This collaborative action plan is the result of a year-long project to articulate a shared vision for climate justice in Melbourne’s west.

In the late 1990s a group of Victorian local government councils addressed a sustainability void in the building codes and planning regulations by developing capacity to implement Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) via the planning system. What began as a collection of largely independent initiatives progressed to an integrated suite of mechanisms to embed ESD in...

This project analysed the role of building and planning policy and regulations in delivering sustainable buildings and cities. It reviews policy and best practice, analyses VCAT data and cases, and draws on focus group results.

This presents findings from a review of low carbon initiatives in Australia with a particular focus on Melbourne, Victoria exploring the policy context in which these initiatives and responses have emerged, the typical approaches adopted and the implications for urban change and governance.

Almost a decade ago in October 2002, the state government of Victoria introduced Melbourne 2030 – Planning for Sustainable Growth, a new metropolitan planning strategy for Melbourne. This papers purpose is to evaluate the policies contained in Melbourne 2030 and to examine what they achieved, and the reasons for successes and failures.