Discovering the sustainable size of cities. This project aims to theorise sustainable city sizes and develop a model to assess the impacts of impending high-speed rail on achieving these sizes across

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Discovering the sustainable size of cities. This project aims to theorise sustainable city sizes and develop a model to assess the impacts of impending high-speed rail on achieving these sizes across Australian cities. The project will generate new knowledge on city size dynamics, employing an innovative method that blends interdisciplinary approaches. Expected outcomes include a theory of sustainable city size, Australia’s first national level urban/transport model, a novel method informing high-speed rail planning, and a new approach to population distribution and urban growth management. The outcomes benefit Australia by reducing the burden of imbalanced population distribution (costing $200B/year) through a proactive planning of $200B investment in high-speed rail.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 3304 - Urban and Regional Planning. Lead: A/Prof Liton Kamruzzaman