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The Corangamite Region has been radically altered by European settlement, and further development places
more pressure on the natural environment, through population growth, increasing affluence and production technologies.
(The population of the Region was 324,700 in 2001 and could increase by between 40,000
and 80,000 over the next 20 years if recent trends continue.)
Some changes are irrevocable; some may be able to be reversed. The Region faces important choices in the
balance between economic development, environmental health and social well-being.
Urban economic development is proceeding in Greater Geelong, in the Ballarat area, and in smaller towns
along the southern coastline. This is fed partly by the improvement of transportation systems (road and rail),
by spatial expansion of the regional economy centred in Melbourne, and also by the prosperous and
growing second-homes industry. These developments are good for business and consumers,
but are posing very real challenges for planners trying to preserve and enhance the Region’s natural resource
and environmental assets.
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