Tasmania and the Great Small Cities of the World

Tasmania and the Great Small Cities of the World

22 August 2017 - Do the Great Small Cities of the World provide ideas for the future direction of Tasmania and its regions?

Is there a role for small third tier cities in a remote corner of the world?

In an era increasingly dominated by large global cities what is the future for small third tier cities? Are there distinct advantages possessed by small cities? Can what appear to be the inherent disadvantages of small remote cities be actually turned into a local and global advantage? What is required for such places to play on the global stage under the banner of being a ‘great small city of the world’ and how would we recognise them if they were?

Tasmania’s planning community will meet in Launceston on Thursday and Friday this week to listen to local, national and international speakers discuss these ideas and how they relate to the present and future of Tasmania.

Over a two-day format and social networking events, a wide range of speakers including, Minister for Planning Peter Gutwein, Associate Professor Trevor Budge (Manager Regional Sustainable Development with City of Greater Bendigo), Ralph Webster (Creative City Lead at City of Melbourne, formerly in a range of positions in Auckland and originally from Launceston), Chris McNeil from Essential Economics and local speakers including Leanne Hurst, Jan Davis, Astrid Ketelaar, Dean Cocker, Matthew Atkins and others to discuss various aspects of where planning is at in Tasmania and how the concept of Great Small Cities of the World might apply here.

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