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Plan to turn Melbourne into Asia-Pacific hub
A very interesting proposal, while participation is a welcome novelty, I am concerned with the projected image of what Melbourne should be: "transform Melbourne into the financial and environmental powerhouse of the Asia-Pacific region". The vocabulary!
Haven't we had enough of a power driven economy/society and senseless competition?
Can we speak of a friendly city for its inhabitants and for the rest of Asia?
Learning from experience, financial growth and environmental responsibility have not gone hand in hand.
Worth to have a read and see whether this time "the backroom boys" are prepared to listen - not just to businesses, but to citizens and professionals with no invested financial interests.
More: http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au
Haven't we had enough of a power driven economy/society and senseless competition?
Can we speak of a friendly city for its inhabitants and for the rest of Asia?
Learning from experience, financial growth and environmental responsibility have not gone hand in hand.
Worth to have a read and see whether this time "the backroom boys" are prepared to listen - not just to businesses, but to citizens and professionals with no invested financial interests.
Find this article: The Age, April 27Plan to turn Melbourne into Asia-Pacific hub
Clay Lucas
April 27, 2007
An ambitious plan to be put together by 12 of Victoria's most influential people could transform Melbourne into the financial and environmental powerhouse of the Asia-Pacific region.
Melbourne City Council yesterday announced its decision to work with the University of Melbourne and some of the state's best-connected people on "Future Melbourne".
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"We are going to look across a whole range of topics," Professor Russell said, encouraging anyone with an interest in the city's future to get involved in the project. "If you don't have a (city) plan that fully engages with the community, then you have planning by backroom boys."
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Professor Russell said the group might consider issues as diverse as:
■ Public transport improvements.
■ Whether more residents were needed in the CBD.
■ Docklands' connection to Melbourne's CBD grid.
■ Whether more city pedestrian areas were needed.
■ Whether eucalypts or exotics should be planted in the city centre.
More: http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au
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