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Urban consolidation can cause large hostility from the locals in the area being consolidated. At the moment Kuringai in Sydneys North Shore is being heavily consolidated by Meriton apartments. Places that used to be suburban houses have turned into huge apartment complexes to the anger of locals. The locals in the area have even started their own protest group "Not So High In Kuringai". They are against the proposed 10,000 dwellings to be built by 2031 and want to stop the developments at 6000. They have staged rallies and have sent a list of demands to their local MP. They continued protesting for several years but the planned developments are still going ahead.

Other planned consolidation developments in Warriwood valley have been opposed by both the residents and the council. Though the developments have been approved by the State government and highly recommended by the Planning and Development Comission the locals don't want their area to become medium or high density.  Warriwood Valley has already experienced large housing developments but several 4 storey apartmant blocks have been approved. Warriwood Valley was mostly swamp 15 years ago but has changed from a semi-rural area into an area containing the housing development. Locals ans the council are holding several meetings on the matter and it is believed that the development may be stopped now that the Coalition is in power.

The effectiveness of urban consolidation in Kuringai is succeeding in its goal of housing more people in that area and the apartments are being filled with people almost as soon as they are built. Though the locals are greatly against these highdensity areas the consolidation of the area is working. Warriwood is may not have it's flats but the housing development have greatly increased the population of the area though this could be called sprawl. It becomes a balance between the locals wants and the citieis neeeds for more homes.

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A world city can bring in people in from all over the world to live in multicultural society that can cater for them. Sydney's population is growing over 4.5 million putting pressure on space and infrastructure.. Over the next 30 years the population of Sydney will increase by 40600 people per year. This new influx of people is expected to need 640000 new homes, 500000 new jobs, 7500 hectares of industrial space, 6.8 million square metres of land and 3.7 million square metres of retail space. These are expected to put a huge strain on the cities infrastructure and land causing urban planners to come up with new ideas on urban development.

The solution used in Sydney during most of the 20th century has been urban sprawl. Urban sprawl is where a city move outwards to cater for the population expansion, expanding with the people, needing more and more infrastructure to ferry people to the urban centers. Over the time the Western Suburbs of Sydney have grown from small towns unconnected from Sydney to huge suburbs such as Parramtta and Liverpool. These suurbs are now becoming cities in themselves and are filling up. Huge housing developments are being set up further and further West and the Sydney basin will soon run out of space. Urban sprawl is no longer an effective management plan for Sydney.

The new plan that has been used by other cities like New York for decades is Urban Consolidation. Urban Consolidation is the building up of land, instead of building outwards you build upwards to accomodate more people. Large apartment blocks and skyscrapers can house lot of people without using up too much land. Housing lots of people in a small area is cheaper and needs less infrastrucure from the government but is not as likeable by residents who prefer their own space rather than sharing it with others. This is what has happened in the CBD and incrasingly in the Western suburbs of Sydney.

Green Square

Green Square is an example of urban consolidation as it is near a populated area and is medium to high density living. It is to house 40,000 people and have 21,000 jobs in the area by 2031. It will help the economy and allow more people to live in  a relatively close distance to the city. Problems can be a large increase in population and can cause congestion in an already congested area.

Jordon Springs

1. Jordon Springs is an example of urban sprawl as it is being built in a cleared space away from the city center.
2. It may be bad for the community as it takes away parkland but can also be good bringing more residents and buisness. For Sydney it helps by taking people away from the city and helps ease congestion there. It helps Australia by providing jobs in the construction industry, building more homes for the increasing population and is environmentally friendly.

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1. Where a cities population has spread out into low density living around the city
2. Where the population of the city is very compacted
3. a country with more population in cities and towns than rural areas
4. 65% of the population are in state capitals, 92% live in urban areas and population density in cities is quite high
5. The ubundance of water
6. how many people live in an area. A small area with a large number of people is consolidation and the opposite is rural
7. we have less population density than in most cities
8. Urban consolidation has less need for road works and public transport while urban sprawl usually increases electricity and fossil fuel usage due to the further distances needed to travel
9. Urban planners have had to be inventive to the needs of urban sprawl

suburbs

5 MOST EXPENSIVE
1. Darling Point
2. Dawes Point
3. Point Piper
4. Milsons Point
5. Cabarita
All these suburbs are on the harbour and near the CBD

5 LEAST EXPENSIVE
1. Carramar
2. Warwick Farm
3. Cabramatta
4. Lakemba
5. Ambarvale
All out west, away from the water

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3. The local community help plant the trees and take out the weeds on the dunes. they use the paths and educate tourists on the project

4. it allows the Macleay river to remain fresh water and allows people to build along the river and use it as a recreational area

5. the plants on the beach become larger and the bush thicker the further inland you go. On the incipent dune there are grasses and on the foredune you begin to get bushes and on the hind dune you begin to get trees.

6. the roots of the plants prevent the sand from flying away as well as providing a wind shield

7. cattle grazing on the dune destroyed all stabilizing vegetation

8. the removal of the vegetation means the sand can drift away and the dune would gradually be destroyed and the river would have now protection from the ocean

9. the groups involved in the project include; Macleay Shire council, Department of public works, Department of Lands and the Soil Conservation Service of NSW.

10. the steps involved are; creation of a foredune, planting grasses like spinifex and gradually planting larger species like banksia and samll gums

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12. if you look at the maps you can see how if the wind was coming from the South the longshore drift would've pushed the sand up against the headland eventually silting over the opening.

13. a) the sand dunes are pretty much completely stabilised and are not blowing away thanks to the vegetation
b) the vegetation hold the dune in place allowing the fresh water ecosystem to be protected from the salt water and the waves
c) anyone who lives on the lake now no longer have to fear the possibility of wave erosion as well as keeping the spot nice and pretty helps the tourist industry

14. Do I do this one?