by BUNNARITH MENG
Urban planning plays an important role in shaping a city. Without prior or appropriate planning, the city may grow or change in an uncontrollable way due to population and social, economic and environmental changes. Such changes are of course fundamental in planning.
In Canberra—the Australian National Capital—the history of development and planning has experienced subsequent changes over time since its formulation. Walter Burley Griffin—the Town Planner for Canberra—created this city on a basis of a Land and Water Axis principle, which is, at present, still the basic concept for the development. Whether the urban planning history of Canberra makes a positive or negative contribution to its development, a number of key factors are taken into consideration in this paper as follows:
First of all, I will briefly trace the history of the Capital City followed by an introduction to planning concepts of the winning design. Secondly, the main focus of this paper, I will argue that the planning and development of Canberra with regard to certain issues such as land use planning and transportation planning and its associates and urban consolidation have so far brought both positive and negative outcomes; and finally, I will draw a conclusion stating my own judgments on the planning implementation followed by an opinion.
In Canberra—the Australian National Capital—the history of development and planning has experienced subsequent changes over time since its formulation. Walter Burley Griffin—the Town Planner for Canberra—created this city on a basis of a Land and Water Axis principle, which is, at present, still the basic concept for the development. Whether the urban planning history of Canberra makes a positive or negative contribution to its development, a number of key factors are taken into consideration in this paper as follows:
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| Watson, Canberra, 1965 |
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Canberra Plan of the City & Environs - September 1918 |
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Plan of Canberra, 1940 |
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It is interesting to note what urban planning contributed to what Canberra is today. There are some bad side but the positive side clearly outweighs the negative.
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