Cities in Global Transition

Creating Sustainable Communities in Australia

Raymond Charles Rauscher, Salim Momtaz

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9783319398648
• eBook ISBN:
  9783319398655
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Ecology
• Index: Biological Sciences

This book examines the planning of cities in global transition, looking at Australia's Greater Sydney as a case example. The focus is on metropolitan districts (groups of municipalities) within the Greater Sydney region. The subjects of global transition and sustainable urban planning (SUP) are introduced in Chapter 1. How Greater Sydney approaches planning of its region and its districts is then outlined in Chapter 2. In this chapter, three case study districts are selected for critiquing planning in the face of population and new development changes. The districts, beyond the City of Sydney, are: Sydney Inner West, Greater Parramatta and St George. 
The book further outlines a methodology to assess planning practices within each of the municipalities (twelve case study municipalities in all within the three districts). Included here are State planning principles applying to Greater Sydney, with key principals selected to apply to the case study municipalities and to each district as a unit.

Table of contents

• Dedication
• Book Abstract
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Author Biographies
• List of Abbreviations
• List of Addendums
• List of Information Boxes and Tables
• List of Plates
• List of Tables
• Part I: Global Urban Transition and Sustainable Urban Planning
• Part II: Planning Sydney Inner West District
• Part III: Planning Greater Parramatta District
• Part IV: Planning in St George District
• Part V: Conclusions on Planning Sustainable Cities
• Appendix 1: Cultural Diversity Poems Titles – Districts of Sydney Inner West, Greater Parramatta, and St George
• Appendix 2: Sustainable Urban Planning Web Sites (Updated to Book Printing Date, Please Inform Authors of Any Change Via Email)
• Glossary
• Index