Region. Costs twice as much on fringe

Curtain University research shows the cost of infrastructure, transport, health and greenhouse gases for new housing in Sydney's fringe suburbs was worth $63 million for every 1000 new dwellings compared with $309 million for inner-city development. Fringe development contributed to the recent financial crash in car-dependent cities around the world, said Curtain University's Professor Peter Newman, in The Sydney Morning Herald.