Saturday, 17 March 2012

Canberra Nasional Heritage

This lecture held by Ed Wensing covers important aspect related with the National planning heritage system, Government Commitment and Planning Layers,Public Ownership Of Land, Canberra's Planning History,Planning model under Griffin, Griffin's amended Plan,Future Canberra, the Y plan,Metropolitan Policy plan/development Plan,Griffin Legacy,The National Heritage List,Canberra's planning and Heritage Values, and the last is Cartilage and Designated Areas..Historically, the Australian constitution includes an obligation to select  a site for the seat of the government, and Canberra according to the Australian constitution under section 125 is declared as the capital city of Australia. The government commitment in order to set the National heritage system was triggered by the worldwide design competition in 1912. In 2004, the national heritage system created  and the Canberra's planning history  which then was passed the threshold for entry in the National Heritage List. For example, the design of Walter Burley Griffin was selected in 1912 followed by the appointment of Federal Capital Director in 1913 to 1920 by Griffin. What I concern the most here is The The national planning heritage system encompasses Public Ownership of land, which covers history of land settlement in Australia and the public ownership of land created what is called a planners paradise, which is what a planners had decided actually happened. However, from my point of view, the national planning heritage system did not (does not) include and consider the private ownership of land specifically the boundary between them and also the role of private ownership of land in planning. There are many privately owned land in Australia that also need consideration, because sometimes the development that takes place under private land can give negative impacts on other habitats ( Environment protection and biodiversity conservation  Act 1999). in conclusion,, overall topic is about the importance of planning in Australia, and even though the planning structure has dramatically changed overtime the basic consideration for  previous Australian planning history still hold significant direction for today Australian planning..

2 comments:

  1. How was your impressoion by walking and looking around Belconnen Town Centre?

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  2. What i have seen around Belconnen Town Centre is some new developments taking place, I think these all derived from a good Planning approach from Canberra city council.

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