Sustainable Urban Development Recommendations for the City of Melbourne: SDG Goal 11, Target 11.1 Presented by Ms. Ranaporn Tantiwechwuttikul and Ms. Zoljragal Mendbayar 2018 ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme 12-16 November, 2018

1. Target 11.1
By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable
housing and basic services, and upgrade slums
Sustainable Urban Development Recommendations for the City of Melbourne
SDG Goal 11
Make cities and human settlements inclusive,
safe, resilient, and sustainable
Ranaporn Tantiwechwuttikul
Zoljargal Mendbayar

2. OUTLINE
§Background
§Current issues
§Existing counter-measures
§Recommendations
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3. BACKGROUND
Population growth
Urban sprawl
Urban fringe areas
Current population 5M
Expected to reach 8M by 2050
(2-2.5% growth a year)
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4. BACKGROUND
Population growth
Urban sprawl
Urban fringe areas
Not just Melbourne LGA,
but Melbourne Metropolitan area
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5. BACKGROUND
Population growth
Urban sprawl
Urban fringe areas
Not just Melbourne LGA,
but Melbourne Metropolitan area

6. FUTURE MELBOURNE
+ changing city
+ important role of
community
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7. Affordability
Supply
Accessibility
CURRENT ISSUES
Housing price is soaring, while income is not able to catch up
Not only increasing supply, but the affordable supply
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8. Affordability
Supply
Accessibility
CURRENT ISSUES
Annual fuel spend
Limited public transportation network
Car ownership in sub-urban and fringe area
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9. EXISTING COUNTER-MEASURES
§ Ongoing infrastructure projects, but adequate?
§ Top-down vs Bottom-up approaches of city development,
how effective?
§ Aging infrastructure & housing affordability, within CBD?
§ Citizen-led project, how to scale-up?
Public transport expansion (G)
Council initiatives (G)
100 Resilient Cities (G)
Nightingale model (P)
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G – Government
P – Private sector 9

10. RECOMMENDATIONS
Urban Sub-urban Fringe
Pressing issues
(from observation)
Affordability
Suitability
Sense of community /
engagement
Accessibility
Existing counter-
measures
100 Resilient Cities
(planning)
Nightingale model Public transportation
extension
Vision (Why) Urban densification
Decentralization
Goals (What) Optimize housing spaces
according to needs of
buyers/renters
Facilitate social enterprise
operations
Create business/social
hubs
Actions (How) G: Incentivize landlords for
increased dwelling capacity
e.g., subsidy
G: Simplify legal systems
for sustainable housing
development
G: Incentivize business
relocation/establishment
e.g., revenue tax rebate
Impacts on private
sectors
Real estate agency benefits
from the process
Employment opportunities
Proof of concept, and set
new norm with greater
speed and scale
Local employment and
development
Increase average wage
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11. Thank you
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