Planning and Environmental Regulation: Urban Design

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PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION: URBAN DESIGN
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1. Summarize the Content........................................................................................................................3
1.1. Introduction.................................................................................................................................3
1.2. NSW Priorities and Objectives....................................................................................................4
1.2.1. Health..................................................................................................................................4
1.2.2. Resilience in Climate...........................................................................................................5
1.2.3. High Population Growth......................................................................................................6
1.2.4. Shifting Lifestyles and Demographics..................................................................................6
1.2.5. Urban Structure and Renewal..............................................................................................7
1.2.6. Availing Timely and Steady Review of Key Projects............................................................8
2. Discuss the Role of This Policy in the NSW Planning System............................................................8
2.1. Policy Design Approaches...........................................................................................................9
2.1.1. Tool for Design Review........................................................................................................9
2.1.2. Acts as a Competitive Design Process...............................................................................10
2.1.3. Oversees Procurement Approaches...................................................................................10
2.1.4. Provides Comprehensive Project Information...................................................................10
2.1.5. Ensures Collective Involvement.........................................................................................11
2.1.6. Provides Supporting Documents........................................................................................11
2.1.7. Form of Design Research..................................................................................................12
3. Conclusion.........................................................................................................................................12
References.................................................................................................................................................13

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Planning and Environmental Regulation: Urban Design
1. Summarize the Content
1.1. Introduction
New and original development in New South Wales (NSW) has the ability to change
people’s livelihood, alter the economy for the better, and enrich the environment. The layout of
the built environment determines where the inhabitants of the state work, live, and interact. As
such, the quality of a design stipulates how spaces operate, interrelate, and contribute towards the
general surrounding in which the users or audiences support (Fisher, 2016, p. 2). Better Placed is
a policy in the state’s planning system targeted at the collective needs, ambitions, and prospects
of all its inhabitants. It aims to augment all features of NSW’s environment, to produce modern
and improved spaces and architecture, and thus create more enhanced communities,
neighborhoods, towns, and cities. In order to fulfill this objective, good design was emphasized
as the main developmental aspect of the project strategy and description, particularly with regard
to the basic concepts, development, and maintenance of the intended outcome. Similarly, the
policy propagated a baseline using which the state’s inhabitants may expect to realize good
design across all other projects in the state (NSW, 2017, p. 15). The concept of a good design
was integrated into the policy as a form of aspiration into the vision of NSW, and defines the
desired operational process upon which the objectives of the built environment may be attained.
According to the policy, the design is targeted at achieving a useable, attractive, and pleasing
spaces targeted at providing great value to everyone for the longest possible period of time via
different partnerships, stakeholders, and projects (See Figure 1). The purpose of this paper,
therefore, is to summarize the contents of the Better Placed policy, and to specify its role in the

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New South Wales’ planning system as a tool for continually increasing the social, economic, and
environmental values of the state.
Figure 1: Better Placed State-wide Priorities (NSW, 2017, p. 15)
1.2. NSW Priorities and Objectives
The Better Placed Policy propagates for efficient urban design purposed to solve the
following challenges in NSW:
1.2.1. Health
Within the state, there is a growing interest in the effects of the urban environment on its
inhabitants’ health. Sources indicate the presence of a strong correlation between the urban
design, and the increase in chronic illnesses, including obesity, heart disorders, and type-2
diabetes. While the association between these illnesses and the environment is still complex,