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The Persistent Economic Advantage of America’s Suburbs

Richard Florida, CityLab The rise of the city and the

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High-Amenity Districts Create a Happier, Healthier, and More Reciprocal Civil Society

Ryan Streeter, City Journal In their influential 1977 essay, “To

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Help us, help you! 5min Survey

The Suburban Alliance has launched a survey to identify Brisbane’s

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s comments about San Francisco are a warning sign for the city’s tech scene

Sharing a recent CNBC article by Ari Levy: “Twitter CEO

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Suburbs Are Urban Places Too

Laura Vaughan, CityLab Scholar and author Peter Ackroyd argues that

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Suburbanites are actually more diverse and socially engaged than city counterparts

The suburbs have long been criticized by such scholars as

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Reimagining Suburbia: What if the world’s greatest architects began looking beyond the city limits?

“Recently, (Renzo) Piano assigned six young designers on his staff

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How investments in innovation districts can combat regional divides

Brookings Institute writers suggest innovation districts that embrace the assets

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The Myth of the Urban Boomer

“…news media accounts have promoted the idea that boomers are

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Suburban 4 bed home still most popularly searched online

According to a report in The Australian (24 Jan 2020),

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Success in the suburbs – case study of Springfield and North Lakes

COMING SOON >> The Suburban Alliance has commissioned MacroPlan to undertake an evidence based case study analysis of Springfield and North Lakes Masterplanned communities. Applying

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Future of Suburbia II

Brisbane Club

The Future of Suburbia II : Where the Jobs Are sought to explore recent trends in the geography of work, and to understand how the growth

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Salisbury: A Suburban Renewal Opportunity

Salisbury

The Suburban Alliance held two events in August 2019 to discuss early ideas about the potential of Salisbury as a suburban renewal project. A breakfast

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Chermside: A Suburban Renewal Opportunity

McCullough Robertson

The Lord Mayor of Brisbane Adrian Schrinner was enthusiastic about the opportunities for suburban renewal at our event on May 8th 2019. He was joined by

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Where would we rather work? City or Suburbs

Colin Biggers & Paisley Lawyers

The Suburban Alliance released its community research asking people where they would most like to work – city or suburbs (and why) – at an

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The directors of The Suburban Alliance will help guide the growth and direction of the Alliance, and we would happily welcome more - especially from other states to broaden our geographic footprint.

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What Leading Experts Say

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“The Suburban Alliance has been an active, strong advocate for the suburbs. Our suburban areas all too often fade into the background as our cities, and in particular, Central Business Districts capture the attention as the focus of employment, business, commerce and political power. The suburbs are the beating heart

Raynuha Sinnanthamby

While nearly all metropolitan Australians live in the suburbs and 85% of all jobs are in the suburbs, these areas are poorly served by transport other infrastructure. The suburbs are almost forgotten in the media debates about infrastructure and priorities. Our cities can’t keep growing the way they have, with

Peter Seamer, AM. Chair of the Advisory Board for the NHMRC CRE in Healthy, Liveable Communities

The Suburban Alliance is an important resource… (that) has made substantial contributions toward improving the balance between planning for urban cores and the needs of suburban residents and suburban centres. It performs a valuable service in monitoring other research and developments. These efforts encourage broader economic progress and better standards

Wendell Cox Principal of Demographia

“When we think about city growth we tend to be seduced by the skyline of the CBD filled with cranes and high-rise luxury apartments. Impressive and positive as this might be, the real growth of Australian cities in terms of population increase and residential property development lies in the suburbs,

Dr Paul Maginn BSc Ulster, GradDip(TownPlanning) Belf., PhD S.Bank

It’s timely that groups like The Suburban Alliance stand up for the suburbs, given this is how most Australians prefer to live. Urban density has an important role but should not be mandated or forced to the exclusion of suburban development and suburban centre renewal. Some professionals seem happy at

Prof Joel Kotkin Internationally-recognized authority on global, economic, political and social trends

The Suburban Alliance is a go-to source for up-to-date news and information about global suburban trends, and one of the few unbiased resources for learning about the suburban market and suburban land-use trends in general. In a time when the intellectual elite and urban planning orthodoxy vilifies suburban forms, outlets

Prof Alan Berger, MIT Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design at Massachusetts Institute of Technology