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Urban containment, through the efficient use of land, has been an implicit objective of the NSW planning system since its inception. Natural barriers to outward growth, coupled with a rapidly increasing urban population, make urban densification an inescapable reality. However, the sheer scale of the NSW metropolitan region provides a huge range of choices about how and where to densify.
Looking at history, law, urban morphology, consumer preference, politics, and examples from abroad, this lecture will pose the question as to which density trajectory we might choose.
Hear from urbanist and thought leader Rob Stokes at our latest UTZON Lecture and then join your fellow industry and alumni colleagues for a drinks reception in the courtyard of our Paddington campus.
Rob Stokes is an urbanist and recognised thought leader on sustainable urban development. He served as Australia’s first ever minister for Active Transport with the NSW Government, and also served as minister for Planning, Public Spaces, Cities, Infrastructure, Transport, Education, Environment and Heritage in a political career spanning more than 15 years.
Rob is a regular columnist on cities and planning and has written more than 20 articles in referred books and journals. A qualified lawyer, Rob has read sustainable urban development at Oxford and completed a PhD in planning law under a Commonwealth Scholarship.
