3. Rotterdam Resilience Strategy - Ready for the 21st Century -- 1.3.1. Methodology -- 1.3.2. Rotterdam Resilience Strategy - Goals, stakeholders -- 1.3.3. Concrete resilient initiatives and programs -- 1.4. Conclusion -- 1.4. References -- Chapter 2. Sustainable Florianópolis Action Plan, Santa Catarina -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Context: Florianópolis' background -- 2.3. The Sustainable Florianópolis Plan of Action -- 2.3.1. A comprehensive analysis of the city -- 2.3.2. Methodology -- 2.3.3. Goals and actions -- 2.4. Analysis - Discussion -- 2.5. Conclusion -- 2.6. References -- Chapter 3. "Recife 500 Anos" Plan, Recife -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Strategy, transition and innovation in a contrasting urban scenario -- 3.2.1. Recife: Brazil's "capital of inequalities" -- 3.2.2. From an economic-oriented urbanism to a participatory strategic plan -- 3.3. The plan -- 3.3.1. A multi-institutional board -- 3.3.2. Research, public consultation and comparative analysis -- 3.3.3. Crossing strategies for integrated results -- 3.4. Critical analysis of the plan construction -- 3.5. Conclusion -- 3.6. References -- Chapter 4. Greenest City 2020, Vancouver -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Context -- 4.3. Greenest City 2020 Action Plan - targets and goals -- 4.3.1. GCAP goals -- 4.3.2. Implementation updates -- 4.4. Why is the GCAP an innovative urban strategy? -- 4.5. Criticisms -- 4.6. Conclusion -- 4.7. References -- Chapter 5. The Grandeur Nature Plan, Eurométropole of Strasbourg -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. The Grandeur nature plan of the Eurométropole of Strasbourg -- 5.2.1. The stakeholders involved in the implementation of the plan.