People on the move: Where? Why?
Despite calls for urban consolidation, people continue to move from inner areas to city fringes and beyond. Australian governments and planners have tried for decades to consolidate and compact the cities and make Australian urban life more efficient and European-like. Today, urban consolidation is again on the agenda, due in part to government planning on ways to reduce global warming or the enhanced greenhouse effect. The question facing the planners is: 'How can urban consolidation be made to work this time?'