Overview
Greater Sydney is Australia's global city; an economic powerhouse of 4.7 million people, endowed with the natural beauty of Sydney Harbour, bushland, beaches and the Blue Mountains. Greater Sydney's people have embraced this place for its opportunities and its potential.
The Greater Sydney Region Plan, A Metropolis of Three Cities is built on a vision of three cities where most residents live within 30 minutes of their jobs, education and health facilities, services and great places. This is consistent with the 10 Directions in Directions for a Greater Sydney. which establish the aspirations for the region over the next 40 years and a measure of the Plan's performance.
To meet the needs of a growing and changing population, the Plan transformed Greater Sydney into a metropolis of three cities:
- the Western Parkland City
- the Central River City
- the Eastern Harbour City.
The plan brought new thinking to land use and transport patterns to boost Greater Sydney's liveability, productivity and sustainability, by spreading the benefits of growth.
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Page 7: Vision of a Metropolis of Three Cities (image/jpeg, 1.3 MB)
Page 9: Why the Metropolis of Three Cities infographic (image/jpeg, 976.88 KB)
Page 11-12: Spatial Elements (image/jpeg, 5.55 MB)
Page 12: Legend (image/png, 49.54 KB)
Page 13: Structure Map (image/png, 1.94 MB)
Page 15: Structure Map Detail (image/png, 2.1 MB)
Page 16: Western Parkland City Blush Maplaunch
Page 17: Western Parkland City Vision (image/jpeg, 2.95 MB)
Page 18: Central River City vision Blush_Map (image/png, 98.68 KB)
Page 19: Central River City vision (image/jpeg, 2.62 MB)
Page 20: Eastern_Harbour_City vision_Blush_Map (image/png, 101.26 KB)
Page 21: Eastern Harbour City Vision (image/jpeg, 2.72 MB)
Page 24: Figure 1 State Plans - working together for Greater Sydney (image/png, 110.92 KB)
Page 25: Figure 2 Greater Sydney Region (image/png, 1.54 MB)
Page 26: Relationship of plans (image/png, 39.08 KB)
Page 27: Figure 03 Greater Sydney Region population growth and metropolitan planning (image/png, 184 KB)
Page 28: Figure 04 Greater Sydney Region annual population growth rates at past regional plan and forecast dates (image/png, 124.7 KB)
Page 30: Figure 05 Transport Investment in Greater Syndey 1850-2050_page30 (image/png, 38.07 KB)
Page 31: Changing Urban Form 1996 (image/png, 373.64 KB)
Page 31: Changing Urban Form 2016 (image/png, 402.96 KB)
Page 31: Changing Urban Form 2036 (image/png, 403.84 KB)
Page 34: Figure 6 Strategies to align infrastructure with a growing city (image/png, 181.73 KB)
page 36: Figure 07 Growth and Infrastructure compact (image/png, 152.82 KB)
Page 38: Figure 08 Existing infrastructure investment in Greater Sydney (image/png, 1.12 MB)
Page 45: Figure 09 Location of Collaboration Areas (image/png, 799.14 KB)
Page 47: Figure 10 Greater Sydney Region population growth 1996-2036 (image/png, 42.72 KB)
Page 49: Figure 11 Movement and place framework (image/png, 210.19 KB)
Page 53: Figure 12 Projected spatial pattern of population increase over 65 years from 2016-2036 (image/png, 1.92 MB)
Page 56: Figure 13 Top 10 non-English languages spoken at home in Greater Sydney (image/png, 94.44 KB)
Page 58: Figure 14 Historic dwelling approvals and completions 1996-97 (image/png, 122.68 KB)
Page 59: Figure 15 Historic and future housing supply (image/png, 3.09 MB)
