Stretching 150km along the coast from Two Rocks to Mandurah, Perth has a claim to be the world's longest city. How did it get here and is it sustainable?
The Perth coastline stretches from Mandurah in the south to Yanchep in the north.abc.net.au/news/perth-grapples-with-sprawl-longest-city-in-world/102151954Stretching 150km along the coast from Two Rocks in the north to Mandurah in the south, the Perth-Peel metropolitan area's length is starkly visible from space.
"We're hemmed in on the east by the Darling Ranges, and then we've got this very long area, which is the Swan Coastal Plain," Dr Burke said.To the north and south of the Swan River there was only flat, sandy country ripe for housing. "We can remember going to Rockingham and then Mandurah for long weekend holidays, now people live there and come into Perth to work."Mandurah marina in 2022. The city now has a population of over 100,000.
Construction of the Narrows Bridge in 1957 linked the north and south sides of the Swan River with a freeway. "There's a range of problems associated with that, a lot of the costs associated with this type of type of suburban living are hidden. "We have one of the lowest targets for infill development around the nation, which is 47 per cent infill development.
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