Recent wildfires burning throughout Australia highlight the vulnerability of settlements
located in wildland urban interface (WUI) areas. Spatial planning has a critical role in …

This article discusses the concepts of soft spaces and soft planning in the context of city-
regional planning, complementing the discussion with an excursion to “soft law”. The point of …

Major natural disasters are events where day‐to‐day governance activities are disrupted
and a large range of different actors–governmental and non‐governmental–are required to …

Communicative planning has been one of the most discussed topics in planning research of
the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Planning systems have evolved to include …

It is generally expected that spatial planning integrates wildfire risk reduction considerations
in areas affected by this hazard. However, many spatial planning systems are challenged to …

This article approaches the concept of public interest in planning from the point of view of
Patsy Healey's collaborative planning theory on one hand and, on the other, from the …

This article explores the tensions between the practices of professional planners, the
participatory planning frameworks of governments and the neoliberalisation of planning …

Healthy community engagement must acknowledge conflict as a permanent and necessary
part of collaborative planning. Using agonistic conflict in debating and deciding about site …

The profession of urban planning contributes to the design and spatial arrangement of cities,
and has been recognized as a key potential facilitator of action on climate change. Yet, there …

Many political, economic and social transformations have occurred in South Africa since the
first democratic elections in 1994. The country has made significant efforts in trying to …