State Of Victoria Parliamentary Committee: Melbourne

Metro Vancouver Dept: The members on the State of Victoria Parliamentary Committee on Outer Suburban/Interface Services and Development - a complex name for a committee - are charged with advising their parliament on matters relating to the development or expansion of new urban regions and the pro-vision of services to those new urban areas, according to Vancouver Sun. I've read a fair bit about Melbourne's urbanism and have had an opportunity to hear their city planner speak in Vancouver in the past. My impression was that Melbourne has done a lot of things right when it comes to urbanism and a group of politicians from Melbourne, Australia was visiting Metro Vancouver the other day to learn about how we tackle our urban challenges, and I had a chance to connect with them and share some ideas. The Melbourne region is their primary concern. The region, at the centre of which is Australia's second largest city, is about double the size of Vancouver, with approximately 4.2 million people. Like Vancouver, the region comprises a number of local governments - 26 municipalities, in fact. Metropolitan Melbourne is growing quickly, like Vancouver. It has experienced recent waves of Asian immigration, similar to Vancouver. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.