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With the end of daylight saving in Western Australia this weekend the people of Western Australia are set to vote in roughly six weeks on this surprisingly divisive and emotive topic and so it is time for me to weigh in with my 2 penneth worth. I’ll come right and say it – I am opposed [...] It is sometimes said that great minds think alike. Through a link on Boing Boing I came upon this post about the redevelopment of shopping malls as they slowly die into real community centres. The post links to the home page of a movement called New Urbanism. Briefly: The New Urbanism is a reaction to sprawl. A [...] As discussed in Inner City Life Perth has suffered from urban planning centred around the car. This has led to urban sprawl of epic proportions as the coastal plain between the Darling Ranges and the Indian Ocean from Yanchep to Mandurah slowly fills with housing developments. These developments provide cheap(ish) housing for those unable to afford [...] Ever since the industrial revolution there has been a steady migration of people from the country side to the city. Certainly cities in one form or another have existed since civilisation and cities like London are the product of thousands of years of continuous occupation by one people or another. Other cities like New York [...] Ever since I first visited Perth in 1984 I thought it a beautiful, clean and friendly town. Situated as it is on the Swan River in close proximity to the sea and overlooked by Kings Park. Perth really is a great place to live. Sure it may not be the town I once knew. Perhaps [...] |
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