Australia’s big cities have grown rapidly and strains are showing. Yet the state of the urban environment has been rated good and stable due to local and state responses to these challenges.
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Richard Bean is a Friend of The Conversation.Research Fellow, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland
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