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Geography
Central Park, Chippendale
Urban Renewal
Was one the Carlton brewery
Transformed from factories into housing
Put land to constructive use
Now a centrepiece of Sydney's modern architecture
Urban Decay
The factory and brewery were once there
Were decommisioned and thus were not being used and decayed
Urban Consolidation
High rise building with 27 stories
building up instead of out
Urban Village
Has shops and a common culture
Indicators
Ecological sustainability
Recycled water used for the 50-to-70 percent of non-drinking activities
30,000 plants
Walkable suburb
On the roof of the lower tower, 42 heliostats (sunlight tracking mirrors) redirect sunlight up to 320 reflectors on a cantilever off the taller tower, which then beam the light down into areas that would otherwise be in permanent shade.
Chatswood
Urban Consolidation
The population density in Chatswood is 5,598 persons per square km, compared to the population density of the Greater Sydney which is 442.3 persons per square kilometre
There are 7 high rise residential buildings in Chatswood above 100 metres tall
11 new apartment buildings in the last 10 years
Decentralisation
The movement of business to the Chatswood CBD as opposed to the CBD in the city
The Australian headquarters of Smith's Snackfood, Abigroup, Carnival Australia, Coffey, PepsiCo and Carter Holt Harvey as well as offices of Nortel Networks, Optus, Lenovo, NEC, Leighton Contractors and Huawei are located in Chatswood
Chatswood has two major shopping centres: Chatswood Chase Sydney and Westfield Chatswood. There are also a few smaller shopping centres such as Mandarin Centre, Chatswood Interchange, Chatswood Place, Lemon Grove, The Gallery, Victoria Plaza and Orchard Arcade.
Indicators
Culture of Place
The Chatswood Mall Markets are held each Thursday and Friday in Chatswood Mall, Victoria Avenue and feature food and craft stalls, and live music
Chatswood has a wide variety of restaurants and cafes and is known as a major dining destination in the Lower North Shore of Sydney. There are a large number of Chinese (including Cantonese), Japanese and Korean restaurants and eateries
Modern archetecture
Ecological sustainability
Changing economic character - see decentralisation, the idea that the major business is being separated directly from the CBD and across the city into smaller economic hubs
Growth and development see the urban consolidation section
Urban Village
Chinese make up a significant proportion of the population with (10,028 people or 40.3%)
Rich asian culture seen in the street markets and in centres such as the Mandarin shopping centre, the Chinese cultural centre and asian grocery stores
Alexandria
Urban Consolidation
By 2030, the City of Sydney expects 30,500 dwellings to be built within the Green Square redevelopment
zone, accommodating a population of up to 61,000 residents
This will make Green Square the highest
density residential development in Sydney.
Urban Village
Urban Renewal
Formerly the Mascot industrial area, which was the largest in Australia
Since industry has moved further west, the location has been developed into outlets and apartments
Kellyville
Suburbanisation
Residential development forecasts assume the number of dwellings in Kellyville will increase by an average of 586 dwellings per annum to 20,537 in 2036.
rapidly growing, with the population increase from 28,700 in 2016 to 41,400 in 2021 and being forecasted to grow to 65,890 by 2036
Before development in recent decades, it was 100% farm land
Decentralisation
Spurred on by recent infrastructure projects such as the metro and northconex Sydney’s WestConnex, NorthConnex and M5 East tunnel duplication; the upgrading of the M4, M5 and M2 motorways; and the yet to be funded M9 Outer Orbital and M6 motorways
People living further from the city to have a smaller community