Rate My Professor Paul Mcfarland

McFarland's research and teaching focus on regulatory planning, particularly peri-urban land use planning within Australian contexts such as New South Wales. Notable publications include "The Peri-urban Land-Use Planning Tangle: An Australian Perspective" (2014, International Planning Studies), "Taking a De-Binarised Envirosocial Approach to Reconciling the Environment vs Economy Debate: Lessons from Climate Change Litigation for Planning in NSW, Australia" (2014, Town Planning Review, with Robyn Bartel and Colin Hearfield), "The Best Planning System in Australia or a System in Need of Review? An Analysis of the New South Wales Planning System" (2011, Planning Perspectives), "Planning Reform as a Catalyst to Advance E-Planning" (2015), and "Communication is a Fundamental Component of a ‘Good’ Planning System" (2024). He has delivered seminars at UNE, such as "Adapting Peri-urban Planning to a Post-Productivist Landscape" (2015), and presented at conferences including on land use regulation in an age of limits. McFarland has mentored students who have pursued successful careers in planning, contributing significantly to professional planning education at UNE.