[LINK] Will the Internet will change the design of the city of Canberra?

[Tom Worthington]

The National Capital Authority (NCA) will hold a public forum on
planning in Canberra, at Parliament House Canberra, 6pm, 26 November
2009:
<http://www.nationalcapital.gov.au/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&Itemid=420>. 


I have lodged the question: "What changes have been made to the national
capital planning process to take into account the development of the
Internet". With is I had in mind both the effect on the physical
structure of the city and the way consultations on planning are done.

With the availability of high speed broadband it should not be as
necessary to concentrate people in one place, nor have them travel as
much for meetings. As an example, NCA are videoing the Canberra meeting
and have allowed questions to be lodged online in advance of the
meeting. Unfortunately they are not planning to distribute the video for
several weeks, making it of little value for consultation purposes.
Instead NCA could have streamed the event, allowing people who could not
get to Canberra, or to Parliament House, to take part.

More in my Blog at:
<http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2009/11/canberra-planning-forum-agenda.html>.


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