Events
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SeminarPlanning for Population
$60.00Growing population has been the basis of Australia’s development for more than two centuries, most of all in the main cities. The substantial increase in the number of migrants over the last 20 years has seen considerable pressure on urban residential densities and on all forms of infrastructure. The themes chosen by our three speakers will be explored in discussion and extended as desired. The Planning Department’s William Hughes will join the speakers for this purpose.
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City BriefingUrban form and spatial demographics
$20.00Former NSW Government Architect Peter Poulet discusses how Sydney will look with seven million people.
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City BriefingSydney Metro Northwest update and place making presentation
$20.00Ivan Glavinic will provide an update regarding Sydney Metro Northwest, discuss the integration of metro services and the development of new vibrant station precincts.
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City BriefingThe reality of securing future transport corridors
$20.00Geoff oversees the team within Transport NSW responsible for long-term corridor protection for passenger and freight railways and motorways. This involves a complex process of recommending alignments, integrating land use planning and environmental assessments, securing funding for land acquisition, engaging with community and other interested parties, and securing government support for corridor protection.
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SeminarThe future of bricks and mortar retailing: have we reached the end of Main Street?
$60.00From the Agora to the shopping mall, bricks and mortar shopping has been central to the experience of urban life. The shopping strip has been an essential part of urban form, the mall is synonymous with the automobile age. Shopping is an economic and social interaction that brings life, character, diversity and cachet to the central arcades and suburban strips of our cities. Now with the incursion of Amazon and other on-line retailers, changing consumer preferences and shifting modes of transport and settlement, the future of bricks and mortar retailing is under threat. Our speakers will give us an indication of where to now.