Urban Consolidation Vs Urban Sprawl

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In recent years, Melbourne’s population size expanded rapidly, it has re-ignited a long-term argument between urban consolidation and urban sprawl. Melbourne’s development has been dominated by expanding low-density suburbs in the previous years,and only a few degree of development of consolidation has proceeded. However Melbourne envisages just over half of all new dwellings constructed between 2001 and 2030,about 16,000 per year,will be located within the built-up area. The rest will be built in the fringe Growth Areas in the thirty years, which means for Melbourne, the future is planned to be consolidated. (The Age, 2008) The essay will clear up some conceptions of sprawl and consolidation, clarifying why that urban consolidation may actually…show more content…
(Mieg &Töpfer, 2013)Urban sprawl has the benefit because of that low density area is more environmental friendly, the large amount vegetations filled in the low-dense area can absorb the carbon dioxide made by the activities of human beings, which causes less amounts of air and water has been polluted by the pollutants. It has been observed that the more green areas are preserved in low-dense areas and there are more open spaces for people to entertain.(Xu,2014) But at the meanwhile,in the reality,developing low-dense area need to replace farmland or open space. However, the approach of urban sprawl will causing the lost of open space and natural habitats because of land…show more content…
Housing prices in the privileged inner city are rising much faster than those of outer urban areas,potentially impeding inboard migration.(Holcombe, n.d,2014)Due to this, the market of house property situation will be tense, which reveals from that poor people are unable to afford the price of housing and they are forcing to live the fringe of the city where is not developed well. And the gaps between poor and rich areas will be emphasized by urban consolidation form by dividing them into different areas. Furthermore,people found that more emotional stress and psychological conditions are generated in high density areas.(Neuman,2005)The environmental aspects of urban consolidation is quite different with in developing the form of urban sprawl. In high density areas, there is only a few natural vegetations,which include trees and grasslands and etc, are found within the buildings, roads, and parking areas. So it makes harder for the inner suburb to have a cleaner environment without planting large amount of vegetations.To sum up, it has both problems and benefits by developing the urban consolidation but the advantages of consolidation is more convincing , making th consolidation form as a more sustainable and livable plan
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