By Professor Robert Freestone

Book Chapters

Freestone R, 2002, 'Urban Planning (Western) History of', in International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Elsevier, pp. 16058 - 16063

Freestone R, 2002, 'Winston, Arthur Denis', in Australian dictionary of Biography, Melbourne university press, Carlton South, VIC, pp. 571 - 572

Freestone R, 2001, 'Imagineering the City Beautiful: parks, gardens, and Town planning Thought', in Gergina Whitehead (ed.), Planting the Nation, Australian Garden History Society, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, pp. 159 - 186

Freestone R, 2000, 'From city improvement to the city beautiful', in The Australian Metropolis A Planning History, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, pp. 27 - 45

Freestone R; Hamnett S, 2000, 'Introduction [The Australian Metropolis A Planning History]', in The Australian Metropolis A Planning History, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, pp. 1 - 10

Freestone R, 2000, 'Learning from Planning`s Histories', in Urban Planning in a Changing World: The Twentieth Century Experience, E & FN Spon, London, pp. 1 - 19

Freestone R, 2000, 'Planning Sydney: Historical Trajectories and Contemporary Debates', in Sydney: the emergence of a world city, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, VIC, pp. 119 - 143

Freestone R, 2000, 'Planning, Housing, Gardening: Home as Garden Suburb', in A History of European Housing in Australia, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, pp. 125 - 141

Freestone R, 2000, 'Space, Society and Urban Reform', in Colonial City/Global City: Sydney`s International Exhibition of 1879, Crossing Press, Sydney, pp. 15 - 33

Freestone R, 2000, 'Utopias', in Design Professionals and the Built Environment, John Wiley & Sons, New York, pp. 179 - 190

Freestone R, 1999, 'Preface', in Colonel Light Gardens: Model Garden Suburb, Crossing Press, Sydney, pp. xii - xiv

Freestone R, 1998, 'Town planning', in The Oxford Companion to History, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, pp. 645 - 646

Freestone R, 1996, 'Planning suburban Canberra in the 1920s', in The early Canberra house: living in Canberra 1911-1933, Federal Capital Press, Canberra, pp. 11 - 26

Edited Books

Favaro P; Freestone R, (ed.), 2024, Tzannes: Adaptive Urban Architecture and Design, Thames & Hudson, Port Melbourne, Victoria Australia

Saniga A; Freestone R, (ed.), 2023, Campus: Building Modern Australian Universities, UWA Publishing, Perth

Sies MC; Gournay I; Freestone R, (eds.), 2019, Iconic Planned Communities and the Challenge of Change, University pf Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, https://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15963.html

Silver C; Freestone R; Demaziere C, (eds.), 2017, Dialogues in Urban and regional Planning 6: The Right to the City, Routledge, New York

Freestone R; Liu E, 2016, Place and placelessness revisited, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315676456

Freestone R; Liu E, (ed.), 2016, Place and Placelessness Revisited, Routledge, New York

O'Callaghan JM; Hogben P; Freestone R, (eds.), 2016, Sydney's Martin Place: A cultural and design history, Allen and Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/history/Sydneys-Martin-Place-Edited-by-Judith-OCallaghan-Paul-Hogben-and-Robert-Freestone-9781760293628

Freestone R; Amati M, (ed.), 2014, Exhibitions and the Development of Modern Planning Culture, Ashgate, Farnham, Surrey

Tewdwr-Jones M; Phelps N; Freestone R, (eds.), 2014, The Planning Imagination: Peter Hall and the Study of Urban and Regional Planning, Routledge, UK, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415506083/

Freestone R; Randolph WG; Butler-Bowdon CR, (eds.), 2006, Talking About Sydney: Population, community and culture in contemporary Sydney, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney

Freestone R; Bagnara AS; Scoufis M; Pratt CC, (eds.), 2003, The Learning Community, First Explorations of the Research Teaching Nexus at UNSW, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Proudfoot PR; Maguire R; Freestone R, (eds.), 2000, Colonial City/Global City: Sydney`s International Exhibition of 1879, Crossing Press, Sydney

Freestone R, (ed.), 2000, The Australian Metropolis A Planning History, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW

Freestone R, (ed.), 2000, Urban Planning in a Changing World: The Twentieth Century Experience, E & FN Spon, London

Journal articles

Freestone R, 2025, 'Sharing the good life: Colin Clark’s contributions to urban studies', Town Planning Review, pp. 1 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2025.16

