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Urban Dynamics Report - Sydney - Urban Consolidation - Chatswood, Rhodes, Meadowbank, Pyrmont - Suburbanisation - Kellyville, Parklea, Woodcroft Introduction: Sydney, a large secondary level world city in the developed world is one of Australia’s largest cities is located 33.8 degrees south and 151.2 degrees east in the South Eastern Hemisphere sits in a temperate climate zone surrounded by Kuring-Gai and Royal National Parks to the north and south, Blue Mountains National Park to the west and the Tasman Sea to the east is approximately 12,368 square kilometres in area and currently sits at a total population of 4,926,000 in 2020, a 1.34% increase from 2019. Urban dynamics of change including suburbanisation and urban consolidation have largely taken place in the last 50 years changing growth and development of Sydney as a secondary world city. Urban Consolidation in Sydney: Urban consolidation along with suburbanisation are the two most prominent urban dynamics taking place in Sydney, involving the creation of low/high rise high density housing/buildings in order to maximise land use. Future urban consolidation as part of the Sydney 2036 Plan will take place in all suburbs to create an urban metropolis of three cities. Chatswood Figure 14: A photograph of Chatswood skyline seen from the Chatswood oval. Source Chatswood, a major business and residential district located in the lower North Shore of Sydney has become a site of major urban consolidation in Sydney due to the easy transport access present within the suburb. In terms of growth, the proximity to facilities and public transport has given incentive to move here thus increasing population creating the need for high rise high density housing to cater for growth. The main development area in Chatswood is located right in the heart where the train line runs through spreading outwards from there to Chatswood Heights and the Pacific Highway and will likely spread to nearby Roseville and Artarmon along the highway and train line. Future development also calls for upgrades to the cycling track to St Leonards (Willoughby City Council Future Conditions Report 2020) increasing liveability in this area. Due to Lane Cove National Park bordering onto Chatswood, outwards growth here can’t occur allowing urban consolidation to largely take place in this area. Urban consolidation in Chatswood is more ecologically sustainable than the suburbanisation taking place in outer Sydney as it limits outwards expansion keeping the National Park intact, however can lead to overcrowding, visual and noise pollution decreasing liveability.

Rhodes/Meadowbank Figure 15: Birds eye photo of Rhodes Source - NSW Department of Planning The Rhodes area along the Parramatta River has become a new site of urban consolidation as part of plans to redevelop the site from former brownfield to a modern residential area consisting of low rise high density housing, markets and public transport access. (Rhodes East Priority Precinct Investigation Area Planning Report 2017) Building of modern low rise density housing in the Rhodes Area has enabled Rhodes to become a highly sought after piece of real estate for people. Urban consolidation in the area has increased the population to 11,000 creating jobs and bringing vitality to the area, the nearby Rhodes Waterside Shopping Centre has also helped with this. Future development of Rhodes will expand toward Rhodes East as stated by the NSW Department of Planning in their 2017 Planning Report with more high density housing. This will result in more people moving to Rhodes thus stimulating the local economy while increasing the liveability of the general area creating vitality. In terms of ecological sustainability, Rhodes can’t sustain continued urban consolidation due to the small land area and will most likely suffer from potential overcrowding and noise, visual pollution. Figure 16: Birds eye view of Meadowbank apartments - Source: Real Commercial Like Rhodes, Meadowbank has also seen low rise urban consolidation work be completed there and has since then become an urban village with easy access to buses, ferries and the train line. This has enabled Meadowbank to become an area attractive to yuppies like Pyrmont, Chatswood and Rhodes. Meadowbank may become like Rhodes a site for full urban consolidation and possibly see skyscrapers dominate the area in terms of future development. Meadowbank currently has construction underway for new schools which in turn will increase the population of the area creating a strain on housing which will lead to urban consolidation taking place in the area. Urban consolidation in Meadowbank is somewhat sustainable creating the urban village without destroying the mangroves that populate the banks of the Meadowbank stretch of the Parramatta River.

