Second CBD
In the quest to decentralise, here is what Melbourne can learn from global cities
As planners grapple with how to prevent rampant urban sprawl, there are key lessons from cities such as Paris, Tokyo and the most famous polycentric metropolis of them all: the Netherlands’ Randstad.
- by Sophie Aubrey
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Here’s where we can house 2 million more people in Melbourne
Melbourne’s population is surging and we need more homes. In the world’s most liveable city, we can surely do better than: ‘Welcome, I hope you packed a tent.’
- by Nicholas Reece
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Melbourne’s second CBD: Agree on a vision and count the journey in decades
Melbourne is not Sydney, London or New York. We can heed the lessons from those cities in identifying the location of a second CBD for Melbourne, but we must also play to our strengths and opportunities.
- by Halvard Dalheim
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Melbourne needs a second CBD ... but where?
In the intervening decades there is no reason why state governments present and future should not prime the pump to make sure our new proto-CBDs flourish.
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We love it, but we’ve outgrown it. Melbourne, it’s time for a difficult conversation
Planners say Melbourne needs to become a polycentric city to thrive. Until recently, few people wanted to talk about it.
- by Patrick Elligett
Northern lights: In John Brumby’s field of dreams this is Melbourne’s second CBD
Bundoora, in Melbourne’s north, has poor public transport but the former Victorian premier – now a university chancellor – will push on with plans to make the precinct a second CBD.
- by Sophie Aubrey
Congestion is choking Melbourne’s CBD. Here is where our second cities could be
We explore three of Melbourne’s best prospective secondary business districts decades after first plans were drafted to decentralise the city.
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All roads lead to the CBD. But congested Melbourne needs second cities
Decades after planners sought to decentralise Melbourne, it still has only one CBD. In this series, The Age explores the best options for a new city.
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The unassuming western suburb that could become Melbourne’s second CBD
Local and state governments have a unified goal to transform a suburb plagued by generational disadvantage into an economic powerhouse.
- by Sophie Aubrey
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Why this high-rise heart of suburbia could be Melbourne’s new CBD
A little over 14 kilometres from the city centre there’s a rapidly developing suburb that could have everything a CBD needs.
- by Sophie Aubrey
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The sprawling suburb that is Melbourne’s greatest hope for a second city
It’s a spread-out landscape bereft of skyscrapers, but this south-eastern suburb has a secret weapon that could cement it as Melbourne’s second CBD.
- by Sophie Aubrey
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