Melbourne

Question 0

CBD

Answer 0

Mainly for retail, business, and government services

Question 1

Types of urban zones

Answer 1

CBD
Imz
Suburbs
Rural urban fringe

Question 2

IMZ

Answer 2

Have historic remains. Old warehouses, factories,
Now have offices, apartments and mainly have grid like roads.
Also has laneways. Housing is varied both old and new.
Pocket of high income areas

Question 3

Suburbs

Answer 3

mainly residential, decrease in public transport

Question 4

Rural urban fringe

Answer 4

Rural and urban mix. Housing tends to be very large. And new estates are built there. Housing and land are cheap.

Question 5

CBD Problems and Changes

Answer 5

Land has grown upwards.
In2005 only 3% of retail in Melbourne CBD
In 1990s 2000 people lived in CBD in 2010 ten thousand with another 15000 in CBD
300 000 going in and out of CBD with public transport

Question 6

People moving into Apartments

Answer 6

Empty Nesters, overseas people, university students, yuppies and dinks

Question 7

Yuppies and dinks

Answer 7

Young urban professional

Dual income no kids

Question 8

People moving out of apartments

Answer 8

Young growing families and overseas travels as families are enlarging.

Question 9

Effects of urban sprawl in Melbourne

Answer 9

Increased costs of infrastructure and increasing population

Question 10

Urban impacts on environments

Answer 10

Air pollution
Traffic congestion
Natural Habitats

Question 11

Cost of infrastructure in RUF

Answer 11

It is very high due to extensive building of pipes to cover the areas

Question 12

Melbourne’s Urban Plan

Answer 12

Establish green wedges
Protect former residential and housing areas
Limit the cost of providing infrastructure
Double the use of public transport