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How do we get urban density 'just right'? The Goldilocks quest for the 'missing middle'

  • Written by Elek Pafka, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Urban Design, The University of Melbourne

What would Goldilocks do if given the chance to pick the “just right” density for our cities? Depends who you ask.

Debates over densities in our cities divide between advocates of low-rise detached housing and supporters of higher-density towers. Both offer little diversity. In Australian cities, but also in North America, we see a...

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