Page 63: Figure 16 Housing targets 2016-2036 (image/png, 1.85 MB)
Page 65: Figure 17 Future housing government programs and preferred locations for consideration (image/png, 2.5 MB)
Page 68: Figure 18 Proportion of renters and owners (image/png, 27.59 KB)
Page 69 Figure 19 Housing continuum, initiatives and programs (image/png, 258.08 KB)
Page 70: Figure 20 Housing affordability for moderate and lower income workers (image/png, 97.42 KB)
Page 74: Figure 21 Fine grain walkable places (image/png, 423.23 KB)
Page 75: Figure 22 Elements of great places (image/png, 613.28 KB)
Page 79: Figure 23 Proportion of jobs by type (2016 estimate) (image/png, 88.11 KB)
Page 80: Figure 24 Highest growing job sectors by percentage 1996-2016 (image/png, 28.13 KB)
Page 81: Figure 25 Journey to work by mode 2016 (image/png, 40.76 KB)
Page 81: Figure 26 Distribution of resident workforce 2016 (image/png, 544.44 KB)
Page 82: Figure 27 Sydney GDP compared to national sector GDPs (image/png, 65.4 KB)
Page 82: Figure 28 Sydney GDP international comparisons (image/png, 72.66 KB)
Page 92: Figure 29 Greater Parramatta and the Olympic Penninsula (GPOP) (image/png, 1.22 MB)
Page 97: Figure 30 Greater Sydney freight network vision (image/png, 492.72 KB)
Page 99: Figure 31 Regional connections (image/png, 372.37 KB)
Page 101: Figure 32 Innovation Corridor Harbour CBD (image/png, 1.72 MB)
Page 105: Figure 33 Greater Parramatta (image/png, 1.42 MB)
Page 110: Figure 34 Liverpool (image/png, 1.24 MB)
Page 111: Figure 35 Greater Penrith (image/png, 1.36 MB)
Page 112: Figure 36 Campbelltown-Macarthur (image/png, 1.51 MB)
Page 114: Figure 37 Health and education precincts (image/png, 1.66 MB)
Page 116: Figure 38 Maturity pathway for health and eduction precincts (image/png, 256.48 KB)
Page 117: Figure 39 Characteristics of selected health and education precincts (image/png, 533.98 KB)
Page 122: Table 04 Centre heirarchy (image/png, 548.46 KB)
Page 124: Figure 40 Metropolitan and strategic centres (image/png, 1.98 MB)
Page 132: Figure 41 Access to industrial land (image/png, 2.3 MB)
Page 134: Figure 42 Approaches to planning for industrial and urban services land in existing planned urban areas (image/png, 1.33 MB)
Page 143: Figure 43 Climate variations across Greater Sydney (image/png, 96.88 KB)
Page 144: Figure 44 Four major landscape types of Greater Sydney (image/png, 1.17 MB)
Page 145: Figure 45 Greenhouse gas emissions by source (image/png, 23.09 KB)
Page 146: Figure 46 Connected elements of green infrastructure (image/png, 151.63 KB)
Page 154: Figure 47 A city in its landscape (image/png, 2.27 MB)
Page 155: Figure 48 South Creek urban design principles (image/png, 1.89 MB)
Page 157: Figure 49 Protected Natual Area and Metropolitan Rural Area (image/png, 4.33 MB)
Page 159: Figure 50 Landform of Greater Sydney (image/png, 6.53 MB)
Page 162: Figure 51 A city in its landscape (image/png, 911.97 KB)
Page 165: Figure 52 Greater Sydney tree canopy cover as at 2011 (image/png, 2.06 MB)
Page 166: Figure 53 Considerations for planning open space (image/png, 170.39 KB)
Page 169: Figure 54 Green Grid vision and opportunities (image/png, 2.57 MB)
Page 171: Figure 55 Pathways towards net-zero emissions in Greater Sydney (image/png, 95.68 KB)
Page 173: Figure 56 Circular economy (image/png, 225.84 KB)
Page 175: Figure 57 Number of days above 35 degrees in Harbour CBD, Greater Parramatta and Penrith (image/png, 256.81 KB)
