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‘Generational catastrophe’: How COVID-19 could reshape Melbourne – The Age
One of the state’s top planners says Covid-19 presents a “generational catastrophe” that will reshape every aspect of how Australian cities are planned, and put major developments in Melbourne into question.
“There will be less demand for high-rise living, with people troubled by higher densities and being located close to each other, sharing lifts and other communal facilities,” Mr Kusznirczuk writes in an opinion piece for The Sunday Age.
Mr Kusznirczuk is an adviser to the Victorian government and a former chief commissioner of the Victorian Building Authority.
“I do not think there will be a ‘business as usual’ post-COVID,” he says. “This is a generational catastrophe. We will learn from this …
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