Abstract
Download ArticleBy Khandakar Farid Uddin and Awais Piracha, Western Sydney University, Australia. Introduction Australia is one of the most urbanised countries in the world. More than 86% of people in Australia live in a large metropolitan area along its coast (statista.com, 2020). Sydney, the state capital of New South Wales (NSW), is the largest Australian […]
Highlights
This article provides an overview of the historical context to recent housing approvals and attempts to answer the question: “how the provision of housing generating deprivation related to urban amenities in the Greater Sydney Metropolitan area?” This research argues that along with the existing socioeconomic divide, Greater Sydney’s housing approval practices are differentially divided, which is causing added adverse effects for the western Sydney neighbourhoods
It emphasises the need to search for a rational housing approvals policy and highlights the need for job opportunities, urban amenities, ecological balance and sustainable development for the disadvantaged communities in western Sydney
This study investigated the housing approvals data and analysed housing generated deprivation by exploring secondary sources of data from newspapers, journal articles, reports, websites and other materials from New South Wales (NSW) government sources
Summary
Housing and urban research is a well-traversed area in Australia. The issue of housing generated deprivation has not been noticed in academic thought in Australia. There is a dearth of work on the consequences of deprivation generated through new housing location. The principal aim of the study is to reflect how Greater Sydney’s residents are being forced to the deprived situation because of housing location. This article provides an overview of the historical context to recent housing approvals and attempts to answer the question: “how the provision of housing generating deprivation related to urban amenities in the Greater Sydney Metropolitan area?” This research argues that along with the existing socioeconomic divide, Greater Sydney’s housing approval practices are differentially divided, which is causing added adverse effects for the western Sydney neighbourhoods. It emphasises the need to search for a rational housing approvals policy and highlights the need for job opportunities, urban amenities, ecological balance and sustainable development for the disadvantaged communities in western Sydney
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