Pyrmont

Figure 17: Jackson’s Landing Pyrmont, former brownfield site - Source Jackson’s Landing (jacksonslanding.net) Jackson’s Landing in Pyrmont was once the old Colonial Sugar Refinery (CSR), since has become one of the most prominent sites in Sydney of urban consolidation. In 1994, the City West Authority now the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority pitched a plan to redevelop the site since the old factories occupied prime real estate. Urban consolidation has completely changed the dynamic and growth of the area. For example in 1988, the population of Pyrmont was 3000 with 500 jobs to 26,000 with 17,000 jobs in 2021. In terms of development, urban consolidation has largely replaced the rotting old finger wharves and factories that dominated the site in the 20th century. The Pyrmont Peninsula Place Strategy done by the NSW Department of Planning outlines their 20 year development for the site and neighbouring suburbs of Ultimo and Glebe. The Place Strategy includes measures to protect solar access, heritage and local character of the area (Pyrmont Peninsula Place Strategy 2020). Suburbanisation in Sydney: Suburbanisation, the outward growth of suburbs on the peri-urban fringe is prominent on the outskirts of the Sydney Metropolitan area and involves the construction of houses built fence to fence with none to small backyards. These areas often lack public transport requiring tenants to drive a private car into the city. Kellyville Figure 18: Birds eye view of Kellyville Source: The Hills District Website Kellyville located in the Hills District Region of Greater Sydney is a prominent site of suburbanisation in Sydney ideal for older couples or families with smaller children due to the quiet nature of the suburb. In terms of ecological sustainability, Kellyville is less ecologically friendly than Pyrmont due to the lack of public transport requiring workers to drive a private car into the city for work. Also, suburbs like Kellyville have the houses built so closely together limiting green space which in summer can create an urban heat island effect with ground temperatures of 80 degrees. Future development of Kellyville involves more suburbanisation with the outwards expansion of the suburb thus increasing the ecological problems that the suburb will face. Parklea

Figure 19: Birds eye view of Parklea Source: Guardian: Boomburbs: Sydney’s Urban Sprawl Parklea, a suburb in Greater Western Sydney in the local government area of Blacktown like Kellyville is another site of suburbanisation and also like Kellyville faces the same challenges of growth, future development and ecological sustainability. Like Kellyville, the suburbanisation taking place here is enabling houses to grow much larger on smaller blocks of land eating up the green space needed to plant trees so without natural shade, in summer will increase surface temperatures due to the urban heat island effect. Since Parklea is surrounded by other suburbs like Quakers Hill and Stanhope Gardens, outward expansion is limited and population growth will mainly be sustained through older couples and families with small children moving to the area. Due to the small narrow streets and lack of green space, Parklea like Kellyville lacks a public transport system which increases atmospheric pollution in the area through private car use and outwards expansion eating up valuable green space on the peri-urban fringe. Woodcroft Figure 20: Birds eye of Woodcroft houses being built with no yard space and trees - Source: Guardian: Boomburbs: Sydney’s Urban Sprawl Woodcroft, a suburb located in Greater Western Sydney is a new site of suburbanisation taking place in the Sydney Metropolitan Region sits next to Doonside and Marayong. Since Woodcroft is a newer suburb, the construction work undertaken at the site should be more ecologically sustainable yet from the image above the houses being built there are fence to fence leaving no space for a backyard, garden or trees and are built so closely together that sound proofing work would need to be done. Like Parklea and Kellyville, Woodcroft will face the same problems with public transport access and small narrow one way streets. Future development of Woodcroft would involve more building of the same style McMansions eating up more valuable green space and could also see a connection made with both Doonside and Marayong. Since the houses in these suburban areas are hastily built with wooden frames, there always is the possibility that the house is poorly made due to the speed in which the house was constructed rendering it difficult to live here. Woodcroft like Parklea and Kellyville will likely see the same demographic of people move here once fully built

Urban Consolidation in Sydney

Figure 1: Urban Consolidation in Sydney - Source: Understanding Urbanity

Figure 2: Metropolis of Three Cities Source: Greater Sydney Commission

Figure 3: Household Types in Sydney Source Department of Planning

Figure 4: Forecast

Population Sydney - Source: Sydney’s population, a story of consolidation

Figure 5: Urban Consolidation - Sydney CBD Source: Geo help

Suburbanisation in Sydney

Figure 6: Kellyville suburb with all facilities - Source: Laing + Simmons

Figure 7: Map of Kellyville and accompanying green space - Source: The Hills Shire Council - NSW Government

Figure 8: Sold Land and Development

Sites - Parklea - Source: Real Commercial

Figure 9: Birds eye view of Woodcroft - Source: Domain

Sydney 2036 Plan

Figure 10 Greater Sydney Region Plan - Source: NSW Department of Planning

Figure 11: Dwelling Density per hectare - Source: Greater Sydney Commission

Figure 12: New Transport Plan for

Sydney - Source: Transport Sydney

Figure 13: Government Plan to house and employ 5.6 million people - Source: Transport Sydney...