1. the city of ridges 2050
Peta Miskovitch
Stephen Smith
Stephanie Bailey
Claira Kratochvil
Meredith Paterson
Micheal Polifrone
Natasha Polozenko
Wil Whitfield
Tony Challita
Sally Bryant
Larissa Carpenter
Jon Murray
Tuesday, 19 October 2010

2. Sydney 2050 – the future
Climate change
22
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3. Sydney 2050 – the future
Peak Oil 33
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4. Sydney 2050 – the future
Sea Level Rise 44
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5. the city of ridges - concept
• 6 Major corridors
• Activity centers located along corridors
• Urban Agriculture
• Natural Water Supply
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6. biodiversity
•Green belt
•Corridors of native
vegetation between transport
lines
•Growth of native plants for
food and medicine
50%
38%
25%
13%
0%
Percentage of Sydney's Land that is Green Space 2010
2030
2050
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7. built form
• High density 60+ dwellings/ha
• Medium density 25-60 dwellings/ha
• All new developments must provide 50% affordable housing
• Update BASIX to include higher standards of insulation,
shading and window glazing
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8. built form
Medium and High
density housing
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9. culture and education
• High activity centres create community
• Educational facilities better connected to public and
active transport
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10. Main industries: economy
- agriculture
- retail
-green energy
-innovation
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11. energy
• Solar 60%
• Wind 40%
• Renewable
energy
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12. food
•Food produced in urban
agricultural land
•Predominantly native
Australian plants
•Food transported along rail
lines
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13. governance
• Simplify local government
areas
(38 reduced to 6)
• Legislate
• Regulate
• incentives
• Re-zone: densify
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14. Polyclinics located in each activity centre
Minimum of 1120 polyclinics in Sydney health
Native Australian plants used for medicines
Polyclinics grow their own pharmaceuticals
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15. pollution
•100% renewable
energy by 2020
•Urban plantings to
reduce noise pollution
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16. transport
Growth consolidated around Sydney’s transport corridors
High speed train for domestic travel
Offshore airport for international travel
Electric trolley buses
Active transport, walking cycling
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17. transport
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18. Chatswood-Transport services
transport
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19. Wetlands
water
•
• Recycling
• Desalination
• Water efficiency
• Water restrictions
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20. water
rivers dams
20
20
wetlands desalination
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21. waste
• Centralised centres:
- process local
waste
- process primary
waste
- education facility
for sustainable
practices
• Waste land filled the
end of rail lines
• Food waste used for
compost on local
farms
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22. Chatswood-Waste centres
waste
22
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23. The City Of Ridges It’s Where
You Want To Live
Peta Miskovitch
Stephen Smith
Stephanie Bailey
Claira Kratochvil
Meredith Paterson
Micheal Poliferone
Natasha
Polozenko
Wil Whitfield
Tony Challita
Sally Bryant
Larissa Carpenter
Jon Murray
Tuesday, 19 October 2010