Future Melbourne

Metropolitan Melbourne ( Melbourne): The 31 metropolitan municipalities that make up the metropolitan region: Banyule, Bayside, Boroondara, Brimbank, Cardinia, Casey, Darebin, Frankston, Glen Eira, Greater Dandenong, Hobsons Bay, Hume, Kingston, Knox, Manningham, Maribyrnong, Maroondah, Melbourne, Melton, Monash, Moonee Valley, Moreland, Mornington Peninsula, Nillumbik, Port Phillip, Stonnington, Whitehorse, Whittlesea, Wyndham, Yarra and Yarra Ranges. Refer to map below. (Source: Melbourne 2030, Planning for Sustainable Growth, 2005).

Source: ABS Census 2001

City of Melbourne: - This term has two meanings which must be determined from the context in which it is used. The “City of Melbourne” as an organisation refers to the local government body that manages the municipality of Melbourne. (Source: City of Melbourne Annual Report, 2005-2006) Also describes the municipal area. (Source: City Plan 2010). The City of Melbourne as a place refers to the area of the municipality of Melbourne, as shown in the map below.

Source: City of Melbourne

Melbourne City Council (or “Council”): comprises the leadership team (lord mayor, deputy lord mayor) and seven councillors. (Source: City of Melbourne Annual Report, 2005-2006). This term is used for legal and governance related matters, eg for Council resolutions. (The acronym MCC is used widely by the Melbourne Cricket Club, hence using CoM reduces the potential for confusion.). Source: City of Melbourne internal memo.

Melbourne Central Business District (CBD): Melbourne's gridded original street layout designed by Robert Hoddle bounded by the Yarra River, Spring Street, La Trobe Street and Spencer Street, as well as the triangular area to the north bounded by Victoria, Peel and La Trobe Streets. Refer to map below. (Source: Melbourne 2030, Planning for Sustainable Growth, 2005).

Source: City of Melbourne

Estimated Resident Population: the official Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) estimate of population, based on results of the population census, is compiled as at 30 June of each census year and updated annually between censuses for migration, births and deaths. In compiling it, adjustments are made to the census count based on the usual place of residence of the population, an estimated number of Australian residents who are temporarily overseas on census night are included and the estimate is back-dated to 30 June, because the census occurs in August.

City of Melbourne Residents: the people who normally live in a private dwelling in the City of Melbourne for any part of the week.

City of Melbourne Visitors: people aged 15 years and above who travel to the City of Melbourne for other purposes, non-working and non-studying.

City of Melbourne Users: defined as people aged 15 years and above who live or travel to the City of Melbourne for different purposes.

International Student: defined as overseas residents aged 15 years and above who are enrolled in onshore higher educational institutions and travel to the City of Melbourne for study.

Property and Business Services: one of 17 divisions that comprise the Australian economy. This division is primarily concerned with the provision of property services including real estate agents, residential/commercial property developers, etc and business services such as legal services, advertisers, cleaners, renting and leasing assets including commercial and residential property, motor vehicles and industrial machinery plant or equipment as well as property development and a broad range of business services, etc. Key markets for this division include other sectors of the economy, Government bodies and consumers. Operators included in waste disposal services are however excluded from this division. The business services component covers units engaged in scientific research, technical services such as architectural, surveying and consultant engineering services, accountancy and legal services, computer services, marketing and business management services, employment services and a range of miscellaneous services such as security and pest control services.

Finance and Insurance Services: one of 17 divisions that comprise the Australian economy. This Division includes all units mainly engaged in the provision of finance, in investing money in predominantly financial assets, in providing services to lenders, borrowers and investors, in providing insurance cover of all types, and in providing services to insurance underwriters and to people or organisations seeking insurance.

Aging Population: this refers to a resident population ageing over time, as distinct from other demographic processes such as births, deaths and migration.

Biodiversity: or biological diversity is the variety of all living life-forms including plants, animals and micro-organisms, the genes they all contain and the ecosystems of which they form a part. (Source: Department of Sustainability and Environment website).

The natural greenhouse effect warms the planet and allows humans to live on the Earth. For millions of years, water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases have occurred naturally, heating the atmosphere and making Earth habitable.

However, human activities, predominately the burning of fossil fuels, intensive agriculture and land clearing, are causing greenhouse gas concentrations to rise above natural levels, further heating the planet. This is called the enhanced greenhouse effect.

As the concentrations of these gases in the lower atmosphere grows, global temperatures rise, causing changes to weather conditions worldwide. The enhanced greenhouse effect is often referred to as global warming or climate change.

A pandemic (from Greek ‘all + people’) is an outbreak of an infectious disease that spreads across a large region (for example a continent), or even worldwide.

An epidemic (from Greek ‘upon + people’) is a disease that appears as new cases in a given human population, during a given period, at a rate that substantially exceeds what is "expected," based on recent experience (the number of new cases in the population during a specified period of time).