Australia's population is booming, fueled in large part by migration, and it may leave policy-makers struggling to ensure adequate infrastructure such as housing, transport and healthcare within a few decades.

Demographers say Australian cities must radically change their urban plans, in scale and form, promoting high-density housing and decentralization. Residents must also abandon the culture of urban sprawl to be more like the citizens of Paris and Los Angeles, who live and work in self-contained communities.

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