Marginalia — Robert Freestone

Planning for a Continent of Cities (2025) is the new book by Julian Bolleter and Robert Freestone that explores various continental-scale settlement scenarios and how they each sustainably address rapid population growth across Australian cities. In this interview, UWAP intern Jess Burns speaks with Julian on the importance of sustainable cities, why social opinion is just as crucial as expert opinion when city planning and the book’s function as an evidence base for federal government urban policy