Scale of urban sprawl in Australia hurting more than just the environment
Part One of API Magazine's two-part series on urban sprawl looks at how the seemingly unstoppable expansion of Australian cities is devastating the environment and proving costly for governments forced to support an insatiable demand for improved infrastructure, and offers insight into possible solutions to an ever-expanding issue.
“Sprawl is not good for our climate, and so we have to think about creating liveable density that allows us to take mass transit and take bicycles.
“How do we create affordable housing and mixed-use housing and how do we apply principles so that you're creating organic neighbourhoods?
“Frankly, some very well-intentioned laws and regulations at the local level, often generated from my own party, are sometimes inhibiting the creation of afforda…
