Despite adopting the goal of creating medium-density neighbourhoods to end urban sprawl, our cities have struggled to achieve it. Confused debates about ‘good density’ are part of the problem.
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Simply rezoning land for higher density is not enough to achieve the planning goal of transforming low-density and car-centric neighbourhoods into mixed-use and walkable neighbourhoods.
The current neighbourhood planning scheme can increase housebuilding and give local people a say – so why is the government ignoring it?
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PhD Candidate, Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Lancaster University
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Professor of Geographical Information Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer, Real Estate and Property Development, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Urban Design, The University of Melbourne
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The University of Melbourne