A patchwork of City Deals or a national settlement strategy: what’s best for our growing cities?
- Written by Paul Burton, Professor of Urban Management and Planning & Director, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University
Australia has no enduring tradition of having a national urban policy, unlike the UK, from where we sometimes import policies. The Commonwealth government has a long history of intervening in cities, from addressing housing shortages to funding urban infrastructure, but has shied away from a formal national settlement strategy.
Sometimes the...