Winners of the 2018 national landscape architecture awards announced

  The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects(link is external) (AILA) has announced the winners of the 2018 National Landscape Architecture Awards, recognising and celebrating the contributions of the 38 winners across 14 categories,to Australia’s regional and metropolitan landscapes. The annual awards program acknowledges the ability of landscape architects to shape cities and towns to tackle the major challenges facing…

VictorianI greens uneil $6.4 billion tram network policy

The Victorian Greens have unveiled a 10-year plan to purchase 300 high-capacity trams costing $4.1 billion over the decade and furthermore announced $2.3 billion worth of tram route upgrades, as part of the 2018 state election campaign. By prioritising the busiest tram routes, the Greens aim to rebuild stops with low-platforms similar to other parts…

Victorian liberals announce a high-speed rail project program to bolster decentralization policy

The Victorian state opposition Liberals have announced a policy to upgrade major regional lines to support their policy of population decentralisation throughout the state.  $19 billion is the headline cost and the party said it would involve upgrading existing fast lines to allow for 200kph trains and also extend faster tracks beyond their current endpoints. Also…

Reservoir’s level crossing removal set to get underway

One of the more complex level crossing removal sites is set to get underway with the State Government announcing the Mernda railway line and new Reservoir station will be elevated above the intersection of High Street, Broadway, Spring Street, Cheddar Road and Edwardes Street. Reference drawings published on the Level Crossing Removal Authority’s website depict…

全球房地产泡沫:最容易出现房地产市场低迷的城市

根据瑞银集团的排名,香港是房地产泡沫风险最大的城市。 慕尼黑,多伦多,温哥华,阿姆斯特丹和伦敦是该银行2018年20个主要中心的全球房地产泡沫指数中最具脆弱性的。 该银行表示,在过去五年中,主要城市的房价平均上涨了35%,这导致了“负担能力危机”。 “大多数家庭再也没有能力在没有实质性继承的情况下在顶级金融中心购买房产。” 该银行表示,由于抵押贷款的增长速度比此期间缓慢,并且没有证据显示贷款和建设中存在“同时存在的过度行为”,因此风险比全球金融危机爆发时更为严重。 瑞银全球财富管理公司首席投资官Mark Haefele在一份声明中表示,投资者“应该在香港,多伦多和伦敦等泡沫风险领域的房地产市场中保持选择性”。 报告称,全球房地产热潮出现了首次出现裂痕,其中包括2017年被列为泡沫风险的八个城市中有四个城市的价格下跌:悉尼,斯德哥尔摩,伦敦和多伦多。报告称,更严格的贷款和加息导致悉尼价格反弹突然结束。澳大利亚城市和瑞典首都都退出了“泡沫风险”类别。 报告称,总体而言,过去四个季度中,大多数20个城市的价格比前几年“大幅”下降。然而,欧元区最大经济体以及香港和温哥华的“爆发性上升趋势”显而易见。纽约是被视为高估的中心之一。只有芝加哥被评为低估。 香港也是一名熟练服务工作者需要工作的年数的排名,以便能够在市中心附近购买650平方英尺(60平方米)的公寓。需要22年才能获得伦敦15年的亚军。瑞银表示,瑞银通过寻找与当地收入和租金脱钩的价格以及经济失衡(如过度贷款和建筑活动)来评估泡沫风险。