With business as usual (read: infrastructure kept as is, groaning under the current load), our major cities have no chance of remaining liveable and coping with projected population figures pulled out of the air by prime minister Kevin Rudd. Professor Newman from Curtin University’s Sustainability Policy Institute says that our big cities will be just […]
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PLANS to contain Melbourne’s urban sprawl are “stone dead” and the city’s cherished green wedge zones are in danger, according to a leading planner who has worked closely with the State Government.” theage.com.au JASON DOWLING AND KATE LAHEY June 9, 2009 Article Link: http://www.theage.com.au/national/brumby-tackled-on-urban-sprawl-20090608-c0ui.html
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South-East Queensland civic leaders have called for a national framework to assist states and local councils to reach sustainable population targets. Speaking at a Brisbane Institute population growth seminar last night, Brisbane’s Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said there needed to be more federal involvement in the future growth of the state’s south-east corner. He also
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THE state government has scrapped plans to expand Melbourne’s outer limits after a tax on land sales in growth areas was defeated in the upper house last night. Planning Minister Justin Madden told Parliament that without the tax the government was not prepared to move the boundary, which would free up more land for development.
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CONGESTION in cities will continue to cost the nation dearly through billions of dollars in lost productivity, poorer health and worse work-family balance. Report in the Australian on the release of the State of the Cities Report 2010 (see Links>Web Links>Reports and Sources>Reports for the link to the report) Article Link: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/cost-of-city-congestion-will-hit-20bn-report-finds/story-e6frg6nf-1225837133376
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The public housing crisis has revived the question whether Singapore, with only 700sq km of land, can continue to accommodate the current five million residents, let alone increase it by a further one-third. Seah Chiang Nee, The Star 27 Feb 10; Article Link:
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The chief scientific adviser, professor John Beddington, said sticking with “business as usual” management of land was not an option in the face of pressures such as climate change and population increases over the next 50 years. Friday 26 February 2010 Article Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/26/uk-land-management
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Greenhouse gas emissions. Advocates of high- density policies (often termed “Smart Growth” but also under other descriptions and euphemisms such as “urban consolidation”, “compact development”, “growth management” and “urban renewal”) maintain these policies save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.TONY RECSEI from Save Our Suburbs Article Link:
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