Beyond borders: steering metropolitan growth priorities through spatial imaginaries

Pham, K

Beyond borders: steering metropolitan growth priorities through spatial imaginaries

Pham, K

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Publisher:: Informa UK Limited
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Australian Planner, 2020, 56, (2), pp. 103-113
Issue Date:: 2020-04-03

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dc.contributor.author	Pham, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0673-7789
dc.date.accessioned	2020-11-21T19:50:15Z
dc.date.available	2020-11-21T19:50:15Z
dc.date.issued	2020-04-03
dc.identifier.citation	Australian Planner, 2020, 56, (2), pp. 103-113
dc.identifier.issn	0729-3682
dc.identifier.issn	2150-6841
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/144213
dc.description.abstract	© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Borders and boundaries are practical ways of organising spatial relations in metropolitan regions. They usefully define administrative divisions between local government areas, informing the constraints of land-use plans, and describe individual sites necessary for the transaction and development of property and land. However, functional divisions of space are not always clear cut. Contemporary challenges of urbanisation and globalisation often ignore administrative-political boundaries, thus statutory divisions of space are required to be woven into other functional spatial layers drawing attention to the strategic-statutory interface of planning systems and governance arrangements. Although not new, experiments with spatial imaginaries have accelerated, and have become central to metropolitan strategies. In Sydney, the Greater Parramatta and Olympic Peninsula functional economic corridor introduces both new mechanisms for implementation and statutory weight on top of strategic direction. We draw attention to the way this spatial imaginary utilises (or ignores) existing borders and boundaries in an attempt to rebalance the spatial structure of the metropolitan region. Through this case study, we highlight the challenges of rebalancing the Sydney metropolitan region, and the broader implications that emerge through the use of spatial imaginaries.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Informa UK Limited
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian Planner
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/07293682.2020.1739094
dc.rights	“This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in [Australian Planner, 2020, 56, (2), pp. 103-113], available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07293682.2020.1739094]”
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	0502 Environmental Science and Management, 1205 Urban and Regional Planning
dc.title	Beyond borders: steering metropolitan growth priorities through spatial imaginaries
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	56
utslib.for	0502 Environmental Science and Management
utslib.for	1205 Urban and Regional Planning
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2020-11-21T19:50:09Z
pubs.issue	2
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	56
utslib.citation.issue	2

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© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Borders and boundaries are practical ways of organising spatial relations in metropolitan regions. They usefully define administrative divisions between local government areas, informing the constraints of land-use plans, and describe individual sites necessary for the transaction and development of property and land. However, functional divisions of space are not always clear cut. Contemporary challenges of urbanisation and globalisation often ignore administrative-political boundaries, thus statutory divisions of space are required to be woven into other functional spatial layers drawing attention to the strategic-statutory interface of planning systems and governance arrangements. Although not new, experiments with spatial imaginaries have accelerated, and have become central to metropolitan strategies. In Sydney, the Greater Parramatta and Olympic Peninsula functional economic corridor introduces both new mechanisms for implementation and statutory weight on top of strategic direction. We draw attention to the way this spatial imaginary utilises (or ignores) existing borders and boundaries in an attempt to rebalance the spatial structure of the metropolitan region. Through this case study, we highlight the challenges of rebalancing the Sydney metropolitan region, and the broader implications that emerge through the use of spatial imaginaries.

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