Modelling the compact city: capacities and visions for Melbourne

Woodcock, Ian; Dovey, Kim; Wollan, Simon; Beyerle, Ammon

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“…In earlier work (Woodcock et al, 2010), we have shown that projected levels of urban population increase in Melbourne can be accommodated without further horizontal expansion by directing development into activity centres and along transit lines within height limits of four to six storeys. This paper is but a short step in testing two ways of simulating such urban futures.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…The abstracted envelope images were developed specifically for the research project as part of an exercise modelling the latent intensification capacity of Melbourne's activity centres and primary public transit corridors (Woodcock et al, 2010). An important aspect of this modelling is that the urban form required to achieve an average density is a product of the relationship between limits on height and development take-up rate (the proportion of available land parcels that are intensified).…”

Section: Intensified Streetscape Scenarios and Urban Design Visionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The defeat of the Kennett government in Victoria in 1999 has been associated in part with the opposition to neo-liberal consolidation policy, spearheaded by Save Our Suburbs (Lewis 1999). In what follows, we build on earlier work where we argued that projected population growth in Melbourne could be accommodated within the former growth boundaries and without high-rise development (Woodcock et al, 2010). 2 Such changes, however, require a far better understanding of the thresholds of bulk and height at which urban intensification becomes seen as unacceptable.…”

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Envisioning the compact city: resident responses to urban design imagery

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Policies for achieving compact cities have long faced resident resistance on the basis that intensified development would be out of character. Yet resident response depends on the role of image and imagination in planning discourse. This paper seeks to test urban design imagery for transformations of specific one-to two-storey Melbourne streetscapes, via two representational modes: first, abstracted images of bulk and height scenarios for two different places; second, fully developed urban design visions for four different places. The urban experiences these images evoked and their levels of acceptability were explored through interviews with resident activists. One key finding is, as the bulk and height scenarios change from four to six storeys, from setback to no setback, or from 20 to 60% take-up, the average acceptability reduces by a factor of more than three. The detailed streetscape visions are more acceptable despite greater bulk and height but can produce cynicism. We suggest that such levels of acceptability to resident activists may be predictive of local politics, and levels of acceptability in the wider community may be higher. We conclude with commentary on the role of imagery within planning discourse, where it circulates in a highly contested political field, its accuracy rarely tested.

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“…Drawing on an intensive range of interviews and evidence (Dovey, Woodcock, & Wood, 2009b), the authors found that in Melbourne's inner-suburbs, when the term 'character' was raised in urban development debate, the views of stakeholders-the community, developers, politicians, and planners-tended to diverge significantly. Potentially, this could be due to a naïve image of the spatial, social, and economic impacts of urban intensification projects (Woodcock, Dovey, Wollan, & Beyerle, 2010). It remains unclear how residents' experience of their neighbourhoods can be measured and incorporated by planners and decision makers.…”

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“…Consequently, current planning mechanisms are severely limited in their ability to fully accommodate and consider communities' subjective perceptions of their environment. The basis for engagement and analysis is therefore fundamentally flawed (Woodcock et al, 2010). …”

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Leveraging VGI Integrated with 3D Spatial Technology to Support Urban Intensification in Melbourne, Australia

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High density residential development in metropolitan Melbourne, where contradictory imperatives of neighbourhood character and urban intensification play important roles, remains an uncertain practice. One key issue for plan implementation is the lack of consistency between authorities, developers and the community in interpreting the standards, design guidelines, and state/local strategies, especially those relating to neighbourhood character. There is currently no mechanism to incorporate community perceptions and place experiences as subjective aspects of neighbourhood character in development assessments. There is also little use of micro-scale and multi-dimensional spatial analysis to integrate these subjective aspects with objective measures (e.g. building volume and height; streetscape) to communicate effectively-and in a limited timeframe-with all stakeholders. This paper explores the potential of two emerging geospatial technologies that can be leveraged to respond to these problems. Evidence in the literature suggests that volunteered geographic information (VGI) can provide community input around subjective aspects of the urban environment. In addition, a deluge of three-dimensional (3D) spatial information (e.g. 3D city models) is increasingly available for micro-level (building-or property-level) assessment of the physical aspects of the urban environment. This paper formulates and discusses a conceptual framework to link these two spatial technological advancements in a virtual geographic environment (VGE) that accounts for micro-scale 3D spatial analysis incorporating both subjective and objective aspects of neighbourhood character relevant in implementing compact city strategies.

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Modelling the compact city: capacities and visions for Melbourne

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Envisioning the compact city: resident responses to urban design imagery

Envisioning the compact city: resident responses to urban design imagery

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