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The average regional city resident lacks good access to two-thirds of community services, and liveability suffers

  • Written by Melanie Davern, Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director, Healthy Liveable Cities Group, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
The average regional city resident lacks good access to two-thirds of community services, and liveability sufferszstock/Shutterstock

The way our growing cities are planned and built is becoming ever more important in building healthy, liveable and sustainable communities. Much of the focus on liveability has been on Australia’s biggest capital cities, Sydney and Melbourne, which will become megacities of more than 10 million people by 2050. Regional...

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