MEAM and IDEAM

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Overview

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Integrating ‘top-down’ & ‘bottom-up’

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MEAM - Scope

• Activity centres (not only retail) are the functional economic units of our metropolitan economy

• Therefore any understanding of the metropolitan/sub-regional economy must begin with an understanding of how activity centres act individually, and as networks

• “ Local planning strategies and district structure plans should define employment locations and job targets for activity centres, consistent with sub-regional targets.” - Activity Centres Policy, WA

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Melbourne Employment Allocation Model

• Melbourne 2030 Policies Compact Networks Liveable

• Dwelling targets 316,000 in established areas 284,000 in growth areas

• Population projections for LGAs/SLAs Victoria in Future 2008

Prosperous Affordable Sustainable

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What does this mean for jobs?

• Developing employment or ESS targets

Maturity Potential for increasing population-driven jobs/capita Existence of activity centre(s) ECFs or potential for strategic job growth Investment in infrastructure i.e. hospital, uni Capacity of transport system

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Local government scenario example

Situation Scenarios Now Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3

2026 2006 Constant ESS 10% ESS Increase Constant Commute

Residents 112,695 277,000 277,000 277,000

ESS % 67% 67% 77% 87%

Total Jobs 36,009 88,509 101,301 114,045

Population-driven 29,872 73,424 77,560 80,330

Strategic 6,137 15,085 23,741 33,715

Commute Out 35,736 87,838 61,833 35,736

Commute In 18,221 44,787 31,574 18,221

• Pracsys Databases/Benchmarking: Population-driven jobs per capita, thresholds Employment type Employment quality

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What does this mean for Activity Centres?

• LGA example – future requirement 77,560 population-driven jobs 23,741 strategic jobs

• Existing and future centres must be planned with a job allocation in mind to ensure:

Correct zoning Land and floorspace capacity Infrastructure investment

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MEAM - Methodology

60% ESS

125,000 Jobs

55,824Non-Centre

Based

69,176Centre based

41,485CS/PS

5,495KICS

22,197Strategic

Centre 1Jobs

Centre 2Jobs

Centre 3Jobs

Centre 1Land

Centre 2Land

Centre 3Land

Employment Allocation

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MEAM - Assumptions

• Measure existing indicators Employment quality Agglomerations of activity Centre-based/non-centre based Population distribution Centres hierarchy, maturity, plot ratios

• Benchmark• Consultation with government• Knowledge of land & infrastructure capacity

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Outputs by Activity Centre - Perth

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18,000

20,000

Current EmploymentFuture Employment

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Outputs - Perth

Strategic Metropolitan Centre - Joondalup

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Outputs - Perth

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IDEAM – evaluate centre sustainability

Our developed framework operates by:

• Data: Destination zone data (employment by industry, dwellings, area) and trip data is collected for a sample of metropolitan centres to develop sustainability indicators

• Scoring: Within each indicator (i.e. diversity), the relevant metric (i.e. percentage of non-retail employment) is assigned a score, ranked from 1-10

• Targets: The target score is based on the average score and the ‘best-of-type’ score for centres at the relevant level of the hierarchy

• Comparison: Centres can be assessed against each other, against the best and average centre at its level in the hierarchy, or against a higher centre type to see improvement required to move up in the hierarchy

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Intensity

• Refers to Concentration of activity within a centre

• Potential benefits of more intense centres: Optimisation of investment in transport and other infrastructure; More efficient use of land resources; Reduction in dependence on private motor vehicles

• Metrics Residential Density Total NLA/Total Land Area (pseudo plot ratio)

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Diversity

• Refers to Range of activity within a centre

• Potential benefits of more diverse centres: Optimisation of investment in transport and other infrastructure; More efficient use of land resources; Reduction in dependence on private motor vehicles

• Metrics Richness “Mixed of uses” Evenness (The number of categories with greater than 4% of total

floorspace)

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Employment

• Refers to The quantum and quality of employment within a centre

• Potential benefits of more employment in centres: large diverse centres create more employment choice for the local

population, and enable multiple activities – work, shop, recreate, live

• Metrics The total jobs per gross hectare The percentage of employment that is knowledge intensive and/or

export orientated (KIEO)

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Accessibility

• Refers to The extent to which the centre is accessible both externally to it’s

catchment, and internally

• Potential benefits of more accessible centres: Optimisation of investment in transport and other infrastructure; More efficient use of land resources; Reduction in dependence on private motor vehicles

• Metrics Infrastructure Provision Mode share

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IDEAM - Outputs

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IDEAM - Maturity