Urban dynamics - Sydney

Question 1

context to sydney

Answer 1

1. East coast, 3352’ S and 15112E, 12000km.
2. Established as settler colony in 1788 of GB.
3. Population of 5.05 million people as of 2022, an Alpha ++ city

Question 2

Wealth and advantage

Answer 2

1. Determined by class (found through education, occupation and income).
2. Top 20% earn 71x bottom 20% - extreme economic divide.
3. Darling point, edgecliff, rushcutters bay, point piper
4. Most educated (BA or higher): north sydney, lane cove and mossman.
5. Regions with no#. of professional and financial works: north sydney, city and inner city and eastern suburbs

Question 3

Disadvantaged and poverty

Answer 3

1. Living less than half median income, lowest poverty rate 15% poverty rate compared to 13.1%. Systematic poverty cycle.
2. 25,000 homeless in nsw, located in west and south due to suburbanisation.
3. poorest suburbs - aurburn, lakemba and wiley park; least tertiary educated: campbeltown region.
4. highest unemployment - inner south west and parramatta

Question 4

ethnicity

Answer 4

1. Patterns in immigration, 42.5% born overseas; china, Uk and India.
   - Ethnically influence urban villages

Question 5

Residential land

Answer 5

Determined by physical geography, sydney’s residential land impacted by suburbanisation.

Question 6

Suburbanisation

Answer 6

Occurred within waves, mirrorring economic growth and changes; 1st wave: 1900-40s, 2nd wave: 1940s-80s and 3rd wave: 1980s-present era.

Question 7

Waves

Answer 7

1. industrial area, crowded and dirty CBD, residents moving to lower north shore eastern suburbs.
2. industry suburbanisation: transportation of industry followed by workers
3. suburbs aren’t utilised by local workers, areas cleaner and spacious giving lip service to ‘Australian dream’.

Question 8

Urbanisation

Answer 8

People moving out of industrial areas, new people came into decayed and poorer areas, which then developed to mass urbanisation with migration to area.
- urban renewal
- rising property prices
- rising wealth

Question 9

Industrial land use

Answer 9

industrial development witnessed with trade utilised around harbour and city populations, industrial land concentrated in specific districts of suburbs due to cheap and affordability for industrial corporations.

Question 10

Commercial land

Answer 10

development of commercial business and advanced services; sites of selling and providing goods and service, development of commercial business led to development of edge cities.
- retail land - located in CBD and witnessed a form of decentralisation and suburbanisation

Question 11

culture….

Question 12

Growth

Answer 12

Considered to be both populace and economic growth

Question 13

Population growth?

Answer 13

1. Expected to grow from 5.05 million (2024) to 6.5 million by 2027.
2. Accommodated by 664k houses, however an affordability issue in pricing.
3. Prices 400k (2002) –> 760k (2014) house price

Question 14

Economic growth

Answer 14

$565bn by 2031, 690k new jobs, 11th biggest stock exchange, sydney contributes 1/3 of australia’s growth by 2015/16 financial year.

Question 15

Development understood?

Answer 15

A capitalist individualist “competitive” economy, growing in temrs of transport and services, housing choice, established and sustained community and a sustainable use of resources.
1. economic infrastructure
2. housing
3. health and arts
4. environment

Question 16

Economic infrastructure

Answer 16

1. concentration on western sydney and edge cities in particular over next programs of development, utilisation of suburbanisation using paramatta as key edge city.
2. consolidation plans

Question 17

Housing

Answer 17

1. increasing supply
2. suburban development and extending urban periphery; consolidation and suburbanisation

Question 18

Health and arts

Answer 18

1. urban renewal and urban villages

Question 19

environment

Answer 19

1. protecting natural environment

Question 20

Future trends of urban consolidation, renewal and utilisation of suburbanisation:

Answer 20

1. high-density living
2. expansion of periphery through transport
3. parramatta and western sydney as important economic region
4. encouraging culture - urban villages, cultural events, sustainability

Question 21

Ecological sustainability

Answer 21

1. highest carbon footprint out of Australia
2. 49 national/regional parks, 8 heritage sites
3. Protecting environments and reducing ecological footprint