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New population forecast forces a rethink on urban planning
New population projections by the Australian Bureau of Statistics change the ball game with regard to metropolitan planning, according to demographer Bernard Salt.
Writing in the Australian newspaper, Mr Salt says now is the time for state governments to review their plans and for developers to press for extensions to the urban form.
A series of strategic plans were released earlier this decade based on population pr0ections flowing from the results of the 2001 census. The new projections based on the 2006 census are so vastly different that it is now necessary to rethink the scale and form of our largest cities.
Mr Salt concluded:
"Now is the time for the development community and planners to combine forces and develop a long-term and strategic version for each city based on a 2050 perspective.
"Such a plan should accommodate a variety of housing styles, including low density, and a checklist and timescale of infrastructure required.
"It would even by appropriate for state governments to start looking at new ways of funding and delivering infrastructure that does not impact on their other 'most worthy' uses for our state taxes.
"It's time to drop the pretence that the current strategic plans will manage our cities in the first half of the 21st century and develop bold new models for housing, infrastructure and funding."
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