The Resilient Melbourne Strategy, adopted this month, marks a shift towards “whole-of-city” thinking.
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The Turnbull government’s cities policy is the latest incarnation of ‘the-Commonwealth-knows-best’ approach, with little regard for whether urban issues are best resolved at the metropolitan level.
The Turnbull government sees the ‘City Deal’ as a way for ‘smart cities’ to drive innovation and growth. But what is the value proposition behind this UK concept and how might it work in Australia?
The role both state and federal governments play in Australia’s urban regions is often incompatible with effective metropolitan governance.
Representative and accountable metropolitan government is needed to lead metro-scale planning, infrastructure investment and services, and partnerships with the private sector and civil society.
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Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Citizenship at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Emeritus Professor, Social and Community Policy, University of South Wales
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Professor Sustainability and Urban Governance, RMIT University
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Research Assistant, Landscape and Environmental Sociology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor in Research & Innovation, RMIT University
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Professor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
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Executive Director: Gauteng City-Region Observatory, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Senior Researcher, Globalism Research Centre, RMIT University
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Professor of International Planning, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Professor of Planning, School of Built Environment, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne