Metropolitan governance for the Australian City: The case for reform
Major reform of metropolitan governance for Australia's principal urban regions is needed, argues a paper released by Griffith University‘s Urban Research Program. The paper reviews the planning and urban policy challenges facing Australia's major cities and argues that a shift to stronger and more explicit metropolitan governance is a precondition for comprehensive policy response to threats to national sustainability and security. The authors are some of Australia's most experienced commentators in urban research and urban policy: Professor Brendan Gleeson and Senior Research Fellow Jago Dodson of Griffith University, and Dr Marcus Spiller of SGS Economics and Planning.
Read the paper Griffith University Urban Research Program Issues Paper 12 March 2010