Week 3 Reflection

Tutorial Reflection

4 Major Planning Issues faced by South-East Queensland in 2012 ;

Environmental Impact and Resource Management
Population Growth
Transport Infrastructure Stress
Housing Stress/Housing Affordability

1: Environmental Impact and Resource Management

Policies impacting this issue:

Queensland Government Environmental Offset Policy
SEQ Water Strategy

Current Global Influences on Queensland's Natural Environment:

- Increasing greenhouse gas emissions
- Population growth - Stress on Resources
- Coastal developments
- Exploitation of our mineral resources by off-shore companies
- Global Warming

2. Population Growth in Queensland

Policies impacting this issue:

Smart Growth Policy (South-East Queensland Regional Plan 2009-2031)
Queensland Regionalisation Strategy.
Queensland Migration Plan.
Metropolitan Development Program

Global influences on Population Growth:

- Global Job Market / Global Economy
- "Sea - Change" phenomenon (Largely a national issue rather than global), attractive coastal lifestyle brings people to coastal regions.
- Globalisation

Trend in population growth over 10 year period and best government policies to manage them: 

Trend in population growth for Queensland is for it to increase steadily over the ten year bracket.

SEQ Regional Plan forecasts the population of SEQ to increase from 2.8 million in 2006 to 4.4 million in 2031.

Smart Growth Policy in SEQ Regional Plan: A factor of this policy is to density already dense activity centres within SEQ, also focusing on growth corridors along major transport lines and new developments in infill locations. This policy aims to ultimately limit "urban-sprawl".

Related Media Article, Planning Institute of Australia.
http://www.planning.org.au/documents/item/4173

Further Reflection : Smart Growth

The application of the Smart Growth Policy in SEQ, is particularly interesting and relevant. It responds to, and influences a varierty of current planning issues.


Relevant Articles : Smart Growth SEQ
http://www.dsdip.qld.gov.au/resources/guideline/ngp-handbook-part-1.pdf