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Urban planning in today's world is inextricably linked to the processes of mass urbanization and modernization which have transformed our lives over the last hundred years. Written by leading experts and commentators from around the world, this collection of original essays will form an unprecedented critical survey of the state of urban planning at the end of the millennium

Introduction -- America and the world -- The Australian scene -- The federal capital -- City plans -- Civic centres -- Public spaces -- The campus beautiful -- Parks, parkways, and the street beautiful -- The everyday landscape -- New themes, old traditions

The international diffusion of town planning theory, techniques and ideology was facilitated by many agencies in the early twentieth century, with lecture tours a popular mechanism. Driven by a mix of evangelism and imperialism, the Garden Cities and Town Planning Association (GCTPA) became a logical focus for the export of British planning ideals relating to better housing and planned local environments. The Australasian Town Planning Tour of 1914–15 organised by Charles Reade on behalf of the GCTPA was a major event in the development of Australian planing thought. There has, however, been no extended analysis of its origins, organisation and impacts. Drawing on contemporary sources, that task is attempted here. Discussion is set against the backdrop of the rise and decline of British imperialistic influence.