This book places Australian conditions and urban planning centrally within comparative analysis of planning systems and cultures around the world to address issues including urban governance, climate change, transportation planning, regional development, and migration planning.

SECTION 1 AUSTRALIA AS EXCEPTION: 1. Planning in an Uncanny World: An Introduction Nicholas A. Phelps 2. Yarning about Urban Country: Knowing, Learning and Planning for Healthy, Liveable Cities Judy Bush, Katie West, and Maddison Miller 3. Networking Australia's Urban Governance Michele Acuto, Daniel Pejic, and Cathy Oke 4. Flood and Fire and Famine: Australia as an Outlier of Planning for Climate Change Anna Hurlimann SECTION 2 AUSTRALIA AS ECLECTIC MIX: 5. Uncanny Revelations: Australian Statutory Planning Alan March 6. From Transit "Garden" Suburbs to Corporate Tollways: Learning from the Story of Transport in Melbourne John Stone and Crystal Legacy 7. Henry George Down Under: Urban Development, Land Value Capture and Infrastructure in Australia Hyung Min Kim and Anthony Kent SECTION 3 AUSTRALIA AS EXEMPLAR: 8. The First Suburban Nation in a Suburban World Nicholas A. Phelps 9. Ghostly Visions and Cartographic Tombstones: The Australian "Zombie" Subdivision Victoria Kolankiewicz, David Nichols, and Liz Taylor 10. Migration, Urban Diversity and Planning in Australian Cities Iris Levin and Terry Burke 11. Conclusion Nicholas A. Phelps, Judy Bush, and Anna Hurlimann