Healthy urban planning: an institutional policy analysis of strategic planning in Sydney, Australia

Abstract Rapid urbanization requires health promotion practitioners to understand and engage with strategic city planning. This policy analysis research investigated how and why health was taken up into strategic land use planning in Sydney, Australia, between 2013 and 2018. This qualitative study develops two case studies of consecutive instances of strategic planning in Sydney. Data collection was done via in-depth stakeholder interviews (n = 11) and documentary analysis. Data collection and analysis revolved around core categories underpinning policy institutions (actors, structures, ideas, governance and power) to develop an explanatory narrative of the progress of ‘health’ in policy discourse over the study period. The two strategic planning efforts shifted in policy discourse. In the earlier plan, ‘healthy built environments’ was positioned as a strategic direction, but without a mandate for action the emphasis was lost in an economic growth agenda. The second effort shifted that agenda to ecological sustainability, a core aspect of which was ‘Liveability’, having greater potential for health promotion. However, ‘health’ remained underdeveloped as a core driver for city planning remaining without an institutional mandate. Instead, infrastructure coordination was the defining strategic city problem and this paradigm defaulted to emphasizing ‘health precincts’ rather than positioning health as core for the city. This research demonstrates the utility in institutional analysis to understanding positioning health promotion in city planning. Despite potential shifts in policy discourse and a more sophisticated approach to planning holistically, the challenge remains of embedding health within the institutional mandates driving city planning.

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Planejamento, estratégia local e complexidade: uma reinterpretação do legado do Projeto Eixo Tamanduatehy (Santo André)

Revista Brasileira de Estudos Urbanos e Regionais ◽

10.22296/2317-1529.2011v13n1p119 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 119

Author(s):

Jeroen Klink

Keyword(s):

Urban Planning ◽

Strategic Planning ◽

Urban Space ◽

The Political ◽

Urban Management ◽

Neoliberal Globalization ◽

The Real ◽

Adequate Understanding ◽

The City ◽

Critical Literature

R e s u m o O artigo problematiza a literatura crítica sobre o Projeto Eixo Tamanduatehy (Santo André) no sentido de enraizá-la na trajetória específica da cidade de Santo André e de contribuir com a reflexão sobre o significado das “experiências reais” de planejamento estratégico urbano no cenário atual da globalização neoliberal. Argumentamos que a ausência de uma leitura de três dimensões entrelaçadas dificultou uma compreensão adequadado legado deste projeto, isto é: (I) a construção política e contestada da escala local, além de seu significado para a disputa de hegemonia sobre a gestão urbana; (II) o planejamento estratégico,a neoliberalização e a emergência de uma representação hegemônica do espaço urbano a partirdo Projeto Eixo Tamanduatehy e (III) planos, projetos estratégicos e a emergência de novos espaços de representação.Palavras-chave Empresariamento urbano; planejamento estratégico; Projeto Eixo Tamanduatehy. A b s t r a c t In this paper the critical literature on the Project Eixo Tamanduatehyis highlighted in a problematic perspective, in the sense of embedding it within the specific trajectory of the city of Santo André, and to contribute with a reflection on the significanceof the “real experiences” of strategic urban planning in the present scenario of neoliberal globalization. Our argument is that the absence of an analysis on three interlinked dimensions has made an adequate understanding of the legacy of this project more difficult, that is: (i)the political and contested nature of scale, besides its significance for the hegemonic disputesover urban management; (ii) strategic planning, neoliberalization and the emergence of ahegemonic representation of urban space on the basis of the Project Eixo Tamanduatehy; and (iii) plans, strategic projects and the emergence of new spaces of representation.Keywords Projeto Eixo Tamanduatehy; strategic planning; urban entrepreneurialism;.

