Box 1.

Consistent sustainable urban development planning and design principles (synthesised from current Australian metropolitan strategies/plans and validated through co-design process with stakeholders) indicating a growing consensus

More compact form rather than continuing urban sprawl

Productive agricultural land and connected landscapes protected

Polycentric city with distributed activity and job growth centres

Reduced car dependency, increased public transport, ‘30 min city’

Place-based mixed-use development allied with transport corridors and hubs

Mixed-use and more self-contained communities

More distributed infrastructure (e.g. water, energy, food)

More self-sufficiency in food, water, energy through, for example, urban agriculture, water sensitive urban design, rooftop solar/renewables

Water sensitive urban design (WSUD)

Increased focus on blue and green (living) infrastructure

Physical and social infrastructure that facilitates diverse social interaction, supporting creative innovation

Neighbourhoods and entire metropolitan areas that are walkable and cyclable

Greater housing choice, more compact and affordable housing, more quality shared spaces (public and utility spaces)

Circular economy with reduced resources usage/waste/emissions and ecological footprint

Low carbon, climate resilient strategies with emphasis on coherent strategies so that decarbonisation and resilience achieved concurrently