TY - JOUR
T1 - Urban social sustainability
T2 - The planning of an Australian city
AU - Yiftachel, Oren
AU - Hedgcock, David
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful for the helpful comments received from Professor Arza Churchman and Dr Jean Hillier on earlier drafts of the paper, and for the suggestions made by the anonymous referees . We are also grateful for the financial assistance given to this research by the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Division of Arts, Education and Social Sciences, Curtin University of Technology, and for the kind permission given by the Royal Australian Planning Institute to re-use maps and diagrams previously published in the Australian Planner.
PY - 1993/1/1
Y1 - 1993/1/1
N2 - The debate on urban sustainability has mainly focused on environmental and economic factors, often neglecting the vital social aspect and an evaluation of the role of urban planning. This article attempts to redress this deficiency by examining the influence of urban planning on the level of urban social sustainability, using the planning of the central area of Perth, Western Australia, as a case study. First, a conceptual framework is developed, delineating three key dimensions of urban social sustainability: equity, community and urbanity. The framework is then applied to the case study, showing that under the web of past and existing local and metropolitan planning policies, Perth's central area has not been able to sustain its social value for Perth's metropolitan community. This deficiency has been partially due to the failure of urban planning to enhance equity, community and urbanity in guiding the development of central Perth.
AB - The debate on urban sustainability has mainly focused on environmental and economic factors, often neglecting the vital social aspect and an evaluation of the role of urban planning. This article attempts to redress this deficiency by examining the influence of urban planning on the level of urban social sustainability, using the planning of the central area of Perth, Western Australia, as a case study. First, a conceptual framework is developed, delineating three key dimensions of urban social sustainability: equity, community and urbanity. The framework is then applied to the case study, showing that under the web of past and existing local and metropolitan planning policies, Perth's central area has not been able to sustain its social value for Perth's metropolitan community. This deficiency has been partially due to the failure of urban planning to enhance equity, community and urbanity in guiding the development of central Perth.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0027382713&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0264-2751(93)90045-K
DO - 10.1016/0264-2751(93)90045-K
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0027382713
SN - 0264-2751
VL - 10
SP - 139
EP - 157
JO - Cities
JF - Cities
IS - 2
ER -
