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"Australia’s first multi-city region, the Six Cities Region, is being developed
in New South Wales. A multi-city region, also known as a mega-region,
establishes an integrated network of globally and locally connected cities.
The Six Cities Region spans the Lower Hunter and Greater Newcastle City,
Central Coast City, Illawarra-Shoalhaven City, Western Parkland City, Central
River City and Eastern Harbour City.
The region is home to around 6 million people. It’s expected to reach 8 million
in the next two decades.
The Six Cities concept has evolved from the 2018 Greater Sydney plan, A
Metropolis of Three Cities. Introduced by the then Greater Sydney Commission,
the plan established the Western Parkland City, Central River City and the
Eastern Harbour City. The priority then was to ensure housing, jobs,
infrastructure and services were all within a 30-minute trip for more people.
Now, as the Greater Cities Commission, we are developing a response to the
reality that cities can either compound or address some of society’s biggest
challenges: inequality, congestion, pollution and social exclusion.
Released today, a research report by the Greater Cities Commission and The
Business of Cities, entitled
Greater Cities: The Global Experience of
Planning, Preparing and Promoting the Multi-City Region, notes:
“We are in the middle of the century of cities – the hundred years of
accelerated urbanisation from 1980 to 2080 that is creating a majority-urban
planet.”
And the proportion of the world’s people who live in cities continues to
increase. The United Nations predicts cities will house 6.9 billion people by
2050. Australia leads the way in urbanisation – close to 90% of us live in
cities.
As pressures on urban centres rise, we must reimagine how we live, work and
connect in our cities."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
