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2010 REPORT: National Urban Policy

Started by #Metro, December 02, 2010, 08:39:34 AM

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Discussion Paper
Open for Public Comment until 1 March 2011


Our Cities - building a productive, sustainable and liveable future is open for comments and feedback. This discussion paper is accompanied by a Background and Research Paper Our Cities - the challenge of change. Both of these documents can be downloaded from this website.

Our Cities sets out the Australian Government's thinking on a national approach to urban development and the challenges we must address for our cities to become more productive, sustainable and liveable.

The purpose of the discussion paper is to frame the Australian Government's policy approach to cities as the basis for a National Urban Policy to be released in 2011. It will establish national directions and objectives for our cities as we prepare for the decades ahead.

The discussion paper outlines the Australian Government's aspirations under the themes of productivity, sustainability and liveability, and recognises the importance of good planning and governance.  It aims to stimulate a national discussion on the outcomes we need for our cities.

http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/infrastructure/mcu/urbanpolicy/index.aspx
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Stillwater


This is a very good body of work.  It is intriguing to note the population densities (per square km) of major cities.  They are averaged out across cities, but would be nice to see the density levels within cities, suburbs and along major corridors.

Sydney's population density per square km is 2037.  It is 1566 in Melbourne and 918 in Brisbane.  Here's an interesting figure -- Canberra, known as the 'bush capital' because of the way it manages to hide its suburbs in the bush, has 1081 people per square km.  That's a population density greater than Brisbane's.

This further comparison is just as interesting.  The Sunshine Coast has 848 people per square km, while the Gold Coast has 553.  While the argument goes that the SC needs more population to justify further PT investment, the reality is that usage is driven by population density (passenger pool per km).

In the case of the two coasts, the Gold Coast has a more diversified economy with greater job opportunity, while the Sunny Coast economy is focussed around tourism, retail and construction, with a dollop of service industry.  Hence the need for people to travel to travel to Brisbane for work.  The Sunny Coast needs more jobs, but the state government believes it needs more houses, with two huge estates planned for another 50,000 people.

Hummmmmm!

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