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was not a detailed spatial plan of the entire metropolitan area. Instead it was intended to provide a policy framework for the detailed structure planning of each of the four proposed corridors. Initially it was controversial; the government of the day instigated both an independent review and an
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to provide comment on the plan. The opposition challenged this appointment on the grounds that Ritter‘s views were already known and that he could not undertake an independent review. Ultimately, Ritter’s report was critical, and proposed an alternative urban form that focussed growth around the
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was to accommodate future development of the metropolitan region whilst maximising economic efficiency. In this, it complemented the Perth
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February 1969, and commenced detailed planning of the Armadale corridor before moving on to complete a plan for the whole of the metropolitan area by November 1970.
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with the intent of determining whether the future expansion of Perth should occur via "clusters" or "corridors". Theoretical debate over the merits of these two theories occurred throughout the late 1960s, and similar plans had been prepared for
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existing city centre, facilitated private vehicle access (a “drive-up-to city”) and rejected the development of sub-regional centres. Ritter’s proposals were not taken seriously by the media or the state government.
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also incorrectly identified sub-regional centres as the primary source of non-CBD based employment growth, when in reality most employment growth occurred in the inner City suburbs around the central area.
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commenced in 1985 due to deficiencies in the population projections which had anticipated a metropolitan population of 1.4 million by 1989--approximately 250,000 short of the actual numbers. The
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