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- Title
- Metropolitan evolution
- Author(s)
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Newton, Peter W.
- Abstract
- At the outset of the 21st century, the overall structure of Australia's settlement pattern is judged to be relatively fixed. Australia is a relatively 'empty' continent, with approximately 0.2% of the land mass accommodating three-quarters of the population. We are a nation of coastal dwellers, with 85% of the population living within 50 kilometres of the coastline. We are a highly urbanised society with 87% of the population living in urban centres of 1000 or more people. There is a high metropolitan primacy, with the capital cities of the seven states and territories accommodating two-thirds of the total population. Within this spatial framework, however, there are a number of key shifts that are occurring.
- Publication type
- Book chapter
- Source
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Transitions: pathways towards sustainable urban development in Australia / Peter W. Newton (ed.),
Chapter 11, pp. 171-188
- Publication year
- 2008
- Keyword(s)
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Australia;
Sustainable development;
Urban planning
- Publisher
- CSIRO Publishing
- ISBN
- 9780643094192
- Publisher URL
- http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/5854.htm
- Copyright
- Copyright © CSIRO 2008.
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