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13-468: The Greater Perth Movement describes a movement in the first three decades of the twentieth century to consolidate the town planning and urban administration of the Perth metropolitan region of Western Australia under a single municipal government. The movement is characterised as a period of conflict between those who sought a metropolitan municipal authority with control of key infrastructure and services, and

26-470: Is a part of a larger geographical region or continent . Cardinal directions are commonly used to define subregions. There are many criteria for creating systems of subregions; this article is focusing on the  United Nations geoscheme , which is a changing, constantly updated, UN tool based on specific political geography and demography considerations relevant in UN statistics. The Statistics Division of

39-479: Is used for carrying out statistical analysis. The division's first publication was the book World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics in 2000. According to the UN, the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories. The following is a non-exhaustive list of subregions, arranged alphabetically by region (i.e., by continent); in

52-738: The City of Perth Act 2015 to include several key state assets including the University of Western Australia , Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre , Perth Children’s Hospital and Kings Park . Attempts by the City to acquire the Burswood peninsula (containing the Crown Casino ) were opposed by the Town of Victoria Park and not supported by the state government. Perth metropolitan region The Perth metropolitan region or

65-563: The Perth metropolitan area is the administrative area and geographical extent of the Western Australian capital city of Perth and its conurbation . It generally includes the coastal strip from Two Rocks in the north to Singleton in the south, and inland to The Lakes in the east, but its extent can be defined in a number of ways: The Perth metropolitan region is grouped with the Peel region in some urban planning documents including

78-466: The United Nations (UN) is in charge of the collection, processing, and dissemination of statistical information for the UN. In 1999, it developed a system of macro-geographical (continental) regions, subregions, and other selected economic groups to report advances towards achieving numerous millennial development goals worldwide. These statistical divisions were devised for statistical purposes and

91-602: The Western Australian Planning Commission 's Directions 2031 and Beyond and the Perth and Peel@3.5 million suite of documents. Together, the Perth and Peel regions stretch 158 kilometres (98 mi) from Two Rocks in the north to Herron in the south and are currently home to more than two million people. According to the Metropolitan Region Scheme , the Perth metropolitan region comprises

104-550: The City of Perth and the City of Vincent investigating a potential merger. Despite initial support from the Mayor Alannah Mactiernan , the City of Vincent concluded that there was irreconcilable differences between the authorities which could not be resolved. Having failed to expand the boundaries of the City via voluntary amalgamation, the state government legislation a minor expansion of the City’s municipal boundaries via

117-439: The City of Perth was defeated in a 1935 referendum, followed by a 1938 Royal Commission into Bold's administration of the City of Perth which effectively marked the end of his political influence and the movement itself. Following the 1920s there was a shift away from municipal consolidation towards metropolitan planning under statutory authorities of the state government commencing with Stephenson-Hepburn plan of 1955 , leading to

130-415: The UN geoscheme, higher-level, macro-geographical regions are arranged to the extent possible according to continents. Sequence used in the list (not all criteria are applied to each continent): Afro-Eurasia is a continental landmass comprising the continents of Africa , Asia , and Europe . Eurasia is a continental mainland comprising the continents of Asia and Europe . The Americas

143-603: The creation of the Metropolitan Region Planning Committee in 1963. The consolidation of the City of Perth was reversed in 1993 with the creation of three new local government authorities within the former boundaries: the City of Vincent , the Town of Cambridge , and the Town of Victoria Park . A 2015 attempt by the Barnett government to facilitate voluntary amalgamations amongst local government authorities led to

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156-536: The following 5 subregions and 30 local government areas (20 cities, 3 shires, and 7 towns): According to a 2019 report from the Ipsos Life in Australia project, Perth's Inner Metro Area was rated the most livable metropolitan area in Australia. In 2023, the City of Subiaco was ranked the most livable local government area in Australia in the 2023 Australian Liveability Census. Subregion A subregion

169-408: The growth of state government control via statutory authorities. The movement is most strongly associated with its chief proponent, W.E. Bold , who was influenced by ideas of municipal socialism , and saw its initial successes in the amalgamation of the local governments of Leederville , North Perth , and Perth in 1914, joined by Victoria Park in 1917. A further proposal to merge Subiaco into

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