ABSTRACT
Since the Earth Summit in Rio questions about sustainable spatial strategies and urban form have become increasingly central to planning policy debates. They also loom large in academic inquiry. There has been a deepening and broadening of work in the field. The new environmental agenda has brought together academic and policy interests that previously had little contact, and according to Breheny there is an ‘integrity of effort’ that has not been witnessed for a long time (Breheny, 1992a).
