Town/Reg Planning

Impacts of surging population grwoth Article Link:

Dick Smith quoted on the impacts of population growth Article Link:

Plans to build new cities to cope with population growth Article Link:

Plans to increase population density to cope with growth Article Link:

Figures released by the National Population and Family Planning Commission have estimated China’s population will reach 1.39 billion by the end of 2015, with those aged 60 or over topping 200 million people. Over the next five years, China’s urban population will also surpass its rural counterpart, with city dwellers expected to exceed 700 million.

Treasury Secretary Ken Henry says cities may need to be built from scratch to handle Australia’s urban population growth over the next 50 years. He says on current projections, Australia’s existing capital cities will be home to an extra 10.5 million people by 2056. Article Link:

Beijing municipal people’s congress revealed this week that the Chinese capital now has 19.72 million inhabitants, growing by over 3 per cent in the past 2 years. Previous estimates had predicted that the city’s population would swell to that level a decade later than it has. According to the guidelines regarding Beijing’s development between 2004

Adelaide – INFRASTRUCTURE on the city’s fringe is already buckling under pressure, before massive population increases flagged in the state 30-Year Plan have even begun. Article Link: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/citys-fringe-crumbles-under-unsupported-growth/story-e6frea83-1225896286711

THE state government is rushing to prepare laws to create a development authority with sweeping powers to compulsorily acquire and rezone privately owned land for resale to developers. …MATTHEW MOORE URBAN AFFAIRS EDITOR March 12, 2010 Article Link:

FROM the ground, Melbourne’s CBD makes sense. The Hoddle grid provides order, the heritage buildings and shadowy laneways lend it character and soaring skyscrapers give a sense of a busier metropolis. Article Link: