REGIONAL AND URBAN PLANNING DISCUSSION 2022

Running head: REGIONAL AND URBAN PLANNING
Evolving perspective of Regions, Regionalism and Metro & Regional
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1REGIONAL AND URBAN PLANNING
Chosen Media: Online news report
Media source: ABC News (online page)
News topic: When is a region 'regional'? Debate over whether Newcastle, Wollongong are in
regional NSW
Author/Editor: ABC Illawarra By Gavin Coote
Date: Updated 8 Mar 2018, 7:21am
The concept of regionalism states that the regional based division of the associated areas
separated from a metropolitan area by a mixture of tangible characteristics that at the same time
distinguishes it from neighbouring areas and declares a degree of commonality considering the
“remoteness” and “Firmness” (Henderson, 2018). Alternative views show the increasing nature
of metropolitan areas, as opposed to exposure to city-regions as global economy structure. In this
context, considering a region as 'regional' has become a most debated issue over whether
Newcastle, Wollongong are in regional NSW. Here the term “regional” used to describe