Nightingale inner-city development proposed for Ballarat amid fears of urban sprawl 'social disaster'
The regional city's population is expected to bulge by a third, or almost 40,000 people, within the next two decades.
The number of dwellings in some outer western suburbs, previously home to paddocks and agriculture, is set to jump by as much as 926 per cent.
But as seen in Melbourne's sprawling outer western suburbs, growth on the fringe has consequences for the centre.
"If it isn't planned and developers just keep on dumping more and more people on the fringe, Ballarat is just going to end up with a social disaster on its hands," said Michael Buxton, Emeritus Professor of RMIT's Centre for Urban Research.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-20/melbournes-urban-sprawl-issues-spreading-to-the-regions/11320692
The number of dwellings in some outer western suburbs, previously home to paddocks and agriculture, is set to jump by as much as 926 per cent.
But as seen in Melbourne's sprawling outer western suburbs, growth on the fringe has consequences for the centre.
"If it isn't planned and developers just keep on dumping more and more people on the fringe, Ballarat is just going to end up with a social disaster on its hands," said Michael Buxton, Emeritus Professor of RMIT's Centre for Urban Research.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-20/melbournes-urban-sprawl-issues-spreading-to-the-regions/11320692
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