On Track for Transformation: How Urban Rail and Activated Places Create Great Cities

Meyrick, Clare Elizabeth (Kate)

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Embargo Lift Date

2026-11-26

Authors

Meyrick, Clare Elizabeth (Kate)

Date

2024

Supervisor

Newman, Peter

Mancini, Francesco

Type

Thesis

Award

PhD

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Faculty

Humanities

School

School of Design and the Built Environment

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96552

Collection

Curtin Theses

Abstract

Cities can play a leading role in the great transitions of our time. This Thesis examines the hallmarks of great future cities through data collected on 26 cities, identifying the role of rail mega projects. Through analysis of 35 global transit-oriented precincts it reveals the missing link of activated places as essential to advancing necessary urban transformation. Great cities of the future will be driven by transit-oriented urbanism, based on mega-rail projects and activated places.