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Riflessioni critiche su esperienze e sperimentazioni italiane con l'etichetta di "pianificazione strategica"

SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE ◽

10.3280/sur2009-089004 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 123-146

Author(s):

Francesco Gastaldi

Keyword(s):

Urban Planning ◽

Strategic Planning ◽

Marketing Communication ◽

City Marketing ◽

Italian Experience ◽

The Relationship

- This work focuses on benefits deriving from strategic planning especially due to the interaction between different subjects and different institutional levels. A particular attention is reserved to the important role of strategic planning in city marketing communication. The author suggests some critics about Italian strategic planning regarding actors involved, aims e results gained. Finally the attention is on the relationship between strategic planning and urban planning in the Italian experience.

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Urban planning process and discourses in the refusal of Islamic Schools in Sydney, Australia

Australian Planner ◽

10.1080/07293682.2011.593531 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 48 (4) ◽

pp. 281-291 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Laura Bugg ◽

Nicole Gurran

Keyword(s):

Urban Planning ◽

Planning Process ◽

Islamic Schools ◽

Sydney Australia

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Integrating Climate Risks into Strategic Urban Planning in Lusaka, Zambia

Climate Risk in Africa ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-61160-6_7 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 115-129

Author(s):

Anna Taylor ◽

Gilbert Siame ◽

Brenda Mwalukanga

Keyword(s):

Urban Planning ◽

Strategic Planning ◽

Planning Process ◽

City Council ◽

Climate Information ◽

City Governments ◽

Legal Policy ◽

Strategic Planning Process ◽

Climate Risks ◽

Related Information

AbstractThis chapter explores opportunities provided by strategic urban planning to mainstream climate risk considerations into the development decisions of city governments. It does so by describing the ways in which the climate-related information co-produced within the Future Resilience of African Cities and Lands (FRACTAL) project was integrated into the preparation of the Lusaka City Council Strategic Plan 2017–21. The chapter concludes by presenting four lessons emerging from the efforts at integrating climate information into the strategic planning process in Lusaka, Zambia: Lesson (1) Trust and relationships are key to sharing data and information needed to build a compelling case for managing climate risks; Lesson (2) Enable a variety of stakeholders to engage with climate information; Lesson (3) There needs to be an enabling legal, policy and financing framework; Lesson (4) Prepare to meet resistance; skilled intermediaries and city exchange visits help.

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The Peace-Building Story: A Narrative Policy Analysis of Strategic Planning Frameworks for International Postconflict Peace-Building

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2239222 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Eneko Sanz

Keyword(s):

Strategic Planning ◽

Policy Analysis ◽

Peace Building ◽

Narrative Policy Analysis

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Features of city image formation in the context of European integration

Regional Economy ◽

10.36818/1562-0905-2021-1-2 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 15-19

Author(s):

Yuriy L. Chepelevskyy

Keyword(s):

Urban Planning ◽

Strategic Planning ◽

Community Participation ◽

Development Strategy ◽

City Image ◽

Industrial Organizations ◽

The People ◽

The Government ◽

Main Thing ◽

The City

The article identifies the main aspects of strategic planning of the city image. In Ukraine as a democratic country, where the people are the main source of power, strategic planning, in particular in urban planning should be carried out for the people and together with the people. The stages of strategic planning are identified. They represent the relevant tasks, which should be accomplished on the basis of local public, business, and industrial organizations, thus obtaining comprehensive information about their problems and needs. The mechanisms used in the foreign practice of strategic planning are analyzed (on the example of Barcelona (Spain) and Hamburg (Germany). Community participation in strategic planning of Barcelona (Spain) and Hamburg (Germany) demonstrates its important role in Barcelona’s acquisition of the City of the Future Award (2015) and Hamburg’s high 23rd place in the 2010 World Quality of Life Ranking. The paper establishes that the cooperation of cities and society is the ground for the successful strategy; the community is a full participant in strategic planning. The main thing in the development strategy is to reach a consensus between the government-business-residents on a common vision of such development. In Germany, the planning law provides for community participation in all planning processes, and the entire population of the city can participate in the process of resolving issues using the Internet platform. Ensuring community participation in the form of partnership at all stages - both in the development process and in the implementation and monitoring of results will help optimize the process of regulating urban planning in our country.

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