Planning Melbourne - Lessons for a Sustainable City (Paperback)

Melbourne has had the fastest-growing population of any Australian capital city for more than a decade. It is expanding outward while also growing upward through vast new high-rise developments in the inner suburbs. With an estimated 1.6 million additional homes needed by 2050, policy-makers need to address current and emerging issues of amenity, function, productive capacity and social cohesion today. Planning Melbourne reflects on planning since the post-war era, but focuses in particular on the past two decades and the ways that key government policies and influential individuals and groups have shaped the city during this time. The book examines past debates and policies, the choices planners have faced and the mistakes and sound decisions that have been made. Current issues are also addressed, including housing affordability, transport choices, protection of green areas and heritage and urban consolidation. If Melbourne's identity is to be shaped as a prospering, socially integrated and environmentally sustainable city, a new approach to governance and spatial planning is needed and this book provides a call to action.

General

Imprint:	Csiro Publishing
Country of origin:	Australia
Release date:	July 2016
Editors:	Michael Buxton • Robin Goodman • Susie Moloney
Dimensions:	245 x 170 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-0-643-10472-3
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General
LSN:	0-643-10472-0
Barcode:	9780643104723

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