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By Aila Keto, published 22/6/2006Can we sustain reasonable quality in our lives with less land, less water, less waste and fewer new resources?
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Posted by Ludwig, Thursday, 29 June 2006 10:03:22 AM
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And what’s more, I largely agree.
It is true that some regional areas could do with population increases in order to justify maintenance of all sorts of services in small towns and roads and other infrastructure.
It is also true that in many cases a population increase could actually lead to improved management and decreased environmental damage.
But an extra 5 million people or whatever would add a lot of pressure to areas other than Sydney, Melbourne, SEQ and Perth. Coastal north and central Qld, coastal SW WA, coastal northern NSW, Darwin and others would continue to feel the pressure.
It is not a straightforward story. We always have to consider economies and diseconomies of scale. But one thing is for sure, continued overall rapid increase in population, given our knowledge of resource and sustainability issues, is just madness.