Vertical Sprawl in the Australian City: Sydney's High-rise Residential Development Boom. Issue 1 (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Troy, Laurence; Randolph, Bill; Pinnegar, Simon; Crommelin, Laura; Easthope, Hazel
• Is Part Of: Urban policy and research. Volume 38:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 18
• Page End: 36
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: Urban policy -- urban redevelopment -- density -- compact city -- metropolitan planning -- spatial planning; City planning -- Australia -- Periodicals; City planning -- New Zealand -- Periodicals; City planning -- Pacific Area -- Periodicals; Urban policy -- Australia -- Periodicals; Urban policy -- New Zealand -- Periodicals; Urban policy -- Pacific Area -- Periodicals; 307.7609905
• DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2019.1709168
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0811-1146

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper examines the spatial implications of Sydney's vertical expansion over the past decade. Enabled by a partnership between market forces and strategic planning policy, the data indicate that the city's high-density development boom has been primarily shaped by economic viability concerns, driving a spatial policy shift to better align better with market forces. The paper concludes that in the absence of more comprehensive housing and urban policies, housing supply ultimately remains primarily a numbers game, delivered where the market finds it most profitable to do so, with planning acting to facilitate development in these locations.