Read the rest of this entry ». That’s an enormous range – a factor of more than eight between the lowest and highest values. Melbourne (/ ˈ m ɛ l b ə r n / MEL-bərn, locally [ˈmɛɫbən]; Woiwurrung: Naarm) is the capital and most-populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania. The new target simply reflected what the market was actually doing. It sets the strategy for supporting jobs, housing and transport, while building on Melbourne's legacy of distinctiveness, liveability and sustainability. Frankston, Nillumbik, Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Ranges. We are working hard to limit any impacts but some unavoidable delays and postponements will occur. there is a 9 km wide greenbelt between Melton and Caroline Springs. This change was consistent with the reality of what was happening in the market. The architects of Melbourne 2030 assumed that most of the growth in new households expected in Melbourne would be composed of one and two persons who would welcome apartment living. Should public transport fares be abolished? I start with the same overall goals as plans like Melbourne 2030 espouse – greater environment sustainability, equity and economic efficiency – but the route I propose for getting there is very different and, I think, much more likely to work. Population and housing growth will be kept within the existing urban growth boundary by the careful development of growth areas and the selective redevelopment of underutilised areas within existing communities. Pending completion of the Government’s new urban strategy for Melbourne, the two major strategic planning documents that jointly guide the metropolitan area’s development – Melbourne 2030 and Melbourne @ 5 Million – are rich with rhetoric about the importance of directing development to established suburbs rather than the periphery. However what interests me at the moment is why Melbourne 2030 failed. What would happen if public transport use grew faster? In a show of great political courage, Melbourne 2030 sought to limit the share of Melbourne’s population growth in peripheral Greenfield developments to just 38%. Will the Western Sydney Aerotropolis really deliver on jobs? Read the rest of this entry ». They mean a different approach to public transport from that implied by the popular idea that public transport must always be provided at a level which provides a “viable alternative” to car travel. Melbourne Dwelling prices; Source: ... All reports suggest that the area will see population growth of 1million plus by 2030 and the airport completion by 2026. I expect many fringe settlers would prefer a location closer to the centre if only the market could deliver a better space/price compromise. Even the Demons have been mooted as prospective tenants of a new training park (or stadium) proposed for the precinct. Should most redevelopment be in activity centres? there are significant activity centres outside the CBD with large numbers of jobs. Docklands has been roundly and rightly criticised for its appalling urban design but it has nevertheless been spectacularly successful in attracting business to locate by the water. Nor do they usually specify what the spatial dimension is, much less what specific policies ought to be pursued. I’ll come to that shortly, but first there are some technical shortcomings that need to be addressed. Flight & Expulsion - Shows where refugees to Australia came from in 2008. But if the 2018 poll is about one issue more than any other, it's probably Melbourne's exploding population growth — and who has the best plan to keep up with it. MELBOURNE risks losing its status as one of the world's most liveable cities due to massive population growth, a lack of affordable housing, increasing poverty and lack of access to public transport, services and job opportunities according to a report released last month by the Melbourne Community Foundation (MCF). In addition, the delay between acquisition of property by a developer and completion of construction is more protracted on parcels that are closer to activity centres. The ripple effect of house price growth caused significant house price growth in Melbourne’s outer suburbs over the last few years. Among other things (this is not exhaustive) the new Metropolitan Strategy should: Recognise that 90% of motorised travel in Melbourne is made by car and that there are myriad ways drivers and manufacturers are adapting to higher fuel prices. In terms of the share of population growth, the number would be somewhat higher. Read the rest of this entry », High-level city objectives in The Grattan Institute's 'The cities we need'. Best areas to invest in Melbourne in 2019. There would be little danger now of getting caught out by a politically ambitious “stretch target”. Further, one of its main directions – the primacy of the CBD – was weakened in 2008 when the Government decided to establish six new CBD-type Central Activities Districts in the suburbs. If the 65,000 figure is even broadly close to the mark, it seems that the great bulk of this new housing will have to come from redevelopment of small sites, most of which are presumably residential and likely to generate significant opposition from neighbours.