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Indirect impacts may include higher operating costs from increased use of electricity for summer cooling,
water for maintaining outdoor amenities, changes in patronage behaviour, establishment of climate
protection including undercover or shaded parking and other open areas.
Planning for commercial areas in the future will need to take account of climate related impacts, as well
as general innovations in shopping and commerce. New urban developments including transit-oriented
development may provide an opportunity to integrate commercial development into a climate friendly
setting.
There is inadequate supply of information available to understand fully the impacts that climate change
has on commercial areas. The WARCCAP project should examine shopping and business behaviours to
ascertain potential impacts for commercial land planning.
9.3. Land Ownership
Figure 9.11
below shows land which is owned by Commonwealth, State and Local Governments, with
corresponding data provided in
Table 9.6.
Table 9.6: Summary of Government Owned Land in the Study Area
1
Government
Area (ha)
Vacant
2
(ha)
Vacant (%)
Commonwealth
797.04
75.4
9.46
State
2822.4
909.1
32.2
City of Port Adelaide Enfield
352.6
77.9
22.1
City of Charles Sturt
349.5
32.1
9.2
City of West Torrens
138.3
24.2
17.5
Data Source: Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure Generalised Landuse Database
1
Defined as the entirety of the three Councils.
2
Defined from DPTI generalised landuse database, referring to undeveloped land (but excluding vacant land that is used for recreational, open space,
conservation, community facilities and similar purposes).
Figure 9.12
displays vacant land in the Study Area. In addition to smaller vacant sites scattered across
the region are larger agglomerations of vacant land, including those at Outer Harbor and Gillman.
With the exception of the airport, the
Commonwealth Government
is not a significant land holder in the
Study Area, with the airport and adjacent Commonwealth owned lands covering 784 of the 797 hectares
of Federally owned land in the region.
The
State Government
is a significant land owner in Western Adelaide, owning more land than the three
Councils put together. The largest parcels owned by the State Government are some 407 hectares at
Dry Creek and 89 hectares at Port Adelaide. The State Government has large holdings around Gillman,
Port Adelaide and Outer Harbor, as well as at West Beach.
