Land supply shortages

Land supply shortages driving housing prices up, developers say. :

"'If we want to be a global city, and if the other cities similarly want to enhance and retain their global competitiveness, the bottom line is we've got to find places for people to live in, to raise families, to grow new communities,' he said."

Well, we shall just have to start new cities. The suburbs are becoming very passé. Suburban living isn't particularly safe and it's just suburb! Concrete, bitumen and houses. Poeple don't want it any more because it's dull and univititng and you cannot walk safely. Cities are safer and more interesting form an activity point of view. Some of the appartments have stunning views. So you can see the appeal of a city. Then there are the rural people and the semi rural people. Some people like to be very close to rural areas but with the conveniences of public libraries, easy public transport and good shopping and yet the overall feel is rural. So we'll have to look at cities and yet the success of a city is not easy to come by. Some of our towns have almost doed and some have become revitalised. Urban planners need to take a good hard look at what we have and how we can provide places for real and viable living. The thing with Australia is you can fly over it for a couple of hours and see nothing. Rivers, land, a house and half an hour later another house. So we are not short of land. We loke the ocean though. Perhaps a chance to have some innovation in terms of planning. We have had failed urban development, but we have had some real success stories too and we need to look at those.