Department of Local Government and Regional Development in Western Australia (2003) states that above 70 per cent of Western Australia’s population dwell in Perth Metropolitan Area (urban area), where the areas only cover about one tenth of Western Australia’s land area. It means that, while regional areas cover more than 90 per cent of Western Australia’s land area, but there is only below one third of State’s population live in the areas. The term regional areas in this essay refers to the nine non-metropolitan regions, such as Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne, Mid West, Goldfields-Esperance, Wheatbelt, Peel, South West, and Great Southern. Some planners agree that urban planning in Western Australia is more important to be prioritised than rural …show more content…
First, gaining regional planning knowledge helps to achieve balanced regional development and equitable growth in measuring the opportunity and demand of regional resources not only for regional areas itself, but also for urban metropolitan area. Second, learning regional planning develops consistency between planning system in Western Australia. It connects State government and local government in order to achieve better communication and coordination. Third, acquiring regional planning helps to run current development well and foresee future changing that might be happened regarding to accomplish sustainable development ways. While population density in regional areas in Western Australia is very low, but reflecting to future issues regional areas may become more focused and essential area. This is happened because Perth metropolitan areas almost reach the limitation of its carrying capacity. Moreover, people more realise to increase more liveable and better quality of life by living in regional areas. Many opportunities, such as jobs, attractions, and tourism areas also become considerations for people to move and live in the regions. Therefore, it is very important to studying regional planning system to gain skill and knowledge about integrated regional development and preparing qualified regional planners who know well about regional areas and can solve the regional problems that might be
It is the 21st century: more than 85 per cent of Australians inhabit the urban areas sprawling along the coasts, and more and more rural areas struggle to survive.
Finally in 1991, the federal government initiated a ‘Better Cities Program’ which aimed to make Australian cities sustainable and more liveable. It encoura...
Housing Affordability in Australia has become the focus point for urban planners in recent years. In particular, South East Queensland (SEQ) has experienced significant pressure as the demand for property and affordable dwellings increases and population growth in the region continues. The issue has come to the forefront in discussions for local governments in the region and there is a real need to address the problem of housing affordability. The subject of affordability is complex and is contributed to by a number of factors including the impost created by Council processes, which is the scope of the HAF-T5 Project.
* Develop a regional land-use plan in collaboration with local communities, local governments, ministry officials, non-governmental organizations and universities.
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Planning is an approach towards the problem solving rationally. It can be taken as a remedial tool for creating change in the current situation in a systematic and efficient way. A problem in the planning profession will be The solution found by planners to varied situations in practice is very dependent on the certain criteria like social, economic, environmental, and political. The evaluation of a solution on these criteria defines the success of a solution. The new definition of the planning problems was given by Rittle and Webber in their path breaking article (Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning).
Urban Planning is about places for people. It is about their creation, their function, their maintenance and their improvement .Cities and towns are the basic building blocks of modern society, operating as centers of commerce and trade, government and politics, and knowledge and culture. Well- planned, efficient cities provide healthy and attractive environment for people to live, work and play.
In this literature overview, I try to find the theories of regional development through different time-periods. Then it is possible to see how the theories have explained the dynamics of regional development, which were the main factors to make the difference between regions and their development. There is a literature about the reasons how the differences of business development across regions have emerged. For example, there are two...
Long describes urbanisation as: “the process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities. A country is considered to urbanised when over 50 per cent of its population live in the urban areas” (Long 1998). He continues to state that Urban generally means non-agricultural and also that an urban area can be defined by many criteria including: population size, space, density, and economic organization. Usually, however, urban is simply defined by some base line size, like 20 000 people (Long, 1998).
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Regional development is essential to overcome the social evils related to the localization of industries in developed areas alone, which results in overcrowding, noise and congestion. These adversely affect the health and efficiency of inhabitants.
A lot of people do not understand that regional planning is important for land development but most of them don’t care. Land development is very important to a community because without it,it would not be anything there or just a useless spot with nothing there.(According to Dr. David Prytherch on November 13,2013).In Miami University they teach planners techniques about being a regional planner. When individuals are at the University everyone has to be dedicated to the program. Plus individuals have to be willing to want to learn about the job and take it seriously. Another thing is when being a regional planner a lot of the planners believe in commitment to their skilled professionals. With that commitment they could end up being a superior themselves one day.
Planning in layman terms is the process of thinking about and organizing the activities or steps required to achieve the desired results. Planning has a specific process and is necessary for fields like business and management. Planning is preparing of sequence of action steps to achieve a pre-set goal, therefore planning is an important task in project management.
IFAD (2014) contends that PLUP is a “process that results in a land-use plan or several land-use plans for a given goal, objective or set of objectives” (p. 1). It is an interactive and integrated process to realize high level of participation in land use planning projects and most importantly, to provide local community greater control over the process of development. Its role is to bring actors together for the purpose of developing a common vision and to agree upon a way forward – as part of this, tenure security could be improved. In particular, it provides an opportunity for marginalized groups to take part in project development process. Moreover, PLUP provides information and direction to the concerned community and to decision makers
The National Development Plan is a long term strategic plan1 which defines the countries objectives the steps which the country is set to take in order to achieve the said objectives2. The NDP's overall aim is to develop a stable and sustainable economy, eliminate poverty and to reduce inequality by 20303. This plan is significant because it shows what the South African government has identified as necessary to improve the status quo. This plan is of immense value as it allows the general public to be informed of the changes to come and the steps that will lead to these changes being fulfilled as they are also responsible for implementing the plan. It creates the opportunity for achievable and realistic decisions to be taken. The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding of the NDP, its objectives and actions based on the reading of its executive summary, a South African News Agency article and a criticism of it drafted by the Congress Of South African Trade Unions (COSATU).