Behind the scenes
The politics of planning Adelaide
by Michael Llewellyn-Smith
FREE | 2012 | Ebook (PDF) |Ìý978-1-922064-41-7Ìý| 400 pp
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Behind the ScenesÌýexamines planning in the City of AdelaideÌýfrom 1972 until 1993 within the historical framework ofÌýCity/State relations from 1836 when the Province of South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ was founded.
During this 21-year period, the City had its own planning andÌýdevelopment control legislation separate from the rest of theÌýState. Dr Llewellyn-Smith examines why this situation cameÌýabout, why it continued for this particular period and why itÌýceased in 1993 when the separate legislation was repealedÌýand the City became part of the State system under the newÌýDevelopment Act 1993.
Behind the ScenesÌýincludes original interviews with many ofÌýthe key individuals in the City and State who played influentialÌýroles during this period. Dr Llewellyn-Smith himself was theÌýCity Planner from 1974 until 1981 and then the Town Clerk/Chief Executive Officer of the Adelaide City Council from 1982Ìýuntil 1993: this book, then, is both a work of scholarship andÌýan insider’s account.
With a joint foreword by The Hon. Jay Weatherill MP, PremierÌýof South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, and The Rt Hon. the Lord Mayor ofÌýAdelaide, Mr Stephen Yarwood.
Reviews
'Here's a new Adelaide resource that pulls together the technical and sometimes volatile political threads of town planning during a specific period and is a significant historical reference.'
John Bridgland,Ìý, March 2013
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'Within the trim exterior we are offered an (obviously) authoritative account of this "micro" planning regime in action, sitting cheekily in its State setting, with predictable (but perhaps not entirely so) tensions and trade-offs.'
Neil Parkyn,ÌýPlanning Theory and Practice, 9 May 2013.