{"title":"Greening the Greyfields: Unlocking the Redevelopment Potential of the Middle Suburbs in Australian Cities","authors":"Peter Newton, Peter Newman, Stephen Glackin, Roman Trubka","volume":71,"journal":"International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences","pagesStart":2870,"pagesEnd":2890,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/10202","abstract":"Pressures for urban redevelopment are intensifying in\nall large cities. A new logic for urban development is required \u2013\ngreen urbanism \u2013 that provides a spatial framework for directing\npopulation and investment inwards to brownfields and greyfields\nprecincts, rather than outwards to the greenfields. This represents\nboth a major opportunity and a major challenge for city planners in\npluralist liberal democracies. However, plans for more compact\nforms of urban redevelopment are stalling in the face of community\nresistance. A new paradigm and spatial planning platform is required\nthat will support timely multi-level and multi-actor stakeholder\nengagement, resulting in the emergence of consensus plans for\nprecinct-level urban regeneration capable of more rapid\nimplementation. Using Melbourne, Australia as a case study, this\npaper addresses two of the urban intervention challenges \u2013 where and\nhow \u2013 via the application of a 21st century planning tool ENVISION\ncreated for this purpose.","references":"[1] Infrastructure Australia, State of Australian Cities 2010. Canberra:\nMajor Cities Unit, Infrastructure Australia, 2010.\n[2] National Housing Supply Council, 2nd State of Supply Report 2010.\nCanberra: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and\nIndigenous Affairs, 2010.\n[3] P.M. McGuirk and R. Dowling, \"Understanding master planned estates\nin Australian cities: A framework for research,\" Urban Policy and\nResearch, vol. 25, no. 1, 2007, pp. 21-38.\n[4] W.E. Rees and M. 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