Almost all major metropolitan areas in Australia have policies that aim to contain new growth within existing urban areas – ‘urban consolidation’. However, the practical implementation of these policies varies. In South East Queensland, detached houses form a greater percentage of new builds today than they did a decade ago, and more land continues to … Continue reading
Work by Rachel Gallagher, Dr Thomas Sigler and Associate Professor Yan Liu has been published in two international journals. Ad hoc redevelopment in inner Brisbane In a recent paper published in Urban Geography we analyse the influence of the underlying urban frame – being the structure of streets and property parcels –on the urban form. … Continue reading
On 23 August, Rachel Long presented her MPhil confirmation seminar on urban consolidation in Brisbane, and the constraints of property boundaries. All Australian cities have polices of urban consolidation, which aim to confine urban growth to within the existing urban footprint. The practical implementation of urban consolidation is, however, largely constrained by urban morphology – … Continue reading