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dc.contributor.authorAlizadeh Fard, Tooran
dc.contributor.authorSipe, Neil
dc.contributor.authorDodson, Jago
dc.contributor.editorCarolyn Whitzman
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:02:42Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:02:42Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-08-13T22:42:25Z
dc.identifier.refurihttp://soac2011.com.au
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/43549
dc.description.abstractThe Australian government is currently constructing a National Broadband Network (NBN), which at an estimated cost of $43 billion will be Australia's largest ever infrastructure project. The NBN, if its full benefits are to be realized, raises a number of important but to date largely unexplored questions for planning in Australia. This paper investigates the implications of the NBN for Australian metropolitan planning, and the extent and quality of current metropolitan planning in recognizing, planning for, and exploiting the NBN to improve urban outcomes in Australian cities. The paper focuses on the Sydney and Brisbane metropolitan areas, and analyzes the major strategic and policy documents shaping the future of these regions during the rollout and post construction periods of the NBN. Sydney's metropolitan strategic documents strongly assert its global position and seek a fair distribution of resources at the local scale. Brisbane, in contrast, is the heart of Australia's fastest growing region (South East Queensland) where metro-regional planning is assisting to facilitate and guide urban growth. A comparative analysis of the strategies and policies for Sydney and Brisbane reveals similarities in their weak stance towards the NBN and telecommunications generally. Some key findings include: a segregation of infrastructure planning and metropolitan planning; a lack of consistency between different policies within each metropolitan area; and policy gaps regarding the role of telecommunications at the metropolitan level. Considering the large size of the NBN investment, this paper is appropriately timed and addresses policy issues that will impact upon future metropolitan planning in Australia.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherState of Australian Cities National Conference
dc.publisher.placeMelbourne, Australia
dc.publisher.urihttp://soac.fbe.unsw.edu.au/2011/welcome.html
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameSOAC 2011
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleState of Australian Cities National Conference 2011
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2011-11-29
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2011-12-02
dc.relation.ispartoflocationMelbourne, Australia
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLand Use and Environmental Planning
dc.subject.fieldofresearchUrban Policy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode120504
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160514
dc.titleMetropolitan Planning and NBN: A comparative policy analysis, Sydney vs. Brisbane
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2011. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this conference please refer to the conference’s website or contact the authors.
gro.date.issued2011
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gro.griffith.authorSipe, Neil G.
gro.griffith.authorDodson, Jago R.
gro.griffith.authorAlizadeh Fard, Tooran


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