How Australia can build 'healthy, sustainable' high-density cities for its booming population

With a growing population putting the squeeze on Australia's cities, many are turning to higher density living to help provide for our housing needs.

Australian cities are building up and out to meet housing demand.

Higher density means building up — more apartments and townhouses — and on smaller blocks of land.

But some experts say not enough thought has been put into the way housing stock is developed, both in the inner city and suburban fringe.

So what should we be thinking about when we plan for a Big Australia?

Read the story by Stephanie Chalkley-Rhoden - from ABC News - “How Australia can build 'healthy, sustainable' high-density cities for its booming population.”