Sydney has to Go Up to be Green

Last year I blogged about the resistance in Sydney’s North Shore to higher density development (and some of the causes) – (See Going over the Top in Hornsby).

Well now, the economics editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, Ross Gittins, has written on the same topic in his piece ‘Sydney too must go up to go green’ arguing for higher densities (especially in the North Shore).

In the story he describes the various things that support high density for environmental reasons and quotes from the recent book by Professor Edward Glaeser, of Harvard called ‘Triumph of the City’.  Explaining how all the rational arguments point in only one direction (up) and how this is especially so in some of the areas that have resisted higher density the most.

It’s a well reasoned piece and good reading for all Sydneysiders (and others).

Let's hope more people take notice and act on the advice.

Francesco …