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Rural Urban Continuum Melbourne
Rural Urban Continuum Melbourne
Rural Urban Continuum Melbourne
Around Melbourne, the airport lies 22km northwest of the city (Daly, et al., 1999), far enough away
to cause minimal disruption to the higher population density that lives and/or works in the city centre
and its immediate
suburbs. The three
largest business parks
(shown) – the Aviation
Precinct, Northpoint and
Clayton – are situated far
from the CBD, in
suburban areas where
more land is available at
less expense for the
construction of these facilities. However the crossover point of the continuum, the bridge between
the rural and the urban, is suggested by the zoning system of the city’s train map (shown). The yellow
areas are ‘urban’, with the CBD framed by the City Loop line; the blue areas are more ‘rural’, and link
to towns or villages further away from the city centre.
These suburban areas are at risk of urbanisation at the current rate of Melbourne’s urban sprawl.