Townsend C; Nichols D; Freestone R, 2025, 'Advancing regional and community planning in Australia: the contribution of the Office of Frank Heath 1939–1948', Planning Perspectives, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2025.2478556

Freestone R; Baker S, 2025, 'Urban policy transfer and paradigm shift: the City of Sydney Strategic Plan 1971', Journal of Urbanism, 18, pp. 112 - 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2022.2108115

Tighe J; Freestone R; Murray A, 2025, 'Visualizing city incompleteness: Incremental urban change in Central Sydney 1965–2020', Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23998083251324754

Freestone R, 2025, 'Robert John Solomon (2.11.31–14.6.24)', Geographical Research, 63, pp. 293 - 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.70006

Gu Y; Wiedemann M; Freestone R; Rothe H; Stevens N, 2024, 'The impacts of shock events on airport management and operations: A systematic literature review', Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2024.101182

Freestone R; Nichols D, 2024, 'British Allotment to American Park: An Atlantic Crossing of the Garden Suburb Movement 1910–1930', Journal of Urban History, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00961442241236973

Webb R; Freestone R; Dodson J, 2024, 'Urban Policy to Deliver Transformation', Urban Policy and Research, 42, pp. 336 - 338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2024.2426258

Freestone R; Thompson S, 2023, 'Obituary: Stephen Harris (1949-2023)', AUSTRALIAN PLANNER, 59, pp. 298 - 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2024.2355088

Freestone R; Hamnett S; Randolph B, 2023, 'Raymond Bunker (1929-2023)', URBAN POLICY AND RESEARCH, 41, pp. 351 - 354, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2023.2247636

Davison G; Freestone R, 2023, 'Architectural design competitions: the effects of competition format on design processes and outcomes', Journal of Architecture, 28, pp. 825 - 846, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2023.2257713

Pi J; Liu X; Freestone R; Zhang X, 2023, 'Governing an Airport Region in China: The Case of Ezhou Huahu Airport', Urban Policy and Research, 41, pp. 420 - 433, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2023.2263025

Heath L; Freestone R, 2023, 'Redefining local social capital: the past, present and future of bowling clubs in Sydney', Australian Geographer, 54, pp. 173 - 192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049182.2022.2144257

, 2023, 'Reframing Health in Urban Airport Regions', Population Medicine, 5, pp. 254 - 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/popmed/164147

Sugandha ; Freestone R; Favaro P, 2022, 'The social sustainability of smart cities: A conceptual framework', City Culture and Society, 29, pp. 100460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2022.100460

Freestone R, 2022, '‘Creation of a better urban environment’: Sydney’s Civic Design Society 1962–1984', Journal of Urban Design, 27, pp. 634 - 648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2022.2057844

Freestone R; Pullan N, 2022, '‘Will-o’-the-wisp’: The Extended Campaign for Town Planning Legislation in New South Wales', Australian Historical Studies, 53, pp. 196 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1031461X.2022.2046618

Bolleter J; Edwards N; Freestone R; Nichols D; Hooper P, 2022, 'Evaluating scenarios for twenty-first-century Australian settlement planning: a Delphi study with planning experts', International Planning Studies, 27, pp. 231 - 252, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13563475.2022.2042213

Bolleter J; Edwards N; Cameron R; Duckworth A; Freestone R; Foster S; Hooper P, 2022, 'Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Canvassing Opinion from Planning Professionals', Planning Practice and Research, 37, pp. 13 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2021.1905991

Bolleter J; Grace B; Freestone R; Hooper P, 2022, 'Informing future Australian settlement planning through a national-scale suitability analysis', International Planning Studies, 27, pp. 18 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13563475.2021.1899903

Bolleter J; Edwards N; Freestone R; Nichols D; Oliver G; Hooper P, 2022, 'Long-Term Settlement Scenarios for Australia: A Survey and Evaluation of Community Opinions', Urban Policy and Research, 40, pp. 15 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2021.2006175

Goodman R; Freestone R; Burton P, 2022, 'Planning Practice and Academic Research: Views from the Parallel Worlds', Planning Practice and Research, 37, pp. 497 - 508, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2017.1378970

Bolleter J; Grace B; Freestone R, 2022, 'Preparing Australia for a potential surge in environmental migration', Australian Planner, 58, pp. 11 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2022.2116061

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