Urban food planning in Australia: Enabling and constraining factors

Planning for food and food systems in urban areas has emerged as a new area of planning and policy development over the last two decades. However, its integration with urban planning systems is still limited. Formalised urban food planning is also lacking in Australia. This thesis theoretically examines the development of urban food planning and systematically explores the factors that enable and hinder its integration with Australian planning systems. In doing so, this research advances planning scholarship and urban studies and highlights the urgency of planning integration in the face of rapid urbanisation, globalisation, and climate change.