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Quick questions on Suburbanisation, urban consolidation, and counter-urbanisation: HSC Geography
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What is definition?Show answer
The outward growth of cities through addition of lower-density, predominantly residential suburbs at the urban fringe. The process drove the post-WWII transformation of Australian cities.
What is outcomes?Show answer
Australian cities became among the most low-density in the world. Sydney averages around 4,000 people per km2 (compared to London 5,500, Paris 21,000, Tokyo 6,200). Outer Sydney suburbs (Penrith, Campbelltown, Liverpool) sit at 1,000-2,000 per km2.
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