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Why city policy to ‘protect the Brisbane backyard’ is failing?

  • 10 Feb 2021
  • 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • online via Zoom
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RGSQ Lecture Series

Ms. Rachel Gallagher, PhD candidate, UQ SEES


Urban consolidation policies to contain development within existing urban areas are creating poor development outcomes in Australian cities. In Brisbane, our research shows that the low-density housing character of the city is being retained at the expense of backyards. Our results indicate that current consolidation policies run counter to their intended aims of protecting green space. Current land development regimes place urban planning outcomes in the hands of property owners and developers whose motives are tied to their financial interests rather than good planning. In doing so, the system works counter to its intended aims, in that it favours “bad density” over meaningful place-making characterised by well-designed medium-density townhouses or low-rise apartments. The market-based approach to urban consolidation leaves individuals seeking financial gain to determine the most important decision about our cities – their urban form. If this continues, the lack of focus on high-quality infill will be a significant missed opportunity for our cities.

References

The Conversation10 December 2020 Why city policy to ‘protect the Brisbane backyard’ is failing  https://theconversation.com/why-city-policy-to-protect-the-brisbane-backyard-is-failing-150173

Gallagher, Rachel, Sigler, Thomas, and Liu, Yan (2020). ‘Protect the Brisbane backyard!’ (Except from subdivision for additional house construction) Australian Planner 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2020.1854800

Bio: Rachel Gallagher is a PhD Candidate in the School of Earth and environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland. Her research interests include how cities adapt their urban form to changing conditions, using GIS to track changes to urban layouts over time, including city blocks, streets and property parcels, and how urban policy influences (or fails to influence) desired settlement patterns.

Please note: This will be a virtual lecture delivered via Zoom. The lecture link will be emailed to all registrants closer to the lecture date.

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