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Solarpunk Urbanism

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I'm in two minds about this one.

Yes, above shopfronts is generally a good place for housing, and densification is generally a good thing.

But.

Why are we putting more suburban subdivisions and density in towns like Gisborne, instead of having more density in the inner suburbs of Melbourne?

Wouldn't it be better to have more apartments in inner-suburbs like Camberwell, where there are multiple train and tram lines, than have more sprawl on the fringes?

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/in-a-flap-over-shop-top-flats-how-population-pressure-is-rattling-one-country-town-20231115-p5ek90.html

#urbanism #UrbanPlanning #cities @urbanism #Melbourne #vicpol #auspol

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