Urban Consolidation in Melbourne: a Case Study of the Monash Employment Cluster

Abstract

This paper aims to discover why urban consolidation in Melbourne has been implemented with difficulties and thus progressed at a slow pace, by analysing the key stakeholders’ perception of the planning and development processes and their responses to the perceived issues. Data were collected from 11 semi-structured interviews with key personnel who were in senior positions in organizations that are directly involved with residential development and/or planning in the Monash Employment Cluster. The analysis of the interview responses show that there was a significant difference in stakeholders’ perception of the metropolitan plan, understanding of the planning system, opinion about the object..