article_snippet: Leading author and expert Professor Brendan Gleeson has developed predictions of what Australian cities will look like in the future, and Leading author and expert Professor Brendan Gleeson findings will come as a shock to many.
article_snippet: his findings gives an insight into what Australia will look like 30 years' time.
article_snippet: Australian cities will be much more like Hong Kong and Dubai in terms of cityscape with increased futuristic architectural design.
article_snippet: Food and shade producing trees will adorn all streets giving a much stronger green canopy less hard surface feel to Australian cities, while cars will be few in number, small, driverless and lightweight.
article_snippet: In Melbourne the vision is that the vision will have a great towerscape/city skyline .
article_snippet: More ‘towerscapes’ will be on the skyline (Parramatta, Penrith, Liverpool).
article_snippet: Melbourne is predicted to have a great towerscape/city skyline, with the MCG covered for heat protection and water catchment.
article_snippet: Australia’s cities will have grown in size and complexity but the major change will flow from a hotter, wilder climate and great stresses on basic resources, especially water and energy,' Professor Gleeson says.
article_snippet: The urban tree canopy will have grown to give a much more forested feel to Australia’s cities.
highlights_snippet: Increased futuristic architectural design will typify Australian cities .
  
highlights_snippet: It's predicted Sydney will have more ‘towerscapes’ on It skyline .
  