The Future of Australian Urban & Regional Planning

The closing chapter of the Handbook is divided into three parts. First, as a way of summarising the preceding 26 chapters, we examine three themes that emerged and cut across ranges of chapters. Second, to provide some context to the Handbook, particularly for those international readers or others not familiar with Australian planning, we return to an issue raised in the introduction—how Australian planning theories, practices and education compares internationally. In the third and final section, we provide some insight on future directions for Australian planning and its role in the Asia Pacific region