Seminar: Why Melbourne has overtaken Sydney in the 21st century

Event Details

Date:

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Time:

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Room:

320

UQ Location:

Steele Building (St Lucia)

URL:

http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=191834&pid=114393

Event category(s):

Full Description:: Abstract
Australian city economies have shown distinctive trajectories over the last decade. Since 2000 Melbourne has grown faster than Sydney in population and employment. This is despite Sydney’s advantages in 2000 in having greater prominence as a global city, with stronger finance and advanced producer services sectors, and high visibility from hosting the Olympic Games. This presentation examines a number of hypotheses as to why Melbourne grew more despite such initial Sydney advantages.

Bio-sketch
Glen Searle has been Associate Professor in Planning at the University of Queensland since 2009. He was previously Director of the Planning Program at the University of Technology Sydney. Prior to that, he held urban planning and policy positions at the New South Wales departments of Decentralisation and Development, Treasury, and Planning, where he was Deputy Manager of Policy.
http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/glen-searle