National Urban Policy : Challenges & Ideas
The Federal Government's National Urban Policy's goals for our cities are focused on harnessing productivity, advancing sustainability and enhancing liveability. The policy recognises there are many challenges with delivery.
The speakers at this PIA / SGS seminar held at the National Press Club Canberra on 24 August 2011, presented ideas and lessons learned from relevant case studies about delivering housing, jobs and transport in growth areas including:
• Delivering Affordable Housing: 5 key lessons from the stimulus and other recent initiatives. (Mike Scott, Managing Director, The Treadstone Company Pty Ltd) Download presentation
• Rouse Hill: a case study in place making and social integration (Stephen Driscoll, Director of Sustainability & Policy Development, Director Rouse Hill, LANDCOM) Download presentation
• National Urban Policy: making it practical, how it may work and observed challenges & ideas (Patrick Fensham, Director, SGS Economics & Planning Pty Ltd) Download presentation
• Commentary - Susan Conroy, Chair, Social Planning Chapter (ACT division of PIA)
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