Virtual Seminar

Good metropolitan governance – Lessons from North America

Wednesday, 16 August 2023 5.00pm
Hybrid Event - Available online and In Person. Offices of Hoyne, Level 5, 99 Elizabeth Street, Sydney

Zoning, the basic tool of city planning, originated in the United States. This approach to planning required some form of governance or every part of the city could be restrictive. Over many decades, many US cities adopted rules for setting zoning and related controls. Cities, by and large, opted for metropolitan wide independent commissions appointed by mayors, with council consent, to govern planning. Fast forward to the 1980s, metropolitan commissions were transformed to regional commissions to govern the planning of multi-city planning and development. In this talk, Professor Ed Blakely will describe the best and worst features of the US regional approach and what we might adopt here in Sydney as a potential direction for planning our region.

Key Speaker:
Professor Ed Blakely

For most his career, Ed was a professor of Urban Planning at the University of California at Berkeley. In 1994, he retired as a leading scholar in the field an author of award-winning books. He is known primarily for having been executive director of Recovery Management for the City of New Orleans post Cyclone Katrina. He has also held the position of Professor of Urban Planning at The University of Sydney, District Commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission and Acting Commissioner of the NSW Land and Environment Court. Ed has a degree in law and is a non-practising member of the NSW Bar. He has recently joined the AIUS committee.

Chairman
Michael Neustein, Chairman, AIUS NSW

This event is eligible for points/hours towards your required CPD