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Despite ongoing technical and professional advances, urban and regional planning is often far less effective than we might hope. Conflicting approaches and variable governmental settings have undermined planning's legitimacy and allowed its goals to be eroded and co-opted in the face of mounting challenges. Deeper organising principles for self-understanding, action and productive critique are lacking. This book takes steps toward resolving these problems by providing a clear theoretical position to practically examine urban planning systems within democratic governance settings: the basis of planning's legitimacy and action. Joining practical planning with political science perspectives and the work of critical theorists such as Jürgen Habermas, it directly examines urban planning as a process of governance. The dilemmas inherent to democracy are used as key organising principles and challenges for planning. Collective knowledge development and steering processes are examined as the core purposes of urban planning. Communicative planning's grounding in the work of Habermas is revisited to develop practical ways of examining overall planning systems. This theoretical approach can be adapted to a range of planning systems and settings beyond those examined in the book, such as corporate or political realms. It is one of only a few analyses that bring together theoretical understandings and grounded and practical analyses of an Australian planning system. Conceptual and highly practical explanations of how and why the Victorian system does and doesn't 'work' are revealed. The book demonstrates how specific placed-based understandings, and meaningful comparison between planning systems, can be made using critical theory to suggest positive change.

This article starts from the premise that, for all its diverse ideals and technical bases, the core of planning is an ability to favourably influence collective spatial concerns. The location of practice within spatial governance means that the 'worth' of planning theories often depends upon the nature of governance itself in given places and times. In this article, three layered vignettes of practice in Victoria, Australia are presented to demonstrate the importance of governance settings to the value and success of selected planning theories at different geographical and temporal scales. The vignettes examine: the introduction of new planning legislation in Victoria, Australia; the take-up of medium density housing; and the influence of communicative planning on participation. The article concludes that the effects of theory upon practice depend upon institutional circumstances, and that theory, and its users, must address this to be effective and to prevent unintended outcomes.

The increasing responsibility of the local government sector to provide and maintain a range of infrastructure is threatening its financial sustainability. The 'development contributions' system is one measure adopted by local government in Victoria, Australia to assist in the funding of infrastructure required as a result of new development. The development contributions system is intended to be used state-wide, but in practice the majority of development contributions have been collected in just seven Melbourne municipalities associated with greenfield development. In July 2012 the Victorian state government announced reforms to the system, which were eventually enacted in October 2016. These reforms are considered in this paper. Using two case studies of Hume City Council and Surf Coast Shire Council, this paper assesses the effectiveness of the new funding system for infill development in the Melbourne area. The findings suggest that the historic path dependency of the system has resulted in a missed opportunity as the new system remains fundamentally designed for greenfield development rather than highly important infill development.

The increasing responsibility of the local government sector to provide and maintain a range of infrastructure is threatening its financial sustainability. The 'development contributions' system is one measure adopted by local government in Victoria, Australia to assist in the funding of infrastructure required as a result of new development. The development contributions system is intended to be used state-wide, but in practice the majority of development contributions have been collected in just seven Melbourne municipalities associated with greenfield development. In July 2012 the Victorian state government announced reforms to the system, which were eventually enacted in October 2016. These reforms are considered in this paper. Using two case studies of Hume City Council and Surf Coast Shire Council, this paper assesses the effectiveness of the new funding system for infill development in the Melbourne area. The findings suggest that the historic path dependency of the system has resulted in a missed opportunity as the new system remains fundamentally designed for greenfield development rather than highly important infill development.

Habermas suggests that democracy means that a society is able to know itself and steer itself. This article builds on Habermas' conception that mediatization is a central impediment to the realization of democracy, while recognizing the locally particular resolution of democratic dilemmas represented by any planning system. Using Victoria, Australia as an example, the article seeks to demonstrate that Habermas' project offers a means of critiquing existing planning systems. Rather than communicative planning remaining an unattainable ideal, the possibility is explored of Habermasian critique offering practical directions for enhancing the democracy of existing planning systems.

Front Cover -- Urban Planning for Disaster Recovery -- Urban Planning for Disaster Recovery -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1 - Integration and Collective Action: Studies of Urban Planning and Recovery After Disasters -- INTRODUCTION -- COPING WITH DISASTERS -- RECOVERY AS A "PHASE" -- PLANNING FOR RECOVERY -- URBAN FEATURES AND RISK REDUCTION -- PHYSICAL ASPECTS -- SOCIAL ASPECTS -- ECONOMIC ASPECTS -- ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS -- URBAN PLANNING -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 2 - Urban Planning and Recovery Governance -- INTRODUCTION -- URBAN PLANNING: RECOVERY AS PROCESS -- PLANNING USING EVIDENCE -- GOVERNANCE AND RECOVERY: PLANNING WITH AND FOR OTHERS -- TOWARD GOOD DISASTER RECOVERY GOVERNANCE -- URBAN PLANNING AND THE MAIN AGENCIES IN RECOVERY -- URBAN PLANNING AND RECOVERY: POTENTIALS AND PROBLEMATICS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- FURTHER READING -- 3 - Equity in Recovery -- INTRODUCTION -- DISASTER EVENTS -- EQUITY -- ABILITY TO RECOVER FROM A DISASTER -- NATURE OF THE DISASTER -- PERSONAL RESOURCES -- THOSE WITH EXISTING VULNERABILITIES -- THOSE WHO ARE AT RISK OF BECOMING VULNERABLE -- SOCIETAL RESPONSES -- BROAD SOCIETY -- THE THIRD SECTOR -- COMMUNITY -- GOVERNMENT PLANNING -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 4 - When Systems Break Down: The Role of International Aid and Humanitarian Response in Disaster Recovery -- INTRODUCTION -- HUMANITARIAN REFORM AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE AGENDA -- RECURRING THEMES AND CHALLENGES IN COORDINATING DISASTER RESPONSE -- RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOVERNMENT -- ENGAGEMENT WITH LOCAL CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR -- PROTECTION, GENDER, AND DISABILITY INCLUSION -- HOUSING, LAND, AND PROPERTY -- CASH AND SHELTER -- ACCOUNTABILITY TO AFFECTED POPULATIONS -- TRANSITION TO RECOVERY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES