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Community reaction to establishing a greenbelt: An example South East Queensland, Australia
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Community reaction to establishing a greenbelt: An example South East Queensland, Australia

Pamela Wardner
Proceedings of the 21st Pacific-Rim Real Estate Society Conference, pp.1-10
Pacific-Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES) Conference, 21st (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18-Jan-2015–21-Jan-2015)
Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (P R R E S)
2015
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Building Other Economics Business and Management greenbelt community reaction South-east Queensland Australia inter-urban break
One of the purposes of the concept of greenbelts is to contain urban sprawl from infringing onto rural areas. However, what if the adjoining suburb past the 'green' area is also a growing urban area? Without purposive action by the community, compromises may be created and urban encroachment occurs - slowly and marginally at first, until a seamless divide is the result. The South-east Queensland planning scheme is under review in 2014. Two large parcels of undeveloped land totalling approximately 6,400 hectares are under consideration to be included in the long term plan for urban development between two peri-urban regions. The implications of this decision expand further to those parcels alone but extend to the future use of the neighbouring pine tree plantations. Community inputs and consultations are important considerations for any public policy legislation without which can be criticised as being unduly influenced for economic gain by critics. Therefore this research investigates the level of awareness and knowledge about the geographical areas and whether there is an opportunity to consider a more permanent solution to urban sprawl such as a legislated greenbelt area. A community awareness telephone survey gathered the responses of 400 individuals from a list of 4500 contacts located in the surrounding areas. The results of the survey show that the community appears to be in favour of an inter-urban break (greenbelt) and are willing to be involved in further investigations that define such an area, its management and use into the future. The findings of this research provide an evidence-base to the Australian policy cycle for urban planning.

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